There’s something of a mindful focused therapy about drawing, painting, collating. I love any kind of creative project and I also love that other people love my creations.
Here’s some I prepared earlier.
Cleeve House painted for a couple who held their wedding at the venueA pair of my favourite orange tip butterflies, which only a few people will recognise as a gorgeous gay coupleNew Zealand waterfall as a gift for my NZ family who hosted usCrackington Haven painted for my Cornwall family who love this beachDouble Cone peak of the Remarkable Mountains in New ZealandMural painted for my goddaughter who wanted a fox family to represent her ownDeadpool for my loveQuick watercolour before he woke upBirthday present for a Bowie fanCommission of another Bowie when someone saw the other oneFor my teenage friend who loves owls.
The Window of Thanks, a lockdown community art project I created in Melksham made of 1600 squares and filling a pub window – see the full story here: https://thecomfortzone.blog/2021/02/06/the-window-of-thanks/#more-1073Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikdo, created for my blackbelt Aikido friendWedding present for a pair of colleagues who met through their job in an orange and black themed barLeaving present for my friends who were moving away, made out of messages and images from all their friends, in the image of their daughterBirthday present for ParmyCommission of a forest in the style of Leonid Afrimov
During lockdown there was a lot of doodling, which turned into cards for people we couldn’t see.
Rich and Sue did our shopping when we were shieldingThank you card for volunteers who delivered shopping, prescriptions, dog walks and friendly phone calls during lockdown600 cards for volunteers of the Melksham Community Response in lockdownRitaJackieOur friend Helm performed live ‘Lockdown Sessions’ three times a weekHenryThanks to the volunteer judges of the Melksham in Bloom competitionPaulineDadCommission for a friend’s Mum’s birthdayRita again GianniJack likes Gin šGwynethHappy BirthdayJack again
I have a lot of flowers that work like paint too.
Recently I’ve joined Bath Drawing which is a wonderful way to get back into drawing.
Email me at miriamzaccarelli@gmail.com if you’d like something made š
In and out of the comfort zone 