BIGGEST Blind Contour Painting

this is my BIGGEST painting ever - Blind Contours is going on my studio wall.  i really love these and so does my doggie.

love this closeup of what i call 'the bull'

and the guy at the bottom - he is so classical and very well educated and talented too, but not snobby.

What does it feel like to BE me

in BIG week 5 question was: what does it feel like to be me?

i wrote the question on paper and kept it before me as i painted - the result - aloe vera plants.

there is so much meaning in this painting for me - the aloe vera plant is a wonderful natural healer.
not sure if it needs more highlights - when wait, look, observe and let it speak to me.  one thing is for certain - i feel very compelled to buy a few aloe plants.

BIG contour

i'm loving contour on BIG, i think i am working a series. and the fun part its unfolding with a story about each one. they are all familiar to me - people from the past so far. so funny, but i'm lovin' where its going!

ICU

Hurricane Irene is coming! i read Deanna and Jill's blog post on Saturday - felt so raw, vulnerable - so had to paint - chose blues. swirls like hurricane. where ever i wanted it on paper -then wanted to feel my fingers in paint - i placed all the tips of my fingers in the blue paint and rubbed and rubbed just to see how far paint would go. i knew i had to cover the corners up, i didn't want them white, then i didn't want borders left white - switched to purple and drippage but who said drippage always had to start at top - i just wildly let it drip where ever - i was really moved by the two blog posts - i had to paint i noticed an eye in blue off the side of the page - so didn't touch that area but everything else had to be covered - NO WHITE - none! when i was finishing i started to cry - the feeling of just peeping out from behind  - would that feeling ever go away - what was that eye thinking, feeling, seeing, tasting, touching, expressing - piercing eye. and then a memory came to me of a peeping tom in our neighborhood when i was a little girl - not feeling safe in my bedroom bc i had a window.  

Big7 Tribe Begins

                                                            scribbles - friends
not sure why 2 blues and black chose me but scribble they did and i loved it. became friends

line - purple tulip

looking at my cally lily painting i observed lines so from there my lines formed