JOSHUA ... PLEASE POSE FOR ME!

HE DID!

Here are the photos of the Joshua Trees that I said I would post. I just love these trees. So much personality.  If anyone wants to use these for reference please feel free.  These are from the Red Rock Canyon and Blue Diamond areas outside of Las Vegas.  

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I have a friend who gave me oodles of stamps from her late fathers stamp collection so I have been having fun trying to come up with creative ways to use them.  We are currently traveling and I was sure I would predominantly spend my 'studio' time painting ... just easier when traveling. But, when she gave me the stamps I couldn't resist bringing my collage 'stuff' along (limited of course).  

JOY FOR THE LIGHT OF DAY

12 x 12" Mixed Media Collage

(next Piece has a lot more stamps :)

For more information on this Piece Please click here: 

www.charleenmartin.com

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                "I have no neighbours other than animals and
                                         Joshua Trees."
                   Captain Beefheart ( Don Van Vliet, musician)

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                            NO CLOUDS IN THE SKY TODAY! 

                                                  CHARLEEN

FROM THE STUDIO of CHARLEEN MARTIN

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR . . .

Decorations and Dreams

Santa and Cookies

Gift Wrap and Cards

Parties and big Family Dinners

Anticipation and Sharing

and a shear craziness to the whole thing!

But ... as crazy as it all may get it still is a Wonderful time of the year.  We just have to remember to stop, take a deep breathe, and remember the importance of the Season.  No matter what our beliefs, there are a lot of extra Smiles out there at this time of the year so be sure to take advantage of them!  :)  (I write this as partly a reminder to myself ! :/ )

Besides continuing to work on our home (the move-in date keeps getting 'moved' farther and farther out)  :(  I'm trying to work on getting ready for an April deadline for a Gallery Opening.  That may seem a ways out but sometime around the end of January/beginning of February we will (hopefully) be moving and I know, once in, there will be massive amounts of work to be done in the house.  It's going to be an ongoing process for a while so it will be taking up a lot of my time.

Below is one of my pieces recently done.  It's part of my 'The Backside of Life' Series.

                        THE BACKSIDE OF LIFE:  

BUT. . .  IS SHE REALLY LISTENING?

12 X 16" Mixed Media Collage on Wood Panel

To see more about this Piece Please Click HERE

This one is Mixed Media also (Ink and Acrylic) but no Collage . . .

'BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN . . .'

6 X 6" Acrylic and Ink on Wood Panel

  I've been wanting to do Cardinals for a while so this was a fun piece to do.  To see more about 'Behind Every Great Man ...'  Please Click HERE

And this one is only Acrylic on Canvas . . .

THE PATRIOT

6 x 6 x 1 1/2"Acrylic on Canvas

To see more about 'The Patriot'  Please Click HERE

And, one Necklace to add this time . . .

ABETZI

This is not a brand new Piece but I realized I had never put it online until recently.  :/  It's one that I particularly like because the color of the 'Yellow Turquoise' (which is actually more to the green side) is really striking.

To see more about this Piece Please Click HERE

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

til next time . . .

Charleen

'Anyone that believes that men are the equal to women has never seen a man trying to wrap a Christmas present.'  ~  Anonymous