“Sangria” stands in my Etsy shop full of surrealism and color. The terracotta tone woman with blue hair thinks nothing of the raven that flew in the door. Why should she, after all, she’s got a house inside a house, evergreen trees shaped like arrows and large sunflowers coming from…
Category: Art
Becoming Me – Lullaby Collection
It is common for me to blast color on paper, edge to edge with twisting and twirling images. Sometimes though, I paint art for children. The showcase piece today is called “Becoming Me”. Two other pieces are included in this entry as children’s art.
Artist’s Thoughts – This is me 2
As some know, this body of mine dictates if I will move or lie still. Due to a permanent nerve injury to my right arm, I can be limited in action, including holding a tea cup, a cane, paintbrush and pen. In addition, my eyes are growing dim. Strength in…
Everything – Fast forward
DECEMBER 27,2015. Times 32 on the multifunctional remote, flash blurred scenes for you. My eyes have processed them all, bit by bit, no translation of hue or tone lost to speed. I see. I hear. I can’t make it stop. Pulled plugs, short circuit, a hundred failed attempts to rewire….
A Month of Strings 1
This may look familiar. I’ve had it forever. “The Tin Man”. He also reminds me of a puppet on strings and the need for freedom. From what? From the things that wrap around pnd me. I feel tangled. I feel lost, pulled in several different directions, floating above unstable ground….
Some Things Aren’t Easy to Look At
 They just aren’t, some issues are so frightening that even in the line of the sun they are still pitch black, still frightening. When I painted this child, I did so with full knowledge that she may not sell. I have a problem though, I can’t paint gentle art if…
Vibrant Sunflower. Graceful. Intimate
I’m trying to describe an art piece that is currently untitled. When I look at the piece I see Sundrip “signatures” such as edge to edge figures and a massive amount of detail and color. With signatures in place, does this art differ from the other work I’ve done? First…
What Remains – Surrealism and Recovery
When I painted this piece I wasn’t necessarily thinking about natural disasters such as a hurricane, tsunami or an earthquake. I was thinking of the disasters of the mind. I was thinking about events that leave us feeling crippled and isolated. What Remains is a painting with many brush strokes, strikes…
The Growing Process
Art Title: The Growing Process Art by: Faith M. Austin Medium: Acrylic, ink on artist paper, size 8.5 x 5.5 , signed, sealed, unmounted. The Growing Process is ready to ship today. Monday afternoon I showed a friend this painting. He said, “She looks sad”. I replied, “You would be…
Gloria – The Other Child
Art Title: Gloria Art by: Faith Magdalene Austin Size: 5.5 × 8.5 Medium artists paper, Crayola Crayon, ink signed on the front and back, heat sealed but no acrylic seal. NOTE: The watermark lines that go through her face are not on the original painting. The character Éponine is my…