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"I do believe in an everyday sort of magic...the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like; the eerie appropriateness of moments of synchronicity; the whispered voice, the hidden presence, when we think we're alone." Charles de Lint

Monday, June 24, 2024

Shapes and Blobs

"Here's to finding peace in the act of redefining success.Here's to finding true, fulfilling joy in simply being present to what is good and beautiful in this life." Morgan Harper Nichols

Last evening I sat at my table in front of my big window and painted as rain and thunder was rumbling outside. We've gotten quite a bit of much needed rain so it was a welcome sound....and I do love a good thunderstorm.

It was a good reminder of how relaxing watercoloring can be.  Just simple shapes and blobs with no particular plan in mind other than winding down my day. Just what I needed.


And today I played with circles for ICAD #24.  

The background was done on the gelli plate and the connecting circles were cut from painted papers. 


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  1. LouCJune 24, 2024 at 7:20 PM

    I love your shapes and blobs today with their mix of shapes. And I especially like your cloth on the side (can’t remember what their called but it is so pretty)!

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    1. MaryAnn ShupeJune 25, 2024 at 9:34 AM

      Thanks Louise! This kind or random blob painting is so enjoyable....I should do it more often. It's funny you should comment on the cloth...it's an old wash cloth that I dab my brush onto....but it's actually becoming quite lovely in it's own right.

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  2. dotty seiter: now playingJune 24, 2024 at 8:24 PM

    MaryAnn, thank you for the art exhibit of Being Present to What Is Good and Beautiful in this Life. I am calmed and grounded by your meditative watercoloring, energized and jazzed up by your painted-paper circles ICAD.

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    1. MaryAnn ShupeJune 25, 2024 at 9:36 AM

      Calm and grounded...yes! That's how I felt when I was painting and I should wind down as many days as I can doing just this.

      I'm not sure what exactly I was experiencing with the circles....but let's go with energized and jazzed!

      Thanks Dotty!

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