LIFE NTERTWINED

Just checking in between the different art postings and I would like to feature a few pieces.

Hi, I am back with the finished project. I decided to make her part of the Candy Collection that I have started in Fine Arts America. Shes is #2. Her name is Tootsie Sweets and her hair is blowing in the wind. She is on fire. She is sporting her blue and green shawl with a blue bow. Her lips is voluptious. The original is on 18 x 24 drawing paper and will be mounted shortly. It is not for sale at this moment but the prints are being sold on my site  .

Hi, I used the markers to trace all the lines. I whipped out my oil pastels and stunts. It is certainly time-consuming. Now, I have to decide the color scheme. Coming along.....I do a little each day while watching tv. Don't you know I can multi-task? One more thing I would like to add....I drew her lying on my back in the dark. Whoaaa!!! :)

On a gloomy day, this sky caught my eye.  http://render.fineartamerica.com/displayartwork.html?id=4242577&width=250&height=200&domainid=1

Art is not just about painting or sketching. We all know it is anything that is visually stimulating. I'm a person who enjoys all spectrums of medium. I have a separate folder within my personal site for just jewelry. Searching for different styles of jewelry can be a long and never-ending journey. As far as sites travelled, I can say that I have only been to my background (figure of speech). Well, it's nice to know that it is very colorful in my own background. I am saturated with anticipation to discover other pieces to capture. However, they must jump out at me in such a way that puts me in awe! Okay, so I have my knapsack packed. Arrivederci!! Jewelry Ahoy!

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This poem is inspired by a colleague and friend, Mik Sarao Visit her: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/princess-of-death-michelina-sarao.html  . Her creative and dark representation of The Princess of Death. Nightmare F ury is her blade, s o aked with blood Death in the shade Dark temptress and her everlasting anger Draped in garbs black as night O n the prowl….thirsty for flesh Hatred in slices for all evil-doers Waiting in the darkness Hair like black ice protruding into the night Feeling her breath……..as she pierces into your spirit With her Medusa-like snare T ormenting rage spilling down like rain city I nsane For all foreseers Deceivers; non-believers Forsakers Of life Petrifying young souls Devouring their bravery with all her might A ppear in the form of war A storm   A fierce tornado Gliding around tall midnight towers Shadowing her victims A nuisance of light A god...

Enigmatic Dreamer Long dark hall No obvious passage View is dreary and incomplete Loss of perception Loss of direction Lost Gloom and doom Fate awaits the map less To begin and to end to utter darkness echoes of madness Excess of profanity Separation of sanity Channeling through the corridor At the end is light Beckoning For thermal heat of life Dead end Bright light Invisible-like sheer Draping in the cold dark atmosphere Not in reality; a puzzling dream In a new world, new frontier Of intimacy Love in a bed of Translucence Alone and weary Dark melting fiction Found A wake By Catherine Ratliff 2009

Miracle Maiden She is a lovely expression. She is Desire and Dedication. Surrounded by the Silhouette of Doves. Remarkable Creation of Flying Miracles. Permanently fixed in Roses of Passion and joy. She is Whimsical and Extraordinaire BOUNTIFUL. Sun Shining Down Upon Her Oasis. Regulator of time The Moon The Stars The sun Everyone Intermingling With Nature. Her Essence Staring Out At Humankind. Through her Innocence And Sparkling Dark Eyes. Her Arms Grab Out To Hold Our Planet. Rid it of plagues, Disperse Out All Antidotes, Eliminating All Poisons. Bring Back To Life The Unfortunate. WHOSE LIVES WERE TAKEN. AND THOSE FORSAKEN SHE KNEELS DOWN TO MAKE THINGS EXACT AND TRUE. SHE CLOSES HER EYES UNYIELDINGLY TO HEAL PAIN. LET US REJOICE, REJOICE The Flapping Of Bird’s Wings Escorting Purity Into The Light While The Flowers Bloom With The Smelling Of Things As she is the maiden of all things mystical Additional credits goes out to Mik Sarao for the flower woman sketch to co...

     I have many passions I enjoy as part of my everyday life: appreciating and photographing life's simple elements, enjoying the indulgence of fruit, and partaking in poetry. These three choices together enrich my psychie.      I learn to cherish life's natural elements and its simplicities in every form. I possess an overwhelming surge of pleasure when I watch the sun's job of rising and setting. I find joy in watching the rippling tides, filigreed by the sun's rays, crash against the lining of the beach. I share with you that it's just stomething as simple as waking up in the morning, having the sun spray me with ribbons of golden happiness, and feeling the earth's morning breath sweep upon my soul. Whether it appeases my senses with the smell of coffee in the morning or the samplings of sweet frangrances in a local candle shop, I take it all in with extreme satisfaction. My body becomes relaxed and my spirit has an overwhelming...