The word Namaste is an ancient Sanskrit greeting meaning, “The Spirit within me salutes the Spirit in you” – a knowing that we are all made from the same One Divine Consciousness.  For me it means “Letting Go”.  Recently I have been struggling with the betrayal of a friend.  Years of trust were lost when they allowed their jealousy and inner bitterness to dominate their thinking.  I have had to overcome a lot of suffering in my lifetime from sexual abuse to the suicide of a parent, so I am no stranger to forgiveness and letting go.  But for some reason this one person and the actions they chose really got to me. In the scheme of things he and our falling out are seemingly insignificant.  But in this morning’s meditation, I have discovered the importance of this life event.  I have been having negative feelings toward him which is…

Snakeskin Goddess

There is an intensely creative part of me that sees emotions in color and when I look at this photograph I see so many shades of love and life. Macro photographs of glass are so much fun. I was enthralled for many months using a variety of lights and lenses to capture as much color as I could from many art objects. Glass vases and ornaments and cups and plates and many many more. I spent hours and hours each day painstakingly cataloging each inch of each artwork. The result of all this love is a a series of photographs and galleries full of light and color and various shapes. Taken together they are pretty and so very colorful, and one by one you can really study the subtleties and vibrancy that each contains. Visit my Peacock Vase Gallery to see more

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• Choosing The Right Art…

This piece intrigued me from the moment I fused the acrylic images together.  I saw a sleeping moose and a cow with her eyes closed immediately.  But I struggled for a name and I was stuck.  I posted the image on my Facebook fan page to see what others might see in the work.  The response was phenomenal!  So many got involved and had ideas and saw things I never considered.  Ultimately one of my fans saw a beast at the top and a beauty beneath and once I saw those images, that made the title he chose perfect….”Beauty And The Beast”…..so much to see.

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Also NEW today…..”Mother Nature”:

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I find it really helps to have a sense of humor in whatever I am doing.  Creating art is no exception.  Not every painting or sculpture turns out exactly as you envision it in your mind.  Sometimes you get the unexpected goofy piece.  I had to laugh when I fused this painting and “Catman” appeared.  It made me think of my childhood days and some of the funny cartoons we used to watch.  Have a giggle on me today. 🙂

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I’ve always thought that was a funny saying….but it’s true!  I’ve got ants in my pants over my new Looking Glass Series.  The response has been phenomenal and I made my first sale only days after it’s launch.  And I sold a HUGE 84 inch print!  So excited!  But I’ve also really had ants in my pants and I can tell you it is no fun.  Chi Ant isn’t that kind of bug. He’s a lover not a biter.  When I first fused the painting together and saw Mr. Happy bug I thought, that’s weird.  Then I realized the piece made me feel happy.  There is something about his soft pink complexion and content eyes.  There is also a beautiful aqua butterfly looking up at him….and if you look closely a walrus is in there too.

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Time travel has been an interest in Science Fiction films and books for many years.  Poets have written about it.  Scientists have dreamed of it.  So far, all we can do is go back in our minds to places we have been or seen before.  If you could go back in time, where would you go?  Sometimes I think it would be cool to go back a few hundred years and see how people acted back then.  But then I remember my Holistic Medicine beliefs…my herbs….my meditation and know I would be burned at the stake somewhere.  Honestly if I could go back, I would not go far.  I’d go back to last Summer and say goodbye to my Dad before he passed away.  I’d go back and spend time with Grandparents, Friends and other loved ones who have passed.  For me time travel wouldn’t be all that exciting…

South Park Colorado area with colorful aspen tree forest fall foliage with colors of red, yellow and gold.  

Webster tell us that enlightenment means the state of having knowledge or understanding : the act of giving someone knowledge or understanding.  For me it means seeing my world for what it really is.  Taking off blinders and realizing where I am nourished and walking away from people and places that do not feed my soul.  it is spiritual satisfaction.  In this abstract art piece titled “Enlightenment” I see a very satisfied soul….an all knowing crow and a beautiful tropical bird.  It makes me feel happy in side.  My Looking Glass series takes original paintings on yopo and fuses them together to form interesting faces, figures and objects.  Look closely and discover new things!

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Also a new pattern today titled “Awakening Spirit”….do you see two sides of the brain? Someone pointed that out to me….always finding something NEW in these!

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Today’s “Looking Glass” offering is “Lady Venus” and “Abundant Life”…..so much to see here.  When I look through this mirror I see a beautiful lady rising above the ocean into the earth….I also see a CAT looking upwards.

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Life’s patterns are so perfectly depicted in the above piece.  I see growth and renewal.  I also see some very WISE eyes.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/abundant-life-pattern-art-by-sharon-cummigns-sharon-cummings.html

What do you see in these?  Please share!

What do you see when you peer through the looking glass? Original paintings fused together to create unique one of a kind pieces. Let me mirror your imagination. You might see an angel or a warrior. Owls, dogs, frogs and kings. All are hidden (or not so hidden) within these colors. The more you look, the more you see! Enjoy this new colorful menagerie.

MY N.E.W. SERIES!!  “The Looking Glass”……so much to see….more here (2 more coming today and many more coming soon, so check back often!):

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