Hopeful ~ September 2019 ~ 36″ x 23″ ~ $2500Detail View: Hopeful ~ September 2019 ~ 36″ x 23″ ~ $2500Detail View: Hopeful ~ September 2019 ~ 36″ x 23″ ~ $2500Detail View: Hopeful ~ September 2019 ~ 36″ x 23″ ~ $2500
Next up: Work continues on my Feelings series. As I do, I’ll create my next textured fiber painting based on one of the painful feelings.
Info about my Feelings series: I interpret my random abstract doodles as emotions. The guiding point is the outer boundary of the doodle. The boundary evokes the feeling. From there, I contemplate how to bring that particular feeling alive in fiber.
Last month, I posted photos of my most recent textured fiber painting, (Feeling) Crushed. Please follow the link to see it.
This month’s post is a studio update as it typically takes me at least two months to complete a fiber painting. I’m currently working on (Feeling) Hopeful, an explosion of bright color. I hope you enjoy the progress photos.
The pattern for Hopeful’s canvasThe canvasChoosing colors for Hopeful’s designAnd the zen stitching begins
I’ve also added a bit of embroidery work to my portfolio. I’m extremely new to this type of art (I only know one embroidery stitch!); however, I’m enjoying the zen of hand stitching much like I enjoy the zen of machine stitching my textured fiber paintings. I call this an embroidered drawing, as the design came from one of my sketches (and the tattoo I have on my right wrist). What I like about transferring my sketches onto muslin via embroidery is it allows me to continue creating while relaxing on the couch in the evening with my guy. We can pull up something on TV to watch. He reads a little, I stitch a little, and we unwind from the day. A perfect slow down practice.
Peace – An Embroidered DrawingThe sketch inspired the tattoo before it inspired the embroidered drawing
Future embroidered drawings will be created on much smaller hoops. I plan to add more detail and way more stitching.
Next month, I’ll share the completed (Feeling) Hopeful. As always, If I miss my goal to complete the painting, I’ll share another Studio Update.
Have you added anything new to your creative practice? If yes, what?
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My art and my work go hand in hand. I’m a Performance Mindset Coach, helping stressed out, frantic, frazzled professional slow down and reconnect to their intuition so they can get their shit together. I’ve walked the road my clients are on. My method to slow down was through development of a creative practice, which helped me regain my voice and led me to want to serve others in the same way. If you’re interested in developing (or expanding on) a creative practice as a means to reconnect to your intuition, lose your stress, and improve your professional performance, please join me over at Harmony Coaching.
(c) 2019, Hilary Clark, “Crushed”, Fiber, 35″ x 22-1/2″Detail View (c) 2019, Hilary Clark, “Crushed”, Fiber, 35″ x 22-1/2″Detail View (c) 2019, Hilary Clark, “Crushed”, Fiber, 35″ x 22-1/2″
Next up: Flipping feelings to the upbeat. Can’t stay down for long. Stay tuned for my next textured fiber painting.
Info about my Feelings series: I interpret my random abstract doodles as emotions. The guiding point is the outer boundary of the doodle. The boundary evokes the feeling. From there, I contemplate how to bring that particular feeling alive in fiber.
This month, I’m sharing a studio update, showcasing progress on the latest textured fiber painting in my (Feeling) series. Crushed is underway; the stitching began last week. In this post, I’m sharing photos of the progress to date.
Original doodle – the shape that inspired “Crushed” as the feeling choice.I enlarge the original doodle using tracing paper to create the canvas templateMy intuitive color choices to interpret the feelingAnd the stitching begins
If you missed last month’s post, which revealed (Feeling) Passionate, you can see it here.
The goal for July’s post is the unveiling of the completed (Feeling) Crushed. If I miss the goal, I’ll share another Studio Update.
What’s your creative practice?
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I also wanted to take the opportunity to share a bit about what I’m doing with my work as my work and my art go hand in hand. I’m a Life and Authenticity Coach, helping stressed out, frantic, frazzled women over 40 slow down and reconnect to their intuition so they can get their shit together. I do this by helping them to develop a creative practice. I’ve walked the road my clients are on. Development of my own creative practice helped me regain my voice and led me to want to serve others in the same way. If you’re interested in learning more about coaching and how it might help you develop (or expand on) a creative practice as a means to reconnect to your intuition and lose the stress, you can follow me over at Harmony Coaching.
(c) 2019, Hilary Clark, Passionate, Fiber, 37″ x 21-1/2″
Next up: Shifting from Passion to a more subdued feeling, one that evokes an emotion from the other side of the spectrum. Stay tuned for my next textured fiber painting.
Info about my Feelings series: I interpret my random abstract doodles as emotions. The guiding point is the outer boundary of the doodle. The boundary evokes the feeling. From there, I contemplate how to bring that particular feeling alive in fiber.
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