Art Blog Gallery

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art, collage, gallery, Mixed Media, painting, paintings, patterns, Zendala, zentangle, Zentangle Inspired Art, Zentangles

I have created an updated gallery on my Jeanette Clawson Art blog. I hope you stop by and see what I’ve been up to.

Process Painting #4: Betrayal

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acrylic paint, acrylic paints, betrayal, painting, patterns, Process Painting, vulnerability

A lot of layers in this painting. The visible part is a “whitewash” I put over the dark layers of betrayal. On top of that I put new patterns that are the result of betrayal and a lot of circles because I love circles and to indicate the cycles of life including trust and betrayal. The large purple circle in the center represents being vulnerable and the outer circles embrace that vulnerability in the hopes of developing compassion for self and others.

Today I’m starting a very different kind of painting class that will be focused on techniques. I’m excited! I also have a bunch of gratitude journal entries to post. I hope to get caught up this week.

Diva Challenge DuoTangle and Other Amalgamations

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altered art, art journal, Diva Challenge, gratitude, illustration, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, lettering, painting, patterns, trees, yoga, zentangle

I got a lot of inspiration this last weekend from Julie Fei-Fan Balzer on using primary colors and simple patterns to create fun journal pages. Once I got started painting I really went crazy. I am so happy with the flower that was a result of a lot of playing around with paint. It feels like it has been a long time since I have done one of the Diva’s challenges. these are both new tangle patterns to me, I’m pretty sure. I couldn’t quite get my Phicops on the lower part of my J to work out how I wanted it to, but I like how the tile as a whole turned out. To see the other fabulous interpretations of this challenge and to meet the wonderful Diva herself go to

I have really had a rewarding art week doing a lot of drawing and painting. I have also enjoyed settling in to the fall routine. I’m so happy to be back to yoga with my friends. However, I am super happy to still have some of summer’s BLTs left for the year, too. I have had some wonderful surprises come in the mail and have enjoyed playing with different ways of creating patterns.

Fractal trees from Marie Browning.