Hope you enjoy viewing my growing art works.

I started painting in early 2006 when I joined our local art group B.A.V.A. (Biloela Area Visual Artists).

I have attended a few workshops already & hope to attend many more, to increase my knowledge & skills in painting.

I am thoroughly enjoying my art !

My small studio which contains my easel, tables & lots & lots of painting paraphynalia, is where I listen to my music & follow on the path my creativity takes me . . .

About my art

My work is continuously evolving, hopefully in an interesting way . . .

In 2006 when I first started, I was doing mainly pastels & most of my work was representational.

I am now exploring the intuitive abstract. Abstracts have captured my imagination like no other style ... the unraveling of each stage, each layer is like an unknown journey, revealing itself only at the end ... to me abstracts are exciting, fresh & essentially authentic!

I work predominantly in acrylics & mixed media but have plans to venture into oils one day (once I acquire a well-ventilated studio!)

I LOVE rich, vibrant colours & textures in paintings!




Music by Billy Talent (Fallen Leaves) & Enya (Sail Away)

Friday, July 17, 2009

Success! Thank you!

Hello my lovely friends!

Took me some time but was able to get this 3 column layout working ... thanks everyone :)

The one I tried was suggested by Maggie .

It worked ok, but I was getting the 2 small columns both on the left side, rather than on either side of the main area.

After a few turns (I'm a bit slow at times) the important note given near the end (typed in red & it still wasn't sinking in LOL) about the order finally sunk in & after cutting & pasting it into the right order ... TA DA!

So let me know what you think of this new layout:) Here's the link if you're interested in trying it out for your own blog:)

http://www.threecolumnblogger.com/

Have a great weekend everyone!

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Help! Does anyone know how ...

... to change the blogger templates to a 3 column template?
(All the templates on here only have 2 columns) any advice greatly appreciated :)

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

I'm on ETSY!

I have my first listing on there ... there will be lots more to come!

mariawiley.etsy.com

Hope you're having a great week my friends !

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Maria venting! it's ok ... just had one of those days recently:)

click here to read about it:
http://garyreef.ning.com/profiles/blogs/what-am-i-doing-wrong

click here to view my profile on Art from the Heart:
http://garyreef.ning.com/profile/MariaWiley

Sunday, July 5, 2009

I purchased 2 of Kym Barrett's paintings!



On our way home from the coast we dropped into Gympie & picked up 2 small abstracts I purchased from Kym ... I'm so thrilled! I love them & can't wait to put them up on my wall in my studio area :)

Looking forward to doing Kym's workshop early next year, which she is doing for my local art group, BAVA ... can't wait!