Lately after a day of educating young punks, I scramble home to the disordered splendor of my art room and start making messes. Right on.
It's soothing – the making of mess. Let's focus for a moment on the mess above. The purple and yellow and pink and red one. Yeah, that one.
Stuff happened to it. I got impulses to do things. And just like that, I did them. And I didn't look back. Okay well, maybe I looked back 6 or 7 times, but then I moved on.
Last night when I should have been getting ready for bed, I decided to hang everything. That totally happened.
The section above is the FINISHED section. It will be expanding soon to another wall, because let's face it, when you live alone prized family heirlooms can be moved to the garage and you can like hang whatever you want, wherever you want it. End of story. So basically what I'm saying is that pretty soon all 648 square feet of Moss Cottage is going to be covered with these. I like to think of it as an art opening for the cat posse. Really. That's just how I roll.
I’m curious of your use of the number 4. I use 44 in all my art no matter what the project. Sometimes it’s large, and sometimes you have to hunt to find it. Why do I do this? It’s my favorite number, and it just happens that I’m about to come to an end of my 44th year.
I was just wondering if there were any meaning to your use of it…and, btw, I just love your work!
Tracee
Love your messes! These are gorgeous
You rock!! These are stunning!!
Holy Moley!! I just don’t have the words to tell you how INCREDIBLE!!! your wood panels look hung on the wall!! It’s a whole new perspective from the close up shots and the synergy they produce as a grouping is just well…INCREDIBLE!!!
Right on and outta sight!!
Ohhh, the new art is just beautiful and the mix of it all on the wall is perfect. Now I want to make some!
They’re wonderful!!! I love all the color, and your house looks like so much fun! 🙂
I like your work wery much!!! Complimenti!
You are so funny and so creative with your art and your words. I enjoy your posts!
Always excited when I see “Dispatch from LA (1)” in my blog reader. These look F A B U L O U S on the wall together. I love the cats, don’t get me wrong, but you should make a show for humans because I’ll tell ya, I work at a place that hangs art and lemme just say…. some of the stuff….welll. Yeah. So. Hang it up. Get it out there! WE love it!
Just love how bright these look on the wall…cool beans:} Moss Cottage has the same issues as our “Love Shack”…just not enough wall space!
Oh Mary Ann – these are beyond fabulous! They are wonderful, beautiful and overall fantastic. Love all of them and so happy to see them hanging. Please, please, please think about teaching another class to teach us how to do these.
Those are some mighty wonderful hanged messes you got there! Do the cat’s eat cheese cubes and sip wine?
Everytime you post one of these I get all kinds of crazy, art happy, goose bumpy, excited. They look awesome on your wall. Far as I am concerned Moss Cottage is Moss Cottage Gallery…just listen and you will hear us in the distance…the stomping of charging feet, it’s a thunder that is heading right for you…and once we get there we will kindly wipe our feet, and come in be amazed and awed. Thank goodness for blogs, I’d hate to miss the opening. VBG. Really
Wahoo! What you’ve done is amazing! I will wrestle your sister for the one she’s claimed as her birthday present. Alright alright, family always wins over the complete stranger. I know that. But still…
While you could totally stage a show and sale with your paintings, I’m personally voting for an online shop so I could actually have a chance to snag one.
you absolutely rock!
HEY – I thought we had agreed that the painting immediately stage right of #4 was to be my birthday present? whats it doing hanging on your wall?
Those are WONDERFUL! It’s great to see them in perspective all grouped together on the wall. I, too, love how you roll! 🙂
I think your wall turned out just beautiful!!
I love the way you put the colors together, and how you draw (?) with black pen(?).
You inspire me <3
They look fantastic all grouped together like that.
You are awesome!
pure yumminess ms. teacher of young by day, mess maker by afternoon!
they look great grouped together….
your daily visit almost always includes a giggle…come teach in FL please!!
I totally agree with you about when you live alone you should hang up what you want and store whatever you don’t want to be bothered with at the time in the garage! I am struggling with framing a few of my pieces that I think are “wall worthy” for fear that my hubby will say what is this crap (not that he’d say that but….) or my kids saying Mom is this art from when I was in 1st grade? hee hee
oh miss mess maker, these are divine!
keep making those messes and hanging them up and i’ll just have to move in with you!
Great :)))) I like your work :))))
xoxo,
Raru
Brilliant messes, what can I say…
Orly
such fantastic goodness here. yes.
Far Out! I can see the cat posse looking at them in wonder and amazement.. like I just did.
I agree with Martha – next online class – what! what!
They truly look even more fabulous all hung together!
My Grandma lived in a very small space and had so much stuff the walls were covered clear up to the ceiling. In one small spot there was a sign, “What are you looking up here for?” I always liked the humor in that. Even one of the paramedics one night after treating my very ill Grandpa read that sign and told Grandma she really brightened his day. So be certain to fill all the space you wish and enjoy it fully. Keep creating…
These are great! They look so wonderful up. My fave is in the middle, left. A bit like leaves?
and thanks! for the kind comments about my paintings. I have no idea what I’m doing half the time, but I love doing it.
In april I’m going to a two day workshop for mixed media painters. Instructor is Patti Brady. She just wrote a book. She’s the head of Golden’s artist worker program. Janice
These are truly wonderful Mary Ann. Fabulous. I see Lisa’s comment above and she is soooo right. Oh to see your walls covered in these beauties. Next up better be an Etsy site…I think there will be many somebodys looking for a little of that action on their own walls. Right on! is right! Love it. Dig it. xo frannie
Fabulous!!!!! Love the paintings. Next online class???? hint hint
So awesome. Really.
total awesomeness! 😉 i love that you hang your art on the wall. isn’t that what it’s for? to enjoy looking at it after laboring over it? 🙂 i love that attitude: let inspiration take hold and don’t look back!
Such a lot of energy when grouped together! They look spectacular. Why not have one made into fabric and cover that ubiquitous black office chair — that would really rock.
Just want to say how extremely awesome your panels look hanging on your wall. They have been such fun to view on your blog, but en masse they are even more…impactful. Is that a word? Love ’em. Hope the posse enjoyed the show.
Mary Ann you so rock! I love your art, your punk teaching and just the way you roll… Love the wall too!
Awesome.
Mary Ann,
I just wanted to drop you a note to tell you how much I look forward to reading your blog. Every day I open my Google Reader hoping that you have an update. I find myself giggling sometimes at your comments and others times totally amazed at the work that you have been up to. Just wanted to let you know that I appreciate you and your blog.
Kay
These are really cool. I love the colors. I love them grouped all together. They would make fabulous cards. 🙂
This is all so exiting, Mary Ann. You’re doing really nice work and it’s just incredible when it’s all hung together. Keep going. Make a lot more. LOTS more. And then have a show. You could do it right there in your home… an Open Studio Show and Sale. Whooppeeeeee and Right ON.
You are so right and you are so on. Grid composition always draws my eye (well, both of them really) The hanging is Delight-on-a-Wall.
Way to go after punk herding.
Fabulous stuff!
This is such an intense dose of Wonderful that I may keel over (with a smile on my face).