Mermaids, Courage and Faith

I did leave a piece of found art this week! woo-hoo! a small one, but with a nice message, I thought. It's about faith, and made with polymer clay, an eye and the word faith stamped on it, there's also a ring there that says "love" because of course, love & faith need to be together. it was left on a bulletin board at the Panera Bread, I have no idea if people actually look at bulletin boards anymore, I hope someone takes it!

I also wanted to show you this new painting of a mermaid I finished last week:

So first of all, her voluptuousness really bothers me now that I took the pictures, but there is actually NOTHING I can do about it because this painting has been delivered already! *gasp!* that is right, there is a naked mermaid in all her glory out there. AND what's worse, it has been donated to a fundraiser benefit for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Charlotte, North Carolina. The benefit is this Saturday in a gallery in the cultural district of Charlotte (NoDa) and there will be a silent auction and a Chinese raffle (whatever that means) and I was very happy to donate a painting for this event, but this mermaid.... ay chihuahua, I don't don't how it will sit with the audience. My dear husband was a little worried when he saw her, and I was all.. no, don't worry, it's art, they will appreciate her, and all that... but then I saw the pictures! (after delivering the art) it looks like I made a mermaid with implants! maybe a plastic surgeon will want to bid on her? and the funny thing is that I wanted to make a painting that talked about courage, and faith and to have lots of movement and emotion, but now I think that those two things are a little too distracting and sure are not going anywhere, the are coragiously defying gravity.

but anyway, other than that, I loved this painting, mermaids have been calling out to me again, and I enjoy making them, I like the color combinations on this one. The written text on the upper right corner reads:

"Look: difficulties, large and small, can be seen at once... But if there is love, one pays no heed to those obstacles: one goes ahead with daring, with conviction, with courage"

Comments

[KathyL]

Well I love her, perfect, big boobs and all! I hope she raises a lot of money. And of course, your found art is really cool. I will probably whip one out next week. Just started a new work, again from the nutcracker, so I will be at the art table :)

k

[Undaunted]

Well she's certainly going ahead with daring isn't she?! I must admit my first thought was "Wow! Mamma!" but I think it's great! After that first look there are other things that draw you in, like her beautiful eyes and her curly tail. And you always photograph your pieces so well, each photograph could be a piece in it's own right.

I love the found art piece too! I'm sorry, I haven't made any found art in a while. I need to get back to that because it is so much fun to do!

[Martha Tsihlas]

I just love your mermaid, boobs and all. My sister paints nudes and my husband and I have bought several from her. I would have bid on this one. I enjoy reading your blog and seeing your art. You do beautiful things!

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