Showing posts with label motherhood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label motherhood. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Accepting that she/he behave differently .... / Accepter qu'il / elle se comporter différemment .... / Accettare che lei/lui si comportino diversamente....

One of the hardest lesson I learned being a parent and that still hurts is that each one of my child may behaves differently from what I would do in a given situation.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not such a nazi parent that discover that they "JUST" are different from me....this is pretty obvious (and still....).
I'm talking more like accepting this for real and get on with it.
I have three children and I can't help recognise in each of them some similarity they may have with me or their father. When is something that I like, fine.
Sometimes I don't.
I don't like for instance when one of them (not saying who on purpose) instead that facing a problem she/he tends to flinch back and being quiet.
I had to understand that she/he is reacting differently to what I would do (I possibly would shout very loud, and be a bit more aggressive or "openly facing" the problem).
I know for a fact that she/he is not avoiding nothing and I'm not talking about a particular problem, it's really just a different way to react.
I suppose this is not a random example since is one of the hardest things for me but there are others.
Accepting that she/he's different for real it's not always easy mainly because I'm managing MY fear or frustration and my inner judjment.
To keep myself aside and not messing up with them has been and still is a challenge.
Just wanted to share this ;-)

"Making peace" - aceo 14/02/2013
Une des leçons les plus difficiles que j'ai appris en étant un parent et que fait encore mal, c'est que chacun de mes enfants peut se comporte différemment de moi dans une situation donnée.
Ne vous méprenez pas, je ne suis pas une telle nazi maman que vient juste de découvrir qu'ils sont différents de moi .... c'est assez évident (et encore ....).
Je parle de comme l'accepter pour de vrai.
Je ai trois enfants et je ne peux me empêcher de reconnaître en chacun d'entre eux une certaine similitude qu'ils peuvent avoir avec moi ou leur père. Lorsque c'est quelque chose que j'aime c'est sympa, voir super.
Parfois, je n'aime pas.
Je n'aime pas par exemple lorsque l'un d'eux (je ne dis pas le quel express ) à la place de faire face à un problème elle / il a tendance à reculer en arrière et rester tranquille, voir s'effacer un peu.
Je ai dû comprendre que il / elle réagit différemment de ce que je ferais (Moi éventuellement je crie très fort, je suis plus agressive voir j'attaque directement le problème).
Je sais pour sur que il / elle n'est pas en train d'éviter forcement le problème , c'est juste une autre façon de réagir.
Ceci n'est pas un exemple au hasard puisque c'est une des choses les plus difficiles pour moi, mais il y'a d'autres exemples.
Accepter qu'il / elle est différente pour de vrai ce ne est pas toujours facile surtout parce que je dois au fond gérer ma peur ou frustration et mon juge intérieure.
Me "ranger" de coté dans ces cas c'est toujours un défi.
Je voulais juste partager;-)...

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Una delle lezioni più difficili che ho dovuto imparare essendo genitore e che non ho ancora completamente integrato é che ognuno dei miei figli si possa comportare diversamente da me in una situazione data.
Non fraintendetemi , non sono cosi mamma nazi da scoprire che, hobo!, sono diversi da me....questo é parecchio evidente (e ancora....) .
Sto parlando qui più di come accettarlo per davvero.
Ho tre figli e non posso fare a meno di riconoscere in ciascuno di loro, ogni tanto, un tratto di carattere in cui mi riconosco o riconosco il loro papà.
Quando si tratta di qualcosa che apprezzo non c'é problema.
Qualche volta invece non mi piace per niente.
Non amo per esempio quando uno di loro (e non dico apposta quale) al posto di affrontare una situazione tende a restare tranquilla/o, magari a fare un passo indietro.
Ho dovuto capire e accettare che lei/lui reagisano diversamente da quello che IO farei. (probabilmente più rumore e aggressività, più decisione)
Non vuol dire che lei o lui stiano evitando il problema, non si tratta di questo ne di un problema comportamentale .
Sto parlando puramente di un altro modo di reagire.
Ovviamente non si tratta di un esempio casuale visto che per me questa accetazione é una delle cose più difficili. Ci sarebbero altri esempi.
In questo caso mi tocca accettare che lei/lui siano diversi da me evitando che la MIA paura,frustrazione, preoccupazione o il mio giudice interno ci mettano il becco.
Una vera sfida ancor oggi.
Volevo giusto condividere questo con voi ;-)

Sunday, January 4, 2015

Evening thoughts... / Pensées du soir .... / Pensieri della sera....

Today it wasn't a bad day. Today was quite a good one.
Tomorrow school will start again, end of the year's holiday are over.
As usual part of me is relieved (working home mums know what I mean), the other part....well the other part as usual is a bit sad.
Because she knows that you're not really happy about starting school.
Because you prefer holidays of course.
Because maybe, just maybe, even if you're always really busy this life's rhytme it's closer to your soul. And many others reasons.
So like every evening I spend time with you, talking,kidding or cuddling, breathing in your hair and feeling close. This usually happens also in the bad day, thanks to the goddess! ;-)
I can't help but to enjoy these moments because one day .....well, one day may be just different and I'll miss this. Have a good night!


"Blue co sleeping with the moon and the stars" will fly to Norway soon

Aujourd'hui, ce ne était pas une mauvaise journée. Aujourd'hui, ce était même une bonne journée.
Demain l'école va commencer à nouveau, les vacances de fin d'année ont touchée à leur fin.
D'habitude je suis un peu soulagée (les mamans qui travaillent à la maison savent ce que je veux dire), d'une autre part ....et bien, COMME d'habitude je suis un peu triste.
Parce qu'elle sait , cette maman, que vous n'êtes pas vraiment heureux de commencer l'école.
Parce que vous préférez les vacances.
Parce que peut-être, juste peut-être, même si vous êtes au fait toujours très occupés le rythme de cette vie c'est plus proche de votre âme. Et certainement pour beaucoup d'autres raisons.
Donc, comme chaque soir je passe du temps avec vous, pour parler, pour rire ou pour des câlins.
Je vous respire et j'aime vous sentir si proches .
Et ces moment se produisent généralement aussi dans le mauvais jour, grâce à la déesse! ;-)
Je ne peux pas me empêcher de profiter de ces moments car un jour ..... bien, un jour peut-être tout simplement ça sera différent et ça va me manquer. Bonne nuit!

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Oggi non é stata una brutta giornata. Anzi é stata anche una giornata piuttosto buona.
Domani ricomincia la scuola, le vacanze di fine anno sono finite.
Di solito questa cosa mi solleva un po' (tutte le mamme che lavorano a casa sanno di cosa parlo!). Da una parte. Dall'altra....come al solito sono un po' triste.
Perché questa parte di mamma sa che non siete molto contenti di ricominciare la scuola.
Perché preferite le vacanze.
Perché forse, anche se infatti siete sempre molto occupati il ritmo di questa vita é sicuramente più vicino alla vostra natura. E sicuramente per molte altre ragioni.
Quindi, come ogni sera, passo del tempo con voi, per parlare, per ridere, per fare le coccole.
Vi respiro e amo sentirvi cosi vicini.
Questi momenti ci sono in  generale anche nelle giornate molto brutte, grazie alla Dea ! ;-)
Approfitto di questi momenti perché un giorno....bhe un giorno forse semplicemente le cose saranno diverse e mi mancheranno. Buona notte!

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Work of the week / Le travail de la semaine / Il lavoro della settimana

Truth to be told this was ONE of the  work in progress of the week, just managed to finish this BEFORE one week holiday starting tomorrow
Here the few steps that went through "Mummy doing my hair" a little one part of mother and daughter intimate moment series just started (this topic pops out every now and then...feeling really close to it! ;-))
Enjoy!







Pour tout dire ceci c'était l'UN des travaux en cours de la semaine, tout juste réussi à le terminer AVANT une semaine de vacances qui commence demain !
Voici les quelques étapes qui se sont succèdes jusqu’à
"Mummy doing my hair"
Pièce à mettre dans la série des moments intimes mère et fille.
(ce sujet ressorte de temps en temps ... et je me sens vraiment proche de lui!;-))
A bientôt!  

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Per dire la verità questo era UNO dei lavori in corso della settimana, finito giusto giusto prima di una settimana di vacanza in montagna che comincia domani!
Ed ecco le tappe che hanno portato fino a  "Mummy doing my hair"
Questo quadro va nella serie "madre e figlia momenti preziosi" , argomento che esce ogni tanto e a cui mi sento, ovviamente, molto legata ;-)
A presto! 






Monday, February 3, 2014

Italian interview / Interview en italien / Intervista italiana :-)

I met Daniele Tarenzi a little while ago on the internet.
He was so kind to ask me to do an interview on my art and the use of social media about it (I didn't tell him that I was soooooooooooo bad about my blog ;-))
Still, he has a really nice blog on the social media world which I'll suggest you take a look at here
AND this is what the interview looks like (in italian for once!) : "quando la donna diventa arte"
In the pics me and my Randi 05/2013
Enjoy!


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J'ai rencontré Daniele Tarenzi il ya peu de temps sur ​​Internet.
Il a été si gentil de me demander de faire une interview sur mon travail et l'utilisation des médias sociaux à ce sujet (je ne lui ai pas dit que j'étais si mauvaise par rapport à mon blog ;-))
Il a un super blog sur le monde des médias sociaux que je vous suggère de lire ici
Et voilà ce que l'interview a donnée (en italien, pour une fois!): "Quando la donna diventa arte"
Dans les photos moi et ma Randi 05/2013
A bientôt! 


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 Ho incontrato Daniele Tarenzi poco tempo fa su internet.
E' stato cosi gentile da chiedermi di fare un'intervista sul mio lavoro e l'utilizzazione del social network (non gli ho detto che ero veramente un disastro per quanto riguarda il mio blog! ;-))
Lui stesso ha un super blog sul social network che vi consiglio caldamente di guardare qui
Ed ecco il risultato di questa simpatica intervista (in italiano per una volta!) : "Quando la donna diventa arte"
Nella foto io e la mia Randi in maggio 2013
A presto!



 





Friday, December 6, 2013

AND THIS IS IT : 365 ENDS today.........../ 365 finit aujourd'hui / Fine del 365........

And here we are, the 365 aceo project ends today!
It has been a real challenge both artistic and personal, well all art is this isnt'it?
Strange enough, I didn't plan this, I finished same as I started...with one of my favourite topic "babywearing dance"
I'm wondering if/wich kind of art project should I do next....
At the moment I quite feel like a trapeze artist without thread, it must be the end of the year approaching .
There will be definitly others aceo cards, I love this concept too much.
If you want see the whole 365 album on my fb page it's just here

Enjoy!



Et nous voici, le projet de aceo 365 se termine aujourd'hui!
Il a été un véritable défi à la fois artistique et personnelle, mais c'est pas comme ça l'art?
Sans le faire express j'ai fini avec le même thème du premier jour et un de mes favoris , danse et portage!
Maintenant je me demande si et quel type de projet d'art particulier m'attends ....
En ce moment, je me sens un peu comme une trapéziste sans filet, faute peut être de la fin de l'année approchant.
Il y aura définitivement d'autres aceo cartes, j'adore trop ce concept.
Si vous souhaitez voir l'ensemble 365 album sur ma page fb c'est juste ici
Entre temps, à bientôt! 


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Ed eccoci qua, il progetto 365 aceo finisce oggi!
Si é trattata di una vera sfida artistica e personale, ma l'arte é soprattutto questo, o no?
Senza farlo apposta ho finito con lo stesso argomento del primo gg, danza  e portare i bimbi, uno dei miei preferiti. E non l'avevo neppure pianificato!
Adesso mi chiedo che tipo di progetto artistico particolare potrei fare....attualmente mi sento ababstanza come una trapezista senza rete....deve essere la fine dell'anno che si avvicina.
Ci saranno sicuramente altre carte perché amo molto questo concetto.
Nel frattempo se volete vedere l'intero album 365 andate sulla mia pagine qui 
A presto!

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

10 DAYS LEFT .........../ Restent 10 jours ............/ Ancora 10 giorni..........;

10 days left to the end of the 365 ACEOs project 
with "Skin to skin after birth".
Did you have the possibility to do skin to skin with your new baby after birth?
Luckily I did, one of my best moments ever :-)

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10 jours à la fin de mon projet d'art 365 ACEOs project
avec "Skin to skin after birth". 
Avez-vous eu la possibilité de faire la peau à peau avec votre nouveau bébé après la naissance?
Moi oui Heureusement, un de mes meilleurs moments  :-)

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10 giorni alla fine del mio progetto artistico 365 ACEOs project
con  "Skin to skin after birth".
Avete avuto la possibilità del contatto pelle a pelle dopo la nascita del vostro bambino?
Io si per fortuna, uno dei momenti migliori in assoluto! :-)

"Skin to skin after birth" - ACEO - 27/11/2013

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

11 DAYS LEFT BUT.....because it's a Christmas surprise..../ 11 JOURS encore MAIS ..... parce que c'est une surprise de Noël .... / 11 gg alla fine MA siccome é una sorpresa di Natale....

11 days left at the end of my 365 aceo project
BUT since it's a Christmas surprise it won't be published now (very exception!).
Meanwhile I'd like to introduce you today to three of my latest motherhood artworks still availables.
Enjoy!
 ;-)

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11 jours  à la fin de mon projet  d'art 365 aceo
MAIS  puisque c'est une surprise de Noël, il ne sera pas publiée aujourd'hui (très exceptionnel!).
En attendant, je  vous présente aujourd'hui trois de mes dernières œuvres sur le maternage encore disponibles.
A bientôt!
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11 giorni alla fine del mio progetto d'arte 365 aceo
MA siccome si tratta di una sorpresa per Natale in modo del tutto eccezionale non pubblichero oggi la carta.
Nell'attesa vi presento tre dei miei ultimi quadri sul mondo mamma ancora disponibili.
A presto!
;-) 


"Full colors babywearing", "Cuddling mama", "Nurturing mama with a braid" - 2013




Thursday, November 21, 2013

16 "Winter can came" / "L'hiver peut arriver" / "L'inverno puo arrivare"

16 days left to the end of the 365 ACEOs project
with "Winter can came"

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16 jours à la fin de mon projet d'art 365 ACEOs 
avec "Winter can came"

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16 giorni alla fine del mio progetto 365 ACEOs  
con   "Winter can came"


"Winter can came" -  ACEO - 21/11/2013

Sunday, November 17, 2013

20 !!!

20 days left to the end of the 365 ACEOs project
with "Four seasons series in woman nature SUMMER".
Carry on with this series that talks of women,nature, music....

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20 jours à la fin de mon projet d'art 365 ACEOs 
avec "Four seasons series in woman nature SUMMER".
On continue avec cette série qui parle des femmes, nature, musique ....

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20 giorni alla fine del mio progetto 365 ACEOs 
con  "Four seasons series in woman nature SUMMER".
Continuiamo col questa serie sulle stagioni della vita, delle donne in particolare,della natura,della musica...


"Four seasons series in woman nature SUMMER" - ACEO - 17/11/2013



Saturday, November 9, 2013

28 !!!

28 days left to the end of the 365 ACEOs project
with "In green close to my hearth", babywearing art, still one of my favourite!

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28 jours à la fin de mon projet d'art 365 ACEOs 
avec "In green close to my hearth", art et portage, toujours un de mes sujets favoris !

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28 giorni alla fine del mio progetto 365 ACEOs 
con "In green close to my hearth", arte e portare i bimbi, sempre uno dei miei soggetti preferiti!


"In green close to my hearth" - ACEO - 09/11/2013

Friday, November 8, 2013

30 !!!

30 days left to the end of / 30 jours à la fin de / 30 giorni alla fine del

365 ACEOs project

"Co sleeping flowers"


"Co sleeping flowers" - ACEO - 7/11/2013



Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Oh yes, I'm still here! / Eh oui, je suis encore là! / Si si, ci sono ancora!

Yes I know it has been ages but that's it. Few new paintings some coming some going and exhibitions planned mainly in december (here in France). And the end of my 365 project approaching (see new post  tomorrow I hope). meanwhile here my latest painting and current exhibition "Nurturing mama witha  braid".
Speak you soon ;-)

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Oui, je sais, ca fais un bon moment mais voilà ici c'est comme ça. Pas mal des nouvelles peintures dont certains certains en boutique, certaines en cours pour les expositions prévus principalement en décembre (ici en France). Et la fin de mon projet 365 approchant (voir nouveau poste demain, j'espère).  
En attendant, voici ma dernière peinture et actuel exposition "Nurturing mama witha  braid".
A bientôt ;-)

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Sì, lo so sono ben due mesi che non scrivo qui, ma come si dice in inglese that's it! Un po' di nuovi quadri  alcuni in boutique, altri già partiti, altri in corso per le mostre in programma principalmente in dicembre (qui in Francia). E la fine del mio progetto 365 si avvicina (vedi nuovo post domani spero). 
Intanto l'ultimo quadro attualmente in mostra "Nurturing mama witha  braid".
A presto ;-)

Nurturing Mama with a braid - 10/2013 50x70 Mixed media on canvans
 



Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Thank you for GIVEAWAY , my PRESENT! / Merci pour le GIVEAWAY, MON CADEAU / Grazie per il GIVEAWAY , il mio REGALO

I really wanted write a post on it because it really means a lot.
We didn't reach (yet) the 500 fans BUT I'm definitly reaching my 40 this 20th of june....Oh my......! ;-)
And I definitly gave myself a nice present doing this!
I cherish each  one of your comments and I welcome each new person that had "liked" my page.
I think is the first time that I see so many people together that are following my artistic work and I'm deeply touched, seeing all this makes me stronger (and VERY proud!) , so thank you everybody for joining this and for your words!
And the winner is..... :-))))))))))))))))))))))))))

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Je voulais vraiment écrire un billet car sa signifie vraiment beaucoup.
Nous n'avons pas atteint (encore) les 500 fans mais je vais définitivement atteindre mes 40 ans ce 20 juin .... Ohlallaaaaa ......! ;-)

Et vraiment je me suis offert un beau cadeau!
J'ai adoré chacun de vos commentaires et je dis "bienvenue" à chaque nouveau "j'aime" sur ma page.
Je pense que c'est la première fois que je vois tant de personnes qui suivent mon travail artistique et je suis profondément touchée, en lisant vos mots cela me rend plus forte (et TRÈS fière) , donc je remercie tout le monde pour avoir joué le jeux et pour vos commentaires !
Et le gagnant c'est ..... :-))))))))))))))))))))))))))



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Volevo veramente chiudere questo giveaway con un commento sul mio blog perché veramente sto gongolando ;-)
Non abbiamo raggiunto (per ora) i 500 fans MA io compiero comunque gli anni il 20 giugno e mi sa che mi son fatta proprio un bel regalo! ;-) 
Ho apprezzato e mi sono commossa per ogni commento e sono felice per ogni persona che ha cliccato "mi piace" sulla mia pagina fb.
Credo sia la prima volta che vedo riunite insieme tante persone che seguono il mio lavoro artistico e sono veramente commossa, leggere tutti i vostri commenti mi rende più forte (e MOLTO fiera), quindi ringrazio di cuore tutte le persone che hanno giocato e lasciato dei commenti!
E la vincitrice é.......:-))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Sunday, June 16, 2013

40 years GIVEAWAY 500 fans? / 40 ans GIVEAWAY 500 fans? / 40 anni GIVEAWAY 500 fans?

Hello! I HAVE to post this here on my blog, of course!
Even if we are quite far from 500 fans, my FORTY years are still coming on the next 20th of june!
So I'm doing my first GIVEAWAY on my Fb page here
The winner will have the choice between these four artworks mixed media on paper 20 x 30 (two of them are completely new !)
So, go  to se what to do and GOOD LUCK!
 

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Hello
! Je dois poster ça ici sur mon blog, bien sûr!
Même si nous sommes assez loin de 500 fans, mes QUARANTE ans eux sont TRÈS PRES vu que c'est le 20 juin
prochain !
Donc, j'organise mon premier GIVEAWAY sur ma page Fb ici

Le gagnant aura le choix entre ces quatre créations technique mixte sur papier 20 x 30 (dont deux sont des toutes nouvelles peintures!)

Alors, allez voir ce qu'il faut faire et bonne chance!

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Ciao, ovviamente non posso mancare di postare qui sul mio blog!
Anche se siamo ancora parecchio lontani dai 50 fans i mie QUARANTA anni sono , loro!, mooooooooooolto vicini visto che é il 20 giugno!
E quindi sto organizzando il mio primo GIVEAWAY sulla mia pagina FB qui
Il vincitore avrà la scelta tra queste quattro opere su carta formato 20x30 (di cui 2 completamente nuove)
Allora andate a vedere quello che si deve fare e BUONA FORTUNA! 



Thursday, March 28, 2013

Dance,dancing,dancers....and a book/ Danse,danser,danseuses...et un livre

Hello there!

Always  here fighting with time ;-)
I'd like to introduce you some new aceos from the project  on the dance/dancers theme which is my new topic lately.
Is the perfect good link between beauty,woman and feminine (sometimes motherhood) and human body study (anatomy), also having fun with some experiment on the technical side, we'll see where it goes!


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Bonjour!
 
Je suis toujours là à lutter avec le temps;-)
Je voudrais vous présenter quelques nouvelles carte ACEO sur ​​la danse et les danseuses thème nouveau ces derniers temps qui me tiens bien à cœur.
C'est le lien parfait entre la beauté , la femme et son féminin (parfois me maternage) et l'étude du corps humain (anatomie), et je m'amuse aussi sur le plan technique, nous allons voir où ça va se traduire tout ça!

 

 
Dance series : Saut de danse - feminine aceo - 23/03/2013


Dance series : Peach dancer on the floor - feminine aceo - 24/03/2013

Dance series : Light blue dancer on the floor - feminine aceo - 27/03/2013

Dance series : motherhood dance - motherhoodaceo - 25/03/2013

  
NEWS!
 
And between the news my painting "Doula" made his way on a book cover dedicated to midwives in Italy, very proud of it!

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Et entre les nouvelles ma peinture "Doula" fait son apparition sur la couverture d'un livre consacré aux sages-femmes en Italie, très fier de cette publication!




Thursday, February 7, 2013

"Out and back" Book review / "Out and back" critique d'un livre

I met Diane Strong on twitter, I think I just was catched by a message and then saw the back cover of "Out and back" and that talked to me



Of course I loved the book, if not I won't be write on it ;-) Of course is well written....but why should I write on it since I still manage to read few books and I'm really not use to reviews?
Sometimes happens than a story or more likely (at least in my case) a carachter will just stay with you for a long time, maybe for life. It won't be a super hero, or a nice detective, just a normal human being that sometimes can be inspiring sometimes can be an ass.
I loved Amber, I could understand so well certains of her mindset, the way she describe her cleaning routine it's like a way to put piece of her life togheter in this crazy world. And not in a way that leave you amazed, just in a way that you feel so close because it could be you.
The way she founds difficult to show love despite her embracing motherhood, her strict life's rules, she may sounds like a pain but she's not. Or not just. She's strong, she believe, she try to leave her life not let life leaving her, she does her better and sometimes she can also be a genious, just like all of us.
That's why she sounds so real, that's why I won't forget her, that's why I strongly suggest you to give it a read!
You can find the book here ( also available in kindle edition) and you can follow Diane on twitter 

And the today's aceo "The run" from the project is inspired as well to "Out and back", enjoy!

The run - Feminine ACEO - 07/02/2013

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J'ai rencontré Diane Strong sur twitter, je crois que j'avais du être marquée par un message et j'ai vu la couverture arrière de "Out and back". Je me suis dite que ce bouquin parlait aussi de moi et que je devais le lire!

Bien sûr, j'ai aimé le livre, sinon je ne serai pas à écrire dessus ;-) Bien sûr est bien écrit .... mais pourquoi devrais-je écrire sur elle depuis que j'ai toujours réussi à lire quelques livres et je ne suis vraiment pas fortiche pour écrire des recension?

Il arrive parfois qu'une histoire ou,au moins dans mon cas, un personnage est destiné à rester avec vous pendant une longue période, peut-être pour la vie. Ce ne sera pas un super-héros, ou un détective agréable, juste un être humain normal qui peut parfois être source d'inspiration et peut parfois être aussi un peu ....pas terrible!

J'ai aimé Amber, je peux si bien comprendre certains des son états ​​d'esprit, la façon dont elle décrit sa routine de nettoyage, c'est comme une façon de recoller des morceaux de vie dans un monde fou et qui bouge sans cesse. Et pas d'une manière qui vous laissera stupéfait, juste une manière que vous vous sentez si proche parce que ça pourrait être vous.

La façon dont elle trouve difficile de montrer son affection malgré soit aussi une mère maternante, ses règles strictes de vie, elle peut paraître pénible, mais elle n'est l'est pas. Ou pas seulement. Elle est forte, elle a du cœur, elle essaye de vivre pour de vrai sa vie sans se laisser vivre, elle fait de son mieux et, parfois, elle peut aussi être un génie, tout comme chacun d'entre nous.

C'est pourquoi elle semble si réel, c'est pourquoi je ne vais pas l'oublier, c'est pourquoi je vous suggère fortement de lire le livre (en anglais)!

Vous pouvez trouver le livre
ici (également disponible en édition kindle) et vous pouvez suivre sur twitter Diane à : @DianeIStrong 
Et pour l'aceo d'aujourd'hui "The run" est directement inspiré par elle, à bien tôt!





















Sunday, February 3, 2013

Another collage and few news / Un autre collage et quelque nouvelle

I've been  reallyyyyyyyyyyy busy on few things that toke me more time that I tought.
One of this project is about me having licensing contract about few (new) artworks that you can see in my shop such as the "Damoiselles series" and the "Four seasons series".
This is the hard artist's life...you work hard on your artwork, you put of course your soul in it but you never know if you're going to make a leaving about it.
January has been good anyway, I already had to licensing contract which I hope I'll be advertising soon here on the blog as well.
One is with a little dutch company  "borstgevoed" for postcards of 5 of my motherhood paintings and another one is my "Doula" painting here (original has been sold in 2011) that will be a cover on a limited edition book on midwife for an italian (for once ;-)) publishing company.

Doula - oil on canvans - 2011



So, aaaaaaaaaaaaaall good ;-)
And the ACEOs' project of course always on, here a new collage of the last six artworks, from the lef.


Also trying to skip as much as possible cold,flue and stuff like that from the kids....half success I must say, that's the season I guess. As my first aceo above says : "Spring will come"!

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 J'ai été trééééééééééééés occupée sur un projet artistique qui m'as pris plus de temps de ce que j'avais prévu. Au fait je recherche à avoir des contrats de pour reproduire mes œuvres sur des objets (licensing en anglais). Voilà dans ma boutique quelques un des mes derniers travaux à ce propos, deux nouvelels collections "Damoiselles" et "Les quatre saisons".
Ça fais partie de la vite de l'artiste travailler dur sur quelque chose eu vous mettez bien votre âme  mais vous ne savez jamais si ça marchera pour vous faire manger (en gors ;-))
Janvier a été un bon mois de toute façon, j'ai déjà eu deux contrats dont j’espère parler un peu plus sur le blog bien tôt! 

Le premier c'est avec une petite compagnie hollandaise "borstgevoed" pour faire des cartes à partir de 5 de mes peintures de maternage et un autre c'est mon tableau "Doula" (l'original a été vendu en 2011) qui sera sur la couverture d'un livre en édition limitée sur les sage-femmes pour un maison d'édition italienne (pour une fois;-) ).
Donc, restons positifs , c'est tout bon !
Et le projet des 365 jours avec un aceo est , bien sur , toujours en cours.

Voilà à partir de gauche les 6 derniers.

Au passage j'essaye aussi d' éviter de tomber malade entre les gastros, les grippes, les rhumes etc....(merci mes enfants! ;-)) mais bon...ce n'est pas tout a fait gagné! Comme le dit mon ACEO du 28/01 «Le printemps viendra"!


28/01/2013 "Spring will come"
29/01/2013 "Feeling safe"
30/01/2013 "Red tulips in the snow"
31/01/2013 "Waiting in a rainbow"
01/02/2013 "Dryad in the leaves"
02/02/2013 "Pot de fleurs" (Flowerpot)




Monday, December 3, 2012

More freedom with three child !

Ok, I admit I'm beeing a bit provocative here ;-) but even so I'm not completly crazy yet!

As a mama artist with 3 young child every time that during the day I'm sitting to the PC one of them (sometimes two, sometimes all three) is in the urgent need of something that goes from breastfeeding to "............." (fill the blank with wherever it comes to your mind)
It easily gets worse if I'm on the phone. Never mind painting during the day.....

Which is why usually I'm working at night and for the moment I'm really faaaaaaaaaaaaaaar away to get all I want to do actually done (still talking art, not cleaning house or others funny stuff like that....)

BUT.......




Between the many fantastic things about being a mum there is one which I really wanted mention.
To resume it would be "how we get more relaxed from the first to the third child".
Don't get me wrong, I've got my really bad moments and I also fighted depression, but still I growed so much thanks to them and because of them. My first daughter even pushed me back to paint!

With the first child (girl) I falled in love as soon as she was on my belly. It was a strong feeling, overwhelming and powerfull. AT that precise moment I became a MOTHER. And this is unique!
She absorbed me completely and I enjoyed that but I was soooooooo stressed about routine, sleeping (she was really hard to put to sleep), I was soooooooooooo concerned about "what people says" on :
sleeping, breastfeeding, baby wearing etc etc etc that I was stressed and it toke me a while to really do what I wanted to do. I use to say that the first child gets maybe more complete attention from both parents...but also all the aspectations and the stress of parenthood learning poor thing!

Then my second child (a boy) came. Never mind pregnancy, I was busy with the first two years old.
So busy with her that he was almost born in the cab going to the hospital....
Because this birth was so peculiar it toke me few hours to have the real bound, I suppose that in some way I had to digest what did happend but then it was once again love.
But I enjoyed sooooooooooooo much not be stressed or concerned about what I was doing.
This was a kind of big surprise for me and it did definitly help through some tough moments we had that year.
And is still true today, the experience helps, even if they're all different child and that's a main fact, of course!

We are now at the third one (girl again)....I almost feel, sometimes, a "lack" of stress which is quite funny for me I must say.
Don't get me wrong, she's mothered, and growing up and she's getting "education" accordingwith her age....but for a lots of thing she just follows the flow and sometimes I found myself just letting things go and it feels so right that I miss not having did the same with my first one.

I suppose that's life.It does feel nice. In some way I more free my self, free to be just a mum and not worring so much all the time.

I'm curious to know others mum's experience about it, don't be shy, the more childs the more to say!

xxx Gioia

Monday, November 5, 2012

Getting started....

Wait Wait!!! This is just the beginning....I just got started! ;-)

Please, be patient, as my title said I'm a MAMA of three children and many PAINTINGS (Artist!)
so, that's why it may take a while to have a nice view over here....at the moment all three children are at home (school holiday! yeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssss!!!)

Meanwhile You can see me and my work here:
www.albanogioia.com
or of FB
http://www.facebook.com/#!/AlbanoGioiaArt
or on Twitter

@GioiaAlbanoArt

I'll be back very soon! Take care!

My butterfly's wings - 2012 - 40x50 - available

Gioia Mama Artist