Hmmmmm!

Hi Peeps,
Hope you all had a merry one! So what now? Back to drab! It's anyones guess... What will tomorrow bring? I certainly don't have one iota, but that's probably the best part... it's the mystery of things that makes it exciting! For now anyway!

MYSTERIOUS WAYS

OMG the world certainly does work in mysterious ways! You know sometimes when you're down and out, things look so bleak you just want to give up and hide in a hole. I have a habit of doing that often (hide in a hole that is)... BUT isn't it amazing when the world just seems to know you're not doing so good! Speaking from experience, I've trained myself to 'weather the storm'. It sounds easy. Truth is, it's bloody hard and if there doesn't seem like there is going to be a 'happy ending', the thought of giving up altogether seems the easy option.

STOP! Who am I to give advice? I'm just a little nobody on the planet, doing my thing. And if sharing my experiences with everyone out there can help another person understand what I've gone through and what I've learnt from that experience...

I sold a painting today... PINK ANGELS, created from a poem/verse I wrote a few years ago. Read the poem and I'm sure you'll see the relevance to the magical times in your Life when other things are falling apart.There's a little magic in us all, if we're willing to 'weather the storm'.

Pink Angels

The celebrations of Life

are heralded by the arrival

of the `pink angels’ of destiny…

bringing messages of encouragement

to unfinished projects.

Musical aspirations show the

unknowing passenger… avenues,

which lead to the rendezvous’ of circumstance,

where times and destinations align

with the autographs of `blown-away’ proportions,

to create something called…

Totally AMAZING!

And the `pink angels’ of destiny just smile to themselves…

Because they had it all planned from the very beginning.

©Sharon Williams.8/3/07

DONE AND DUSTED!!!

Yeha!!!!!! Diploma of Fine Art, done and dusted. Jumping from the highest mountain today... 11 distinctions total!!! The last 2 years have been a nightmare and this has been the best thing that has ever happened in my life so far( for personal reasons) SO EAT SHIT BARRY O'FARRELL... ART'S MY LINGO!!!

PROCESS

  I'm more interested in the process...

I find that the more I learn, the more I see. I see things that were there before but weren't visible. I can see the path and follow it, knowing that I'm no longer blind to the journey in which I travel. Seeing is believing, and believing in yourself is knowing the Truth and having the ability to use it wisely.

TRAGIC!

What's happened to the world? A person goes and kills 20 innocent kids at their school in America, along with 6 adults, then another person stabs 20 in another country... shaking head right now! OMG!!! If they were so frustrated with the planet, why didn't they just go hide in a corner and calm the f#%&^*$ down! For god's sake, I know people get frustrated with themselves at times... I sure do, but what the hell do they think they are going to accomplish by doing something so tragic that it's uncomprehendable! Get a LIFE people, I'm sick of all the BS on this planet... too much violence. YES I'M ANGRY! and for good reason. Wouldn't it be better to go punch the crap out of a punching bag, or join the army and use your 'grunt' and get some discipline. Join a karate club, join the gym, throw some rocks at a wall, dig some holes for god's sake! Turn all that negative energy into positive energy! Build a  bridge and get over it! I'm over it! So angry... frustrated... and I hate, yes hate being a person that is so angry and negative. I know there's always going to be shit going on that we can't stop, or prevent at times, but isn't that when a person needs to step back from society and re-evaluate or centre themselves and try to 'ride the wave' until the storm passes. Well, that's what I try to do.  I'm not one to give advice... far from it, but then... I haven't killed anyone yet, and I don't plan to anytime soon!  You could be 'spiritual' and 'pray' or send positive thoughts to those who need it perhaps. Does that work? Dunno. Or you can help to make sure it doesn't happen in your own community. Whose to say it never will? Will it? Only time will tell...

Why Bother?

Why Bother? Arseholes don't have ears!

It's just gotta be said!

Go Julian Assange in the Senate! Create ur own 'Get out of jail Card' and maybe u can come back to aussieland and fix up this shithole !

Venting 293942744:

f$%^ ATO office/centrelink/Barrell O'Farrell/Aussie politicians, f#@%^$&^%*... has anyone got a spare wig... I've pulled all my hair out in frustration... I could be my own energy plant with the steam coming out of my ears...LOL! I need a cordial!

THAT'S IT!

Ok peeps, that's it. I can't stand it anymore! I'm not one for sitting quietly and saying nothing when it sometimes needs to be said. So along with all the crap I have to put up with and in between the wonderful life I lead, creating art at random and living a life of lost dreams and hopes, I've decided to scrap (for as long as I can) everything I've said, learnt, seen or heard previously and take on the personal challenge of standing up to the plate of REALISM! No mor BS... I know I've got an attitude problem and I'm going to start calling a spade a spade. I do usually try to do that most of the time, but sometimes I start to feel like I should be saying what is appropriate instead of what is truth. I'm never one to stay on a high, taking things people say to heart and giving up once in a while but, now I find it's now or never... so here goes peeps... I'm only just beginning... VENTING BLOGGER 101!

Art History Luncheon 2012

Just a few pics from our Art History Luncheon in the Front Room Gallery last Friday. Great day had by all, lots of laughs, speeches and food. Hosted by Peggy Guggenheim! With guests such as Modigliani, Picasso,Max Ernst and Georgia O'Keefe! The best History class this year, by far!

'Vincent' 'Smirking Mona' and 'AmGoth'

These paintings are Acrylic on Canvas 25cm x 25cm
and for sale as a 3 piece set  $100.

T-shirt

This is one of the T-shirts I had printed at Vistaprint, an online printing service, taken from a photo of one of my paintings in Cert 111 Visual Art

TAFE RALLY

OMG! what an eventful afternoon. Everyone from TAFE went down to Tim Owen's (local member) office to protest the funding cuts for Fine Arts at TAFE across NSW. Shame on the poly's! Phots to follow...

Vintage Summer - Mixed media on board 90cm x 90cm

This painting was entered into Seascape and Beyond Art Exhibition 2012 as part of a fundraising exhibition for Beyond Blue. Sold $350. Based on an image found on the net of girls in vintage-looking swimwear. Modelling compound was added to the paint to create texture and then the image was artwork was sanded to give that rough, vintage look to the paint, as though it had been sitting in the sun for a long time... just like the bleached wood found laying in the sand at the beach.

'Talking Heads' Acrylic on canvas