I recently attended one of the demonstrations Marilyn held for the Bexely Arts Council.. I was inspired by the work she began and the work on show. Since then I have created 2 "Mixism" style paintings.

The first is one that is very close to my heart. I play cricket, and it is a massively important part of my life. I play for a women�s team, a boys team and a men�s team and I coach young children and older girls around my local borough. The painting is of a cricketer, a bowler, in the end position. The colour used to paint the figure shows how I feel when I am playing cricket, especially bowling, as this is what I primarily do.

The 'explosion' in the painting shows the explosive feelings I encounter when playing cricket. The 'wings' show that when I am bowling (well!) I feel as though I could do anything - even fly!

This painting has allowed me to express how I feel when playing cricket like no words ever could. I had wanted to paint a bowler for a long time, but never felt I could express the way I felt adequately with only paint.

The second painting is more abstract. I began the painting in the way Marilyn did, with an unconscious line. However, from there I only picked out a few lines that really appealed to me.
I experimented more with the different materials I used in this painting. To me, the painting represents the emotions felt during life. I used darker colours on top of the brighter colours I had painted the day before, I made some areas much darker, blending into the lighter colours and adding black wool to emphasise this.
The painting represents how I felt on those two days and how over a period of time, the emotions roll together to form a week, a month or a longer period of time.

This painting is also abstract, I wanted to explore using a brighter background. The painting actually reminds me of an oil-spill, where the oil mixes with water and 'rainbows' are created on floors etc. I also see a heart, with the colours representing emotions felt and life pumping through
the heart and around the body.