daydreams.

Daydreams: a short-term detachment from one's immediate surroundings. A blog about my process of creating a body of art work inspired by daydreams and memories.

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the finished piece I was workin on a few weeks ago || just for the hubby 💕 #watercolor inspired by #sailorjerrystyle @royal924

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#wip • small piece for the hubby • inspired by #Dora and #sailorjerry • #paint #watercolor

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Portraits by Antonio Mora

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I used Antonio Mora's artwork in one of my thesis papers. I was (and still am) really interned and inspired by his work.

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My uncle's "Forget me nots" are sprouting nicely here in Washington. Can't wait for them to bloom. I painted this special flower pot for him yesterday ❤️ #forgetmenot #stillwithus #HOPE #butterfly #flowerpot

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back at it ✒️✏️✔️ #inprogress #drawing #graphite

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Journeyed across the country about a month ago. Unforgettable experience. Special stop through South Dakota to see these fellas. Mount Rushmore 🇺🇸

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Renee Royal 2015. Female form series.

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Here are a few photos from my exhibition. More to come once I photograph the show and the individual pieces properly. Sad to say this is coming down today, but loved seeing all my hard work this year displayed publicly in the Pullen Gallery!

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May 3, 2015

The big day, the opening of my show has come and gone - but my show is still hanging until this Wednesday. I am extremely pleased with the turn out of my opening. I was nervous, but so happy to share my work and my story with so many familiar and even unfamiliar faces on Friday night. Although I was prepared weeks prior to my show, I found myself double checking everything and even making a few more changes/ touch ups to some of my paintings - making this week pretty crazy. Of course, looking back...I was psyching myself out, but that’s alright with me!

There was just a roller coaster of emotions for me in the week leading to my opening. Feeling the pressure to make sure everything was just the way I wanted it brought me some stress, but I felt more stressed about talking in front of people than anything. I think I did alright once I got to talking about my work though! I was also on an extreme high that my husband was able to make it out to my show, I hadn’t seen him in 4 months. Having him and my in-laws fly in and my family drive up to be there for my opening is a huge blessing that helped get my through the stressful parts. 

After I finished with my talk on Friday night, I instantly took a sigh of relief. It’s still hard to believe that everything I have been working for this year has finally arrived. I honestly don’t know what I am going to do with the “free time” I now have. I took the weekend to unwind and enjoy the time I had with my husband, family and friends. Knowing that I did put my other classes on the back burner for a short period of time, I know that “free time” isn’t really a thing for me. So, this afternoon after I watched my husband fly away on the plane, I spent the day catching up on some figure drawing homework. It was a beautiful day, so I sat outside by the lake and drew. It was a great time for reflection on the school year. It’s finally hitting me that my time here at UMPI is coming to an end and this next chapter of my life - the one I have been dreaming about all year - will soon start and I couldn’t be happier with the body of work I created this year and they way everything came together for me. Looking back, I know this didn’t “just happen”. This came from many long long nights in the studio, sleepless nights and skipping out on Friday nights with friends so I could stay focused and stick to the goals I set for myself. I wouldn’t change it for anything because I am truly happy with the way everything turned out and I know that this body of work is what kept me going and what I turned to day after day to get lost in.

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Received the Fine Art Talent award today with my dear friend and classmate, Jessalyn. Had a fun little photo shoot with her and my professors afterwards! We get a little crazy sometimes, but I think this sums us all up quite well - really wouldn’t have it any other way. In a few short days I will be hanging my show and this was a great way to start the week on such a positive note.

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Exactly one week until my show! I spent my week apply the finishing touches to my paintings and adding a gel medium layer to each of them. It has taken some time to do all of them, but I really like the finished look. All of my labels are ready to go for next week and it's just minor preparations for hanging are left to do. I'm glad the only things I have to worry about this week are minor things, hopefully I can get myself to relax before my show. I'm glad I have the help of my husband and dad to help me with food for the reception because that takes a lot of stress of me for Friday night.

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spot on.

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I think we all can relate in one way or another. This is a huge part of the reason why I am using the butterfly as a symbol of hope in my thesis work.

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4-19-2015

I met my goal and finished my last big piece on Friday. All I need now is to assemble the two big frames my dad made for me and everything will be just about ready to hang. I will be hanging my show in 11 days and I can't believe it! Throughout the week I have pulled out some of the paintings I already finished and touched them up a bit. I was able to get started on my last small panel piece, which I am pretty excited about. This panel piece is still very relevant to my senior show, but I am branching out just a little bit in preview for what is to come next for me after I leave school. I plan to finish that piece this week, so we can have a look at it in crit on Friday. I am feeling really good about where I am at with senior show right now. It has been my priority (as it should be), but this means I am playing a little bit of catch-up in some of my other classes. It'll be another busy week, but it'll all be worth it! 😊

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Here's a small study of the background for my final piece. A little different from the other atmospheric stuff I have done so far this year, but I think it's working out nicely. 16 days until my opening! Couldn't be more excited. I feel that I am in a good place, just finishing up my final large piece. There is still a lot of rendering to do, but it's getting there! Then I just have to make a few edits to some of my work I had previously "finished". I will be photographing my work hopefully by the end of next week so I can update my website and share quality photos of my work with everyone.

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There's 32 days until the opening night of my show and I couldn't be more excited. I have worked hard this semester to get where I am. I put the stress on myself early on knowing that it'd pay off to be stressed earlier rather than the week before my show. I am proud to say that I have one more painting, a very large painting, to do. After that it's the fine tuning, planning and making sure everything reads the way I want it to. Once I filter out my paintings, I will decide which ones make it in and which ones don't...keeping in mind that I plan on using my cubby spaces for actual pieces if I can instead of studies. I had a productive week as far as work goes. Finished up a few paintings and got a new painting finished. I finished a piece on panels using acrylics, watercolor and encaustic. I really enjoy painting on panels and making the watercolor butterflies. It's beginning to spark new ideas for work in the future. I made a studio page on Facebook to help get my website out there and to give people a preview of what I have been working on this year. I also ordered my show cards last week and they should be in soon enough, can't wait to send some of those out and post them around campus!! It was also a week filled with good news!! Not only did I find out that my husband's pass got approved so he can come to my show, but my in-laws are flying in as well! This news alone has lifted my spirits and is helping me to push through these next few months. I was able to get home this weekend to see family and give my mind a short break - but also get work done for show, too, because my dad and uncle made my frames. I love the way they turned out and I am so thankful for the support I have.

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The countdown has been on...it's been on, but I am really starting to feel the pressure of getting everything right. I guess I would rather be stressing like this right now than right before I go to hang my show at the end of April. It feels good knowing that next weekend I should be getting a lot of my framing done and at the same time getting to see my family. I finished another painting yesterday, "Transformed". This was my second go at this painting because i wasn't really satisfied with the way it turned out the first time around (the one hung during mini show in December). My approach this time around was to paint it in panel boards instead of canvas. I love the atmospheric effect I am able to get when I paint on panel boards. I want to finish the other painting I have started...which will be the journey of the butterfly. Once that's complete I have two (maybe 3) paintings I want to complete, but one of them is going to be a big painting..the biggest one I have done I have done so far.