Take it in. Sing it Out!

SO...here is what happened to the Ladies 3. They have become 
"Take it in. Sing it Out!" 

You can see this work at an Event happening in Sydney this week put on by the

Cape Breton Stage Company Co-operative

called    

 NOTES FOR HAITI.

All Proceeds will go to the Haiti Relief Efforts of Doctors Without Borders

Cape Breton Artists in the dance, theatre, music and visual arts communities will come together for an evening of entertainment. Admission is Pay-What-You-Can and takes place Friday Feb 5th and Saturday February 6th at the Civic Centre Round Room. It's sure to be a great time and it is for a great cause...hope to see you there!

Ladies 3

It's been a while but here are my latest 'muses'...(thank you Stephen M. for giving me a Facebook nudge).

These ladies look like like they've just dared you."Go ahead. We dare you!" they seem to say. So I thought about how daring they might be and how the three reminded of the ever-popular trio of monkeys...you know the one: Hear no evil, Speak no evil, See no evil. I was thinking these girls would have none of that directive and would do as they please,with gusto!

Using Klimt's Beethoven Frieze, the power of music and the trio of monkeys as further inspiration, I am using paint to help these fine ladies get their message out.
Like music, or a symphony, all that they wish to express, all their emotions will culminate and rise up effervecently to meet you. Stay tuned...the Ladies 3 will return soon, transformed.

Or would you rather be a fish?

Would you like to swing on a star?

Carry moonbeams home in a jar

And be better off than you are

Or would you rather be a fish?

A fish won't do anything but swim in a brook

He can't write his name or read a book.

To fool all the people is his only thought

And though he's slippery he still gets caught

But then if that sort of life is what you wish

You may grow up to be a fish...

Inspiration for this piece, 'Baby Boy-Would you like to swing on a star?' came from an old photograph I found of a little baby in a very archaic looking 'jolly jumper'. The photo made me laugh out loud. The song Swing on a Star immediately came to mind! So, I put him in outer space, and painted his little knit hat to look a bit like a helmet. I cut a thin sheet of mica and put it over the jar of moonbeam Baby Boy is carrying to give the contents a bit of shine and to give the illusion of glass. The stars and blue 'bubble'-like embellishments were sparkly bits from a container of found odds and ends I have.

I do have more 'situations' planned for this Baby in the future. So, you can expect to see him again.

Presenting: Lady in Waiting

Title: Lady in Waiting by Teena Marie Fancey

Medium: Acrylic on cradled board, aluminum can bottom, spoon bowl, cutlery piece all found while beachcombing, photographic transfer.
Size: 16" X 20"
Accompanying Poem;

Lady In Waiting
by Teena Marie Fancey
Adrift without mooring in a pea green boat

Heart full to bursting, my body ready to feast
Ravenous, with runcible spoon in hand
I dream by the light of the moon

The taste of honey already on my tongue
Your ocean skin and waves of hair
I’m caught in a counter current, your pull
I dream by the light of the moon

Lady in Waiting & her verse will be shown in the Exhibit: " When She Was Bad" in summer 2011.

Lady in Waiting Progress...

So, our Lady waits still.  Now I feel I really know where this painting is going and I've chosen the found objects that will accompany her while she waits: some metal scraps that I found while beachcombing. I will beef up the contrast, and the moonlit sky and water, and work on the viewer's perspective just a tad to pull the composition together. I figure I'll have a finished product to show by tomorrow's end. I just love show and tell!

Lady in Waiting

The waiting is the hardest part, our lovely lady, here to the right, seems resigned to the fact that she must wait. And so she does. But what is she waiting for? Perhaps a poem could shed some light?

Lady in Waiting by Teena Marie Fancey

Adrift without mooring in a pea green boat
Heart full to bursting, body ready to feast
Ravenous, with runcible spoon in hand
I dream by the light of the moon

The taste of honey already on my tongue
Your ocean skin and waves of hair
I’m caught in a counter current, your pull
I dream by the light of the moon

The Owl and the Pussycat is a favourite childhood

poem of mine. I often use the image of the pea green boat

to depict the idea of romance in my work...

The promise of romance is a funny and fleeting thing and we can't get enough of it.

It causes us to do many things like walk on air, giggle, shave our legs and sometimes makes us forget who we are and we'll risk everything for just a little.

Stay tuned...more later this week.

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The Fireworks burst and I'm kicking up dust

Here we have the finished product. My first finished piece for When She Was Bad (opens 2011).

Title: Dirt and Devil-May-Care

Medium: acrylic on cradled board, photographic transfer, toy gun cap-ring.

Size: 16" X 20"

Inspired by the original photo, a cap-ring and a poem of the same name.

Dirt and Devil-May-Care

by Teena Marie Fancey

When the sparks fly I am so good at being bad
The fireworks burst and I’m kicking up dust

Dirt and Devil-may-care and be damned

Strike the match and I am already in flames
The hiss of ignition and I’m burning alive
Turning sweat into steam and I swear to God

We had ‘Once upon a time’ then we jumped to the middle
Skimming, skipping, looking for the good parts
Caught up in pulp, we see truths in the fiction

What kind of salvation is on your tongue?
You lay a hand as you pass and I want to be saved
Feed me your body, blood and a crust of bread

Words and winds and my fate is struck
The fireworks burst and I’m kicking up dust
Dirt and Devil-may-care and be damned