tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65893532471082154252024-03-13T19:41:51.946-07:00LorettaParaguassuImages, ramblings and opinions of a writer/artist/filmmaker/financial advisor -- all in a bundle. Living in Georgia, absorbing the southern edge and finding a place as a transplant.Loretta Paraguassuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645083859303633766noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589353247108215425.post-59636675342856779152017-05-21T08:58:00.004-07:002017-05-21T08:58:39.887-07:00Listen up:<br />
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Loretta Paraguassuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645083859303633766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589353247108215425.post-45616461819915633802015-12-28T13:29:00.002-08:002015-12-28T13:29:16.730-08:00Flying HighTrying to calm my frazzled nerves -- checking out a painting I did a
while back and rediscovered: "Flying High," oil on canvas, 16"x16".
Realizing I have to start selling some of my paintings again. Too many,
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<br />Loretta Paraguassuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645083859303633766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589353247108215425.post-3075266698680139002015-08-29T11:13:00.001-07:002015-10-29T07:14:37.997-07:00An Ode to Wayne Wood<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wayne, this painting is for you. So hard to say goodbye -- but standing in front of my easel and letting the colors tell the story, I felt your music and your songs, your passionate arguments for peace and justice. So, here we have waves of bright colors that remind me of the ocean at sunset. "To Life!" is the title.<br />
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<br />Loretta Paraguassuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645083859303633766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589353247108215425.post-29569320123616365642015-08-29T11:09:00.002-07:002015-12-28T13:30:46.909-08:00Remembering a very good friendLosing Wayne Wood was a shock. His music, his singing and his conversation are silenced. Standing in front of my easel and painting as I thought of him brought to the surface of my canvas bright colors and motion that reminds of the ocean at sunset. I call the painting "To Life!"<br />
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<br />Loretta Paraguassuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645083859303633766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589353247108215425.post-31108234990891481972015-08-26T11:10:00.002-07:002015-12-28T13:30:46.911-08:00To Life!In memory of Wayne Wood, a warm, wonderful man who loved music and loved people.<br />
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<br />Loretta Paraguassuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645083859303633766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589353247108215425.post-14257229715000609802015-08-23T11:09:00.001-07:002015-12-28T13:30:46.904-08:00To Life!A bright light was tuned off this past week when we lost Wayne Wood. I stood in front of my easel and painted my heart out. The result is a lively, happy picture full of light and activity.<br />
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<br />Loretta Paraguassuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645083859303633766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589353247108215425.post-84439909516222409682015-08-08T18:19:00.001-07:002015-12-28T13:30:46.917-08:00Victoria's SecretThe real Victoria surfaced when I let this painting rip. The elegant, graceful, generous person who will live with this painting emerged without any fuss or bother.Loretta Paraguassuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645083859303633766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589353247108215425.post-68166080809914935292015-08-08T18:00:00.000-07:002015-12-28T13:30:46.915-08:00Victoria's SecretIn this case there is a real Victoria, a beautiful person who is talented and giving. She does much for others and asks little in return. As I made this painting for her, the lines and colors seem to choose themselves.Loretta Paraguassuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645083859303633766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589353247108215425.post-49707459312531782312015-08-08T17:56:00.001-07:002015-12-28T13:30:46.913-08:00Victoria's Secret, an ode to a real life VictoriaWith this person in mind I found the colors and lines playing out on their own. She is someone who is talented and smart and does much for others.Loretta Paraguassuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645083859303633766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589353247108215425.post-44259596696240516842015-08-02T07:44:00.002-07:002015-08-02T07:44:35.434-07:00High Notes with Heart<strong>With music and a hot summer on my mind, this was the result:</strong><br />
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Loretta Paraguassuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645083859303633766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589353247108215425.post-26459662000615048992015-07-31T16:25:00.000-07:002015-07-31T16:25:23.419-07:00"Woman Wading in the Water"Walking on the cool side -- a watercolor painting on paper that makes me want to jump into the middle of my own creation. <br />
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Loretta Paraguassuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645083859303633766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589353247108215425.post-43175807173555020452015-07-20T06:21:00.000-07:002015-07-20T06:29:52.550-07:00In the Heat of the DayA Watercolor Thermometer:<br />
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Can you tell I was painting on a hot, August day? No matter that I was inside and the A/C was running. Could matter that the the A/C on my car is busted and I get cooked (sort of medium well done) when I decide to leave the house.<br />
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Loretta Paraguassuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645083859303633766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589353247108215425.post-49652979907684873252015-05-30T18:56:00.000-07:002015-05-30T18:56:53.215-07:00A Celebraton of PurplesLast night I set out to paint a birthday greeting card for a friend who isn't afraid of color and wears the most gorgeous combinations. She has also collected a number of my paintings. Without a plan, without a design planted in my head, I took out the paints and then diddled with pen and ink. And there it is!<br />
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<strong>Aren't we all fools in one way or another? This is our day!</strong><br />
I'd be a fool if I ever stopped painting. It's my connection to sanity. When nothing else makes sense, the lines and color have a language that brings everything together. I finished this one last night and waited for the sunshine to photograph it. Only natural light brings out the warmth and color. Yes, there is nothing like sunshine.<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">This little 2-minute sketch is an ode to the sweet bird who visited me and sat on the railing -- looking a me, looking around, looking at me and then finally sailing off for something else that was, apparently, more pressing.</span><br />
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Last night branches were cracking and I kept hoping nothing would crash down on my house. Whew! No damage...only fantastic sights to see.<br />
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<br />Loretta Paraguassuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645083859303633766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589353247108215425.post-30919603824536692372015-02-26T11:53:00.000-08:002015-02-26T11:53:04.543-08:00Wishing for Spring, Dreaming of Roses<span style="font-size: large;">When you're a painter, you create your own world. With some snow still hanging around and talk of ice on the roads I'd rather think of spring and red roses. Here's what I worked on yesterday and today:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"></span>Loretta Paraguassuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645083859303633766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589353247108215425.post-3556029652287999372015-02-15T07:35:00.003-08:002015-02-15T07:35:31.664-08:00Happiness is Making a PaintingYesterday was pretty ho-hum...until I broke out the paints and starting playing with them. The very, very best part of my day. I found myself making strokes and adding colors that built something that looked like the sunshine and surf that I miss so much....Southern California, beaches in Hawaii. Oh, way too far away.<br />
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Loretta Paraguassuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645083859303633766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589353247108215425.post-26263552213691625642015-02-07T13:30:00.004-08:002015-02-07T13:30:37.907-08:00Colors CAN Dance!<span style="color: #20124d;">It's true! Colors can dance. They can play tricks with your eyes -- and your heart. Have you ever seen a red that made you smile? A blue that brought you back to the day you spent at the beach and watched the ocean? And yellows! They can be pure sunshine.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">I felt as if I captured some of that in these two paintings:</span><br />
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Loretta Paraguassuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645083859303633766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589353247108215425.post-51698942876492733302015-01-24T13:07:00.001-08:002015-01-24T13:07:09.949-08:00Oceans of Life and Bright SpiritsLife brings events that defy words and twist our beings into positions we never thought we would find ourselves. A phone call did it for me last night. A cousin called from Virginia Beach...her brother...my cousin was gone...He died in an unfortunate accident in his home. A fall...that's all it took to end his life.<br />
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I painted ocean scenes for her and for my late cousin's sons...symbolic of our voyages on this planet. Without exception, they are all beyond our control. We can make plans, but the universe often has other designs.<br />
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When I turn to my paints and brushes, it seems to make more sense than trying to sort out what is going around me.<br />
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And while the paints and brushes were out, I made another painting to send to a friend of the arts.<br />
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Loretta Paraguassuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645083859303633766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589353247108215425.post-76300845385911276942014-11-10T16:21:00.004-08:002014-11-10T16:21:23.722-08:00An Overflow of Emotions<span style="font-size: large;"> When words don't do it, when they don't even begin to get to the bottom of all the feelings that have gathered steam and seem trapped in a little cupboard behind your brain -- somehow, they get released when brush and paint hit a solid surface. Oddly enough, they even communicate to others things you could never begin to say.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Such was the case with "Overflow of Emotions." In fact, I shared it with a very dear cousin </span><span style="font-size: large;">and she related to it as much as I did. Right now, it is on my desk drying. Next to is a mailing label that will go on the package when it is safe enough to travel.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Does this do it for you?</span><br />
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Loretta Paraguassuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645083859303633766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589353247108215425.post-76571152969670782262014-08-25T18:08:00.000-07:002014-08-25T18:08:14.781-07:00Art Heals<span style="font-size: large;">My own version of therapy: I took out my rage against the forces of nature a few days ago on two perfectly harmless canvases. In my opinion, the paintings on them were mediocre -- but I could have sold them or given them away to someone who might have enjoyed them. No matter...they were in the cross hairs of my whatever...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, with brush, paint and palette knives I destroyed two very innocent paintings that had never done anyone any wrong. On top of the abstract images I plastered paint and it soothed my psyche.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today, I went back, in somewhat of a better place. Remarkably, I found that I wasn't doing damage,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">maybe even improving the images a bit. I'll share them here -- only to point to a couple of works in progress that have healing powers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"> <strong>"Hidden Meanings," Oil on Canvas, 24"x24"</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong>A section of "Hidden Meanings"</strong> </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><strong>Another section of "Hidden Meanings"</strong></span> </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue;"><strong>And still another section of "Hidden Meanings"</strong></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <strong><span style="color: #990000;">I highly recommend the process!</span></strong></span>Loretta Paraguassuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645083859303633766noreply@blogger.com0