Accidents happen….But sometimes they are pleasant surprises!  This piece was one such oopsie.  For those that work in Photoshop you know what a clipping mask is.  I was working in one space where I had created one and one layer accidentally went over another and I realized that parts of the bottom layer were included in the clipping mask (accidental) and this most beautiful pattern emerged….I kept moving the top layer until it covered the entire bottom….magic!  Pure magic!  Now I will have to try to replicate this “accident”.  I love creating art ….so much fun!

You can see more here:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/colorful-layers-vertical-abstract-art-by-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-drums-music-art-by-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html

I’ve been playing with music again.  I do not play musical instruments.   but I create melodies for the soul.  I adore the sound of a guitar, the beat of a drum and the vibration of piano keys in my ears, but I have never learned to master any of them.  Instead I paint and design.  To me seeing art is like “visual music”….I not only see it, but I also hear it, feel it and it resonates deep within me.  Surely in another plane of existence, we would see all of the hues of sound and we would hear all of the colors of art.  I seem to already be there…..

Please enjoy my latest addition to my music series, “The Drums” at this link:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-drums-music-art-by-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html

Insights and Awareness

As life goes on it will either get simpler or more difficult. Nothing ever seems to stay the same. The lessons learned along the way are recorded for my future use and often times this will help me through on another day. Sometimes the experiences I have will change mein ways I could never imagine possible. When this is the case a riot of colorful images are forever imprinted. When I need them most insights will come and awareness can be full. My artwork here is representing all of the memories I have stored and recorded with my eyes. The indistinct quality is everything I don’t remember and yet what is crystal clear to me. Vision can see some things and then the rest of us will record what else is possible. A moment in time harbors a lifetime of experience.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/on-the-rocks-teddy-bear-art-by-william-patrick-and-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html

Do any of you other artists ever collaborate?  Work on photography together?  Paintings?  Music?  I tend to be a loner when it comes to my work, but I have had some really great opportunities to work with some amazing artists from around the World on pieces of art that really challenged me but ultimately brought me great satisfaction.  

The piece above is a joint effort between me and my husband William Patrick.  We headed to the beach with his box of toys and I handled all of the choreography and staging while he snapped the shots.  I also handled the post processing.

 http://fineartamerica.com/featured/down-the-rabbit-hole-sharon-cummings.html

Down the Rabbit Hole was a very interesting project that I shared with a Canadian artist named Geraldine Gracia.  What we did was each sent each other a package filled with all sorts of bits and pieces of things we collected.  The rule…