Same dog….Different portrait! I was asked in April to create a Color Fusion of this little guy who is a mix between a Lhasa Apso and a Poodle. The long haired dogs are a real challenge, but we were both pleased with the result. Then right before the holiday he sends me some new pictures of his pup. You guessed it….he wanted a “before and after”. So cute!
“Lhasa Love”
“Colorful Little Pop Art Dog”
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It wasn’t the cold metal of the dagger. No, it wasn’t that at all. Neither was it the extraction, the holding of my still beating heart in your hands. No, it wasn’t that. It was your face, your cold, unsmiling lips. Wasted time. It had all been wasted time.
I have really gotten into “re-purposing” my art lately. For instance, my Color Fusion series, with all of the colorful animals, starts with an abstract painting. I then collage little bits of that painting into an image until I get the final piece. So I can offer the abstract as a stand alone painting, but use it again and again to create new work! This piece displayed here is a composite of another “bit” that started out as a rejected portion of another art piece. One painting’s trash is another creation’s treasure. 🙂 It’s all just continuing the good vibrations…
“Good Vibrations”
Mixed Media Abstract Art
Sharon Cummings
2015
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“Down The Rabbit Hole”
Mixed Media Collage Art
Sharon Cummings
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Many years ago, I used to do this really cool collaboration work with other artists. Each of us would take a few weeks collecting “stuff” to send to the other artist. The challenge was that we had to create a mixed media piece using EVERYTHING the other artist sent. You could add to it, but you could not leave anything that they sent out. This piece is a result of an exchange of goodies with Canadian artist Geraldine Gracia.
