March 1, 2021

Self portrait in Acrylic - Painting faces Modigliani style

This past February, painting for the 29 faces was an extra challenge. In my personal life I had 3 family members passing away. Not due to covd but the pandemic made things worse.

We drove to TX with the hope to see people -properly social distancing and all -  but we ended stranded in a hotel, the roads closed due to ice, bunch of unexpected snow and all kinds of chaos. 
We were ok even if we had very limited food, but many friends and family ended up with no electricity, no water and many other problems.
At the end we didn't see anyone, we had to just turn back and drive west.

My feelings and thoughts have been up and down and all I can say is...

It is totally true that art heals when needed. It helps your mental health. Sometimes it helps more, sometimes less, sometimes it takes a while to kick in, the healing while making art, but sending our hands and heart to work on creating, keeps the mind from going in that other circle that might take a while to heal. 

Plus, art helps You and also brings a smile to Another far away person that sees it. 😊
I know for myself, looking at all the faces people created this month, felt very good.

This is what I managed to create. Click HERE to watch this video


and HERE to see this other video:



Much love to you ♥

 
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17 comments:

  1. very nice the face and the painted heart page!
    Great video!
    Have a good weekend, Elke

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  2. So sorry you are having such a rough time. Love your painting. Must experiment more with my paintings. Anesha x

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    1. Thank you Anesha, I guess life is like that, some good times, some bad times. Thanks for visiting ♥

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  3. Art certainly does have special properties, it heals and helps in so many different way. Great work, keep safe & stay creative.. Happy PPF Tracey

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    1. It totally does! Thanks for stopping by ♥

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  4. Sorry you were stuck in TX and for your loss. Myself and one of my blogging friends did 29 faces and showed on our blogs. I missed having the 29 faces blog for posting. We had fun though. I agree art heals and brings joy. Have a very nice weekend.

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    1. I'm so happy to hear you guys did the 29 faces! if you are in instagram you can tag me to see them ♥

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  5. Great art, thank goodness we have art to keep us sane.

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    1. No kidding! It can take our minds to a more peaceful place ♥ Thanks for visiting !

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  6. You have been in my thoughts with all you have been through. Bless your heart and bless you for making these art challenges available.

    by EAGHL
    https://trigra.blogspot.com

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    1. Thank you for the sweet words! ♥♥♥

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  7. Lovely and creative artwork ~ divine!

    Living moment to you,

    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  8. Beautiful.
    www.rsrue.blogspot.com

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  9. oh wow! so sorry you had to endure that!!!! I live in Texas as well so I know what a horrible experience you had!!!! so wonderful and inspiring to see your beautiful art!!!!!

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    1. I hope your area wasn't so bad. Some places had it worse than others and it was COLD. As we were driving more east, from Ft Stockton, we were bringing Narnia. It was a miracle we didn't get stuck on the road, like man others.
      Thanks for visiting! ♥

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