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March 2019 series intro

3/5/2019

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...what can I say?  I love Gustav Klimt- any anything shiny/sparkly!

Klimt has been my favorite artist since high school...and the sparkle actually goes back farther than that.

I will take some time maybe later this month to write more about past 'Klimt-inspired' pieces shown in this post...but for now I just want to share some of the images that I have made since I started with my daily art challenge to myself.

First up, July 2012.  I was working with the idea of a mandala motif and the gold crept into the series pretty early one...from there it got pretty decorative, my own nod to my favorite artist.  To see each image, click here.

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And I got REALLY into it...so I made some extra pieces...

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Like...it was (and still is)
​my jam...so...

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One of my pieces actually made the cover of Art Hive Magazine! 

​It was such a surprise!  I was judging a cheer competition in Disney when I got the text from Jess!  That is still one of my proudest 'art moments'.

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Some time passed, and then Klimt showed up in a few pieces during my November 2013 series, inspired by 'No shave November'.  I was working with a mustache theme that month.  Kinda random- but it turned out to be a fun series.

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More time passed...then in January 2015 Klimt showed up in my first 'Miss Matchy Matchy' series...
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Fast forward to November 2016...I did a whole series I called 'Golden Girls' inspired by my interpretation of Klimt, and in honor of a special trip to NYC to see his work...more on that in a later post!

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And for March 2019 I am revisiting my 'Golden Girls' theme, this time working with acrylic paint and spray paint on cardboard and trying my hand at using gold leaf...which is a bit of a learning curve so far.  

I need to take individual pics tomorrow, but here is the series so far- five pieces in;

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...and here is the inspiration behind all the 'sleepy' images;
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Finally- FRIDA!

3/1/2019

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So, I finished with my Frida series. 

When I first started doing the daily rt I would obsess over the consistency in the series.  Okay, let me step back- if you don't know me, obsessing over little things is kinda my jam.  I had a bit of a chaotic childhood, some instability, some trauma...I won't get into it all but I know that the adult version of myself finds comfort in order and sameness as result of how I grew up.  I just accept it and try to make it work for me...except when it doesn't.  

I would in my mind insist that the sizes of my pieces had to be the same, the materials had to be the same.  Was there a narrative element in the works?  If so- they had to be in order...show a progression...at least to me.

And then, I don't know how many years in I realized that it was okay if sizes and materials change.  I gave myself permission to have more fun and explore my theme...and I think that has made me happier with the results. 

When I first started the Frida series, my intention was to translate her into fashion illustrations.  But that soon fell to the wayside- I felt pulled to portraits based on her own focus on her (self) portraits.  

I incorporated her words from the diary...until I stopped doing that.

I sanded the surface until I didn't anymore.

I used spray paint and stencils...except when I didn't. 

And in the end, the series ended very much different from it began, painterly portraits of Frida.  I am sure I will revisit her again at some point, she is always with me in spirit.

Here is the complete series;

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