grace

                                   'grace'                                                 Acrylic on canvas 30x40" 

more new work. good friday.

Lent has been a productive time here in the painting studio. I've also managed to do the walk to the cross. I missed a few days here and there, maybe 3-4, but I made it out the door all the others. It's good friday. A day of atonement, confession and ultimately, redemption. I hope that you all have a wonderful Easter. Rejoice. Find joy,  love and peace. It's the only way.

                          'pharaoh's daughter'        acrylic and mixed media on canvas  30x40"

    'Canaan'                                  acrylic and mixed media on canvas                                40x30"

    ' jacob's ladder '                                  acrylic and mixed media on canvas                            30x30"

      'tempest'                               acrylic on linen                                                                   24x24"

'east'

'east', a photo by Lorie McCown on Flickr.

Still working on a painting (or more!) a week during lent.

New direction, of a sort.. and a dash of Esparanza

Working larger and mixing some media.  This is acrylic, pastel and pencil on canvas 30x40"

And Ms. Spalding is on heavy rotation in the studio..

Still going on this one

I'm really struggling along here lately. I know that as we are tested, we will come out stronger.

I am liking a lot of the marks and colors coming together here.

dark fields

dark fields, a photo by Lorie McCown on Flickr.

Still painting..

It's been an up and down time, but I've managed to get to the studio in a regular basis.. here are a few paintings coming on..

Tree of Knowledge 

                                                                                     Red and the wolf

Breaking Dawn

Breaking Dawn, a photo by Lorie McCown on Flickr.

Night journey of three spirits

Night journey of three spirits, a photo by Lorie McCown on Flickr.

Painting paintings

Here is the work going on here in the studio... more of Flora Bowley's e course 'bloom true' and also some more of the epic landscape series..

I'm loving this course, it's like paint therapy..layer and layers of color and free form painting. Most enjoyable, and the time just whizzes by.

And also an addition to the epic landscape series. A lot of tree themed pieces..

judas tree

forrest of life..

and my latest..

                                                              Tree of Knowledge..   acrylic on canvas.



And this! Beautiful!! 

bluebell

bluebell, a photo by Lorie McCown on Flickr.

acrylic and mixed media on board

bloom true class

bloom true class, a photo by Lorie McCown on Flickr.

This is after about 4 layers of paint. It's a process! I'm enjoying all of them, though, even the yoga moves! Very effective way to paint, and I'd love for kids to start out painting this way. What amazing paintings they would do. hmm. thought.

And some beautiful, heavenly music to go with it. I love Lisa Gerrard, her music sounds like praying to me.

bloom true painting

bloom true painting, a photo by Lorie McCown on Flickr.

Here's layer #2. Really loving this course, and can hardly wait to go on!

bloom true sketch book

bloom true sketch book, a photo by Lorie McCown on Flickr.

Bloom true course

Bloom true course, a photo by Lorie McCown on Flickr.

Here are the first layers of the e-course I'm taking.. Flora Bowley wonderful "BloomTrue'. Really loving the process so far.


http://braveintuitiveyou.com/e-course/

Studio shots

The studio has been cleaned (more or less) and a few works in progress are still around. These are mixed media, oil, acrylic and pastel on canvas.

Time to paint and sew

I delayed holiday gratification until February, and enrolled in Flora Bowley's 'Bloom True" online e-course. Because I love her paintings, and her funky groove-chic style. It all starts on Monday, and I have a notion to blog on the progress here. I've cleaned out the studio, restocked the paint table and am ready to go. I haven't looked forward to something like this in a LLoooonngg time. :D

Here are a few of Flora Bowley's gorgeous paintings. And more here..http://www.florasbowley.com/#/gallery/22/0

painting by Flora Bowley

painting by Flora Bowley!

Goregous aren't they? Can not wait to go for it on Monday!

City scape

New work, a photo by Lorie McCown on Flickr.

microbe 14

microbe 14, a photo by Lorie McCown on Flickr.

Heading to the fair

"memory verse" will be included in the Mid Atlantic Quilt show in Feb.  It's included in the SAQA regional show 'Bending the Rules" More info coming! It's about 26x28" all overdyed and re-dyed fabric, mixed media. And a little poem from Emily Dickinson.Too..

Painting 2011

Painting 2011, a photo by Lorie McCown on Flickr.

A selection of paintings done this year..

microbe 10

microbe 10, a photo by Lorie McCown on Flickr.

Merry Christmas to all!

dark landscape

dark landscape, a photo by Lorie McCown on Flickr.

A snow scene

Acrylic on canvas 18x24"

A word interlude.

If this is the time of Time itself, it's a mean and lean season. Reason and hope find little to say in the jingle jangle news of the day. Patience with unanswered prayer runs out. Maybe even God prefers a little peace and quiet. But before it's too dark, too sad or too late, teach us to pray. A haze of holiday habit conceals the bottom line. Holy absence makes a heart grow hard, then harder, without a purpose or design. Teach us to pray, lest we who know the story best become accustomed to this restless season. Teach us to pray for a sign.



Scatter proud powers that refuse to imagine. Shatter the loud towers of Hate, the high walls of Forget. Lift the homeless whisper, the sigh that says, "Alone?" Fill the hungry emptiness that echoes in the marrow of our bones. When times are tough, a rumor of angels is never enough. We need holy terror to startle expectations, and altar/alter us with outrageous grace. Wreck our rational designs with celestial encounters. Let us hear the rustle of wings as we take out the trash. Teach us to pray.


A small essay  from my friend Carole DuBois, an amazing writer and thinker. I am honored to call her my friend.

night journey

night journey, a photo by Lorie McCown on Flickr.

December Views

december views

Friday

Knitting, the briny deep and sketchbook.


and this.. I hope it shows here.

Quiet Sunday in the studio

Gorgeous chawan, love everything about this..

december views