I was reading a post today about making wishes. . .
It struck me as such a poignantly simple and beautiful thing to do. And one of those things we just seem to forget about along the road of adulthood. . . Sometimes I feel I am so fully connected to those childhood days and then, every once in awhile, I am reminded of something that I have somehow forgotten. Today it was wishes. . .
The simplicity of a wish. . . the multitude of reasons that we came up with to make them.
The power and the wonder of the things that inspired them.
But then, it occurred to me that I DO still make wishes. You might call it something else since it doesn't happen with a dandelion in hand or a falling star to prompt me. . .
But it's a wish just the same. . . after all these years of seeking and discovery, I feel I have found my place, my path back to the beauty of childhood.
My calling.
And every single day, I wish for. . . ask for. . . hope for. . . one more day to create beauty and whimsy and the certain magic that you might find within my work, be it photography, music, poetry and writing, miniature worlds or Egyptian statues.
To continue to be the vessel it comes into the world through. . .
I feel I am in service to it.
I no longer create what I want. . . but instead, I create what I feel called to make.
And every day, that wish I make, is for the chance to do that all over again. . .
Tomorrow.
Showing posts with label digital art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label digital art. Show all posts
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine - #2
Here are my September selections of work samples from my three Etsy shops.
My Antarctica
"From the Inside Out"
Photographic Construction 8 x 10
Bewilder and Pine
Miniature Onegai Jizo Statue
Shadow of the Sphinx
Full Ibis Form Djehuty Votive Statue
Thank you for looking!
Whatever it is you are seeking in this world, I hope you find it in everything that you see!!
nicolas
My Antarctica
"From the Inside Out"
Photographic Construction 8 x 10
Bewilder and Pine
Miniature Onegai Jizo Statue
Shadow of the Sphinx
Full Ibis Form Djehuty Votive Statue
Thank you for looking!
Whatever it is you are seeking in this world, I hope you find it in everything that you see!!
nicolas
Monday, August 13, 2012
Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine - #1
I'd like to also begin sharing my work from my creative studio here. For those who do not know, I have three very distinct shops on Etsy. So, once a week, I will feature one selection from each shop here to give you all a feel for what I do and how all those wonderful childhood creative pursuits have now come back full circle and are allowing me to make a living from my love of making things. :)
Visual art has been there within me since I was able to finger paint. lol but in truth I just took up the art of photography about 6 years ago. The digital realm allows for me to create things I only see in my head that would be either impossible or impractical to try and stage as a photograph. In the case of Theories of Flight, the backgrounds are Encaustic swirls of wax and color and the image is a photo etching over top.
From the time I first saw images of the tomb of Tutankhamen I was hooked on ancient Egyptian religion and art. The more I read about it the more I was drawn to the humbler everyday practice of votive worship and the more my own creations reflected that. Simple statues for everyday home altars and offerings.
I am forever under the spell of Venice Italy. Who wouldn't be? The houses of Burano island are just over the top. The colors and the distinctive walkways are so mesmerizing to me. These seem to go out of my shop as fast as I can create them which, I assume, is because so many others are also under the Venetian spell!!
I hope you enjoy my work and I hope you will visit the shops to see more~
Until the next,
nicolas
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Theory of Flight - Blue Herons Limited Edition Print from My Antarctica |
Sekhmet and Bast from my new Mini Copper Patina Votive Statues from Shadow of the Sphinx |
My newest Burano Italy HO Scale Houses - SOLD - From Bewilder and Pine |
I hope you enjoy my work and I hope you will visit the shops to see more~
Until the next,
nicolas
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