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spiritwoman45
22314 posts
1/4/2016 10:08 pm
New Project
When I was on Cape Cod last summer my sister took me to one of her favorite places, a store called Yak Arts. It was huge and crammed full of folk arts and some fine art pieces from all over the world. She bought a rose quarts sink. I just got ideas becasue I knew whatever I got would have to come back to CA on the plane with me. I saw some paintings on palm fronds. Since there are 22 palm trees on the perimeter of my house lot I figured I had plenty of materials. Unfortunately the kind of palms I have do not have the huge frond bases used in the pieces I saw.

There are lots of the right kind of palms in the parking lot of the of a local store and surrounding empty lots. We had heavy winds and there were lots fronds on the ground. I stuffed my pride aside, burrowed a real car so I would have room for them and like a bag lady ran around picking them up.

So far I have 5 creations. Not sure how many more I will make but we have a local arts and crafts fair coming up in a couple of months. I also have an idea to use 3 of them and make a huge butterfly.

The top photo is one of the large ones. I incorporated my favorite Huichol style. The bottom 2 are of the smaller, darker fronds. I painted patterns the shape, color and texture suggested.




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lilium6 74F
4498 posts
1/4/2016 11:48 pm

 Really like what you've done with the palm fronds - the Huichol style painting is particularly striking. Huichol - what influences - Mexican?


Abelle2 83F
31249 posts
1/5/2016 7:08 am

 WOW! I love your creations


spiritwoman45

1/5/2016 8:52 am
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Oh I have done worse bag lady things. It's easier now that I can pass myself off as an eccentric old lady.
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spiritwoman45

1/5/2016 8:58 am
    Quoting lilium6:
    Really like what you've done with the palm fronds - the Huichol style painting is particularly striking. Huichol - what influences - Mexican?
Thank you. The Huichols are the indigenous people Naryet, which includes Puerto Vallarta. Their culture has survived the Spanish primarily in isolated areas of the mountain jungles. They have a distinct style which also influences other Mexican art. The minute I set foot in the area I felt at home.
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spiritwoman45

1/5/2016 8:59 am
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Thank you. Color is me in spite of the fact my mother and grandmother did their best to make me beige and grey.
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spiritwoman45

1/5/2016 9:01 am
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Oh that would be so much fun. We could laugh and enjoy each other's company so much.
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spiritwoman45

1/5/2016 9:02 am
    Quoting Abelle2:
    WOW! I love your creations
Thank you. I have such a good time making them. I get a high like no other from creating.
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spiritwoman45

1/5/2016 5:02 pm
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Indo. For years I had an old 86 ford work van as a second car. My son still drives but it is literally disintegrating and he has to take the battery in and out or it runs down. He also sort of installed a stereo but there are wires hanging out all over the dash. It's scary to ride in it let alone drive it.
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