Update:Today is Sunday.
March 28, 2010
Today, she would have been 54.
My angel of a sisterfriend, Renee.
I will always love her and honor her, and what better way to do it than what she did best. - Spread the love.
This is the Renee Award. Please read about its origin here. It will make you understand its significance and why I am giving it to you.
Bella Sinclair and I designed this award together for an incredible woman.
I would like to share this award with new friends who are wonderful, fascinating, creative and prolific women and three men. Some of you may have already received it but I will give it to you anyway.
Lahksmita
Lisa Holtzman
Andrew Finnie
Susan
Janice
Amalia
Anne
Audrey
Shirley
Glen
Elisabeth
Helen Wheeler-Shaw
Jenea
I have chocolate cake in the refrigerator. I shall celebrate Renee's birthday today!!!
Happy Birthday Dearest Sisterfriend Renee!
Happy Birthday Dearest Sisterfriend Renee!
Today
Laundry
Chicken Broccoli Divan
Wrote
Kept in touch
Painted
Needed white and black oil paints
The art store
Five 200 ml. tubes
Ivory Black, Lamp Black, Flake White, Titanium White, Soft Mixing White
Thirty three paint brushes, a bucket of gesso, mineral spirits, turpentine
Liquid nettoyant pour pinceaux et diluant pour peinture a L'huile
Home
Painted
Now it's dark
The day
Not the painting
Time to eat
Fold the laundry.
WHOAAAAAAAA, love the ambiance in here. This is astounding! The low lighting, the gentle glow of the moon. The gentle glow of her head. Waaaaaaa, I love it!
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ReplyDeleteAH HA!!!!! You were inspired by that moon poem!! I knew it. I envy your ability to do things that you say you are going to do! You do them right now!! A very good quality, Ces.
ReplyDeleteI did paint and I finished the painting but I am waiting for the medium to dry then I will take pictures and post it - soon!!
I love your moon paintings, Ces. I took a picture of the moon tonight. It is a beautiful picture. I will post it in a little while and then I must go to bed. I am so tired tonight. It must be the moon!!!
Goodnight sweet Ces.
♥ audrey
oh wow wow and wow!!! The cool evening of these pieces...stunning my friend!!! I have spent a lot of summer nights by the bon fire staring at the moon...it is always something I really enjoy...and the stars and the occasional shooting star...aka meteor ....I always make a wish....
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work and thank you for making me think of some of my memories....can't wait for warmer days and the start of some bon fires....
hugs
Diana
Your moon is shining on my blog for you, Ces.
ReplyDeleteOff to bed I go now to dream of buckets of gesso.
♥ audrey
The domestic and the creative rolled into one. Thanks Ces.
ReplyDeleteI love the colours in your new painting! And your new header made me smile - mud pies!!!
ReplyDeleteThat painting....amazing...so moody (in a good way), glowing, deep!
ReplyDeleteBusy lady! Did you visit an art store in France? That would have been fun, huh? 33 paint brushes - really!?
Have another painting day, dearest Ces!! Love, Silke
Gorgeous painting Ces - so peaceful...
ReplyDeleteToo bad your day wasn't as peaceful, but sounds productive!
ReplyDeleteaha!! Ces paints in oil!! I thought you were just a pen and ink girl.. NICE!! you sure know how to create a moody moon glow .. beautiful!
ReplyDelete33 brushes at once!!! gee whiz! did someone eat all your others"" hehe. a very productive day.. but I am not sure why you had to stuff broccoli down your divan???hehe!! lovin it!!
Ah......lovely painting Ces---different but still *Ces-Like*.
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you! You force me to do a post, and I need a little prod...no wait, I need a cattle prod of late! LOL!!!
It means much coming from you, and who says I can't post it twice?
Many hugs to you dear sisterfriend...
XXOO!!
Anne
OMG Ces - I am speechless, what an incredible honor!!! This means so much to me my new bloggie friend, you are so kind. I am such an emotional girl, and of course after reading this and the award's origins, you've brought tears to my eyes once again. I will post this on my blog later today and decide who to pass it on to, I've already got quite a few in mind - thanks so much again my dear!
ReplyDeletexoxoxo Susan
What a lovely moody moony piece. I love the contemplative figure in the foreground. The moon is a never ending source of inspiration, I'm glad it was clear enough here last night for me to view it. I'm glad it inspired you!
ReplyDeleteOh Ces, what a beautiful gift for Renee Day! Perfection. May I just say what a Joy it has been being gathered into the group of Renee...my heart is full. Blessed be the day I found true friends. The painting is stunning...the egg shaped moon...it's peaceful. All my love to you on this Splendid Renee Day. **blows kisses** Deb
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Renee! Happy Birthday Rosalie (my MIL).
ReplyDelete2 ladies I cherish and love.
Is 33 enough?
Congratulations to everyone on the Renee award and what a wonderful way to do it Ces.
Well done!
Have a wonderful sunday!
Oh, Ces. Well said. Beautiful. And what a fine list of recipients. Congratulations to all!
ReplyDeleteSomber, yes. But trying to smile here and there. Take me with you to your moonlit grove. I want to sit and just gaze for a while.
xoxo
So I wake up today, thinking..oh, I have to get back to work-work, and decide, nah, I'll visit the blog to see my friends...and I...
ReplyDeleteam just..
blown away.
First of all, I'm so happy to see the babies on your header...they are one of my favorite paintings of yours. Secondly, your glorious painting of the moonlight on that beautiful head is so peaceful and puts me in a place of quiet reflection. Your work always does that to me. I always stop and reflect about life, pain, love, loss.
Oh Ces, thank you. Thank YOU. My heart is full, my eyes are teary, I am sad about Renee, and I am so very, very touched by this amazing honor. You are exactly what this award embodies, and to know you and Bella created it to honor such a regal, yet down-to-earth woman, I am so..oh my, I just can't put it into words.
It makes my heart full and happy and yes, hopeful to know (really know!) that there are such beautiful souls here and that we are all connected by these far reaching threads of love. I will never look at an acorn the same again, but always think of you, Bella and Renee and the love that spreads from each of you nutty nuts. ; )
I am so grateful and blessed to know you, Ces - I'm sending you and Bella big hugs..and I will raise a glass to honor Renee today. xoxo
Ces,
ReplyDeleteI am touched and honored to receive The Renee Award. I have posted my "thank you" on my blog ~ much too lengthy for a comment box.
Happy Birthday, Angel Renee!
♥ audrey
Great people to give Renee's award to!! I miss her every day!!
ReplyDeleteCes.... that painting blows me away!! It's very intense!! Wow, wow!!
Did u buy 33 paint brushes? Am I reading that right? Ohhhh.... you need art supply intervention dearie!! LOL! Not me... I'm being a good chickie poo!
the perfect day to bestow this award on these very special folks. I just know that Renee is celebrating her birthday in Heaven with all the angels singing to her!
ReplyDeleteCes.... twin sisterfriend! I've promised myself to keep in touch!!
ReplyDeleteYes.... I believe more and more young people are involved with community service. Some may do it for their resumes and others do it for different reasons. Mine told me she does it because she loves to. I told her that she could forge a career in it and that she wouldn't make much money but would find something much greater.
Btw.... she's my FB friend but she blocked me from her pictures..... not cool...lol!
Wow Ces, incredible incredible painting. It's so simple, with minimal images and color, but so rich. It's still and serene and alive with feeling. How do you do that???
ReplyDeleteI am seriously choked up about receiving the Renee Award. I'd read about this special award before but did again today. Reading about it's inception, the exchange of wonderful words and love between you, Bella and Renee...beautiful, heart aching, heart warming, tears welling.
Thank you. Much love to you, amazing Ces. Happy birthday sweet Renee.
p.s. okay 33 brushes seems like a lot, but really, they sell gesso in buckets?!
This is probably one of the most beautiful award ever, because it's specially made out of love from friends to a friend! Thank you, Ces, sweet, sweet, Ces. You are truly a kind spirit...Love you LOADS!! ((hugs))
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, dearest Renee. And a big hug for you, dearest Ces! Much love, Silke
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to everyone who received the award plus a special award delivery to Diva whom Renee called "Dear heart" and her "twin". I hope you display it proudly on your blog.
ReplyDeleteThank you to everyone who visited and commented.
ReplyDeleteHello Ces, t hankyou for my award. I am very touched and honoured, especially considering it's history and meaning.
ReplyDeleteThankyou!
regards
Andrew Finnie
BTW I love this painting, but your work is always so good I run out of words quicker than I do digital paint. And I have a lot of digital paint ;)
Ces, thank you so much! I'm truly honoured (and unworthy!) to receive the Renee Award. I've already put it on my blog and done a post about it that I hope honours Renee and the original intention behind the award, as well as you! As for your latest painting, it's beautiful. Like many of your other commenters, I love the moon.
ReplyDeleteI've missed a few of your posts. I came over a couple of weeks ago and found your were mourning the loss of Renee and wanted to be left with your thoughts, and after that I lost the Internet and only had it back at the end of last week! Now I will have to look back through the posts I've missed.
Thank you again, Ces, I'm absolutely thrilled that you thought of giving this beautiful award to me!
Janice. x
Привет Ces! Thank you very much for your Great Award! It's really very important for me! I posted about it! ;)
ReplyDeleteYou made it through your "on call" day!!! YAY! Or is that all week?? UGH!!
ReplyDeleteI hope you are relaxing this evening.
♥ audrey
Ces it's me...
ReplyDeletethank you so much for the award, im so speechless...
what should i do now...?
and the painting... i think it's my fave of yours.
ReplyDeletebeautiful and so dark.
you are making me cry actuallyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletelove you ces!!!
you know, i just came out for some air and shed some tears...
ReplyDeletethank you once again, thank you thank you thank you.
ReplyDeletemuch appreciation...
ooohhh and your header is fantastic!!!!
ReplyDeleteand sure i will post this award soon!!!!! :))
ReplyDeleteim happy but crying.
It was such an honor when I received this award...truly. Happy Birthday sweet Renee!
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