Cath Sheard Art

Tag: self

  • In front of the camera…


    Well I did it – I got in front of the camera instead of behind it. Actually, I did the “holding the camera at arm’s length” thing! I took about 30 photos using the digital and then chose a couple I could cope with. Not too many chins, not too much of a frown…

    I printed a photo onto textured paper then painted a canvas and added layers of paper, stickers, metal etc. The cat is in the top left corner because there is usually at least one animal keeping me company while I work.

    The painted hand is pointing to my head because my hands get covered in paint while I work, and a lot of my work comes straight from my head. The words say “I love freedom” (freedom to paint, create, work hard, just be me) and “I love 2 create”.


    I also did a canvas using a copy of my first birthday photo. Dad took a photo of Mum giving me my first taste of lime fizzy drink – I pulled a face and they both laughed.

    I used the image of the baby wearing a crown because I didn’t want the overall effect to be too cutesy.

    I started to do some work using photos of Dad and I – but all it did was make me cry. It’s 15 years last week since Dad died and I guess the anniversary is more emotional than I had realised. In some ways it feels like yesterday, in other ways like forever. One of my mother’s friends said to me once that it is “selfish to mourn too long” but I’m happy to go on missing him for the rest of my life.

  • If I was stranded on a desert island…

    the 10 music CDs I’d take with me would be:

    1. Billy Idol – Greatest hits
    2. Meat Loaf – Welcome to the neighbourhood
    3. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band – Live 1975-85
    4. Vanessa Mae -The classical album
    5. Meat Loaf – Bat out of hell I and II
    6. Pet Shop Boys – Discography
    7. Queen – Greatest hits volume I & II
    8. Queen – Made in Heaven
    9. Def Leppard – Hysteria
    10. Crash Test Dummies – God shuffled his feet

    If the music we love says something about us, then I suspect in my case the message is a little muddled!!

  • KS blogger challenge

    Well, blogging has taken off in the creative community at Kiwiscraps, so someone suggested a challenge. I’m usually up for a challenge, so here’s my first try…

    1. Name one productive thing you accomplished this past weekend.
    I finished a painting I’ve been struggling with.

    2. Name two things that you look forward to doing.
    Starting a new art project.
    Checking my pay slip (not sure why, it’s always the same).

    3. Name three things that gross you out.
    Leeches (more of a phobia – check the heart rate even thinking of it), blowflies, ancient vegies.

    4. Name four things that you normally do on a daily basis.
    Check my emails, sneak into Mum’s room to make sure she’s okay, feed the dog, cuddle my husband.

    5. Name five things that you own that you think you could get rid of and not miss.
    Sewing machine, overlocker, alcohol cupboard, ironing board, bread maker.