"The cart-de-visite was a small format photograph that was more affordable and, therefore, accessible to middle and upper classes."
“Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.”
– Andy Warhol “If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint,’
then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced” – Vincent Van Gogh "Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen."
~ Leonardo da Vinci "It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done."
~ Vincent Van Gogh I'm absolutely thrilled that Tri-Art, a Canadian paint company, has offered to partner with me on the 'Mastrius Women' project. At my friend Ana's suggestion, I have been trying them out to see if they bothered my husband (environmental sensitivities) and, so far, so good. I had fun looking through their colour palette to select some for the work:
Last month I visited Tiny Tattoos in Calgary to get a double heart tattoo in honour of my girls. I often wear a beautiful bracelet made by Soul Mantras with 5 dots to represent 5 deep breaths which helps to ground me whenever I feel overwhelmed but I tend to hook it on everything and it is often dipping into my paint so this is a much nicer way to remind myself to slow down and take a breath. These two hearts were inspired by my tiny heart paintings so it is doubly meaningful.
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