Happy 2020!
I have had a long break,
but not been idle..
there is no rest for the creative..
I promised you photos of the portrait that I painted for my
Daughter and SIL
it is actually 2 portraits
and took me ages to paint..
I find it so challenging to paint
portraits of people I know..
and to accomplish it
in between all the other work
I have going on..
I was determined to send it as a Christmas present....
and I just made it..
Whew!
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| Caterina Giglio, Mixed Media Painting, detail. |
As I write this post,
I am also hard at work
on my first Vlog post of the year
on YouTube..
and I thought I would write about
WHY
I am a YouTuber..
First of all,
gentle reader, it was NOT my idea..
It was Don's idea..
He had been watching
a lot of YouTube videos
and thought I should be on
YouTube
well you can imagine how that went over..
however..
that handsome guy is very persuasive
and as we were leaving for
Italy
the first time, he said ...
imagine how fun it will be to document the trip
for our friends and family..
OK..OK..
I finally capitulated ...
this coincided with the reorganization of
Stampington Magazines..
I had been a consistent contributor to their magazines
as a way of offering some inspiration
to others..
my way of giving back..
what I realized after a while on
YouTube
was that
I could reach a
much larger audience
than the
magazines had covered and
so I decided to give it my attention..
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| Caterina Giglio, Mixed Media Painting, Kori and Kaden in the Grass. 12 x 12 cradled board. |
There is in my humble opinion
a need..
a desperate need..
for people to be more creative..
I know that not everyone is an
artist,
but everyone can create..
it may not be a GREAT work of art,
but it creates a GREAT feeling when one is creating..
it opens the door to expansive thinking..
it allows the heart to express emotionally..
and the act of creation results in joy..
that child like feeling of loosing oneself in the color..
the abandonment of self in the form..
and a feeling of connection
that sparks kindness..
and now more than ever..
we so need kindness..
So meet me on Friday..
I will have a
YouTube
video
for you
on
Organizing Your Mixed Media
Studio Space
C4N!
