Because I have entered the International Collage Exchange I am making lots of collage as ‘practice pieces’. We have a lovely second hand shop here in Patea called Memories 4 U. I purchased some lovely buttons and ribbon the other day. They gave me my goodies in a sweet wee bag handmade out of old wallpaper.
Irresistable!! So I made this colllage using the buttons, ribbon and the wallpaper 🙂
8×10.5″ on distressed cardboard.
Not for sale.
Our beautiful bulldog Meg went to the Rainbow Bridge yesterday to be with all the other Angel dogs.
In April last year she was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer and we started chemotherapy straight away. It worked well and, except for one bad week, went without any real side effects.
Before Christmas we realised the treatment was no longer working and the cancer was back. We talked through our options with our vet and talked as a family – and decided not to try a rescue protocol as Meg had clearly had enough.
We have made the last few weeks as good as possible. Yesterday morning we fed her chocolate, told her she was our best baby, and cuddled her while our wonderful vet Rebecca helped Meg leave behind her tiredness and pain.
God speed Meg – my beautiful baby girl.
A few weeks ago now there was this weird story in the news about a woman in a sight-seeing boat who was badly hurt when a dolphin landed on her – weird but true.
This small piece, done in fluid acrylics and oil stick, was inspired by that story. No, it’s not a painting of a dolphin — but for me it represents the idea of the dolphin and all the blood, hence the red oil stick.
Not for sale.
Today’s effort is another 8.5×6″ watercolour on card, done using Faber-Castelle aquarelle sticks again. Loving them…and still loving the idea of looking down onto Italy’s landscape and seascape.
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I’ve kept working on the paintings inspired by aerial photos of Italy. This was done with Faber-Castell aquarelle sticks on card, and is 6×8.5″. I’m pleased with the soft colours and sense of distance.
$15 NZD incl postage. Email me on cathsheard@xtra.co.nz to enquire.
The other piece is 4×6″ on card, done in Golden fluid acrylics, pen and oil stick – and was in response to a challenge I saw on http://www.wetcanvas.com
$10 NZD incl postage. Email me on cathsheard@xtra.co.nz to enquire.
Cath Sheard Art 