"You Gave Me Wings" © Saundra Lane Galloway

 "You Gave Me Wings"

4x4 fiberboard wax collage

paper cast bird and a stick! :)

Later this month will be my mom's 2nd Joy Day, and my dad's birthday.  If you will remember last year was the year that my very vivacious and beautiful mother decided that she would have no more birthdays...but, she would have Joy Days instead.  Numbers mean nothing to my mother.  BUT, she wants to freeze in time this very upbeat and joyful person that she is...give joy...and live joyfully.  Thus Joy Day.  by the way...her name is Joy...:)  So, Hallmark has cards for every occasion, but I have yet to find a Happy Joy Day card, so I make them for her.  I've been thinking about how much FUN I have as an artist; how much I enjoy finding new ways to express myself.  My paper casts are my newest fun thing to play with, so I made a mold for this little bird that was inspired by my oil painting of a bird not so long ago.  I have two sizes of these birds that will fit very nicely in my world of paper casts and wax collages.  Mom lets me experiment with the things I send her, so I played with adding stain to this little bird to "age" it to go with the background...and even added a sepia version of my bird painting in the background.  Since I was little my mother has told me I am so creative and I can do ANYTHING...thus the name of this little 4x4 3-D card for my mom's 2nd Joy Day.

My dad is amazing to me.  At 77 he is still working as assistant Attorney General...or some such title.  He's THE go to guy when all the young lawyers get in a pickle...he is known as the wise one!  I don't doubt it!!  Dad isn't much for fame or titles...he is just a modest man that gave me a life that allowed me to feel special and creative.  He lives with my very energetic mother, and is always there for her as he is for all us kids and the grand kids...I love my father dearly and since he loves tea in the morning I put my Jackson portrait on a mug for him.  Since my dear mother wants the first of everything I do, she gets the first oil portrait I've ever done...A perfect pair for my most wonderful parents!

Have you noticed that we are a mere two followers away from 100 and that means another give-away is hopefully a mere short bit away!!  Welcome to those newest who have wandered into this topsy turvy world!

HAPPY CREATING!!

I'm ALL OVER the place these days!! BUT lovin it!

Maple Leaf Paper Cast © Saundra Lane Galloway Fine Art

Maple Leaf Paper Cast Detail

Yep, so different from yesterday, but still me! For those of you who follow me you know I've been making molds and paper casts for awhile now...so this is number 3 in my series of leaves...I KNOW...I'm all over the place...but, that truly is me! Switching out of one thing even if it for a small amount of time helps my creativity in all these things stay high, so...Maple Leaf Paper Cast is finished and now waiting for framing. These pieces I treat a bit differently as they are fragile if left alone with no wax or sealer or some such agent on them, so I mount them on a board, mat them in a bit of a shadow box fashion so they are removed from the glass that I also use, and then I frame the whole shebang. It seems to work for these pieces.

I've been thinking of making the plain paper casts and putting them on my ETSY shop so others can paint on them if they want...That will come later...:) But not TOO much later...:)

AND OH MY GOODNESS!!! I can't believe I forgot...but I did!! WAY back on January 19 my friend a fellow artist Carol Nelson posted the painting she did of my son Jonathan as part of her 100 portraits in 100 days. Carol is working largely in the fauvist style and I have to tell you I LOVE THIS!! Most of you have probably already seen it, but I have to say I am just blown away...AND the exciting thing is I'm going to paint with Carol again tomorrow if we don't get a blizzard and I get to bring the painting HOME!! I promised I wouldn't post the pic until she did on her blog, and then the day came and went...So, I'm sharing it now for those of you who haven't seen it...AWESOME! And...it SO describes exactly my son's personality. He handsome, creative and a free spirit that still let's his mom kiss him on the jaw IN PUBLIC!! I love my boy!!



Happy Creating to you all!! And, hey...did you notice we are only about 8 followers away from another give-away!! Stay tuned...