Helen Lopez
plastic
I am painting on plastic the type that is used for wrapping stuff bought on line. I have written at least 3 versions of this post and I...
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I have no catchy title.....
My legs are not holding me up for long, painting has been slow. I can stand for a few minutes to make my next move in paint, then I need...
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objects
Just when canvases were hard to get in the middle of lockdown I was asked to paint two guitar bodies and a skateboard. I painted the...
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A Different Path.
There is a place that is between where you are and where you were and what is next, a cusp, or a threshold. Last winter I could go for a...
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It was once.
I really cant buy canvases at the moment, my usual supplier has been out of stock of the ones I favour and my funds have dried up along...
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This has been interesting -
I seem to be obsessed with making books and painting in them. I started sometime ago tentatively, then the thing gathered momentum now I...
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about abstract
when I first started to paint outside of college in the 80's I always included a figure usually female, occasionally male, at this early...
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self isolation is my default setting
since going out of the house zaps my energy I don t do it much, I don't have much to play with so I don't waste it on unnecessary...
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lying down now
I have a stomach upset of epic proportion or so it seems - rumbling, squeezing and griping. It has battled me down into a horizontal...
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watching the gardeners, their bodies digging, moving stuff and working together, i had
I had....... the sense that I once new how that felt, to be energetic and effective with strength in my muscles. Sometimes I get to feel...
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what now? onward into a new year, a new decade.
looking back over the last year and the last decade I see mostly a blur not much comes into focus immediately accept the loss of my mum,...
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the process and change
What is interesting to me about this is how often when my mind is "made up" on something or so I think, the process of writing it down......
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Part 2. obliteration and next step
This is where it was for a bit....... I couldn't live with the colour combo the purple and yellow were making me wince but for some...
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part 1. nearly done with this one - or so I thought
a bitty week where I have deflected rejection and handled praise in swift succession.
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Flat Day and A Therapeutic Collage
I didn't fancy continuing where I left the canvas that has been occupying most of my studio time this week - instead I went to a large sheet
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Today could have been a duvet day.
And to be fair it was looking like a duvet day until about half nine. Yesterday I had an afternoon out socialising with dear friends our...
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Indoor sunshine in November
Today I cut into this pumpkin to make some soup for today and a cake for tomorrow. Just look at that colour it is pure warm sunshine on a...
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the surface
In my light sleep awareness skims the surface of a painting stoping at a spot I am not sure about - does this work ? do I need to change...
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Just going for it.
This is where I am today with this piece. I started out with squares of colour mixed from hanza lemon yellow and ultramarine light plus...
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caught up
I read oftentimes on social media that people with ms do not allow ms to become them. That there is a choice - they may have the disease...