13. umikumamakolu


New year, new blog... Hau'oli Makahiki Hou! New resolves once again to be the best person/mama/daughter/artist I can be....to not waste a precious minute of this amazing life (well maybe I can cut myself a teeny bit of slack there cause lying in a hammock IS where I do my creative thinking) . Ahhh how I love the "1st" and always consider it a clean slate.
To ring in the new one, I am replacing my "nom de plume" -"ellecapell" -with my true name, (or at least initial) L.Capell. No I was not "on the lam". It seems I was only confusing my friends, family, cats (yes they read this too) and immigration authorities with my attempt to be witty by spelling out my first initial as "elle". Some of you caught on , but the votes are in- and since I do sign my art work as "L. Capell " ...well,,,, c'est moi (French for "silly me").

I'm turning over a new leaf in painting as well. Starting with "remaking" a painting I did last year. It's a seascape, plein air, painted on location at the Old Airport...nice but not "NICE with the exclamation points" (my own thoughts) . So I sanded it down, left the ghost image, and am now repainting it to a much more exciting, and "arty image"!! Never content to do things "the easy way",... oh no...I struggle with those inner "painting demons" until I feel that I have done a truly new take on an old theme. Either that or messed it up completely. As it is still a work in progress, I won't have the piece posted till the next blog (this is just a teaser) ( and I really am working, and NOT in the hammock!)


Till then, I shall warm your lil hearts with some snaps of snowy Mauna Kea. Absolutely gorgeous, especially when viewed from the sunny and palmy (is that a word?) beaches of the Big Island.
Wishing everyone blessed health, happiness and peace.
aloha,
Lynn (my real name, I promise)

Pics are copyright of L.Capell and my not be used without my permission. Mahalo!