New work for me

I had a beautiful comment from ODD IMAGINATION whose work I really admire. So I'm posting some of the paintings I've been doing to help relieve the stress I've been under over the last few weeks. Just wildly slapping on paint without a care about the outcome has been a great relief from the more intricate work I've done in the last ten years. I've always been one to carefully put the pieces together (see the mosaics in an earlier post) or more recently in my silverwork. So this period has freed me up to throw materials around and enjoy the process. So here goes...........

Not the best photos but I only have a camera on my phone at the moment and couldn't control the glare etc..





I'm going to try to get some photos of the brooches I've been making lately too. Recycled materials including shopping bags, old lace and feathers!!





My creative life has really kept me sane over the last couple of months while my daughter and I dealt with this.........
Sorry if you've got a weak stomach, this is my daughters femur and the rod is opening the gap in her bone that you can see on the xray. Amazing technology. And as I said before we have lengthened that gap to 5cm (2.5 inches) in about 38 days. But the worst is over and she should be walking within a month. Relief. So this friday I'm off for a massage followed by a facial and a few other grooming indulgences before a big night out with 800 or so friends (and strangers!!) What a treat.