The Random Musings of a Sporadic Mind

80 X 32 Oil Paint on a Wooden Door Titled: The Promise By. Shemaine Lozano    

Hello everyone! November was a success!  I sold several pieces of my art work and NaNoWriMo wasn’t a total failure because I did not complete the 50,000 words as I had hoped but I did manage to get a respectable word count, so I at least have something to work with.  December 2012: December is going to be another crazy and hectic month with a couple of art shows coming up, a paying job, and art projects in the process.   A while back I stepped away from the traditional canvas because, well for one it was recommended that I do so and because the size of canvas I was wanting were a bit much for my budget.   As a result I went on the search for a new media that I could work with.    I have always loved the idea of getting things that people are throwing away and giving the items a second chance.   A second life I guess you could say.   So lately I have been painting on old table tops and computer parts.   Yesterday I was driving and I hit the jackpot.   I came across this ol

My favorite scene...If you wake up in the morning and all you can think about is being a singer/writer/artist/ etc...then that's what you are.  Live your dream and be happy because life is to short to live any other way.  That is my advice to myself that I struggle to follow everyday.  That is my advice to all of you too.

Titled: Dragon Thief 38x26 Polymer Clay and Oil Painting on a table top By. Shemaine Lozano

This is a piece that I was commissioned to make for a friend to celebrate Dia De Los Muertos and to honor her grandmother. It is made of Polymer clay, painted with acrylic paint, and a clear coat was applied to protect the piece.

24x14 Oil painting/Polymer Clay/Nails/Wire Titled: El Fin (The End) By. Shemaine Lozano  This is the piece that will be in the End Of The World art show at the art gallery "I Think 219"

Hello all! The last few days have been rather hectic.  The Halloween party was a smash!  I made sure all the kids that attended got their faces painted, played lots of games, and I sent them all home so pumped up on sugar I’m sure their parents will be cursing me for weeks to come.   November is going to be a huge and exciting month for me.  Aside for the usual Thanksgiving with the family, I will also be participating in this year’s NaNoWrimo, and three art shows.  So, needless to say my hair is frazzled and I’m over caffeinated.  Thankfully Bibbly is just about geared up and ready to begin her wild adventure across the pages of my computer screen and my art pieces are ready for their grand debut.  For the month of December, I have two art pieces that I am working on.  One will be in the “End of the World (EOTW)” art show that is being thrown by the wonderful art gallery “I Think 219” in Big Spring Texas.  In the EOTW art show artist are supposed to create one piece of a

Blood, guts, maggots, and brains are flashing before my eyes as I surf the web in search of ways to keep a group of preteens entertained at the Halloween party.  Today’s kids are so exposed to horror movies and scary music that the things that would have sent chills down my spine at their age are ‘simply child’s play.’  When I was a little girl “Night Mare on Elm Street” horrified me.  In our house at the time we had a long dark hall way.  My older brother, doing his duty as an older brother took it upon himself to hide in the rooms along the hall where I couldn’t see him; when I would pass he would jump out of the rooms behind me yelling “Freddy’s coming” which of course sent me screaming down the hall because I thought Freddy Kruger was after me.  In my defense I was only nine.  My children on the other hand watched that movie and laughed at the special effects.  They become more desensitized with every new horror movie produced now days.  I decided to take them to see paranormal

Not my best look, but here I am doing my part to help promote Mid Land Art Show and boost our local art community.  Thank you to the guys from Mid Land Art Show for the opportunity to present my work to the public.

16 X 20 Oil Painting on Canvas Titled: Life By. Shemaine Lozano

Work induced Ramblings... Time: Have you ever considered how many times in a day you check the time.  Time is truly the master of all and yet there is never enough time.  This thought occurs to me as I sit here at work wasting time.  My co-workers are busy discussing scheduling and time off.  While they are doing this I find myself repeatedly checking the clock to see how much more time until I get to go home.  Sometimes I wish I could have a day without time, a day where being late was impossible and work ended whenever I decided to leave.  But a day like that wouldn’t really be a day, for what is a day anyway.  A day is just another unit of time that is measured in time itself.  24 hours, 1440 minutes, 86,400 seconds.  All of these make up a day.  Our lives are literally ruled by time.  However, we consider time so important not because of work schedules and doctor appointments, but because with every passing second, time is lost.  With this lost time though, memories are made.

As I mentioned earlier, I also write.  So, on that note my current work in progress (WIP) is a story titled “Bibbly.”  The history of Bibbly: I originally wrote this as a short story for a creative writing class many years ago.  I have played with the idea of turning it into a novel but I had other projects going on at the time.  Bibbly is one of the many stories that have been collecting dust on the metaphoric shelf.  However, with National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWrimo) literally just days away I have decided to work on a rough outline and finish telling Bibbly’s story with more twist and turns along the way. Brief Overview: Bibbly lives in a network of tunnels deep beneath the surface of the Earth.  As a female member of her tribe she is not allowed to venture to the forest above. On the eve of an ancient ritual that will name the next leader of her tribe, Bibbly makes a grave mistake that results in the capture of her father and puts all of her kind in danger.  Now, the

All of these are oil painting on canvas with the exception of the last two.  The last two are oil painting on wooden pallet.  I will be posting my paintings here as I produce them but they can also be found on my Facebook in the album titled paintings which are accessible to the public.  These particular paintings will be displayed in an art show for local artist on November 10 th and 11 th , 2012.

I am a jack of many trades, but a master of none.  At least that’s what my mother says. I am also just like every other person on this increasingly crowded planet.  I wake up in the morning, take the kids to school, and spend the rest of the day working and trying to decide which bills are getting paid and which are not.  In the mists of all the chaos I’m trying to practice two skills I find great joy in: painting and writing.  Both are just hobbies since I make no income from either of these great joys, at least not yet.  However, like many hobbies my works and works in progress are metaphorically sitting on a shelf collecting dust.  So, I am creating this blog as an outlet for “The Random Musings of My Sporadic Mind.”  You know the saying I’m sure; use it or lose it.  I hope you all find it entertaining at the least.