
About Me

- Diane Widler Wenzel
- Documenting a period in my development that could become pivotal
Monday, July 30, 2007
Dragon in the Surf

Labels:
Children's art,
dragon,
painting series
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Hidden Dragons No More
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My flaming red eyed one lays down, head turned upside down to blow upward precious dragon kisses. I don't know why he must have a forehead that fools one to think it is the mouth like camafloged animals. Dragons are usually not the hunted ones.
I am painting more for myself. Not for an interior decorator, public art or a book publisher. I will go with my strongest intuition and not be decided entirely by the architectural intention when I first made these press board (masonite) boxes.
Labels:
dragon,
paintings as an architectural unit
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Working Towards A Story

I wonder if my paintings can have a profound story in which it is important to show the limitless expanse of the universe. Or if I can embark on a less serious more fun filled exploration in which the expanding concept without a framed view is equally appropriate.
Friday, July 27, 2007
Report on Pulling Dragons
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Monday, July 23, 2007
Most Developed Rose Dragon

Saturday, July 21, 2007
Break Through Excitement
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Friday, July 20, 2007
Nine on Rose Dragons
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Thursday, July 19, 2007
Sunset Blue Blue Birds
Here I can not tell you how many times I have painted over this one begun on the banks of a stream in Glacier National Park four years ago. It was once totally abstract with glitter to add texture and sparkle. After showing it around I became tired of it. The glitter is now covered. I am enjoying the texture and running my color saturated brush over it.
The acrylic painting is on hard board (Masonite) and is 16" x 20".
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Imaginary Lion
Saturday, July 14, 2007
New Emerging Dragon Exhibit
Mare's Tail Clouds

I am seeing more and more dragon shapes in nature to begin a new.


Seeing fantastic fancyful clouds was the only thing that saved me from a wasted half day yesterday in our very slow, traffic jamed, start and stop all the way trip from the Portland Airport back home. Mare's tails is what they call them here in the United States. My grandfather second generation living in China translated a story in which the Chinese looked for dragons in the clouds especially during a draught. Seeing a cloud dragon gave the Chinese hope of rain. Yesterday coming home from the airport was the worst traffic I have ever seen in Oregon. There are more and more cars and trucks meaning more people here. The wind has blown the air dirty with dust. Like in China of the ninteenth and early 20th we have cut a high percent of our forests. So too we have draught and see frequent mares tail clouds. The mare tail clouds often look to me like dragons.
Monday, July 09, 2007
Friday, July 06, 2007
Writing artist statement.
At age 64 I just realized I am wrestling with being multi-cultural. I am second generation the child of a third generation China and Far Eastern born father. As a child I noticed the fearsome dragon on the silk bath robe borrowed from father and our hand mirror was Chinese export silver adorned with a finely detailed dragon. My childhood peers and Western legends taught me that dragons were evil. But I was imprinted by the joyful Chinese dragons on a family heirloom vase. .jpg)
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Pegasus gallery has requested a fresh artist statement. So after three tries three days, I have come up with:
Embracing Dragons
I started painting an abstract. Friends saw dragons in it but I never defined them with drawing until recently when I was doing a group of abstracts using the Peace Rose for inspiration. Now I feel free to use the dragon image after a recent discovery:
Our family heirloom vase impressed me so much as a child that it taught me the way I see and express nature. All my paintings express my child within.
Thank you to all of you who have visited my web page and left encouraging comments. I appreciate them very much.
I will be taking a vacation with grandchildren this week and will be back to blogging on July 16.
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Dragon Pair Jive on the 4th
"Dragons Jive" is acrylic on cradled wood board, 30" x 22" x 3/4", for sale for $400 updated May 2008.



Painting over and over the more abstract colors, I begin to loose and regain the spirit of dragons dancing for joy. Drawing prevails here. No longer is the first impression of an abstract made up of colors and shapes and volumes: it is seen first as dragons. These dragons did not immerge immediately like some I have done.
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