The Random Musings of a Sporadic Mind

    48x60 oil and acrylic on canvas Titled: Human Tragedy By. Shemaine Lozano Hernandez

How many times have I sat down to a blank canvas armed with an idea, only to discover the final image was nothing like what I had anticipated?  Many artists are great at planning out their images and producing a final product that is identical to the real thing.  On rare occasions, this has happened to me.  More often than not, I start out with an idea and when I finish it has taken on a life of its own and turns into something entirely unexpected.  Take for example my painting Wildfire. It started out as the beginning of a wooden water tank. This water tank would have had a water trough for sifting through sand to look for different treasures hidden in the Earth.  For some reason though, it was just not coming out right.  At that moment it just felt wrong.  So, I sat there staring at the beginning of this raw image and my hand.  My hand somehow became a focal point.  I started sketching out the lines of my hand on the canvas with my paintbrush.  All the while thinking I’ll pa

16x20 Oil Painting on Canvas Titled: Wild Fire By. Shemaine Lozano Hernandez  For purchase of prints or original visit:  https://shemaine-lozanohernandez.pixels.com/

I picked up a Nikon D3500 a couple of months ago so I could begin exploring the world of photography. While I still have so much to learn, I am enjoying that I can capture the beauty of the world around me with a click.   Growing up my family would go camping every year.  I, along with my cousins would explore the mountains that surrounded our campsite. We would lay on the forest floor and look up through the web of leaves. Follow the sound of squawking birds and hoof prints in the mud.  We also had the opportunity to witness many animals when we would play in the cool water of nearby streams. It was a very free and uninhibited feeling to explore and be at peace with nature. I remember once on a hike I caught sight of sunlight reflecting off a small stream behind some brush.  I followed the light and found the most beautiful clearing. The way the light reflected off of the wet rocks and water, it seemed almost dreamlike and magical. At that time I was young but even

The other day while filing my taxes I had to sift through expenses and calculate how much was spent and what category the expenses fell into, such as office equipment or supply.  As I'm painstakingly doing this and rechecking myself, my tax preparer asked the question, "Is it worth it?" If you take into consideration the paint, canvas and other supplies I have collected over the years to satisfy my need to create, I have spent a fair amount of money.  Although I have sold some paintings, I rarely make enough in profits to call it square.  I have a job as an online English teacher and I work part-time for our local community college to support myself and my family.  I do my art and my writing on the side. So, why do I continue, is it worth it?  My answer to this question will always be yes. I play around with other types of creative avenues such as writing and recently photography, but I have always come back to painting, particularly oil painting.  Art is more than

36x48 Oil painting on canvas Titled: Rainy Day By. Shemaine Lozano Hernandez Click here to purchase prints

Hello all, My eldest son was diagnosed with Autism when he was 4 years old.  For me this was devastating and it took a long time for me to be able to accept the diagnosis, not in the sense that I was in full denial, but in the sense that I still hoped for him to get better. Finding it hard for me to express my feeling vocally, I decided to write a booklet that describes my journey from suspicion to diagnosis and ultimately acceptance. You can click the link h ere  to check it out on Amazon.com Also look me up on my FB page where you can purchase prints of any of my paintings @ Shemaine Lozano Hernandez

24x48 oil painting on canvas Titled: Break Free By. Shemaine Lozano Hernandez