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Angel

How to be 'good' can be so confusing. Traditionally, we were told to be good so we'd snag a good man. Talk about yer mixed messages...coz I know lots of good men who like bad girls. Bad girls get lots of attention. Mind you, lots of men like good girls when they're bad too.  That ol' whore/Madonna thing. Yup, lots of fellas like bad girls...They might even call them Angel.

So, this Angel was discovered in an old ad from a 60's magazine. The fellas come from other magazines from that era and our Angel's wings are bits of metal that I found on a local beach. Doesn't she look like she deserves to be worshipped?  Is she floating on a cloud or wading through dry ice? Will her wings help her rise above or aid in her fall from grace?  Good or bad? Angel or No Angel?

Angel is one of 20 pieces featured in my exhibit When She Was Bad, showing now until July 22nd, 2011 at the Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design. Angel is an acrylic painting on board with vintage ephemera, found metal and measures 11"x14". My work is for sale, so for more information about Angel or any of the other works on this blog, email me at tmfancey@gmail.com

"Trouble"

The game of Trouble, a sucessful trip to the dump and a ladies magazine from 1966 were the inspiration for this painting. In the spirit of causing havoc and a bit of 'witchery', this girl is stirring it up!
Our Bewitched-era gal has before her a crystal ball-cum-pop-o-matic bubble(scoured from the dump and probably once housed a trinket from a vending machine) which contains a die with a different coloured dot on each side ( also found at the dump).
"Pop the bubble, pop the die, pop a six and you move twice. Race your men around the track and try to send the others back!"
Yup, for all of those who were kids in the early seventies, remember that diddy? That's a looong time ago. The power of advertising!Wow!
The back drop was inspired by the actual design of the Trouble game board and sci-fi/futuristic like aesthetic from that era that was use alot in graphic design. The confused and frustrated looking gentlemen replace the coloured peg game pieces and await to be Troubled at the next 'pop' of the die!
"Trouble"** (mixed media on 12"x12" board) is one of 20 pieces exhibited in the show "When She Was Bad" now on display at the Cape Breton Centre of Craft and Design, 322 Charlotte St. Sydney, Nova Scotia until July 22nd, 2011. C'mon down and have a peek. For more information on this piece, email me at tmfancey@gmail.com
**SOLD**

STRIKE!

Strike. Which definition do you think is the most fitting?
a) to hit sharply eg: with a hand, fist weapon...
b) to inflict ( a blow)
c) to damage or destroy through forceful contact
d) engage in a work stoppage
Whatever your choice...Strike while it's hot!

"Strike" (SOLD) is one of 20 pieces in my exhibit
 When She Was Bad (now showing at the Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design until July 22, 2011). "Strike" is mixed media work on board, and features a beach combed iron...yes, a real iron. The painting measures 16" w x 20" h. For more information visit the Centre's gallery or contact me at tmfancey@gmail.com.

Stay tuned...more work to come.

When She Was BAD- Opening night

 So, last night there was a little soiree at the Cape Breton Centre of Craft and Design's main gallery. I hosted a celebration of the opening of my new exhibit When She Was Bad. I want to thank all of you who attended: friends, family and new acquaintances and thanks also to the staff at the Centre for helping to make it great night.
I have posted a few pics of the evening ( I'm the one on the left in the first pic) and hope that if any of you who attended have any pics from the evening to please share them with me via email or the FB? I would be so grateful.
I worked hard on this show so I could share stories with you all through paint n' stuff n' poetry and hope that if you are in the area you'll drop in  (322 Charlotte St. Sydney, NS) and have a look. The show runs until July 22nd, 2011.  I will also be posting pics over the next week or so of the pieces featured in the exhibit.
CHeers Everyone!
~Teena Marie

The F-Word

 Thought I'd show you  a bit of the journey taken to the finished piece I call The F-word.

It started with a poem that I wrote, a vintage McCall's magazine circa 1946 AND my love (bad habit) of using profanity. 

 My love of using the f-word contributed to forming that idea and writing the poem. The poem was written to help form the visual idea. I love to swear for effect. Timing is everything as is knowing your audience ( not everyone is open to bad language, I've discovered. Imagine!), and those who know me well, know that I can swear like a sailor!
The magazine is one of numerous vintage magazines in my collection. Who can resist gazing at that carefree-looking girl, hair blowing in the wind, blue sky filling up the frame behind her, sunglasses reflecting the photographer who was capturing her for the August cover.
What was she really thinking?

Now...scroll down.....

 ...as I was trying to form this idea, I thought about how one could deliver an F-bomb in an airy, girly, American Dreamy fashion - hence the heavy bodied acrylic medium imprinted with an old lace doily adding texture to the sky backdrop...it doesn't get more feminine than a doily, does it?

 Originally I wanted the action of 'flipping the bird' to be fairly pronounced...but wait! it felt too crass, so it was painted out. Then I thought a speech bubble filled with:  #%$@! That would express a mighty stream of expletives. Naw, I thought, not lady-like enough so I painted that out too...scroll down....





In the end, bubbles did nicely.

F-bombs floating delicately  through the air and maybe silently but wetly popping and releasing their message like spit in the eye...and the action of flipping the bird is done so breezily- subtle but NOT to be missed! The gentleman reflected in her sunglasses dropped his camera he was so startled taken off-guard!

The F-word
Such language! So gauche!

Someone wash out her mouth!
How dare she? And really, I never!
That she’s said such a word

With such gusto and verve

With a smile on her lips, looking clever

Such brashness and cheek
Just to hear a girl speak
Such a foul and outragEous curse
Why, hasn’t she heard?
Such a word is reserved
For guttersnipes, sailors and worse!

“The F-word”, she states
“Has uses so great
They’re really too many to count.
Let me demonstrate,
How it can accentuate
One’s point perfectly so, should you want.

We can use it in place
Of the word fornicate,
For that term doesn’t sound at all right
As a noun or a verb
To say the F-word
Makes me wish I could do it all night

To guarantee a commotion
When so filled with emotion
In a sentence, I’ll just drop it in
As a bold adjective
The F-word will give
Any statement some vigor and vim

When push comes to shove
Take courage my love

And know there’s a perfect reply

When you need to be heard

Try this use of the word,
Say, “Fuck off!”

And you’ll feel satisfied.”

The F-Word ** is one of 20 pieces (some with poetry and rhymes) featured in my new exhibit

"When She Was Bad". The show is now open for viewing and runs until July 22nd, 2011 at the Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design 322 Charlotte St. Sydney, NS.
**SOLD**

Sneak peek #3

As the lyric goes: Luck be a Lady tonight! Here's another sneak peak from my new exhibit When She Was Bad. This is a detail shot of a piece called Lady Luck (always a sure bet). I picked up a pair of novelty dice in a second hand shop on Prince Edward Island last year. They made me laugh and gave me the inspiration for this work. I'll post all the pieces in their entirety once the show opens...When She Was Bad runs from June 13th to July 22nd, 2011 at the Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design, 322 Charlotte St. Sydney, Nova Scotia.