Straining against the Sands of Time

I just posted this illustration on the Illustration Friday's Week's Topic Board in hopes of catching the eye of the voters and being selected. No prize, just free advertising.

It was a quick drawing however why I did it was mainly I had just re-opened this blog, which I started because of IF ; so I also went back to IF''s site. Lo and behold the subject was DREAM.

I have always dreamed big, which still compels me to "believe" as my dreams have arrived with great depression this year. This year has had a journey so oddly difficult in uncanny ways all I have these days are dreams.

 

My life has been funny, weirdly challenging for me, and even though I feel I have not reached the measurable success I wanted back in Junior College, I am grateful for being alive, allowed to have all my faculties, well most of them, and able to create drawings from a blank piece of paper that I think of in my head. A LOT of people have great imaginations, ideas they see in their heads, but are clueless on how to get their minds to talk to their hands and direct their hands how to translate their ideas for others to go "ouuu" or "Wow..." when shown their concept. I can do that, tech others how it can be done, I like this part of my life and I am focusing on doing this more as retirement draws near.

Life is about dreaming, desire of fulling a dream or even better, inspiring many because they had a dream to share with the world. So I dream BIG. Doesn't hurt to dream and the cost of having dreams is dreaming more dreams as time allows. I hope I get my dream one day, before I am too old to really want it anymore, that's what I fear now, age was the fear I had in Jr. College. It saddens me, depresses me and is now effecting my motivational energies due to lack of dream fulfillment; I am constantly asking myself to what end will this all be if I pursue "this" or "that"? Stops me cold.  I have had so many stops along the way before arriving here I live in a home of Projects Without Ends; the pain and depression overwhelm me some days and I wait for it to go away. All I can do is wait. Been there so many times, I now know what to expect. So I wait.

So at ten minutes to another day, I will go off and think of what I need to attend to next, what I have forgotten, clean up a little, post a little more and then go off into my good night to dream a really BIG DREAM. My eyes tear up and the inclining of hope that tomorrow might just be THAT DAY....

Art is the breath of life

#Art is the breath of life, a silent partner in the world of feel #good.  Happiness & joy reside in me when I paint; I bring this feeling  to others. Best feeling ever are people who giggle in paint class. Hang a piece of happiness in your home today. Art Finder Feel #love #happiness & #joy

Ha ha ha, all true. When you wear ALL THE HATS, sometimes you have to do the hard sell...

...so, given this, here is also me on Zazzle, the whole story. I have taken my paintings and one drawing (I think) to the world of fashion, retail accessories and wedding type, housewarming type, general beautiful gifts for the genreal public who shop online. I am hoping for a T.V. debut of one of my products in an Oscar, Emmy, Tony, Golden Globe moment Photo Opt. "Where did she get that bag???" moment. You get me fans of me, right?

My facebook page leads you to my classes and other viable opportunities one might be interested in when getting to know me and who I am, a crazy lady with a talent.

TAKE A CLASS WITH ME (Ventura), or COMMISSION ME. Both work.

My visual diaries are in two places, @jpdenyer and @drawisaid on Instagram.

My first online store ever, Buddyschild, and muse for where I am today, defines my journey from 2009 when I made my first step to now looking at 87 sales to date from just this store alone. Not great, but not bad, it's cool. And, it's named after my dog, seriously, who gives up on your dog when they are your muse? Can you see similarity here?
And in closing you can also see originals up close and in person; I hang at HPC in Port Hueneme. I on 4th Sundays, when I can, do Paddy's in Ventura 4 - 8pm, I'll be the lady by the dart board. OMG that's tonight!  I have to be done here, I am so not ready....

Even after 21K views, no comment...

Screen capture of largest response to one of my blogs...

Hi.
So I am back at the computer - for awhile - and started to look at the beginnings of my blog here, The Art of JP, only to learn one of my blogs had over 21 thousand looks or reads.  (See screen capture above.)

WOW.

And not one comment. Ok. But I am suprised more at the number of visits than the lack of comments. But as I think, not one, in those 21 thousand plus readers, had a comment worth mentioning about the blog. Well, I hope I gave them something to think about.

I am still figuring out WHO Am I, as we all are in some level or another. Who I am today? A Mom, an Artist, a person of merit, kind, good to the soul, did I say good yet? LOL. Oh and doggie owner, never forget the doggies.

Here are the other portaits I did for San Diego CC 2019, all are for sale, just message me @ drawisaid on instagram. The email attached to this blog, well, I don't use that email adress anymore and might have a few difficulties gaining access to your thoughts if you message me there. And I am a bit of a T-Rex...little arms waving frantically in front of me wondering what to do with my hands! Find me if interested @jpdenyer on Instagram too!

 

End Game of Life, Looking At Retirement from a Grasshoppers POV

First, I am so glad to be back here as I have spent the later part of my day trying to get back into this account. However, back I am and glad to be blogging here again.

This has been a year of many things. Triumphs and failures abound. I wonder about the reasons why my life is this way; I find myself frozen sitting in a chair unable to move for long periods when I think about why. I am far from what I think my success should be at this juncture of my life & WHY it is NOT FINE.

Quite by accident I learned about this painting style (the painting on the right) when asked to teach a class; it is called POUR PAINTING. This is my very first one, ever. I used it for my my submission to Her Art Here, a United Airlines contest to award two artists, (one in CA, one in NY) a plane wrap. I had to do a short video (amoung other things much easier to tackle), by talking about myself & why I thought my art should be selected. After 300 or so pre-takes of this video & my son's blessings to sign off on the vid, I sent the whole package off & crossed my fingers. Sadly I was not selected, the "art" they were hoping for was more of a "doodle art"style, than a pour painting. Oh well, another time to win at contests. Pretty painting though & it is forsale!

I have continued do more of these paintings and as per usual to my personality, I push the limits to an extreme. I did EIGHT new paintings for San Diego Comic Con 2019, happily two of the paintings sold!!! The Joker and Reverse Flash (thank you to the buyers!) are the two that sold. I will update more later tonight, this is a promise!

So for now I need to go, life is calling per usual, so I will be back, thanks for reading! --JP