Love Heart Love

'Love Heart Love' (c) 2012 Shiloh Moore

I painted this heart as a gift for friends who became married recently. I used a print of the following drawing I did last year called 'Lovers Embrace' for the card:

'Lovers Embrace' (c) 2011 Shiloh Moore

Free Spirit

"Free Spirit" mixed media (c) by Shiloh Moore - Face Detail

The other day I discovered a new style of art that really attracts me - mixed media portraits. I fell in love with art by Rachelle Panagarry, and on her site, 'Art Eye Candy,' she has some YouTube clips to show you how she does her gorgeous faces, found here.

I was inspired to give it a go. This first shot is a close up of my girl.

This next one is a detail of the top right hand corner.

This is a close up of the mid right section:
Here is the top left corner:
And the lower right corner has a hummingbird:
A close up of the hummindbird:
And, revealing the complete picture:
I'm in love!

Be Free

I had some beautiful black, white and silver papers and a black and white square frame. One paper was of empty bird cages so I wanted to make a simple collage of a dove flying free.

Here's a close up of the papers without the frame:

15/2/12 I made a matching dove with the opposite papers:
Together they look like this:

Wishes

A year ago, when writing in a birthday card, I realised I felt awkward saying 'Happy Birthday, have a great day'... What does it mean? Especially when you know the recipient is going through tough times or is struggling with life, the expectation for a birthday to somehow be 'great' seems difficult. I personally love birthdays, mainly the contact with friends, but I know a lot of people find birthdays difficult and even painful. So I thought a bit more about what I wanted to wish for a person's birthday, and I wrote this: (note: you can enlarge the image by clicking on it)




Then, as I love to send cards, I thought about what I'd like to say to somebody I knew was struggling, and what I could say in a card to them. I wrote this:

'Earthy Girl'

'Earthy Girl' Paper Collage Copyright by Shiloh Moore
From this sketch:

"Raw Emotions"

"This Too Shall Pass" copyright 2012 by Shiloh Moore

A line drawing of a person on their knees weeping.

And to contrast:

"Channeling The Sun" copyright 2012 by Shiloh Moore

Line drawing of a woman embracing the sun, soaking in the light and joy.