Shelby Dreams

Winter Beginnings #3

Mysterious and familiar forms glow with hidden stories. When viewed next to each other they created a new rhythm of warm and cold, familiar and strange. Warm reds and oranges surround mysterious knots of dark shapes with crusts of cool blues and whites that shift from cool to warm. Soft darkness surrounds the forms. Where I live people cut lengths of wood and stack them year-round to cure for the winter. On a walk, I discovered strange shapes and forms in a pile of randomly stacked logs. Here with Winter Beginnings #3 is a reflective piece that will mean something different to everyone who se...

Garden of Secret Dreams

Youth Vs. Wisdom

Youth vs. Wisdom uses a limited color palette and symbolic images to explore the concepts of secrets, growth, imagination and transformation. This is a surreal self-portrait. I included many creatures and objects that have personal meaning for me. Octopuses are one of my favorite creatures. They are smart, curious, caring, and creative. Pythons are dangerous but can also represent knowledge, healing and growth. One of the random elements I chose as part of the challenge was a bark texture, which I used on the face to represent time and contrast with the youthful side. On her left side, the fig...