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I have been loving the work by Jeff Fontaine! He is a mixed media artist that works with rusted steel panels. He was one of the artists featured in the Affordable Art Show. I am so inspired by his used of color and texture and his perfectly balanced gridded compositions. And the colors...did I mention that I love the colors he uses? He has lots and lots of work posted on his website so you should definitely check it out.
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| Jeff Fontaine |
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| Jeff Fontaine |
I'd also like to thank all my blogger friends from all over the world who leave their wonderful comments for me! I really do draw inspiration from you and I love that I can connect with people both near and far who share their art, their thoughts and their own inspirations with me. Without this blog I never would have met Bridgette and found my new love for encaustics. Or have shared so many thoughts using so many exclamation points with Kerri all the way from New Zealand. Not to mention my constant amazement at the amount of artistic talent I keep finding just north of the border in Canada. Thank you all for inspiring me!
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And speaking of inspiration here's a quote for all you creative types. (Thanks for introducing me to this quote Kerri!)
"Blocked creative expression is as detrimental to your health and well being as a drug addiction. A raging internal conflict between acting on creative impulses or settling for the status quo can eventually promote physical illness. The size of your gift is not the issue; the act of creation is. You need to manifest your ideas and to make a difference in your world, whether your influence is enormous or small. Ideas are free. You can live in the world of thought all the days of your life and never go broke. You will also die unfulfilled because an idea that never incarnates, that never becomes physical and grounded in this world, will eventually feel like the most painful burden you ever had to carry - one that you can never put down. Don't let the creative opportunities the universe provides fall by the wayside because your fears carried more authority than your faith. Trust in the life support system that is inherent in your creative spirit. You will draw to yourself all that you need as you need it, but you must first be willing to risk it all."
- Caroline Myss
"Blocked creative expression is as detrimental to your health and well being as a drug addiction. A raging internal conflict between acting on creative impulses or settling for the status quo can eventually promote physical illness. The size of your gift is not the issue; the act of creation is. You need to manifest your ideas and to make a difference in your world, whether your influence is enormous or small. Ideas are free. You can live in the world of thought all the days of your life and never go broke. You will also die unfulfilled because an idea that never incarnates, that never becomes physical and grounded in this world, will eventually feel like the most painful burden you ever had to carry - one that you can never put down. Don't let the creative opportunities the universe provides fall by the wayside because your fears carried more authority than your faith. Trust in the life support system that is inherent in your creative spirit. You will draw to yourself all that you need as you need it, but you must first be willing to risk it all."
- Caroline Myss
Oh! Yummy! Yummy! Awesome colors. Great textures. Thanks for sharing. I'm heading over to his site right now!
ReplyDeletep.s. if you check out my blog today, you will find links to another amazing artist!!! what a great art day!!!
fabulous textures and colors!
ReplyDeleteOH MY GOODNESS I LOVE THOSE COLOURS TOO! I LOVE rusty things and have been trying to find rusty wire for awhile now so I can make a kind of wreath with it. And so glad you like the quote! Isn't it great? The book it came from was awesome too. I wrote down so many of her words. You must have trailed back through a lot of archives to find that! It seems so long since I posted it. But thank you for reminding me of those great words. They are perfect for me. SO glad to have found you Laura x x
ReplyDeleteI just visited Jeff's site and had to come back and say more things to you! Isn't it so amazing how colour can say so much on it's own? I absolutely adore his art. So inspiring and I'm so grateful you introduced me. Thank you!!!
ReplyDeletei love this quote from Kerri, all my life i knew art was my rock so-to-speak and so many times i have tried to say just that to certain people i know who let their "fears carry more authority than their faith".
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Fontaine's way with color DAZZLES! I love the very organic feel, sometimes rusty... wow... LOVED the quote here too. You have such an inspiring place here, Laura. Lovely to be back and catching up with you here after some travels. After two weeks away from my studio, I'm itching to dig into some creative time now... after the jet lag wears off. ;o)
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