Friday 10 June 2011

Slave to the keyboard

No paint has touched these fingers since the weekend... Alas I am but a shadow of my former self (well, actually I think I've put on a pound or two, but we'll gloss over that...).

I am a slave to the keyboard these days, but the writing is paying off as some award submissions I've written for one of my clients have made the finals - that's two this week, plus the one we actually won last week. Not that I'm bragging or anything, but if anyone reading needs an award submission penned, then I'm your gal! (A bit of self-promotion is a rarity on this site, so I'm going to go for it).

Last weekend did however see much paint underneath fingernails and accidentally rubbed into the carpet. I finished my peacock - who turned out to be one angry-looking bird - and had a little play with one of my Flora paintings (from the workshop I took). This one had a mermaid face in an earlier layer but she got washed away. Faces seem determined to reappear. Still very much work in progress.

The face obviously needs more work. I'm contemplating adding another flower, or just making this one bigger. What do you think? Or, maybe, the flower should become a balloon.... Decisions decisions.

I've joined Pinterest this week too. Compiling a board of inspirational artists I love. Take a peek. Will no doubt be adding more after my browse around Paint Party Friday this week.

39 comments:

  1. Congratulations on your success, brilliant. Happy PPF and loving your paintings. Annette x

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  2. Congrats on the awards! :) I love the peacock even if it looks angry. :) Can't waitto see what you do with the first one.

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  3. WOW!!!! Lisa these are stunning!!! I really love that peacock, the colour combination and personality in the peacock is fantastic! I love bright energetic vibrant work and yours really speaks to me! Really love that first piece too!!!! Fantastic work!!! :0)

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  4. Great work and your color palette are becoming more intense. Wonderful! And well done of the writing. You definitely deserved it! ;)

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  5. Oh wow, amazing adventures and art, what a treat for the mind and eyes! Congratulations and you go!
    Hugs!

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  6. Your colors are so deep and rich. Wow. It makes me want to dive in.

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  7. I love the face peering out of the painting. Very mysterious. Congrats on your writing! :-)

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  8. Lisa, I love the shimmery, deep color of your peacock. Maybe he's not angry, just proud of himself and daring anyone to challenge him! And the complimentary blue and orange in the first painting is so so vibrant. Happy PPF...I haven't touched a paintbrush this week either, but trying to remedy that :)

    Congrats on your successful award submissions!

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  9. congrats and wow I love your use of color,, just beautiful,

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  10. Your peacock has turned out great! Congrats on your award writing, but I too hate being slave to the keyboard. For me it is slave to the 10-key (I am an accountant) Hope this weekend has more painting planned for you!

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  11. The turkey came out really well, and the flower girl seems to be a good thing ...Saludos

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  12. Love them both, and hey, peacocks can be hateful. His feathers are gorgeous.

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  13. You certainly have a way with words so I'm not in the least surprised that your award submissions made the finals! I love both these paintings - your colours are so vibrant and strong. I think the flower looks just fab as it is but maybe even bigger and more vibrant would be just as wonderful. I'm very behind on my pinterest activity so will get up to date with that as soon as i can and take a peek at your art board!

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  14. Stunning pics and congrats on the awards! Happy PPF, Valerie

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  15. Congratulations on your recent writing success Lisa. Also, want to comment about the gadget or whatever you used on a previous post at the top of the post. Every time it flashed and showed a new box, It caught my attention. Great way of showcasing info.

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  16. You deserve to brag...a lot! That's great...what exactly are you writing...i am very curious!
    I love the colors here, they are so full of bold energy ! great, i love the peacock, too! xo

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  17. Love hearing success stories!
    I like the painting as is, bold and so strong!

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  18. You're one of the few that works in such strong colors - it's a real pleasure to see the strength and boldness of the colors!

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  19. Oh peacock your so beautiful. I to need to be less of a slave to the keyboard and do more actual art for myself ;0) I can't resist looking and chatting to others though is's almost (not quite) part of the process for me ;0)

    love Dawn xx

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  20. Beautiful art Lisa..as always...love this piece..love the blue piercing it's way out..really captures me..and she seems secretive and mysterious too..abosilutely gorgeous!! Love the peacock too fo course..one of my faves! and yay..Congrats...that is so fab..cheers with a glass of red!! HUgs and sparkles...oh cool I will check out the pinterst link..
    Victoria

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  21. Your color choices are intense and dramatic. High Fives on your writing success too. Wishing you a great PPF!

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  22. nice work this week, the peacock looks lovely finished.

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  23. brag brag away.. LOVE a bit of braggety bragging, especially if its well deserved! :)
    And why are you not bragging about you AMAZING peacock and this sumptously colourful painting with this mysterious woman rising almost as if from the flames....??!!! STUNNING work!
    OOOh pinterest..I love that place such a source of inspiration..I am away to check out your board. Happy weekend :)xx

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  25. Your peacock' got an attitude, but it's crying out, maybe, for whatever's on his mind.
    What might your peacock be about to say?
    :)

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  26. Looks to me like your peacock is lifting it's feathers and looking for a mate. That is what they do. Walk around, it's beautiful tailed feathters raised and make their noise, looking for the grandmammy of them all. tee hee. Excellent work, both of them. I really love the colors on the first one, both of them. You rock with your work! Congrats on your award submission. Happy PPF!

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  27. I say bring on the flowers! It'd be interesting to see some repeated pattern amid that flowy abstract background. Happy PPF!

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  28. Congratulations on your writing success! Brag away. It's much deserved.

    I just love how you use bold color. Gorgeous! Both of these paintings are wonderful. The lady has me intrigued. I love the flower as is. Will be curious to see what you do with it. The peacock is magnificent! I joined Pinterest but need to figure out how to start using it! ;)

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  29. Congrats! Congrats! Loving your paintings, as always. The colors on these are especially wonderful!

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  30. Congrats on the writing. Love your peacock and just so you know, I have never seen a peacock in real life that wasn't angry so yours is perfect.

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  31. Ok so you write and paint? I got the short end of the stick here!
    Congratulations and beautiful pieces! Love your work!

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  32. Congrats on the writing being so successful! I still love that peacock. It has been my experience that all birds are angry, if not downright mad.

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  33. Congrats on being so successful with your writing! Yeh! You can brag ;o) I love your paintings! The colors are so very deep and rich! I love the story I am feeling in the first one. Is she hiding from someone? Is she looking at her lover? I don't know about adding another flower? Love to see what you do! Thanks for coming by my blog ;o) Take Care!

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  34. Congratulations on all of your wonderfully fabulous writing success! Wheee!!! (I love to hear about it!)

    I always love your bold use of color... the peacock turned out great (even if it is a little bit angry - hee hee)!

    xo
    Kristin

    p.s. I think I might win an award for most exclamation points used! ha!

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  35. congrats!! i love the way you use color! happy PPF!

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  36. Congratulations on your awards! I love your style! The vivid color and whimsy speaks to me! Great paintings! Happy ppf!

    Hugs Giggles

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  37. Go ahead...promote at will....you deserve it! Congrats on all the excitement!

    I love that peacock's colors...so vibrant! Just a little lift in the shape of the eye might change his look to suit you more?

    Have a wonderful weekend!

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  38. Fabulous peacock!! Peacocks can be mean and intense birds - I think you captured that so well!

    The top one is a beautiful WIP. Maybe a bit of her upper arm could be showing as at first glance her lower arm seems floating and disconnected.

    Love the intense colours!!

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  39. oh Lisa - what is an awards submission?

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