falling free

12" x 16" mixed media painting on cradled Gessobord
©manon doyle

All of my senses overthrown
By the might of your skin
And the lamplight on your cheek bone
Drawing me further in
No sentence I can speak
For the wonder so unique
Breaking like a wave upon the shore
Mercy me, I'm falling free
Since you opened up the door

See how the sky is made of sapphire
The colours flowing through our hands
The moon is fire in your hair
A million miles beyond what science understands
Smell that mountain heaven
I don't remember ever
Feeling like this before
Mercy me, I'm falling free
Since you opened up the door

And if every window pane should shatter
If every wall should fall apart
Well it might hurt a bit
But would it matter
This diamond in my heart
There's no need to nail it to the ground
There's no need to smother it with sense
Just listen to the rhythm of your heart
That pounds and trust it all to chance
'cause we're standing face to face
With the Angel of grace
And don't it just taste so pure

Mercy me, I'm falling free
Since you opened up the door

Falling Free by David Gray

I thought I had finished this painting but I wasn't really happy with her. She needed something so I decided to show the painting to my mom. She begged me to leave her alone so I knew that was my cue to add the cape........lol!!!! When I finished her my mom agreed. The painting needed a pop of color and the red cape seemed to be the answer. There are still a couple of things to finish on the dress but I thought I'd post her today.

fill your heart with art

~manon

friendship

9" x 12" mixed media on watercolor paper
©manon doyle

Friends are the angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
~author unknown

I've been thinking about all my friends lately. I have friends that have been in my life for many years, there are those I've reconnected with after a long absence, the ones I've recently made and the friends that I've met through blogging and Facebook. Omg....I am truly blessed!!! I take huge comfort in knowing that I have so many ears that will listen to me, support me and laugh at my stupid comments and jokes!!! I can only hope to be a great friend also. We are all on different journeys but we are bound together by friendship, love, hope and respect!! A big *THANKS* to all my awesome buddies!!! : )

fill your heart with art and friendship

~manon

new painting and an enameled necklace

11" x 14" mixed media on cradled Gessobord
©manon doyle


©manon doyle

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
~Lao Tzu

I have quite a few paintings on the go and I'm bouncing around working on whatever suits me for the given moment. This is the one that has been on my easel the last few days. She was a paint over....go figure....lol. I liked what I had before but she feels better now. Even though I see a few things I could fix I'm calling her *done*. She actually looks much better in person. I can't get the right light to take a pic so she looks a little washed out. Anyway...lol..... I think I like this one! : ))


©barbara minor

I wanted to post the photo of the collaborative project we did in my enameling workshop at Haystack. Each of us enameled a leaf and then our teacher, Barbara Minor, put it together using rubber!! Pretty cool!!

fill your heart with art

~manon