Bacon on Artist's Job

Bacon 's quote is: "The job of an artist is always to deepen the mystery." This new piece celebrates spring with a mystery of it's own

Happy Easter

It is the time for chocolate and colored eggs. It is supposed to be spring but here in Michigan winter is hanging on for dear life. I can remember when I was a little girl and I wanted it to be warm enough so I would not have to wear my coat and everyone could see my new dress and of course those shiny shoes. I would get three pairs of shoes a year, sneakers in the summer, dress shoes at Easter and saddle shoes in the fall for school. This little girl all in pink puts a smile on my face. There is a cloud of pink around me because I am expecting my first grandchild, a little girl, this July.

New Artwork

This piece is called "tenderness" worked in layers and a variety of mixed mediums. I also wanted to share part of a poem from Ben Okri, "Healing The Wounded Learner or the Pygmalion Complex"

We are all wounded inside in some way or another

We all carry unhappiness within us for some reason or another.

Which is why we need a little gentleness and healing from

one another. Healing in words, healing beyond words

Like gestures. Warm gestures. Like friendships, which will always

Be a mystery. Like a smile, which someone described

As the shorest distance between two people

I hope you received some smiles today and were able to return the gift.

Watch, Wait and Wonder

Since April is Poetry Month, I started to look at some poems I had written many years ago, 1999 to be exact. This is a painting I was working on from a class called Portrait and Poetry. Maybe I will finish now.

Watch, Wait and Wonder

I keep getting this lesson of

patience

and the wonder that

can be found

can be seen

can be experienced

it can take your breath

away

and give you a stillness

that is profound

a joy that has no

end

in that moment

Corinne Vivian 1999

April is Poetry Month

As most of you know I am fascinated with faces. All kinds of faces. I love to layer them in mixed media pieces of art. I am playing with this one right now. I also wrote this poem while waiting for a friend. Enjoy.

Faces

Dreams

found

in a

new face

Memories

stored

in an

old face

Hope

given

to a

forgotten face

Spirits

raised

in a

familiar face.

Corinne Vivian

Could Art Change the World

I saw this wonderful video on TED the link is http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/1085

If you want more info on this go to insideoutproject.net I am hopeing to do a project at the local community center with children. We will need some digital cameras donated so if anyone has any leads on that, please let me know.

I have attached a digital piece that I have been working on that I may paint.

My favorite quote for the week is "Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." by Scott Adams. I have created some of my best works thru my mistakes.

Memory Show

I am currently in an art show at the Riverside Arts Center Gallery in Ysilanti Michigan. These are some of my newest pieces. Enjoy