original art | Dena McKitrick

What Words Describe this Painting?

What words describe it?

This is a close up detail of a piece I called Awakening. The words did not come for me. Have you a suggestion what it should say? If there are more than 10 who suggest the words, I will pick one and send the “winner” a print. I would love it if you played with this. What word describe or express this painting? Allow YOUR creativity to have fun.

Note: the original painting is from a sculptural piece called Awakening. See the whole piece here.

Bright Ideas

Yes, if you have looked through my site, you may have spotted this face before. It looked different. This is a new mollage using my images in a new composition. Some days I have bright ideas. Other days, not so much. Today, I am merely getting back on the steed. Without judgement (or at least without too much), I take the commitment leap once again. Begin again, and again, and once again again – whatever it takes to develop the habits that I wish to.

I am also working on combining blogs perhaps so that I can get more mileage out of my efforts. I created this image for today’s Daily Napkin email, and thought I would share it here as well. Oh, and here’s the napkin entry for today:

Bright Dream

The real thing

The truth shining through

Is obvious to the center

Where gut feelings are born

That clear truth

That speaks of everything

So apparent in anything

Shines light on the darkest corner

This bright dream

That wakes upon its dreaming

A beacon of hope’s veracity

Permeates each conscious hour_________________

Note from Dena – Ever since my mom passed away, in early March, I have been experiencing a catharsis through grief, which also interrupted the publishing of the Daily Napkin. I believe the mending of the fabric of my life adds richness and depth to my creative expression, even though the process causes lapses in my daily practices.

Tree of Life

Outside the Box is the name of the major annual Placer Arts fundraiser show and auction. My piece for the show this year is of the seasons on the Tree of Life. It is up for a silent auction right now online (check it out here) which will culminate live at the Blue Goose in Loomis on January 31.

The process for the Outside the Box show is that you start with a “box” that Placer Arts provides and incorporate that in the art piece to be shown and auctioned off to benefit Placer Arts. There is all kinds of wonderful art available in the show. Everyone this year really outdid themselves. I am honored to be included in their ranks.

Wheel of Life

I’ve been working on some mandala ideas lately, and the endless cyclical nature of things as well as the tree of life. This image is one of the slides in a new video slide show. (My first YouTube slideshow!)

Fanny

Even at the beach, she appeared unruffled…

There isn’t much that would ruffle Fanny

Her countenance of fortitude

indicative of an intelligent woman

with no real bones to pick

other than the major ones one must face