I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

These are the next paintings in my 'words' series..

I rediscovered a great poem by Maya Angelou and immediately knew what my next painting was going to be! I love that... When an idea and the opportunity to follow through with that idea coincide! I work a regular 9-5 job and most days idea's flow in and out of my mind, and I'm unable to really explore farther until I'm at home... Now while my job is in a creative field (thank God) I, like I just mentioned, have to usually sit on the idea and sometimes later,

I find, I am not as excited about it as I initially was.

This time I had the time to explore and this is what I went home and did..

Photo #1 in progress -

Painting the backgrounds

Photo #2 in progress -

Using vinyl stencil on canvas,

using a screen printing technique

Photo #3 final piece(s) -

"Caged Bird"

14"x18" Acrylic on Canvas

Inspired by the poem -

"I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" Maya Angelou

click to read the poem. www.americanpoems.com/poets/Maya_Angelou/13474

The Delray Affair! "Today is the Day" Painting

A few days after Christmas, I sent an application to be a vendor at The Delray Affair. 2 weeks ago I got the confirmation that I, in fact, got accepted!    (Along with my friend Joann Ferrieri from "Handemonium") 

The Delray Affair (is one of South Florida's oldest and largest outdoor arts, crafts and entertainment festivals and hosts an estimated 250,000 people during the 3 day event.

So needless to say, I will be really busy for the next few months

painting and screen printing to build my inventory, so I thought,

why not blog about the process..

This is the first piece in my new series.. 

First photo in progress -

Using vinyl stencil on canvas, playing with textures

Second photo final piece -

"Today is the Day"

36"x48" Acrylic on Canvas