Artist Renee Mak

Dreaming...  always one of my favorite things to do! I recently had the chance to put a show together  and I decided this piece was to be my  inspiration piece for the whole show. Interestingly enough, it was not finished at the time.   If you remember, I've been working on this and showing bits  and pieces of this for quite some time...  unfinished as it was. I've sold cards and prints, even had offers for the painting.   But deep down inside, like only an artist knows, it wasn't yet  time for us to part ways.   Something told me I still had work to do! This is the way it's looked for a little over a year.  I loved it... but still wanted it to say more. So while planning the show, it made perfect sense  to end with and build the show around this painting.    The name of my show is called "Evolution of a Dream", and it takes the viewer along a 5 year journe...

Happy Friday!  After what seems like and eternity, I'm once again linking up with the fabulous group of artists over at Paint Party Friday !    xoxo I  discovered long ago that the process is what's so amazing about painting. All of it... together.  It's the choosing of the palette. The choice of tools. And the blurred idea  of what the outcome may be. Changing directions during the process is part of it... although that's sometimes very frustrating. Even in a small mixed media collage project,  in preparation  for a larger painting, the end result is often nothing  like the painting began...  which is part of what makes the process  so amazing! Although this painting is not finished, the process  has taken me far from how it began. Here are some amazing links to see more posts about the process! http://fussitup.blogspot.com/2012/04/paint-party-friday_20.h...

Happy Friday to all! It's been a while since I shared my works in progress  so today is the day! The flowers are still in full bloom at my studio... as are the bright colors! I'm dreaming bigger then ever... and am discovering new and exciting things each day.  I'm working towards a show to be called "Indian Summer : In Full Bloom" that will be finished next month. Old paintings are getting new life again... just like the blossoms of an  "Indian Summer" take the place of the scorched fields of July and August! I've started reading a fabulously philosophical classic  called "In Tune with the Infinite"   by Ralph Waldo Trine. This has been said to be "one of the best motivational books ever written." And who doesn't like to be motivated on to greater things, right?!? I love it and hope you will too... I'm hopping back onto the PAINT PARTY FRIDAY blog hop fille...

Ocean Blue and the Cup Cake Parade by LolaBird Ride the wave the wave of blue but leave your footprints  in the sand. Follow the clouds, follow thru stay true to your heart, it knows what to do. Flow with the pink, sharp and brite but leave out the glitter for your Friday nite. Use it freely... without care, sprinkle a trail on the back stair so you can find your way home, in case you're alone. The cup cake parade might shock you a bit... but don't worry keep the candles lit the frosting and glitter will make you smile and forget your troubles... just for a while. {All artwork protected under copyright laws and remain the sole property of artist Renee Mak 2012}

by LolaBird There are just days when I am in a haze... trying to break thru,  think I don't know what to do. Then I remember,  just in time... there is no spot where I am blind. I have the  answers in my mind.   If I just tune in and believe the song... my troubles melt away, suddenly they're gone! {dot dot dot paint the spot... bright happy colors sad I am not!}

This week has been a busy one... with three classes including one fabulous 5 hour mixed media painting workshop! In most of my classes I do a live demo to help those total visual learners.  This workshop is no exception and these details are just parts of a new 36" x 36" painting I started. I'm finishing it either today or tomorrow and am so excited to see how it turns out! Of course the biggest perk of teaching is the budding artists  I get to meet and create with.  This course is being shared with the lovely Miss Lynn of "When Depressed, Apply Wet Paint" . Her work is fabulous and I hope she'll share her finished  piece on her blog or allow me to share it on mine! I'm also linking up today with the lovely and talented ladies over at Paint Party Friday ! Check out the link and discover talent you never knew existed!!! I'll be painting today... hope you'll do the same. Have a fabulous Fr...

I've recently completed three colorful owl paintings! They were created using pencil, water colour crayons, oil pastels, acrylic paint, glitter and last but not least... a collaged beak!  I've already sold one and these two are left! It all started one lazy Monday afternoon when I noticed a fabulous background that needed a focal point! I had been doodling cute little chunky owls for another project and so that's what came out!  And my doodled owls were very girlie with long curled eyelashes. Owlie Glam Series  11" x 14"  ...$98 The backgrounds are stamped and stenciled  with my favorite tools and  the layers are painted  with whimsey and freeform marks! Owlie Glam Series  11" x 14" ... $98 It was very important to me to keep a light, happy feel with painterly marks.   I like how the water colours add a dreamy quality to them... and how the backgrounds still peak through in different place...

I added a page to my blog today!  It features some of the paintings I currently have for sale.  Let me  know what you think! xoxo Here you will find just a sampling of my mixed media collage and abstract acrylic art work! Always feel free to contact me with any questions or commission work! fussitup@live.com Enjoy!!! Mixed Media Acrylic 6" x 6"  ~$35 Mixed Media Acrylic 6" x 6"  ~$35 Vintage Photo Mixed Media Collage 4"X 4"    Mixed Media Collage with Vintage Bling  5" x 5" Mixed Media Collage with Vintage Bling  10" x 10" Mixed Media Collage 6" x 6" Bless This House Series Mixed Media Collage 6" x 6" Believe I Mixed Media Collage 6" x 6" Trash to Treasure Mixed Media Collage 8" x 10" Trash to Treasure Mixed Media Co...