Tag: art

Halloween Rocks Rock

I recently completed a painted rock set of three characters from The Nightmare Before Christmas. I was very happy with the way they turned out. Pleasantly surprised was more like it. I’m never really sure if what I plan to do will materialize. The set includes Jack Skellington, Sally Shock, and Oogie Boogie.

Jack Skellington, Sally Shock, Oogie Boogie, The Nightmare Before Christmas
The only set I’ve ever painted was of The Nightmare Before Christmas.

I was excited to create some painted rocks with the new supplies I got last month. Turns out after trying three different sets, I finally found a quality set of acrylic markers I can call my favorite. I also, was able to get a set of smooth river stones for a nice change.

Tooli-Art Paint Pens are now my favorite! These smooth river stones make the perfect canvas.

Tooli-Art Paint Pens
Tooli-Art Paint Pens
Fjaloon 24 Pcs Rock Painting Rocks
Fjaloon 24 Pcs Rock Painting Rocks

Here are some others I painted with these markers over the last month.

Ghostface, Landscape, Coffee, Heart, Ghost
Alien
Ghostface
Bone
Pumpkin
Heart pattern

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Evergreen

“Dream House,” a collage by Susan MacMurdy

The seasons changed,
And so did our love.
The fleeting, flitting, fickle first feelings of false spring before the second coming of winter floated on the breeze…
Gently, quietly, barely noticed, they swirled with the undercurrent of something more.
A sudden, not-so-unsuspected cold snap pressed hard against the uncertainty of emotion yet undefined.
Brief as it was, it revealed a blossoming warmth that gave hope for coming growth.
The green bud pushed forth, struggling against natural and unnatural adversities.
Cathartic sunbathing in blissful awakening, two hearts bound by evergreen boughs, transformed yet familiar…
Bloom in extant, stronger, and more reverent for their trials.

– Written for Rattle.com’s January Ekphrastic Challenge.

Art Imitates Life

Rivers of regret run like relentless rain,

Persistently pouring past pain out onto the page.

Red with rage from the realization that the rejection of reality is not rational.

Temper turns to tired tears that trail and tangle with the tale I’ve penned,

A failed father, a fickle friend, a family fallen apart from within.

Drowning in a deluge of darkness, dumbfounded, I discover the destination.

This crucial chapter comes to a close.

Franz_Marc-In_the_Rain(Im_Regen)_(1912
In The Rain by Franz Marc

– Written for Jane Dougherty Writes, Poetry Challenge #41: In The Rain. Painting prompt by Franz Marc. Word prompts were “rain, red, relentless, river, regrets.”

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