2015 – Page 2 – Faith Magdalene's Sundrip

The Growing Process

Posted on September 26, 2015December 8, 2015 by F.Magdalene

Art Title: The Growing Process
Art by: Faith M. Austin
Medium: Acrylic, ink on artist paper, size 8.5 x 5.5 , signed, sealed, unmounted.
The Growing Process is ready to ship today.

Monday afternoon I showed a friend this painting. He said,
“She looks sad”. I replied, “You would be too if you had the weight of the world on your shoulders.”

Yes, she does look sad, and yes great responsibilities are hers. There’s a lot riding on her actions or inaction. However, she has not given up, nor has she slowed the growing process. Continue reading “The Growing Process”

Gloria – The Other Child

Posted on August 27, 2015 by F.Magdalene

Art Title: Gloria
Art by: Faith Magdalene Austin
Size: 5.5 Ã— 8.5
Medium artists paper, Crayola Crayon, ink
signed on the front and back, heat sealed but no acrylic seal.

NOTE: The watermark lines that go through her face are not on the original painting.

The character Ã‰ponine is my second favorite character in Victor Hugo’s Les MisÃ©rables. For me, she stands for every person who has fallen just a few inches short of glory. She’s the most obvious choice because she’s been there from the beginning but the other person can’t see. Her love is loyal yet silent. She is heroic, selfless and always second.

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The compliment

Posted on July 12, 2015January 9, 2025 by F.Magdalene

What is the best compliment you’ve ever gotten about your work?

I purchased your art for an unborn child. It’s her first art piece.

It gave me shivers and touched me deeply enough to make tears fall. Someone thought well enough of my art to make it a present for a child unborn. Does it get better than that? I’m not sure it does.

incredible image! so good its frightening!

That’s the kind of comment that tells me others speak my language. I said in color what I needed to say, and the viewer heard me.

Faith

The Reconstruction of Sundrip

Posted on June 30, 2015July 1, 2015 by F.Magdalene

There is a lot of restructuring to do as it relates to art made available for sale. There is a lot of work involved in just getting art on the net. It needs to be photographed or scanned then filed in individual folders. After that I have to resize, crop to show detail and mark them as the exclusive property of Sundrip. Then each painting has to be uploaded to my Etsy shop with appropriate categories and keywords. This can be a long and tedious process.

While I lay in this very spot for several months it occurred to me that art should be signed and sealed before it even hits the net. I should have pre-cut mounting boardsÂ and stabilizing cardboard. It would also be in my best interest to standardize art sizes. I was good for painting on just about any surface but that complicated things for me. If I stick to standard sizes for pre-cut boards I think that will beÂ a great help in getting orders out faster.
And dang it, I need a stapler! I keep saying I prefer not to use one but I’m gettin’ me a stapler, now dang it!!

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Bruised Reed

Posted on June 9, 2015December 8, 2015 by F.Magdalene

When I posted this work on Etsy where I offer original art, I got a comment from another artist that really made me smile. Right away that artist recognized from where I got the phrase, “bruised reed.” I was surprised by that but it was a welcome surprise.

Her face is striking; I know.
She pulls at the heart; I know.
She’s stripped to the bone.
She’s bruised but not broken.

Art Title: Bruised Reed
Art by: Faith Magdalene Austin
Size and Medium: black ink, strikes of color on light grain sketchbook paper. 4.5 Ã— 7, signed, sealed, mounted.Â * SOLD *

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Bruised Reed 2

Posted on June 9, 2015 by F.Magdalene

Art Title: Reed II
Art by: Faith Magdalene Austin
Medium: black ink, acrylic paint, light card stock paper 4 x 7 , signed, mounted, raw unsealed.

Bruised Reed II- available

Details: Blue, yellow, orange, headdress, large eyes, strikes of paint, finger paint, complex simplicity.

Please see sidebar for purchase options in my Etsy shop.

Faith

Balancing Act

Posted on June 9, 2015June 12, 2015 by F.Magdalene

Art Title: Balancing Act Â SOLD
Art by: Faith Magdalene Austin
Medium: 4 x 7 heavy paper, ink, marker, signed, sealed, mounted Continue reading “Balancing Act”

She waited as long as she could

Posted on May 18, 2015May 18, 2015 by F.Magdalene

Art details: Â Orange rays and white beamsÂ meet in the red sky. Down the middle grows an old oak tree where two red birds (cardinals) and a raven swirl between the branches above a solid white figure. From the figure extends points of light. Her hands reach up to the branches and grow into them. Two blue figures have fallen from the sky;Â they’ve joined the merge as well. Continue reading “She waited as long as she could”

Ariel knew it would rain

Posted on May 18, 2015May 18, 2015 by F.Magdalene

Caught in the rain, little Ariel walks home without an umbrella. Through thick woods she walks and walks until a tiny sprout pops up right on her head. A few steps more and pop, pop, pop, sprouts appear all the more until finally she becomes part of the scenery.

Art Title: Ariel knew it would rain
Art by: Faith Magdalene Austin
Medium: 4.5 x 7 heavy weight paper, colored pencil, marker, sealed, mounted

Art details: Large eyes, tree bark, bare trees, streams of rain, soaking wet, caught in the rain, red shirt, green leaves.Â Continue reading “Ariel knew it would rain”

I might have been torn to pieces

Posted on May 11, 2015September 6, 2022 by F.Magdalene

To the extent that I managed to translate the emotions into images that is to say, to find the images which were concealed in the emotions I was inwardly calmed and reassured.

Had I left those images hidden in the emotions, I might have been torn to pieces by them.

There is a chance that I might have succeeded in splitting them off; but in that case I would inexorably have fallen into a neurosis and so been ultimately destroyed by them.

As a result of my experiment I learned how helpful it can be, from the therapeutic point of view, to find the particular images which lie behind the emotions.

Carl Jung