The Sunny Pea

Faith, hope and wisdom. Supposedly that is what the Iris symbolizes. The Iris has a significant place in history as the emblem of France -- the Fleur-de-Lis -- established in the 11th century by the king of France. Here is an AMAZING painting of this intricate flower called Iris, "in All Its Glory" by artist Gary Mizar: http://www.art4god.com/ncac_07/comments.php?aid=020&eid=B I should aspire to do such work. I need to stop painting so lazily and get back into the detail.... (PS - no I have not entered this contest. I just found it online recently.) ...until then, I shall paint wall hangings that greet me when I get out of the shower.

Ahhright. I was home today, recuperating from being sick, when I had a sudden burst of energy, so I decided to paint. I worked on the acrylics a bit... but got bored very fast ... I will finish them all and post them when I do, but meanwhile, I took a diversion. Across the room from where I sat was a pristine blank, white canvas. It lay there just waiting to have paint transform it into something more than fabric and wood. It looked at me as if to say "pleeeease?" I could hardly stand it. But what? What would I paint? My journey lately as an artist is to focus less on me and my abilities and more on the One who created me - the great Artist and HIS abilities. Every morning I get everything off my mind and on to pages of paper. What started off as mere mumblings about this and that have turned into a form of prayer and establishes my focus for the day. Anyway, I can get into more of that another time, but one thing I have been learning is not to get bogged down with techni...