louise-art

Its coming up to 10years since I last posted anything on Deviantart! Life has moved in many difficult, frustrating, and sad ways since last I was here - I was just too busy but injuries, illness and grief have disabled me. I am at last getting back in touch with painting from the heart again. I lost touch with my instinctive, creative self and life's traumas had very much got in the way, physically and mentally. Now the juices are flowing again and I am finding my way back. I am now returning to floral watercolour, nature, and botanical art. I also paint with acrylics, painting to express emotion, painting music and lyrics and this has become a real outlet of emotion for me. I'm just so glad to be feeling the creativity again. I have particularly tuned into the imagery I see when I hear music or read lyrics or poems. I 'see' the music and words, and just paint them. I had a hand injury and botanical painting can be a painful struggle and a massive psychological struggle too. I'll never stop doing what I love but I have tp plan short botanical painting sessions and sometime then find myself painting out my frustration with big brushes in my fists, using acrylics. I feel my mind has learnt to become freer (more as it was in youth!), and so the paint flows - what a relief!