November 12, 2005
Happy Thanksgiving month Anjlart and The Now friends,
I hope these next few holiday months find you washed in peace and feeling jolly. It's been an especially blessed
holiday season for me so far. My heart is amazingly full and in awe of this progression of doing "the work." First
let me tell you about my newest painting.
Redemption is done in oil on a large 36" x 48" Creative Edge canvas. She was completed on November 1 and
can be seen on the Anjlart website.
How do I even begin to tell you all that she means to me? I will tell you that she has been by far the most difficult
piece to paint because she demanded to be painted entirely in my non-dominant hand. As many of you know I
teach journal writing to all of my students and I always tell them that if they ever find themselves feeling blocked
to go to the page in their non-dominant hand and see what their inner voice is trying to say. So, as I walked into
the room where this blank canvas had been staring back at me for quite some time, I realized I had been blocked
because of my work having taken on such a different style in the past few paintings.
As an artist I have found it extremely frustrating to find myself evolving into a style of painting that is more
representational then I had ever done before. Everything in my being wanted to fight against it and yet...the
moon that night in Cambria was so very powerful and Cambrian Moon had to be painted even though I felt so
very inadequate to do this kind of work. All I knew was that I couldn't do this style again following it's completion
and this large canvas and I continued to argue incessantly almost every night for quite awhile. Until one day I
walked in the room and heard the direction..."paint in your non-dominant hand, and do it in oil."
"Are you kidding me?" There's no way I can do a painting in my non-dominant hand, let alone one this size and
in oil!" But as most of you know, I love this artist voice of mine that tells me what to paint next and so I
surrendered to the experience. Night after night, day after day, I would come home and promise myself to just
show up for a small section at a time. The time changed and the nights got darker and longer as the journey to
the darker side of my artist heart took to the canvas. The first amazing experience was with the first laying of
color. The black through red to pink in the middle of the painting brought out the child I was at 5 years old in Mrs.
Turner's kindergarten class. There I was in my little cotton smock mixing red and white Tempra paint (in those
little paper cups) to make pink. I will never forget that wonderful discovery and the very first stroke of pink in this
painting was a promise to go back and love that little girl and continue to let her play and mix color for as long as
she wishes.
The next experience began as a surfacing memory of coloring in a coloring book where I could hear my mother
and sisters telling me to color in the lines. I remembered how important it was to me to gain their approval so I
developed a very systematic style and practice of outlining every section first with a dark stroke and then coloring
lighter inside. I was then transported to the memory of how my mother would color with me and even shade with
a complementary color for shadowing. These are the kind of thoughts that floated through me during this
journey. There's not enough space here to walk you through the entire experience through this painting but I do
want to tell you about the last night and finalization of the painting.
That evening I turned on the television and notice that I had recorded the rock opera, Tommy on the DVR. So I
thought I would watch it during the final stages and touch ups. I was around 17 when it came out as a movie with
Roger Daltry and Anne Margaret. I loved this movie so much I paid to see it 6 times! This night I was amazed at
all the symbolism and color in the movie. I was shocked to find that so much meaning in the movie had touched
on themes in my inner journey throughout my lifetime almost like a type of foreshadowing in another time. It was
very surreal to finish this painting while having this realization. Then....
The painting was done. And like always I removed the piece from the table and set it in front of the couch so I
could sit and really see it in it's completion for the first time. I was careful to turn it to the dry edge to set it down
and a thought occurred to me that I had never sat in on this side before. I then walked to the couch, turned
around, sat down, and then opened my eyes to see what I could see...and there she was. I gasped! Oh, my
God! I knew who she was immediately and yet my first thought was to deny what I was seeing.
She is the young Native American girl that had been trampled by a stampede of horses that keeps coming up in
my meditations, Reiki treatments and as even far back as my make believe friend "Salle" that I had a little girl.
She's wracked with pain and yet she is mesmerizing to me. I can't stop looking at her. I feel a strong urge to hide
her, out of embarrassment of what other's will think...and yet that is when I knew...the reason she wanted to be
painted. To be seen. Like I have said so many times before in my life...."I just want you to see me for who I really
am!"
And so...I introduce...Redemption see her, see me...if you can.
The next piece of news is about our band, The Now. First let me thank those of you who have come out and
supported us at our gigs. Our first gig at the Market Place for Via Arte street painting festival was a blast and a
perfect place to debut as a band and showcase some original tunes as well.
Then last Sunday we had another great time playing for the Sunday Starbucks crowd. This time adding a few
more tunes. It was such a great gig that we have been asked to play there again.
We are currently working with a new guitar player Louis Hernandez who adds more rock to our style these days
(While Dan tends to his family until the first of the year) and make sure to check out our page by clicking on this
link The Now so you can see our updated list of tunes that we've been working hard on.
Gig Schedule
So there you have it...all the updated info on Anjlart and The Now. Thank you all for stopping by the site and
being such great friends to share art and music with/for.
Be grateful...and remember to
"Carefully observe which way your heart draws you, then choose that way with all your strength."
Namaste,
Angeline/Anjlart/The Now
Happy Thanksgiving month Anjlart and The Now friends,
I hope these next few holiday months find you washed in peace and feeling jolly. It's been an especially blessed
holiday season for me so far. My heart is amazingly full and in awe of this progression of doing "the work." First
let me tell you about my newest painting.
Redemption is done in oil on a large 36" x 48" Creative Edge canvas. She was completed on November 1 and
can be seen on the Anjlart website.
How do I even begin to tell you all that she means to me? I will tell you that she has been by far the most difficult
piece to paint because she demanded to be painted entirely in my non-dominant hand. As many of you know I
teach journal writing to all of my students and I always tell them that if they ever find themselves feeling blocked
to go to the page in their non-dominant hand and see what their inner voice is trying to say. So, as I walked into
the room where this blank canvas had been staring back at me for quite some time, I realized I had been blocked
because of my work having taken on such a different style in the past few paintings.
As an artist I have found it extremely frustrating to find myself evolving into a style of painting that is more
representational then I had ever done before. Everything in my being wanted to fight against it and yet...the
moon that night in Cambria was so very powerful and Cambrian Moon had to be painted even though I felt so
very inadequate to do this kind of work. All I knew was that I couldn't do this style again following it's completion
and this large canvas and I continued to argue incessantly almost every night for quite awhile. Until one day I
walked in the room and heard the direction..."paint in your non-dominant hand, and do it in oil."
"Are you kidding me?" There's no way I can do a painting in my non-dominant hand, let alone one this size and
in oil!" But as most of you know, I love this artist voice of mine that tells me what to paint next and so I
surrendered to the experience. Night after night, day after day, I would come home and promise myself to just
show up for a small section at a time. The time changed and the nights got darker and longer as the journey to
the darker side of my artist heart took to the canvas. The first amazing experience was with the first laying of
color. The black through red to pink in the middle of the painting brought out the child I was at 5 years old in Mrs.
Turner's kindergarten class. There I was in my little cotton smock mixing red and white Tempra paint (in those
little paper cups) to make pink. I will never forget that wonderful discovery and the very first stroke of pink in this
painting was a promise to go back and love that little girl and continue to let her play and mix color for as long as
she wishes.
The next experience began as a surfacing memory of coloring in a coloring book where I could hear my mother
and sisters telling me to color in the lines. I remembered how important it was to me to gain their approval so I
developed a very systematic style and practice of outlining every section first with a dark stroke and then coloring
lighter inside. I was then transported to the memory of how my mother would color with me and even shade with
a complementary color for shadowing. These are the kind of thoughts that floated through me during this
journey. There's not enough space here to walk you through the entire experience through this painting but I do
want to tell you about the last night and finalization of the painting.
That evening I turned on the television and notice that I had recorded the rock opera, Tommy on the DVR. So I
thought I would watch it during the final stages and touch ups. I was around 17 when it came out as a movie with
Roger Daltry and Anne Margaret. I loved this movie so much I paid to see it 6 times! This night I was amazed at
all the symbolism and color in the movie. I was shocked to find that so much meaning in the movie had touched
on themes in my inner journey throughout my lifetime almost like a type of foreshadowing in another time. It was
very surreal to finish this painting while having this realization. Then....
The painting was done. And like always I removed the piece from the table and set it in front of the couch so I
could sit and really see it in it's completion for the first time. I was careful to turn it to the dry edge to set it down
and a thought occurred to me that I had never sat in on this side before. I then walked to the couch, turned
around, sat down, and then opened my eyes to see what I could see...and there she was. I gasped! Oh, my
God! I knew who she was immediately and yet my first thought was to deny what I was seeing.
She is the young Native American girl that had been trampled by a stampede of horses that keeps coming up in
my meditations, Reiki treatments and as even far back as my make believe friend "Salle" that I had a little girl.
She's wracked with pain and yet she is mesmerizing to me. I can't stop looking at her. I feel a strong urge to hide
her, out of embarrassment of what other's will think...and yet that is when I knew...the reason she wanted to be
painted. To be seen. Like I have said so many times before in my life...."I just want you to see me for who I really
am!"
And so...I introduce...Redemption see her, see me...if you can.
The next piece of news is about our band, The Now. First let me thank those of you who have come out and
supported us at our gigs. Our first gig at the Market Place for Via Arte street painting festival was a blast and a
perfect place to debut as a band and showcase some original tunes as well.
Then last Sunday we had another great time playing for the Sunday Starbucks crowd. This time adding a few
more tunes. It was such a great gig that we have been asked to play there again.
We are currently working with a new guitar player Louis Hernandez who adds more rock to our style these days
(While Dan tends to his family until the first of the year) and make sure to check out our page by clicking on this
link The Now so you can see our updated list of tunes that we've been working hard on.
Gig Schedule
- November 18 Friday 7pm Russo's Bookstore (Marketplace)
- November 20 Sunday Morning 11am-1pm Starbucks (Gosford/White Ln)
- November 25 Friday 12-2pm Starbucks (Gosford/White Ln)
- November 27 Sunday Morning 10-1 pm The Village Grill (F Street)
- December 1 Thursday Night 6-8pm Starbucks Holiday Coffee sampling event (Gosford/White Ln.)
- December 3, Saturday 1-4pm at Coffee Etc. in Springville to help the town get ready for their big Christmas
Tree lighting festivities in the park.
So there you have it...all the updated info on Anjlart and The Now. Thank you all for stopping by the site and
being such great friends to share art and music with/for.
Be grateful...and remember to
"Carefully observe which way your heart draws you, then choose that way with all your strength."
Namaste,
Angeline/Anjlart/The Now
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