Just Life With Denise

Tag: painting

  • ”When Heaven Meets the Sea-Iona, Scotland”

    Finished it
    I came to Iona for the beauty of the sea, I found something of myself upon its shore, a place where heaven seemed to meet the sea. Allow me to take you back to my Scotland travels last September and to the Isle of Iona-the ancient Celtic traditions, and the Abbey that was founded in 563 AD, intrigued by the spiritual and sacred nature of the isle, a very spiritual place said to “be a thin place”, has long been described as a place where heaven and earth seem to meet, surrounded by those extraordinary white beaches and blue Atlantic waters-it really did feel magical, reverent, a closeness, held, like a bit of heaven surrounding me as I sat in the warm sands, the gentle waves upon my feet – it indeed felt like a prayer

    “You are the strength of the waves of the sea.”
    — John Philip Newell, Celtic Prayers from Iona

    There are places we visit, that somehow stay inside us.

    Iona was one of those places for me.

    This painting was inspired by a quiet beach on the Isle of Iona, where turquoise water meets white sand, wild grasses move with the coastal breeze, and a small red boat rests among the rocks.

    I painted not simply what I saw, but what I felt—a sense of stillness, beauty, and that extraordinary place where the sea seems to meet the sky..

    I heard it whispered to me on the breeze while on the Isle of Iona that sometimes beauty doesn’t ask to be captured—it simply asks to be remembered.
    This is my memory of that shore.

    Where Heaven Meets the Sea-Iona, Scotland

    original artwork Oil on canvas

    With Light✨

    Denise

  • BEING messy

    It’s been a while since I have posted any pictures of the art and creative endeavors I’m working on. Fear not, the creativity continues-I currently have about five or six pieces going (and TOO MANY SCREAMING and distracting me in my mind TO GET them all OUT at one time) -four of them, I initiated in one weekend!…. of course in different phases of completion -But decided to play with some acrylic ink recently …. Acrylic ink is a highly fluid, pigment-based medium suspended in an acrylic binder. It behaves like watercolor when wet but dries to a permanent, waterproof, and lightfast finish….this flower one I did by simply pouring water on my primed canvas and “shaping my puddle” with my fingers, or tilting the canvas, then adding and manipulating the color also by tilting-allowing that to dry and layering another color….what FUN and magic as the shapes, intuitions and “pieces” of creatively in your head seem to start connecting in the reality of space taking on an impression-creation-MANIFESTING- thought to reality-it can be a process or BAM!  but WOW the finished piece😉😁take the initiative -we all have the power of manifesting what we think and dream into reality 

    Included an unfinished one I am also working on…

    Yesterday’s progress…I’m happy dancing-when all the “mess” and chaos actually starts resembling something else…something that may end up to be beautiful -IS BEAUTIFUL -and JUST as it should be…my life echoed in art…when you encounter the “messy part” the chaos, keep moving through it to the other side but appreciate where you are -it’s about perception, some persistence in getting through the seemingly chaotic difficult phases, having patience, hope and lots of FAITH 🥰😉❤️there’s something beautiful in the moment and being created-hoping this reaches you …you know who you ARE and who you can just BE (stop waiting to become who you already are-beautiful in the messiness)