Art by Shelley Life*Love*Coffee

What do you do with your blurry photos? I like to turn mine into art. I took several fuzzy photos of the Supermoon Saturday night, and decided to salvage my efforts with some creative Photoshopping. Which version of my “Moon in May” do you like best?

Congratulations to Amardo for the winning title to my figure drawing, “Animus.” The psychology behind the word Animus is fascinating. and gives the piece an interesting new twist. Speaking of twist, here is a list of the other entries I received. I love them all. Thank you everyone! Twister Wrestler

I painted two new pieces today! I was trying to figure out just the right spot to work. The Whitlock Gallery, located in the cool old warehouse space behind the Art Forum at DuPre’s Antique Market, is a fun place to set up to work on my larger pieces. These two paintings are actually tests [...]

Ok, maybe my title is a little dramatic, but who doesn’t love a good drama? A fringe benefit of creating my art is that I am entertaining people. I have been blogging for almost 5 years now, hoping my audience will find me. I had the great honor this month of being found by Charlotte [...]

The last of my stars is complete! I call this one The Mystery Star: I am going to try making hearts next, in anticipation of Valentine’s Day. Both of the kids helped in the creation of this photo, titled Ring of Fire: Of course, that Johnny Cash song is the first thing to come to mind. But a [...]

I’m still waiting for my second batch of clay stars to dry. I changed the design a little, making them thicker so the points won’t break off so easily. But that means they take longer to dry. I’m getting impatient to start some new stars. I found a big bag of marbles that will look [...]

I sat down to doodle some trees, and this is what I got. The colors reminded me of a beach instead. I can’t remember the last time I was at a beach. Maybe 1999? Back then, 2012 seemed so far away. I’ve been reading a lot of lists of resolutions and predictions for 2012. Barney [...]

Friday was the kind of day when I find the sun peeking in the windows in interesting new ways. The sun was coming through the blinds to make stripes on my plant for just a few minutes. Then I found the trees reflected in some caramel. Lunchtime was a special treat. The Big Mac is a beautiful [...]

Happy Holidays! I’ve been playing with my new Wacom tablet, having fun doodling. I’m not sure how over a month has gone by since my last blog post, but these things happen. I received a good supply of coffee and chocolate today to see me into the new year, plus I’m looking forward to a fresh start [