Lynda ArtMystic

Today I am finishing this #painting ... I know, it looks suspiciously finished, but it is not. It is 99.9% finished. This weekend we brave the 0.1%. And then I will ... hold your breath ... be selling prints. And maybe the jigsaw puzzle suggested, because we do love puzzles in this house. #artyear

Hello. Thank you 💜 Unfortunately not for sale as it is promised to my daughter. BUT I am working on getting a site up for prints. Slowly - so slowly - working on it in the cracks of a busy life (hence the slow reply to comments - I really need to work on that!)

Hibiscus flower plucked from the garden this winter, and added to my eclectic decor styling of miniature teapots, candles, statues and ... of course ... a painting. The proud bloom is displayed in a curious violet and white striped blown glass vase sitting on top of a polished slice of a geode. Don't ask why, I don't know. These things find me. The geode coaster was abandoned by the previous owner of my house, who for some reason put it in the pool shed. The remainder - things people gift me when they declutter their house or my adventures into the charity store for treasures. Wooden candlesticks - improbable but true. I like improbable truths. Like tropical blooms in a temperate winter.

I am reawakening the socials like a hibiscus blooming in winter.

Before anyone tells me it is not winter. I live in Australia. And yes, the hibiscus blooms improbably.

Things GROW here in winter. Summer is the death season.

So I grow. I've been tending a THING. It is still in bud ... slow bloom 🌸

Work in progress with acrylic on a large canvas (approx 1x1.5m). Two figures emerging, mother and daughter. The mother wears a shawl and is surrounded by drooping sunflower like plants, symbolising harvest time and maturing into legacy, while the daughter is close, seeking connection to her lineage - the passing of the seeds to the next generation.

Work in spiral progress. Tinkering a paintover, and my daughter "Why are you ruining my favourite painting?😡" ... so it spirals back to the old story ... and you can not step in the same river twice, but you can run upstream and catch a leaf. And she was right.
#intuitiveart #artyear #painting

Altered book art journal fix - spelling corrections! Cacophony. Written with a cheap lwttering stencil.

How to spell cacophony.
#artlesson
😅
Why is spelling so hard when lettering???
Finishing old art journals because I yearn for a sense of completion.
One day I hope someone will look at this and think - "how fascinating", and not "that's not how you spell cacophony".
#artjournal
#collage
#alteredbook

Art journal spread in altered book. Mixed media collage, paint, pen, pencil. Stencilled word "cacophony" on the right facing page surrounded by a patchwork of red patterned collage and doodles exploding out with found words. On the left, a female figure in blue sits calmly meditating, with a bird with a red heart on a pile of rocks. More found words "here is your home", "at the heart, inhabit a timeless universe with simplicity".

Finding quiet amidst the cacophony.
I finally found time for arting and fixed an #artjournal
spread that went awry ... in 2013.
There was so much cacophony, I couldn't spell cacophony.
Less cacophony now.
Amended my signature to just Lynda - no more family names claiming me in my #art.
#artyear

Photo of a picture frame with purple velvet inlay, a book on ancient Egypt and instructional book on oil painting, placed on vintage Persian rug. Afternoon sun casting shadows because I am too impatient to take photos in ideal lighting.

I do not need any more books or picture frames, and yet ...
I have an obsession with velvet and the colour purple, so when I saw a $2 frame at the charity store with purple velvet 💜
Also, if the internet goes down, I have a library to keep me amused and educated for 100 years.
#books
#thrifting

So many layers!!! I've been procrastilayering finishing this painting for a decade. I even signed it once to declare it finished ...but then I decided to "fix it a little bit" and proceeded to start over on about half of it 🤷‍♀️

Intuituve painting in progress. Acrylic on canvas. A veiled figure wearing a geometric patterned cloak emerging from foliage and flowers looking down on a peacock like bird.

I've been avoiding painting, so last Sunday I went in my arty studio and said "you will paint". After about 5hrs of rearranging paint brushes and paints, browsing art books, starting up a painting class video, journaling about not painting, a nausea spinning panic attack ... painted. #artyear

Three of my works

#art #darkart #gothic #dark #artwork #drawing #painting

A doodle of a very round quail with a tuxedo coloration with little flower buds on its back and head

Quail with chrysanthemums...

Rough draft … hoping to finish this one soon. Wish me luck!

Martin Johnson Heade ~
1819 - 1904

Blue Morpho Butterfly
c. 1863/64

Oil on canvas.

Flow by Josh Sorrell.
Oil on panel.

A watercolour landscape painting with unusual colour choices. Dusty pink cows graze in a yellow field behind a red fence. A cluster of three red-trunked trees with orange leaves is growing on the left side of the field. In front of the fence are gentle orange hills. Behind is a row of deep magenta trees. Above is a magenta sky with fluffy light pink clouds.

March 23, 2025 #rollandpaint

Vanderhoof, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

Paints: Cadmium Red (Pale Hue), Cherry Magenta, Chinese White, Pumpkin, Wild Rose (gouache)

#watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #OnlyBeautifulThings

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March is here, and #ArtYear is expanding! 🌱
In addition to art, craft & photography, you can now share:
✨ WIP (Work In Progress)
✨ Your studio, workspace, or plein air setup
✨ Art supplies or creative tools

I know I’m not the only one who loves seeing creative spaces, tools & progress shots! 🎨✨

Beautiful 😍

Collage mixed media art journal spread of a crowned female face split in two with a deer/rabbit like face peering down through trees with words "Unraveling a Mystery" patterned background of red orange and yellow with checkerboard and floral patterns.

Day 16 prompt Collage for #MakersmARTch
although it is actually the 17th here but 'Thimble'?
🤔🤷‍♀️ nothing
Collage - where to start?!
I love using collage when I feel stuck. From there it is #mixedmedia mayhem
#artyear
#artjournal

Thank you - the magic of art to hold an emotion always amazes me.

Thank you 💙

Think, feel, act. Good things come in threes 💙

Drawing of a female figure inspired by a fashion magazine. Black fountain pen and dried up red marker.

There is something delightfully decisive about #drawing directly in #ink. No erasure. It is what it is.

Day 12 Ink #MakersmARTch
#artyear

I live in Australia so we are a day ahead 🙃🇦🇺

Intuitive painting of a female figure.

Work in progress intuitive painting.

This painting embodies sadness, which I feel a lot of when I ponder the state of the world.

#MakersMartch #painting

Roadside sign of a horse at my local train station against a background of blue skies and gum trees.

Parked at the local train station recently and thought ... damn, when did the horses disappear?

When I grew up, everyone had a friend or a neighbour who owned a horse.

Just memories and old road signs now. Time marches on.

Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars' Jay Graber dunks on Mark Zuckerberg without mentioning his name.

the feminine urge to

Beyond Here by Andrea Kowch.
Acrylic on canvas.

Painting of a close up of an open red poppy with a black centre, all against a white background

"Men liked to put me down as the best woman painter... I'm one of the best painters"
- Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986)
US artist
#InternationalWomensDay

Journal page of a face with just eyes showing surrounded by collaged textured papers and dictionary text for definition of vision.

Journal page "the holy bower" with collaged feather, fabric, paper, threads and a bower bird.

Day 6 of #MakersMartch
Glue ❤️
My favourite glue is gel medium. I love integrating #collage into my #art - words, texture, objects, images, colour, shape. Glue it down!
Many feathers because I live surrounded by flocks of birds that gift me feathers 🪶
#artjournal #artyear #alteredbooks

I've been in denial that it is March, but here goes ... a combo deal of woven, button, bead, and soft ...
#artjournal cover
Most of my journals have stiff board covers layered in collage. Something different - a soft stitched cover! Not bound pages in yet.