A CREATIVE LIFE - Ronnie Biccard Art

I love painting to music, Loreena McKennitt, Edith Piaff , Spirits, various Putumayo cd's. I love them- real world music. My latest ones are French, I already have Spanish ones. Somehow to listen to a foreign language while I paint is so romantic. Music fills the air and helps me to open my heart , keeps my feet a-tapping and away I go. The Music lifts me into a space where I go into a complete fantasy world—me myself and I. When the sun streams into my studio from the north, the rainbow maker in the window catches the light and the colours dart around like fairies. Sometimes when I’m sipping my tea (I just love tea) I slide down into the chair, stretch out my feet and soak up the African sun. This is where inspiration fills me, it envelopes me just like the comfortable old chair I recline on. The music is still playing Adiemus, Joe Cocker Nublious soblais..... Frida, ..... The winter sun, or the summer light and TEA. Painting sooo magical, soo yummmy, soo divine, soo beautif...

Spirit Paintings My Spirit Paintings are inspired and guided works of art. I collect information and reference about each person and connect with them on a soul level. I use their date of birth; Astrological signs: their sun, moon and rising signs, (according to the time and place of their Birth) Elements; Air is Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius Water is Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces; Fire is Aries, Leo and Sagittarius Earth is Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn. Elementals (fairy tale stuff): faeries, elves, brownies, gnomes, leprechauns, salamanders, genies, nymphs, mermaids, storm angels etc Guardian Angels, gods, goddesses, totem animals, archetypes, flowers, colours, crystals, instruments, etc.and transform these into unique and customised artworks that speak to your very Soul. These are personalised paintings and are commisioned only.To commission one of these artworks for yoursel for someone special please contact me. ronniebiccard@gmail.com Earth Earth Water Water Air Fire W...

Spanish Loveliness Troubedours Costa Del Ladies In december of 2007 we hired a movie called "Blood Diamonds" with Leonardo De Caprio. Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990's Sierra Leone. A violent movie which had a terrible impact on me. In January the following year I had a vision, a nightmarish one, where I saw civil war and violence in our own country(South Africa). A few months later we did have terrible violence, where xenophobia struck our country and people from other countries in Africa were displaced and brutally attacked. Many white South Africans were once again leaving our beautiful country. I had thoughts of the same. For the next few months I was gripped in fear. Paralized by it in fact. I just didn't want to be in South Africa where we have all this crime and violence. I had been a victim of an armed robbery the year before at a friends house, we weren't harmed at all, but the invasion on ones space and person is quite infuriati...

A fun day creating in my kitchen . My studio is only big enough for ME! So I resorted to using my kitchen as a studio, it was fine but not ideal. I would have regular workshops but I take up all space for myself in my studio. WISH LIST: BIG STUDIO Sandy Busy busy budding artists.. heads down Jo and Judes. Glue, String, paper-all the bits and pieces. Happy Jane Thyrza concentrating!!

A days work is done.... I have framed most of the paintings for our exhibition at the end of November and the for the "Special Introduction for Women" ladies day and THE GALLERY in Randburg. They look beautiful. Framing can be such a rewarding task, exhausting too. I had a full time framing business for nearly 20 years . I started when my youngest daughter was 2, determined to stay at home and look after both my daughters. Being an artist, part time art teacher and a framer allowed me to do just that. My life was interesting and diverse... never a dull moment. Of course it was also an ideal vocation for a single mom. I was always there for my children and I didn't have to ask a boss if I could fetch a sick child from school. I stopped framing full time in 2000. I only frame my own work now and that of a few friends. I concentrate on my painting full time . My children are all grown up but have been a great inspiration for me in my paintings over the years. These paintings...

Often people ask me how I start a painting, well it varies depending on how I feel and what inspiration I have. Below is a STEP by STEP breakdown of how I started. My inspiration came from a song by Katie Melua called "Step by Step" and this prompted me to document the painting from start to finish . The painting theme is also "step by step" its about the dance, the steps, the movement. I have always painted the Dancing Figure. Recently I started Nia classes- introduced to me by my friend Beth... well Beth it's the best thing that could have happened to me .. I LOVE the dance, the steps, the movement. Here is one of my paintings from start to finish inspired by the dance, the steps ,the movement.... (ACRYLIC ON CANVAS) STEP ONE- The dancing figures were taken from models in flowing dresses from a Cosmo Magazine fashion shoot. I drew the images in basic lines on a sheet of paper and arranged the figures to give the feeling of movement and freedom. Next came the c...

These are some of my paintings that are available, the colour theme is rich warm earth colours, the subject theme is mystical, sensual and romantic.... Dare to dream. A painting in acrylic on canvas 505x1000mm In rich browns, ochres, whites, and burnt orange. Beating Hearts 460x360mm framed Bird in the Hand 915x610mm Framed in a triple wooden frame "3rd Note" 610x460 framed Abstracted figure in browns,golden yellows,ochres, burnt oranges and whites.