Monday, April 25, 2011

painting my bedroom lilac

I painted my room a light lilac.  I didn't want anything too dark but just something with a nice hue.  I am tired of white walls so each spring I seem to embark on a painting project.  I painted my bathroom yellow.  I have a lot of interesting artwork that I have either made or have picked up at thrift stores.  I like somewhat unconventional artwork . . .I make fabric collages.  I like working with collage and fabric.  I call them my amazon women series.  Art has been a great coping skill for me and when I am stressed or out of sorts I like to do art - it helps me relax, forget about my worries and make something interesting or pretty.  Beauty is not necessarily a goal for me in my art.  Instead, I use it as a visual diary of something that I am trying to convey.  Actually, I do art on two levels.  I do crafts - rug hooking, quilting, embroidery, beads and then I do more fine art which is my collage which I do both with fabric and paper and tissue paper.  I want like to learn how to do sculpture.  That is my next calling - maybe paper mache stuff - I don't know - I won't have much time this summer to do artwork so I am trying to get it in now. 

3 comments:

  1. Lilac is a beautiful and peaceful color. Good choice. :) Your post remided me of when I painted a portion of my bathroom bright red. I have red tile inbetween mostly white tile on the counter top, red curtains and one red wall. Kinda fun. It's a very bright bathroom! :)

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  2. I wish that I did not rent so that I could paint my walls different colors. Youare right white walls can be very boring. Your art sounds interesting and very creative. You will have to post pictures and share with us some of your pieces.

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  3. I'll be it looks great and what a perfect color for a bedroom.

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