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http://www.christineconvard.com A Painting A Day Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:07:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This was a quicky...as I have a ton of errands to do today...mainly painting my studio apartment. I did this in one minute...good practice to sketch quickly...oftentimes the basis for a much larger body of work. Mind you...I have not visited Paris in my current lifetime...that is not to say I have not traveled there in another dimension or past life...regardless...I feel like I have been there...I can taste it...I can feel it...the love...the essence...the energy of Paris. Art lifts my vibration...my contribution for today...to lift the vibration of everyone whom enters my path...without ego...without desires...without judgements...breathe in peace...breathe out love...fait accompli... (4x6 watercolor pencil)]]> http://www.christineconvard.com/2008/08/25/essence-of-paris Strange day sitting in Burlington in the new age spiritual shop reading books. Expanding my consciousness. Awakening...kundalini...energy...transformation...was supposed to be working on this grant..got totally engrossed in the silence of my space and joy it was bringing me. I bought a second copy of Eckhart Tolle "A New Earth". He is my guru for the time...I lent my original copy to a friend...and well she needs it as much as me...and the library book I have is way overdue. My observations for the day...energy...the lower frequency...they say a person of higher frequency can raise the level of frequency of a person with a lower frequency...imagine there is a time period in relation to this. I will post painting in the am light. Peace on Earth]]> http://www.christineconvard.com/2008/08/22/expansion A state of presence...if there is unconsciousness within you...don't even mistake yourself or another person for that...like a foreign body taking over...creating negativity to feed off...a continuous process of surrender. I am attending an Obama barbecue hosted by VT Senator Bernine Sanders tonight...maybe pick his brain for my grant. (6x12 oil on linen canvas)]]> http://www.christineconvard.com/2008/08/21/higher-awareness This has repeatedly been a challenge for me in my spiritual training....how to detach from things or persons we love...for some reason in my professional life...this has never been a problem...as a registered nurse...I could work a 12 hour shift...often times through lunch breaks...managing crisis after crisis...being totally in every life saving moment...then walk away without blinking an eye...why in our personal relationships do people get so crazy...I am seeing a huge shift in myself...attempting to detach from everything...more in touch with myself...relationships...friendships...etc. Hold on to nothing and you will have everything. Why do I think this may be my best work ever...truly created from within...the art of conscious creation. (triptych 10x30 oil on linen canvas)]]> http://www.christineconvard.com/2008/08/19/feel-the-burn Originally envisioned this as a Paris street...it could be Santa Fe...kind of an adobe feel. Both places I would like to visit and spend time soaking in the art scene. Today something magical happened...received an unexpected abundant sum of money in the mail. Gearing up for the South End Art Hop in Burlington...lots to do this week to prepare for this show. I am also in the process of writing a huge grant. Somedays I wish I had a personal assistant...why not put that out to the universe. (5x7 oil on canvas) ]]> http://www.christineconvard.com/2008/08/18/here-comes-the-night So what if I did an entire series of abstract bodies in this color scheme? I am on a mission...make atleast one home improvement per day...today it was new curtains for the living room. Now I have a mix and match style of gold and lace curtains...kind of funky...each window with a unique treatment...yet still a cozy improvement. Tomorrow will move a painting that matches perfectly to that space. Off to rescue a friend in need of art project help. Peaceful thoughts. (6x6 oil on linen, 1.5" deep) ]]> http://www.christineconvard.com/2008/08/15/delicate-in-scale This is a gift from myself to be hung in my brown bathroom upon drying. Sexually energized dramas...seduction vs. enlightenment...intense emotions swirling around me in great speed...desires of higher passions...my dreams are opening illusions or realities...futile attempts to control...ultimate failure to understand...opportunists fill their satisfactions in crude desire...pointless energy dissipates into nothing...no judgement...no loss...selfish isolated power...the correct path out of the negativity...to find love...lifting consciousness...light...just random thoughts.... (6x18 oil on linen; 1.5" deep)]]> http://www.christineconvard.com/2008/08/14/the-story-triptych Almost bagged doing something creative in the painting arena...felt I was jipping myself...for a number of reasons...commitment...meditation...creative expansion...bucked up and did some watercolor doodle. Instantly catapulted to a higher mood...continued on to prime some canvases (these are for my bathroom). How to stay present when kids drive you bonkers...first I guess surrender to the bonkerness...yes Callan can count by 10's....vital to give him conscious attention at home... the beautiful insecurity...a few vital moments of mother and son time...voila...he can count by 10's. (4x6 watercolor)]]> http://www.christineconvard.com/2008/08/13/doodletime yep...this is me...enjoying the color...the sun...it has been some time since we have seen a bright day in the northern rain forest of Vermont. I needed to take a day...not think...scribble some thoughts down on already used paper...do a quick watercolor...you see I am applying for this grant...which seems to be consuming my artist thoughts...art and politics to better shape Vermont's future. Right up my alley...yes...but tons of prep work...image alterations...budgets...bs...all the parts of me...I hope to intertwine into this hefty grant...good practice for the creative...politico...businesswoman. (4x6 watercolor)]]> http://www.christineconvard.com/2008/08/12/occasionally-i-do-color I don't think anyone can fully appreciate the life of an artist...the lonely world of making art...even my dearest of friends...what do you want from me...my heart...what is so attractive about the narcissistic, manipulative, unfaithful creative genius (and by no means am I so fucking special?) In spite of so much instability and emotional pain...what is desirable about the artist. Grab hold...if you can hang on...you are going to go places..never thought possible. My latest series of neurotic cabaret ladies...with age comes the goddess...she takes her love as she pleases. (6x6 oil on linen Artboard)]]> http://www.christineconvard.com/2008/08/11/come-into-my-world