Thanks For Visiting...

Due to a change in marital status, I'm now going by the name Michelle Renée Bernard. You can follow me on my blog at michellereneebernard.blogspot.com Thanks for visiting!

Green For St. Patty's Day...

Happy St. Patty's Day everybody! I myself am: German, French, Polish, English and American Indian. But everybody's Irish on St. Pat's, right? To celebrate, I'm going out with my Italian friend and her Scottish husband and I'm going to have myself some domestic champagne! What are you up to?

Merry Christmas, Everyone!

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and I'm sending wishes for a Happy and Exciting New Year to all of you. May 2009 bring wonderful things!

Nothing Is What It Seems...

Will she live happily ever after? You know, I'm beginning to think she will. In fact, I think she's living happily ever after right now! But enough about me...

I absolutely love this photo and purchased the original cabinet card for more than I usually spend because... this is a photo of a little boy! From what I could gather—and I've heard this more than once—in Victorian days, parents would dress up their boys to look like girls for the first couple of years. I've heard that the gypsies would steal little boys, but not girls. I've also heard that it was easier for changing diapers and such... but that wouldn't explain the really cute hairdo, now would it?

Bad Medicine

I've been a little (a lot) under the weather these past couple of days. Seems that a new prescription I was taking did not agree with me! I'm feeling better today, but this is going to be trial and error here for a little, while I try some other alternatives. So forgive me if my posts are somewhat erratic. Hopefully I'll find a happy balance soon!

Dentist Today...

Just a routine checkup with x-rays and a cleaning. Funny thing though... it was actually the most relaxing part of my day. Go figure!

Pretty in Pink...

So here's the project I was working on last night. It's a round canvas I'm collaging for the Belmar Arts Council's "Round Table" contest. Create a 24" circular acrylic painting, from which twelve will be chosen to be made into round tabletops for a little café area the Council is planning. Although here's the funny/not-so-funny part...

I looked up the contest on their site today and it says, "The subject of your piece is open but the medium must be ACRYLIC"! Uh-oh. I used paper and some other objects in mine already. What to do? Well, I have an e-mail into the BAC asking about collage and dimensionality... so, we'll see. But, I think I'm just going to have to go with my style and what I planned... even if I don't get picked because of it.

I gotta be me!