surreal
The Small Things and God
doodle, ink, Meredith's poetry, sketch bookIt’s the Small Things That Matter
In the end, it’s the small things that matter
They accumulate like sand on a big beach
Each grain, seemingly inconsequential on its own
but so important for the shape of the full form
You could make a ripple in the ocean with a grain of sand
It’s just like you could change the course of your life with a thought
They both are unseen with the naked eye
But if trained, you can see how one small change can lead in a whole new direction
It’s the small things that matter
Because in the end without the small things there is nothing big to look forward to
God
God is a foreign concept to me
Yet so close
I pray and I thank the concept
What is the concept?
What is God?
A man? A benevolent force? A creature from the New Testament if you’re christian
Someone or something responsible for everything
So not truly benevolent unless you believe that everything bad is a force called Satan
I don’t know
God is a foreign concept to me
I have not seen or touched it
I have not heard or tasted it
All I have felt is hope in my heart and bones
So I pray
I pray to stoke the fires of my joy, my like force, my optimism
I pray to something I don’t understand
And I wonder if I need to
Color Studies
acrylic paintingI started working with watercolor studies about a month ago. It’s a pretty simple concept of letting watercolors mix and using washes as well as concentrated blobs of color. The challenge has been to take these studies and blow them up into acrylic paintings. In some cases I got the flow of imagery and in others I didn’t. Part of the fun is the transformation that switching mediums has on a concept though. In any case, I hope to find a place to display the work and in the meantime am happy to share the work here online.
Explorations in Watercolor and Acrylic
acrylic painting, watercolorSince abrupt flowers I’ve been working on exploring more about what acrylic can do. I’m mostly interested in layering colors and blending them. The painting with the flowers below was started the same week as the last post and helped me to get out some extra energy while exploring those ideas. If I’m able to have a show I’ll explore it more with the studies I started in watercolor…or maybe I’ll go ahead and do a series without a show. In any case I’m having fun working with bright colors and learning new techniques.
Underground
acrylic painting, collage, screen printing
I’m still working with screen printing and scenes from DC. This is the first of a number or panels I have on the scene. I’m finding that the way I doodle and collect images in my sketch book is coming out on this work. It’s fun to see it at a larger scale.
Insides Out! (Painting in Progress)
acrylic painting, yoga
Twist in Progress
acrylic painting, yogaHere are images from the first stages of a painting I am working on. It’s someone doing a twist in yoga. But I’m turning it into another yoga pose in my series so it’s becoming a little surreal. The dimensions are 3x4feet. I have no clue where I’m going to hang it yet…it might be part of an art installation though so that would be pretty cool.
Eagle Arms in Progress
acrylic painting, collage, Yin Yang Yoga Projects
I am a constellation
Meredith's poetry, sketch book
I am a constellation of dancing shapes and parts
My mind lingers
On their wondrous forms
this face, these toes, these fingers
Singing together
To make a concert of sorts
I am a constellation of dancing shapes and parts
I have some very fine organs
What I like most is my heart
I feel it pumping and squeezing
As my arms and legs do move
With the rise and fall of my emotions
Fast fast, slow it goes with my mood
If all else does not make sense
The world far to big
I will return to my body
And ponder the world within
The things in constant motion
That spin on their own
And do not worry about how or why
Things go as they go
If you got this far, thank you for reading. I’ve been writing these poems and wanting to share them. So more are coming and I hope you will enjoy reading.
Surreal
sketch book
Lately I’ve been working a lot of Custard for my niece. So I thought I would give it a break by putting up some older work. These pen and inks are from when I was playing with concentrated watercolor. I was using Higgins b/c you can use their eyedroppers to squeeze the paint on the page and then work from there. It gives you a fun uncontrolled factor. The only problem is that they are not really lightfast, or so I’ve been told. Anyway these paintings are really just a chance to let my mind play and be a little different.
Cheers!
