January Journal Pages

New Year,

New journal...

but old traditions,

each January I create a self portrait

for my journal pages..

I have been thinking a lot about

age.. and aging..

and I am working on some paintings..

 portraits, 

I have one particular model right now, but I may include others..

She has beautiful long hair..

women of a certain age...

with long hair...

many Native American tribes thought that hair held memory..

and to cut hair 

was to break with traditions, the past 

and to literally cut away your memories...

I was thinking about this, when I created these pages... 

ingredients: gesso, acrylic paints, paint pens, art graf pencil, pencil, pen and ink, paper ephemera, stencils, china marker...

as for my new journal...

I chose a 

Strathmore Mixed Media

art journal...

the size is smaller than the old record books, but the paper is so
tough, I don't think I need to prime the page..

 I do love it..

and I thank you as always for stopping in
to read about my travels, my thoughts, and see what I am creating..

grazie!

ciao, ciao!

january pages

last year 

for my January pages,

I did a self portrait.. and I had no intention of doing

another selfie for this year...

but then I saw a posting on

Tumblr...

that I remembered from my younger years..

cough, cough, ahem..

much younger..

a Bob Dylan

photo below...

DIG YOURSELF

and since I always write 

an annual love letter to myself for Valentines day

I thought ... why not... start early?

and ...

dig myself...

so here you have it...

last year I did the work using a mirror, and this year I worked from a photo that I took last year..

my journal below, resting in the chair in my studio...

ingredients: book pages, acrylic paint, pencil, colored pencils...

and many thanks for all your kind remarks about my

birthday...

it was the loveliest ... so far!

but I say that every year!!

life is so good..

and thank you for stopping by...

I will be out to visit soon..

xo

p. s. thanks Bob, for reminding me...