The daily art- Mist Fairy

full painting

close up

even closer

'Mist Fairy'

36" X 48" x 1.5" (Really HUGE!)

Gallery Wrapped (no side staples)

oils/mixed media

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Here's the quote that inspired the work:

"May every soul that touches mine-

Be it the slightest contact-

Get therefrom some good;

Some little grace;

one kindly thought;

One aspiration yet unfelt;

One bit of courage

For the darkening sky;

One gleam of faith

To brave the thickening ills of life;

One glimpse of brighter skies

Beyond the gathering mists-

To make this life worth while."

~George Eliot

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Mist Fairy is from the Fairy world series it's #18.

This work started out really slow.

I painted the background

(at the time, I used every single color I owned just to see what would happen)

about a year before I finished the work.

Finally, one morning I woke up and knew what this canvas needed.

It took another week to finish her, one because she is a huge work and two because she took a while to fully form in my head, she is mist you know. :)

I added the flat backed marbles and mirrors at the last minute and then felt like she was really done.

I love painting in very large format.

It's just too darned expensive to get to do it often.

When I get the chance to have the supplies to do a work this large, it can take a month or more to complete.

Working in a large format means even more attention to form, detail and balance than in smaller works.

Get something a little off in a wall sized canvas...and well, you tend to notice the mistakes, first. She has great balance.

This work seems to move on it's own, close up or across the room it has a presence and quiet power.

It has won two international top awards for mixed media work and it won an honorable mention as an oil painting, here nationally.

It hangs in the studio because I like watching the light play across her and change her all day long.

Yes, she takes up a lot of valuable wall space in my small working studio...but she talks to me, she shows me new things about herself, and she continues to inspire new works with her soft presence.

I enjoyed working on her,

I hope that shows through in the work.

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Have a wonderful day everyone.

Heather

Thanks for reading today.

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the fine print:

Mist Fairy #18 from the Fairy World Series

36" x 48" x 1.5"

Gallery wrapped, finished sides, ready to hang

$345.00 + Shipping

Email me HERE for purchase or a free shipping quote.

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My mind is going. There is no question about it.

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(above) 'Play it again!'

Oil Pastels/Mixed Media

sold

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For me, the principal fact of life is the free mind. For good and evil, man is a free creative spirit. This produces the very queer world we live in, a world in continuous creation and therefore continuous change and insecurity. A perpetually new and lively world, but a dangerous one, full of tragedy and injustice. A world in everlasting conflict between the new idea and the old allegiances, new arts and new inventions against the old establishment.

~Joyce Cary

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I have too much on my mind this morning and not enough time to sort through it all before hitting the day at full force.

In the studio I have been trying to make myself work on all the

"unfinished" art that just needs a little of this and that to call it done.

I am forcing myself to not buy more canvas until I have finished the ones that are in progress.

Aaaaiiiieee!

I don't know about you all...but when I walk away from a work...I usually don't go back to it...I have a short attention span I think.

So, I have been working on the 6 works currently in studio that need finishing.

Argh!

I have completed one...almost.

Shut it...I am working on it.

I have a crap load of work at my day job...today I'll be talking for free to our men and women in the war...I'll be talking to them in Iraq...when I do this...I can hear gunfire and explosions in the background. It really does a number on me.

I have to not flinch and really actively listen to what is being said to me.

It's hard...because I just want to grab the person through the phone and bring them home.

They just want to feel better about the issues that they are still living with. Money, homes, families, love...you know universal Human stuff.

It's an honor to be able to talk with these brave humans once a month...if I can offer them any help at all with their inner worlds...then I am one lucky human... indeed.

I volunteered to do this.

I don't want to send the troops socks and cookies...I want to send them a bit of humanity...because that's the one thing they don't have in abundance in a war zone.

I want to help. This is my way.

I also want to create and start a project for the troops involving artwork.

I was thinking...ATC size artworks...that's something I would love to send to the troops and people of the war zones...small artworks, personal acts of creation, acts of love...in a place where there is nothing but destruction and pain.

That's my idea...anyone want to join me in my effort?

Well, I really must get the day started...8 minutes and counting to my first call of the day...I will work 9 to 10 hours today...and I will be a very tired woman at the end of the day...but I will feel as though I am doing more than expounding on my personal views...I will feel as though I have reached and touched my personal goal. That being...

I am a machine...

programmed for living and love.

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Heather

www.badkittyartstudio.com

Excellent Habits

BAD! Kitty Art Studio
Quote for the day
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" Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.
We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,
but we rather have those because we have acted rightly.
We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. "
~Aristotle
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As I unpack my brown box life again,
I am reminded just how little
material possessions mean
to me in creating a happy
life.
Only a few months ago, I had a home
of over 2500 square feet,
my own separate studio space,
five television sets,
three couches,
shelves upon shelves of collectables &
Trinkets of a life,
closets of clothes, rooms full of books,
a pantry full of food, enough to feed 20 people for weeks,
two cars, stereo systems, fish tanks, china,
and truckloads of stuff in general.
I now own one car, and my stuff
fits into a 6' X 12' trailer.
At the moment I do not own one stick of furniture
to sit on.
My clothes fit into one small box.
I have two pairs of shoes.
I have enough food for one week for four people.
I have no extras, no trinkets.
As I unpack my brown box life,
I am reminded
of just how wealthy I am.
And I am happy.
Virtue is my steady companion,
Fearlessness my friend,
wisdom my cornerstone,
action my language,
clarity my food.
I am happy with my brown box life,
because it makes me feel free.
Now that all the stuff is cleared
out of my way,
I can really create
this life, this is
my ultimate work of
art.
My life is an artwork
in never ending progress,
it is my discovery of new habits,
an exercise in excellent
freedoms, and it is mine.

I am proud of who I am,
simple, free, and learning more everyday.
What do you have/do in your life
that makes you feel excellent?
What is the definition for you
of excellence?
What of Virtue?
What of fearlessness?
What habits do you have that make you feel
great about yourself?
Tell me, I really want to know.
These words, this transparency of my simple life,
this is one of my habits, it is one of my definitions
of excellence, I share it here, with you.
Yours in fearlessness
and habitual virtue,
Heather
http://www.badkittyartstudio.com/

Thank the Universe it's Friday!

BAD! Kitty Art Studio

Quote for the day

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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

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Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

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And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

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I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

-- Robert Frost

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Living with purpose and passion is based upon decision. You may choose to live day after day, one after another, in a completely ordinary existence. OR you can choose to greet each day with a possibility mindset. A purposeful mindset. A Passionate mindset. Begin each day with these questions and be amazed.

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1. Why is it important for me to engage myself in my work passionately and purposefully each day?

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2. How will I choose to allow my attitude effect how I address stressful situations at work today? How can I be more affective and proactive in regards to stress and attitude?

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3. When am I most likely too react with the most passion and purpose today? Meeting with clients? Working on my computer? Following up on a lead? Take note of what makes your passion come alive, so you can use it to better your work performance.

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4. Where within the organization am I best able to express my passion and purpose? Is it working with my peers? My supervisors? Clients? Interdepartmentally? Where physically do I perform the most purposefully?

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5. With whom do I need to spend time in order to maintain balance as I pursue my passion and purpose? Within the organization, who best supports me?

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6. What choices will I make today that align my purpose and passion with the tasks at hand at work?

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7. Who am I called to be today as an expression of my passion for living?

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By Julie Jordan Scott

5passions.com

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Have a great Friday everyone,

Inspire yourself, and share it with

someone you care about. See where that

road takes you.

Raw & Radiant,

Heather

www.badkittyartstudio.com

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