Art Do Over

I have a stash in my studio of paintings from the past...
sometimes hard to let go of.

These are three of those paintings and I just
recreated them into something different.

A Do Over

This do over was created on the painting above, actually a printed transfer of 

flowering bulbs.  It wasn't one of my works of art, I bought it from an import store because 

I liked that it was on burlap, with plaster and then the printed transfer...

and it was only $5.00.

You Are Amazing

So I used it as a base for a mixed media piece 

and did a little YouTube tutorial on how I did it.

(I still have some work to do on my YouTube videos...another learning curve...

fun and frustrating.)

The painting under the texture below was actually a painting I did 
in a still life class almost 10 years ago.

I sold it in a garage sale for next to nothing and last year (believe it or not)
it turned up in my favorite thrift store!  It found me, I had to buy it back.
I added some texture to it with plans on more,  and then abandoned it...again!

I came across it this week and did a little do over...

Double Standard 

is it's new title...and I'm loving it again.

Double Standard

This started out as a sample painting for a clients abstract painting.

I later added lips to it and kinda forgot about it.

Here it is now after it's do over...
I love everything going on here.

Beware Her Smile

 So...the moral of the story...
embrace your art hoarder-ness.

Don't throw it away, it may find its way back to you.
And if it does...make it  "Do Over Art."

I actually found it more freeing to work on these pieces as 
I wasn't so attached to the outcome...
and ended up enjoying the process and loving what they became.

I hope you'll take a second look at some of your older art 
and give it a new life ...
we all need a Do Over every now and again.