Life is all about the layers of decisions we make, the things we choose to see and those we choose to ignore. The more experience we have in life, the easier it is to see through the layers.
Noelle LeDoux Wheeler
Above: A collage of inspiration Noelle used to create her painting above.
Here is my dear friend with her children at school during Carnival. She and her family are currently living in Mumbai, India.
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After celebrating the holidays together in the States last December, she and I wanted to do something that would keep us connected and also on our tippy toes artistically, so we devised a plan to challenge our skills by exercising our creative mussel. Next, we invited my mom to join us and she was game. We wanted a name for our group and started brain storming. My mother had the idea: The Three I's (standing for Imagination, Inspiration and International, also a take on Third Eye). Noelle riffed on her idea and incorporated The Three I's into The Imaginitas. Love it!
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Here's how The Imaginista Format works:
Each month one of us invents a challenge for everyone to take. As we create our peice, photographs are taken during the process to documented the journey. Finally, we share our inspirations, process and our finished piece of art with one another (via a online Yahoo Group).
Noelle came up with the first challenge:
Collect three or more things, images, etc., that inspire you and combine them into one piece of art. Use any medium you want.
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Here is my mom's piece, Joy, a cornucopia of fluttering butterflies, created in Photoshop Elements.
This is her inspiration board: A Neiman Marcus Christmas catalogue, her silk scarf and a paper cocktail napkin someone had at a party she went to.
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Finally, my contribution is called Pierrette, created with acrylic paint and colored pencils on canvas.
This is my inspiration collage.
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Isn't it interesting how we each took one challenge and ran in our own different directions? I adore that so much!
Maybe this will inspire you in your work too??!!
xox
Constance
