tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779511481868469607.post7952938968696715724..comments2023-10-15T08:18:04.661-07:00Comments on Blue Sky Dreaming: The exotic name of InezBlue Sky Dreaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12405128176114875597noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779511481868469607.post-45771622803829580532012-08-14T06:38:44.481-07:002012-08-14T06:38:44.481-07:00I quite like your work in general but I LOVE this ...I quite like your work in general but I LOVE this one! And a great story too!Crazy RAvens Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13899701743108985403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779511481868469607.post-91225274568224029222012-08-11T16:54:09.904-07:002012-08-11T16:54:09.904-07:00Mim, Thanks so much...I like the colors and have a...Mim, Thanks so much...I like the colors and have added gold bits here and there.Blue Sky Dreaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12405128176114875597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779511481868469607.post-20595563122650700692012-08-11T16:52:50.240-07:002012-08-11T16:52:50.240-07:00Marie, Oh, I like your take on the game board idea...Marie, Oh, I like your take on the game board idea! I don't know of any book on cold wax and I am just experimenting myself. Used as a medium with oils makes a great buttery spread. I'm learning as I go!Blue Sky Dreaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12405128176114875597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779511481868469607.post-55295138433299936812012-08-11T16:50:56.487-07:002012-08-11T16:50:56.487-07:00Carole, Thank you...I think I would make a good de...Carole, Thank you...I think I would make a good detective...safely behind a desk!Blue Sky Dreaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12405128176114875597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779511481868469607.post-36475680236386789932012-08-11T16:49:54.898-07:002012-08-11T16:49:54.898-07:00Babs, I'm fondest of the center image too! We ...Babs, I'm fondest of the center image too! We have horse thieves and cattle rustlers too! Those must have been tough times for both men and women!Blue Sky Dreaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12405128176114875597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779511481868469607.post-48626166652100198942012-08-11T05:34:02.116-07:002012-08-11T05:34:02.116-07:00This is a great story and a beautiful pieceThis is a great story and a beautiful pieceMimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12409455543895086283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779511481868469607.post-45538722892054757752012-08-10T07:36:55.027-07:002012-08-10T07:36:55.027-07:00This is a great colorful piece...it reminds me of ...This is a great colorful piece...it reminds me of an abstracted game board, complete with coding! Love the code idea!<br />Is there a good book or tutorial for using cold wax and oils? I looked on the net and havn't found anything very helpful. I found a cache of oil paints at an estate sale that I'd like to use up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11427569009529036611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779511481868469607.post-54429814762837835022012-08-08T12:21:17.275-07:002012-08-08T12:21:17.275-07:00You would make a fine detective! Your work reminds...You would make a fine detective! Your work reminds me of Russian Dolls too. Lovely bright colours.Carole Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03761259557061105360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779511481868469607.post-76441079826738605422012-08-06T20:05:44.879-07:002012-08-06T20:05:44.879-07:00Gosh, I'd loved to have visited your great aun...Gosh, I'd loved to have visited your great aunt Inez with you, and experienced her house. It sounds like a dream,,,,like this new work. I see the doll reference, sure.<br />Before reading, I saw totems.Colors are perfect,and I like very much the white textures in the center doll, and the wheel of her head.<br />Oh, and I do love me a good mystery.Unfortunately, the story goes that some of my ancestors were horse thieves.Kind of exciting though,,,,~Babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00912644174343772017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779511481868469607.post-69742699324621528152012-08-06T16:06:45.769-07:002012-08-06T16:06:45.769-07:00Karen, Ahhh the family mystery...I do remember bei...Karen, Ahhh the family mystery...I do remember being told this great-grandmother was very much involved with the "movement" ! I met the great-aunt Inez a couple of times...she was married to a professor UC Berkeley and lived on a rocky shore in Alameda in one of those beautiful houses (long torn down) with the windows looking out on the water and the walls lined with rich wood bookshelves. She was a little lady and served us all tea.Blue Sky Dreaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12405128176114875597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779511481868469607.post-44786244716533034372012-08-06T15:57:07.059-07:002012-08-06T15:57:07.059-07:00Suki, Thank you. I agree the story is a good one a...Suki, Thank you. I agree the story is a good one and again hard to prove either way!Blue Sky Dreaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12405128176114875597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779511481868469607.post-75587419787229299722012-08-06T15:55:18.116-07:002012-08-06T15:55:18.116-07:00Joyfulwild, Thank you. I was going for complimenta...Joyfulwild, Thank you. I was going for complimentary colors with starting with green and then overlaying with reds.Blue Sky Dreaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12405128176114875597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779511481868469607.post-17826627025910896762012-08-06T15:53:52.777-07:002012-08-06T15:53:52.777-07:00louciao, Thank you. I was going for tower shapes b...louciao, Thank you. I was going for tower shapes but as you said the colors worked well for the Russian dolls in a row. I missed my calling...could have easily enjoyed being a detective, except no gun or danger.Blue Sky Dreaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12405128176114875597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779511481868469607.post-49487334860687492392012-08-06T15:51:05.698-07:002012-08-06T15:51:05.698-07:00Sharmon, I do so enjoy those detective shows such ...Sharmon, I do so enjoy those detective shows such as on PBS..I really think I'm right on this one. The Russian doll imagery was not my plan but I like it. thank you! <br />Cold wax is a medium made up of wax and resins and is quite wonderful. Truly like a butter mixed with oil paints or powdered pigments.Blue Sky Dreaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12405128176114875597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779511481868469607.post-58521253519230303642012-08-06T10:20:15.885-07:002012-08-06T10:20:15.885-07:00I simply had to post my excitement over this piece...I simply had to post my excitement over this piece and the family mystery - solved. :-) Love it! The colors are terrific, too.Karen Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05237709619829345687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779511481868469607.post-8784270965489848522012-08-05T06:46:48.068-07:002012-08-05T06:46:48.068-07:00oh i love this one. so bright and tapestry like. ...oh i love this one. so bright and tapestry like. yes, russian dolls which i didnt connect before either. and i do love your story about Inez. I am sure you must be right. it makes a lovely story.sukipoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09351851210507048174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779511481868469607.post-11064397155668796702012-08-04T09:11:43.970-07:002012-08-04T09:11:43.970-07:00What a rich story and expression! The colors are ...What a rich story and expression! The colors are bold and unique for your work - and you blend your markings, layers, and texture in such a wonderful composition.Joyfulwildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381021338889224899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779511481868469607.post-27633533623078140242012-08-03T18:09:05.872-07:002012-08-03T18:09:05.872-07:00Really delightful composition, with exotic colours...Really delightful composition, with exotic colours that really work well together. I hadn't thought of Russian nesting dolls until you mentioned them, but for me now it's obvious in their shapes; 3 individual dolls with their rounded forms that stand out. Wonderful how your personal history/mystery is symbolically recounted in this painting--and that you figured it out and told it here.Lynne with an ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320166770541319601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779511481868469607.post-37041775928810408092012-08-02T19:48:34.752-07:002012-08-02T19:48:34.752-07:00How cool that you were able to make a connection b...How cool that you were able to make a connection between your family and the name of the suffragette! Do you feel like one of those people on "History Detectives" on PBS? I love that kind of stuff- it's like Sherlock Holmes goes time traveling! I can see what you mean about Russian dolls, too. I now see the dolls as the 3 Inez's. Great piece, great story!Sharmon Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12857659019638341374noreply@blogger.com