beautiful tears

9" x 12" mixed media on cradled Gessobord
©manon doyle

“She said she usually cried at least once each day not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful and life was so short.”
~author unknown


detail
©manon doyle

I hope my family gets by now after all these tears I've painted that they are not all sad....lol!!! I've explained it a ton of times to them but my mother still gives me that *I'm not really sure about you* look...lol. In her defense she knows that I easily shed tears. I always have. She always tells me I'm the only one she ever met that can crack jokes while crying....lol. I guess the ability to feel and express emotion is a good thing. : ))

fill your heart with art

~manon

finished before they melted

6" x 6" acrylic on Gessobord
©manon doyle

Unless your name ends in Baskin or Robbins, I really can't fit you into my schedule right now.
~u. swain


6" x 6" acrylic on Gessobord
©manon doyle

These less than thirty minute paintings are making me happy this week!! : )) I have to tell you that I feel like the Rachael Ray of the art world....LOL!!! She's got 30 Minute Meals and EVOO which translates to extra virgin olive oil and I've got 30 Minute Paintings and GESSO which equals HEAVEN!!!!! Anyway....the big brush is still going strong for now and I'm still feelin' it!!!

fill your heart with art and soft serve ice cream!!

~manon

just paint it!!!

7" x 10" mixed media painting
©manon doyle

"You are what you are and where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You can change what you are and where you are by changing what goes into your mind."
~zig ziglar

I decided to be set free this week.....lol. My idea was to use a big brush and not take more than thirty minutes on each of these.....well....the shoe may have taken longer but that was because I changed the background multiple times. Anyway.... I got out of my head for a change and it was a very pleasant vacation....lol. I need to start painting in this way more often. My next goal is to do one of my girls with a big brush and just go!!


6" x 6" mixed media painting on Gessobord
©manon doyle


6" x 6" mixed media painting on Gessobord
©manon doyle

fill your heart with art and big brushes

~manon

giving hearts

7" x 10" mixed media
©manon doyle

“Today, see if you can stretch your heart and expand your love so that it touches not only those to whom you can give it easily, but also to those who need it so much" ~author unknown


6" x 6" mixed media on Gessobord
©manon doyle

I have this thing about painting hearts...lol. I thought I may have gotten over it by now but I love using them in many of my works. I've given all the heart paintings away. I like to share them. It makes me feel so full of joy to let someone know that they have a beautiful heart. So many of you do the most wonderful things on a daily basis and it truly inspires me. I hope that I will get around to giving you all hearts one day!! : ))

fill your heart with art

~manon