New Paintings at Dyche Designs Studio

Raven

Mixed Media Art Painting

Acrylic on Canvas

10"x8"

Seahorse

Mixed Media Art Painting

Acrylic On Canvas

10"x8"

New At Dyche Designs Studio

These are the latest in my line of journals to be added to my shop. 

 

Journals 

 

I have also added a couple of hare inspired paintings too.

 

 Paintings

New From Dyche Designs Studio

A few new pieces available locally at One Main Gallery, Milford Ohio.

Conscious Dreaming

16"x20" Mixed Media Art Painting

 

Harbinger

10"x10" Wood Panel

 

Journey

10"x10" Wood Panel

 

Gold Heart

10"x10" Layered Wood Panel

My Etsy shop will be in vacation mode for the next couple of weeks while I visit family in the UK.  Hopefully I'll have some nice pics to share with you when I get back.

Getting My Glaze On

With just ten days to go before I fly to the UK I've been trying to finish up all the ceramic projects I've been working on. 

It's so hard to stop creating and concentrate on glazing as clay is super addictive.

Above is a small hand built hare and below is a celtic plaque I've been working on.

 

Behind the celtic plaque is my first hand thrown bowl.  I can't tell you how excited I was when I created it.  The first thing I'd managed to make on the wheel that looked anywhere half decent.

I've also been making some owl plaques to hang on the wall.  Just waiting to see how the glazing turns out.

I turned my back for two seconds and then had a major 'OH-NO' moment when found Connor sitting amongst some of my newly glazed work.  Thankfully cat hair burns off when fired!

He's so inquisitive, loves to check out what's going on . . . and talking of what's going on, what's been happening in your neck of the woods?

New At Dyche Designs Studio

You can now find the following art paintings and sketchbook journals in my Etsy Shop.

 

Seahorse

7"x5" Mixed Media Art Painting

 

 Touching

 5"x5" Mixed Media Art Painting

 Silver Tree Sketchbook Art Journal (Small)

Seahorse Sketchbook Art Journal (Large)

Gold Tree Sketchbook Art Journal

 

Silver Tree Sketchbook Art Journal

 

Enjoy!

What's New In The Studio?

My foray into clay has been keeping me pretty busy these past few months but I managed to find some time to play in my studio today.

 

 

 

A few weeks back I'd prepped several journals and added a design so they were ready for painting.

I think layering paint is one of my favorite aspects.  Seeing a blank canvas (or journal in this case) be transformed by color never fails to surprise me.

 

There are still several steps left before these will be ready but it has been fun working on them so far.

 

What have you been up to lately?

I Wish I Could Write

 

I wish I could write . . . . .

 

words that leap off the page

and stay with you

long after being read

words that make you

laugh so hard

your belly aches

words  that make you

breakdown and cry

overwhelmed with emotion

words that reach

deep into your soul

so you know you're not alone

words that celebrate

life and the living

of everyday magic

words that ignite

raw passion

the fire in your blood

 

words that chew you up

 and spit you out

forever changed

words that invoke

a childlike state

of wonder and awe

 

words that energize

inspire action

set you on a beautiful adventure
 

but alas

my words have fallen

the way of dinosaurs

 

. . . . . I wish I could write


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Nature's Assault

penetrating with violent force
howling rage and anger
you came

a sound track of wailing
ripping, tearing
shredding and splintering

a weakness seeking missile
twisting limbs broken
intent on destruction

screams
trailing and whimpering
to the apology of sun's caress

Questions Of Lies

facts on bloody fire
against action spread

circumstance my aversion
withheld memory my crime

let me confess
loathsome caresses walk
between the silence stitched awkwardness
and the questions of lies

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New Adventures In Clay

Last year I felt as though my creativity had stagnated so I thought trying a new medium might get the creative juices flowing again.  I decided to dip my toes into the world of clay and recently started a six week pottery class to learn some of the basics.  With two lessons under my belt I am still trying to figuring it all out but am having so much fun in the process.  There's something deliciously tactile about working with clay and I'm excited to see how my love of texture transfers into this new medium.

Bird Diary

The way starlings fly and travel in such large groups fascinates me although it can be a little eerie when you see a huge cloud of them descend nearby. 

 

These guys have been hanging out on our pear tree and eating their fill.

The Beast (blackout poetry)

the beast
so much wretchedness
to describe or imagine
deep absence detested
the burden upon my soul
still my tormentor came
breathed terror
happiness disturbed

Linking up with dVerse

Blackout poetry from page 22 of Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Madness illustrated by Gris Grimly

Sleep Laden Lashes

full stops litter a wordless sky

as white flakes fall like stardust

shaken from sleep laden lashes

with darkness closing

in peaceful solitude

The past several weeks have been spent staring at a blank screen.  I'm hoping it's just a passing phase and that the writing will flow again.

Setting My Intention: Transform

 

As 2014 draws to a close, and I reflect back on the past twelve months, I’m left with a sense of stagnation and underachievement.  Flicking through the pages of my journal the reason is clear, for a theme of constant pain screams loudly from its pages.

 

There has been an MRI, x-rays, degenerated and herniated discs, sciatica, facial nerve pain, migraines, night sweats, night terrors, blood tests, chiropractors, physical therapy, steroid injections, weight gain, tiredness, anger and frustration.

 

Interestingly, the word I chose for 2014 was 'Breathe' and there were definitely times when it was as simple as that . . . all I could do to carry me forward . . . and in the breathing I found resilience, a welcome travel companion.

 

Despite all this, wonderful moments managed to weave their way through the year too like publishing my first book of poetry, celebrating 15 years of marriage, going to my first ever concert, a visit to the UK and time spent with family.

 

Each New Year brings possibility and renewed hope, a blank slate, and I wanted to choose a word that would encourage movement, change and growth.  Noticing a white feather by my side gave me an idea.  I wrote words on pieces of paper, folded them up and threw them in the air . . . the one which landed closest to the feather would be my chosen word and it couldn’t have been more perfect.  So the word that will accompany me throughout 2015 is:

 

transform

: to change in form, appearance or character

 

Have you chosen your word yet?

Mining The Obscure



navel gazing turns distant
sinking inwards
unearthing wormholes existence

while wonder
swirling featherless
mines the obscure

and I'm left wondering
if dark matter matters

if my world is whirling
or if it's me that's swirling
motionless
in the whirlpool of life

trapped circling the absence
of everything and nothing

 Linking up with Imaginary Garden With Real Toads

Thank You

As we celebrate Thanksgiving here in the US I wanted to take the opportunity to send out a big thank you to you all.

 

Thank you for your love, friendship, support and encouragement.    For your bravery, honesty, courage and strength.  For your art, words, photography and creativity. For your generosity, passion, emotion and heart  . . . . . but most of all THANK YOU . . . . . for being you.

Bound Tightly Open

the end of beginnings

the beginning of ends

observer of the insipid

of disingenuous truth

 

piercing introspective

rattling nerves

as key

to a lockless room

a fingerprint

in a sea of hands

pained

by the strength of scars

label adhered wounds

full-mouthed and slipping

stitched up , threaded

bound tightly open

Linking up with Imaginary Garden With Real Toads and Poetry Pantry

Love In The Time Of Melancholy

my heart shatters
at the pitch of you

jagged shards of F sharp blues
a melancholy chord
soul bound strung

in words
    in notes
        it's all the same

innuendos instrumental
in the rhythm of blame
crescendo's dulcet irony

your feet rumble a beat
of lock stock and barrel
in a distant key
 

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An Altered Mind

there's no magic in dry spells

in uncertainty and doubt

in tones of expectation

or in hues of drawing out

 

but in stroking the darkness

in the fear of letting go

embracing random chaos

in letting emotions flow

 

executing ideas

not by guillotine or gun

but through the touch of texture

in unravelling undone

 

emerging to dull echoes
of great suffering and pain
a mind altered of color
yet the shadows they remain

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In The Studio

It's been a painting and prepping kind of day until a migraine and my facial nerve pain stopped me in my tracks.

 Tristan, our tabby is my studio buddy.  He loves to hang out on the window seat and take long catnaps.  What creative endeavors have you all been up to?

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