"Overload"

The background, for this 8x8 page, was one I created quite awhile ago and it was either going to be a nautical piece or also reminded me of gears which led me to the thought of gears going around in our heads. You know right? When we've got so much spinning around in our minds, our heads and hearts start to feel full and we end up on "overload".

I expressed this with a masculine touch which I very rarely do.

I found the image of this man in an old magazine and transferred it onto this background. It was just of his arm and head resting there. I created the rest of his body with vintage ledger paper and some sketching.

This man's expression and body language appeared, to me anyway, that he was lost in thoughts; the gears were going around and around in his head - perhaps worry of a failing company or over his head in debt. He spends his days and nights thinking of letters and numbers - trying to juggle so many things.

Isn't it funny how our art leads us to tell stories and all it takes is an image, words, or whatever we see that triggers this within and then we can express it on canvas or in a journal.

I know I feel over loaded, at times, it can be overwhelming. We all have stuff to deal with and if it wasn't for my ability to express some of these feelings with my art, I don't know what would happen. My head would probably explode! My art does help to clear things out - distract me from the gears working overtime.

How about you?

I also want to thank all who commented and responded to the art samples from the spackle workshop that Kerri and I are offering on the 13th. We have 13 students, so far, and the deadline hasn't passed! We are very excited!

Hope everyone is having a good week. Our temps, here, have improved and there has been some gradual melting of the snow. We still have so much more to go and there will be flooding concerns soon.

Oh no!!!! More gears to turn!

Love and peace to all of you! Marilyn xxoo