Wednesday, November 24, 2010

New Art

New Tin Nichos or Mini Shrines
I hand painted these and added the embellishments. They are actual tin nichos from Mexico!
Scared Heart of Jesus
Complete with mini rosary and, scared heart milagro or charm, flowers and a Scared Heart prayer card.
Measures 3 1/2" x 7 1/2"
Virgin of Guadalupe
With fabric roses and a mini angel kneeling in front of the Virgins image. Measures 4" x 6"

 See how her eyes are reflected in the little mirror I placed inside

These are going up on my etsy site :)

Monday, November 22, 2010

The Truth Won't Save You Now

Oh, Mrs. O....
You really have a way with words...
The truth won't save you now
oh oh oh
The sky is falling down
oh oh oh
Watch the vultures count the hours
April trains May bring strange showers
Oh Mrs. O,
We all know
the world is really all in Love!
and Oh Mrs O
Will you leave us hanging now that we are grown up and old?

Will you kill me if I say "I told you so"
We All Know
There's No Winter and
No Santa Claus

And Yes Virginia
All because
The Truth Won't Save You Now
oh oh oh
The sky is falling down
oh oh oh
Everything they ever told us
Shakes our Faith and
Breaks their promise
But you can stop the truth from leaking
If you never stop believing......

Thursday, November 11, 2010

My First Collaboration

Wendie and Jesse Collaboration
My Pal Jesse sent me this mask as a blank canvas and I have finally painted it. It still needs a little touching up but I wanted to share it with you all.
Painted on the mask is the Mexica symbol Olin or Movement. The two colors, one light one dark, are important as Olin combines the humanity of the Sun and the movement of the Earth.

Monday, November 8, 2010

The Friendship Baton

Friendship Baton from my pal Jesse
You can reach his blog here: http://theartofjesse.blogspot.com/
Here are some questions for you my dear blog followers, I thought it would be fun for us to answer them,  
Here are my answers
1 - Too small when you were asked, what you wanted to do when you were big; What did you reply?
    -There were only two things I ever wanted to be as a kid, Wonder Women or Ruler of my
      own Planet
2 - What were your favorite cartoons?
      -G.I. Joe and Transformers
3 - What were your favorite games?
      -Tag or Hide and Seek with my cousins, we always ended up in a dog pile tickling or
       pretending to beat each other up
4 - What year was your nicest birthday and why?
      -I was about 22 and my pal Andy gave me a card with lyrics saying: "One day when my life has
      passed me by, I'll sit around and wonder why you were always there for me. Some say better
     things will come my way, no matter what they try to say, You were always there for me." It let
     me know that he knew how much I care and how I would do anything for him.
5 - What were the things you absolutely wanted to do, and not yet done?
     -Visit Florance, Italy
6 - Which 'was your first love? sports? or what not?
     -My first love was swimming.....and chocolate
7 - Which was your first musical idol?
     - Led Zepplin (thanks to growing up hearing my father play it all the time)
8 - Which was the most' beautiful sought (and eventually received), Santa Claus, Jesus' Child, Saint Lucia, christmas gift?
    - I'm with Jesse on this, my first bike!
OK Followers, its your turn to answer and please help yourself to the Friendship Baton I'm passing to all of you!

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Happy Day of the Dead

Feliz Dia De Los Muertos

Day of the Dead Art work by Me :)