Art Blog for The Inspiration Place

At last week's art retreat ( see blog post Let's go on an Art Retreat) I created a grungy multi-layered mixed media original artwork. Today, I want to share with you a behind the scene's view how the art emerged step-by-step.

The roller coaster ride

The interesting, scary and thrilling part of taking an art class such as this is that you have no idea where you are going. It is kind of like riding a...

Last week, I attended an all day "art retreat." Now, this is really a fancy name for an "art class" but somehow it elevates it if you call it a "retreat." Technically, I think you are supposed to spend the night to really call it a retreat- but I like to call these things retreats anyway because that is how they make me feel... like I am really away and I have escaped from my everyday reality.

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As part of my new series of animals in springtime, I created this penguin family. Now, in my other series I waxed poetic about the feelings of warmth sunshine and flowers yet this penguin painting also depicts spring, (→ discover all penguin art) Spring in Antarctica In early spring, the baby penguins arrive to one of the coldest places on earth. These little families obey the laws and habits of...

To me spring doesn't officially begin until the forsythia burst forth with their vibrant yellow blooms. Next, the pink azaleas open to trumpet that spring is here to stay.

Signals of Spring

The combination of that bright pink and yellow are quintessential signs of spring. The flowers blooming with their fresh scents in the air. That along with the warm sunshine on my skin puts a lightness to my...

 

Lately, I have been embracing the power and the magic of white in my art and it is so addicting. I have been adding white in the form of white drips, white text on colored backgrounds (in found magazine images), and of course, white birds as in this Peking duck.
 

Duck Darling, mixed media art. by Miriam Schulman. private collection but you can collect a fine art print here

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Did you know you can invite animal spirits into your home to protect you?

Whimsical and happy art has the power to alter the mood of your room and everyone in it. You will never get bored of discovering the textures and layers in mixed media collage art. Find something new each time you look at these paintings.

Forever Friends, by Miriam Schulman 12x12" SOLD

 

Happy and Calm at the same time

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I work in a studio on the second floor of my suburban home and from my window I can spy on many of my neighbors. Now I am not talking about the human neighbors, but all the furry creatures that live in my backyard. In my wooded yard there are plenty of chipmunks that frustrate my cat, squirrels that give my cat exercise running around the yard and then nocturnal raccoons that hide under the drains...

Horse Painting has a Butterfly on the horse's nose.

The 2012 Kentucky Derby is coming up May 5th! You may be a horse lover, or know someone who is loves their horse. This horse art is the perfect addition to that crazy, artistic horse lover in your life. The horse artis a mosaic of images and depicts a portrait of a beautiful chestnut...

Koi Painting for Sale online

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Wooly Booly, 8x10" Farm Animal Art

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Newborn Chick, Original Chicken Art