You Are In for a Big Surprise

Giving lots of thoughts to Jen's post on extra-ordinary! We all get into the day to day living pattern without much thought, just ordinary stuff. Feed the cats, and Bella the chicken. Make porridge, do the laundry... all done without much thought. Mundane, boring... but the ordinary can be extra.

Friday

An early trip to the bakery for Shabbat Chala, pitots and borakas!
No traffic, lots of parking space, and the smell of fresh baked goods  EXTRA!

Feeding the cats and Bella... Lady begging for some hugs and petting... EXTRA!
The cool air  EXTRA! Even the smell of freshly laundered clothes  EXTRA!

Coming home from Natanya after a condolence visit,(shiva) Waze took us home on a road near the sea.  Glimpses of the sea between the buildings EXTRA.

I am certainly going to try to look for the EXTRA more!

Tuesday  workshop always EXTRA

This painting was done over another rather unsuccessful painting below.  I had added another blue layer which made it worse. At first, I just wanted to sort veil it with light gray tones but it sort of had a will of its own and all sort figures began appearing.

When You Go Into the Forest

Oils and Cold Wax

Cut Canvas

24" x 19"

The Strange Sub-conscious

I signed up for a beta 10-day challenge, I know I should be more in focus, but what the heck. Actually, I was invited by the host Rich Amstrong the creator of randomworddoodles, those funny doodles that I have been doing on Instagram! Well, to make the story short it coincided on the day that Lily had the operation to have her eye removed.

Lily

Last photo before the operation

I left her at the clinic, came home, put on some classical music and decided to do day one of the challenge. Intuitive 10-minute drawing/painting on a large sheet of paper using the non-dominant hand. 

Watercolor crayons water spray

the texture from the wooden board

6 min

4-minute scribble

Start of day 4 Lily is doing fine.... and her mom better!

Taking the Days One by One

Life sometimes gives us a jolt unexpectedly! Sometimes? Questionable.... there is always something, but some rattle more than others.

Lily, my dog has been diagnosed with Glaucoma! Out of the blue, she is just 7. Dr says one eye is already blind. So far the drops, 3 types, 3 times a day have been able to get eye pressure to normal. When first diagnosed she had to have an infusion to lower the pressure. Some days I cope better than others. Luckily one of the best eye-vet clinics EyeCare is in my community... 2 minutes.  Tomorrow another check-up.  She is quieter than usual, sometimes wants to take walks and sometimes not. Taking each day as it comes.

That and the long month of holidays have taken their toll on my creativity. This week we started the workshop but sadly that may not continue a long story.

Finished my abstract landscape. The first layers can be found here. Added pieces of Gelli printed scraps. Really trying not to overwork. A lesson learned from Jen.

Getting Lost in an Imaginary World

Oils Cold Wax Collage

27.5 x 20 "

Cut Canvas