It has been many a day since the Tapdancer has come to the old blog to visit. So much has changed in my life since I was here last - some wonderful some not so wonderful, but today I'm here to show you what I've been up to since I left the blogosphere and ventured forth into the "Internets".
I took up painting again and joined a gallery - two big steps for me and I'm so glad I finally made the leap to join a gallery and have that inspiration and impetus to create new work, try new things. Right now I am working in both acrylic paint as well as digital photography and all the fun possibilities you can create from that for a new show I'm having in April 2015.
Many of these pieces were inspired by a very personal and tragic occurrence this past year, when my oldest son, known as "The Professor" here at the Edge of Reason, was tragically caught in a riptide and drowned. Life has not been the same for me, or any of us really - this totally uncharted territory, coming to terms with the loss of someone so dear. I can only be grateful that I took the time to be a full-time, hands-on mom, because I have almost 17 years of rich, wonderful memories of a boy who was truly exceptional in so many ways, and I was lucky enough to get to be his mother. I regret the future we will never see together, but I cherish every moment of the past we shared, some of which is documented here in this blog - another hidden blessing, all these old posts of the things we did together
Another time, I will perhaps tell you the full story of what happened, but today I want to think ahead, not behind. And if you consider that time is not a straight line, but more of a helix-type configuration, perhaps in creating these paintings, and allowing them to hold remnants of the meaning of my grief, I am reaching back through time, to touch his hand and carry his memory forward with us.
*sniffle*
Okay. So, you want to see what's new?
If you're interested in any of these, contact me at:
receccatoy@gmail.com
Titled "Galaxy II"
acrylic painting 11x14
Price: 85.00
Titled "Galaxy"
Acrylic 12x24
Price: 115.00
Titled "Red Tendril"
acrylic 11x14
Price: 85.00
Titled "Vortex"
acrylic 16x20
Price: 125.00
This one is called "Persephone's Dandelion"
It's 9x12 and is a mixed media piece.
This piece is SOLD
This is called "Red In The Morning"
it is an acrylic painting and is 12x24
price: 115.00
Titled "Spring Swatch"
an acrylic 11x14 painting
price: 85.00
Titled "Emergence of Spring"
mixed media 9x12
65.00
Titled "Little Earth"
Mixed Media 11x14
Price: 85.00
Titled "Mermaid's Hair"
acrylic painting 16x20
Price: 125.00
Titled "Water'y Reflections"
Acrylic painting 11x14
SOLD
