The painting and the bead thing.

I have finally signed up for the art market.  Which means pulling it together and doing my best to work with what I have got.

It took me far tooo long to complete a painting... so the next one will be faster and using other techniques.  Even with just to colours I managed to make a mess. Still I can blame my current situation, pain and meds.

The bead thing is coming along I have up loaded photos.  The Petroglyph necklace is definately the way I am going now.  There are some more exciting things coming from that direction.

The pyote ties .  I made one ages ago and got many good comments from friends.  So I made some more and there are orders coming in.  The target public is a little older than I expected... but at least they want to buy them.

However all orders have been put off until after the art market otherwise I will not have any to sell.

The other necklaces are easy to make and fun for a really low price.  The economic crisis is finally hitting us out in Holland. So cheap and pretty is the way to go.

There is still much pent up energy due me being held at home by the doctors.  So I decided to improve my drawing skills.  
So there will be more coming as I have found I can draw while lying down - YAY!

Not this week but the following week I am in hospital for the last resort.  As a means of controlling the pain they will be giving me an epidural.  Not in my spine but around it.  This is a real hit and miss kind of thing - it may work - it may not.  Who knows. Not too happy about them doing anything around my damaged spine but I am giving it a go.

Due to economic crisis my boyfriend has lost his job.... plus point is that I will no longer be home alone.  But here is hoping that he will find something quick.



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So much pain I am driven to paint

Hello!

I have been away from DA for a while.  This was mainly due to watching all of you doing your amazing art thing and me doing not very much.  So instead of wasting hours on-line I got my butt in gear to do some art work... and focus.

So focus has been on my black and white fish - having researched some more I have indeed developed the idea.  Plus a close friend pointed out that these fishes are more like me than the naturalist flower exercise. I am weirdly becoming known for my fish paintings.

Second focus is getting beading and stuff together to sell at the summer art fair this year. This will be the 5th edition Kunstmarkt in Hoorn on 7th September. It sound like I am getting ahead of myself but I would rather be ready earlier than have a made dash later.  I will be selling my painting, jewelery and will be join by Trees my boyfriends mother who will be selling her handmade quilting work.

So please except my apologies for the lateness in replies to message and the hundreds of deviations I now have to check out.

On the health issue, I am now waiting for my appointment with the pain clinic.  These guy will be looking for ways to dull the pain because the meds aren't working.  However on the upside the power in my legs is back - yay for me! This means that I am doing more and the pain is increasing due to me moving around all the time. Its almost been a year now so I am going a little crazy, hens the strive to keep focused on painting and making stuff to sell.

I am so tired now!

If you feel like being supportive my painting the violas

is the Music contest being held by the Traditional Artists group.  So please vote for me!



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This is a tag thing but I don't do the tagging thing so....

1. Post these rules.
2. Each tagged person must post 8 things about themselves on their journal.
3. At the end, you have to choose and tag 8 people and post their icons on the same journal.
4. Go to their pages and send a message saying you tagged them.
5. No tag-backs.


I'm not tagging anyone, so feel free to snag it from me.
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1. I suffer from Transverse Myelitis - which is like a none developing variation of MS.  I was diagnosed - kind of... 8-9 months ago. It has had a huge impact on my life in a negative way - I  lost my job... a positive way - I now have more time for my friends and family. Recent developments are that I now have the power back in my legs... which can mean in the long run that there is hope for recovery - Yay for me!!!

2. I am British and came to live in Holland with my Dutch boyfriend almost 5 years ago. Which is why my English is so good (or not).

3. My education is in Theatre Design... however I was more in love with the theory than the practice and got a job as a draughtsman / tech. designer as a means of paying the bills. All my drawing and painting skills I learned from studying under professional friends, family members and evening classes.

4. I read like a maniac. I always have a book in my bag no matter where I go... So obsessed in this I only buy bags that are big enough to carry books. Favourite literary areas are - classic British English, Contemporary American Literature, Japanese Literature ... World Classics - and above all else my love of odd surreal contemporary writers.

5. I am trying to complete a collection at the moment. It is taking me for ever just to finish one painting though... due to an overly active perfectionist complex and my body not coping with the pressure.

6. I am a massive Sci Fi fan... Star Trek, Dr Who, Babylon 5, X-Files.... Above all else I am huge fan of Dune by Frank Herbert and collect the works as 1st editions.  The following trilogies by his son were good enough but the last was like drinking watered down soup.  This initial ingredients was there but the style was weakened.

7. We have 2 kittens which now dominate my life.  The little female Tara is my constant companion even bring her toy mice to bed so I can play catch with her (yes like a dog). She is very timid and is only just allowing affection from my boyfriend and his mother.

8. I adore crafts and thrive on learning new things all the time.  At the moment I am trying to make some things to sell at the art markets this summer.  This will include more crochet blankets, beaded jewelery and maybe some paintings if I can ever finish them.



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Holiday cheer!

Happy New Year - to all.  May this year be full of prosperity, joy, piece and buckets full of fun!!!

Even though my last deviations have been full of crafty stuff I have added an unfinished painting for you all.  This is just to point out that while I am not painting I am making...

There will be more coming.. it just takes me a little while.





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Holiday cheer!

Just a quick message to wish everyone a happy holiday no matter what your religious persuasion is.

Eat well, drink well and be super happy. xx



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So I thought the craft thing was done

Well I realised there was much more to finish off and send out for X-mas.  The reason for this last minute dash was due to certain beads not arriving in time and certain beads just not arriving! Hmmm.

Anyhoo these are the last of my Christmas gifts:-

Pink Heart Wire Set

Girls Wooden Necklace

Silver Herringbone Choker Set

Victorian Chocker Red/Black

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The intense craft weeks are now over!

So its almost christmas and as I am not flying back to the UK to be with my family this year, I had to send all the presents in the post.  This year I made I a few of the presents... Its nice to do and they mostly beat bought presents (well depending on who you give the present to).

Check out the things I made:

The Pink and Black Baby Hat
Pink and Black Socks
Crochet Skull Bag
Victorian choker in green (medium)
Victorian Choker in green (small)

So now I can go back to the flowers painting I began.  Even though the flowers are now dead I did (sensibly) make photos of them so I can continue. Yay!!!!



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Therapist are shrinking my head

I was asked yesterday to consider would I was if I couldn't work and can't maintain my own house.  It's pretty deep but the therapist is trying to psychologically get me to rest... and it isn't working.

So how do you define yourself?  Is it through your career, your friends, if your are a parent, a home maker..... Having had to reassess who I was when I moved to another country, I am totally unprepared to have to ask the same question a few years later.

So far my answer is... I am a survivor and a life's winner.



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