Monday, February 6, 2017

Titles: a Small Giveaway

Assigning titles to my work is always an adventure.  Occasionally titles just show up, and for these pieces I have some ideas, but I would be interested to hear your suggestions.  These are each 19.5"x25.5" acrylic on paper.  Please comment!  I will assign them numbers for reference:

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Here is one more that could use a title.  It is 18"x24" on canvas:
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Thanks for any suggestions you might have.  If I end up using your title suggestion, I will send you a small piece of original art!
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64 comments:

  1. VicksterFebruary 6, 2017 at 11:51 AM

    1 - Ice Cream
    2 - Kite Day
    3 - Sandy Beach
    4 - Summer Sunset
    5 - Sand Castle

    I sense a theme...:)

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  2. Jo MurrayFebruary 6, 2017 at 3:25 PM

    1. Best Foot Forward
    2.Keeping It Together
    3.Around The Bay
    4.Smoke On The Plains
    5.Bright Autumn


    This is fun!

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  3. Julia @ Vintage with LacesFebruary 6, 2017 at 3:33 PM

    1. Up, Up and Away
    2. Circus, Circus
    3. Fearless
    4. On the Edge
    5. Milestones

    I love your art and it was fun to come up with some titles, Jane.

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  4. Victoria February 6, 2017 at 3:39 PM

    Hi Jane,
    I'm happy to help with titles anytime, it's fun.
    1.Resistance (The little guy pushing back against the big force)
    2.Merry Go Round
    3.Living up to expectations
    4.Summer on the coast
    5. Dancing in the piazza.

    Lovely works!
    Victoria

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  5. ChrisFebruary 6, 2017 at 5:10 PM

    1. Popcorn
    2. Jail Bar Smile
    3. Cuppa Oranges
    4. In My Chair by the Window Looking Out at the Ocean
    5. Sowing Stones

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  6. Sharon Lynn Williams Fine ArtFebruary 6, 2017 at 5:31 PM

    #5: Which Came First?
    #1: Morse Code (dots and dashes)
    #4: Biding My Time
    #3 Cookie Monster :) stripes look like teeth

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    1. UnknownFebruary 6, 2017 at 9:33 PM

      1. BITTERSWEET (bitter lime swath/red sprinkles=bittersweet berries that last all winter)
      2. POLLY WANTS A CRACKER
      3. BITE ME
      4. LATER THAT SAME DAY
      5. CARRICKFERGUS (after Van Morrison song about the black stones)
      or
      ALMOND JOY

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  7. JoFebruary 6, 2017 at 5:33 PM

    Series: The Writing's on the Wall

    #1, #2, #3, #4 and

    #5 Our Foundation is Solid

    Beautiful Jane!

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  8. Coming AbstractionsFebruary 6, 2017 at 5:42 PM

    I love them all and couldn't decide on just one name for each so have two to offer!

    1. "Movie Night" or "Center Stage"
    2. "Poetic Dream" or "Finding Balance"
    3. "Table for One" or "Morning's Light"
    4. "Day at the Beach" or "Surfer's Dream"
    5. "Into the Mix" or "Shaky Foundation"

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  9. Kiersten at the Artful Yoga ProjectFebruary 6, 2017 at 5:58 PM

    Love your work. Your colors are spectacular!
    1. Whimsy
    2. Bursting at the Seams
    3. Forming Ideas
    4. Incoming Clouds
    5. A Penny for your Thoughts

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  10. globalFebruary 6, 2017 at 6:02 PM

    1. Up, up and away 2. Smile 3. I see you 4. Seaside 5 Fish in a pond
    I have been wanting to take one of your classes for eons, but you are always so far away -- you did come to Michigan, but the class was filled before I tried to sign up--have you ever done a full online class - maybe 4 hours or more of content?

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  11. Homespring ArtFebruary 6, 2017 at 6:05 PM

    I don't title my abstracts right away. Once my family and friends make comments about a painting, I choose the title I like.


    1. Eating On The Patio 2. The Puppet Show 3. Fields Of Corn 4. Red October At The Lofts 5. The Ceramic Studio


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  12. UnknownFebruary 6, 2017 at 6:05 PM

    1. Misty morning
    2. Fiesta
    3. Reflection
    4. In the heat of the day
    5. Adventure
    Kind regards,
    Sheila Byrne

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  13. UnknownFebruary 6, 2017 at 6:16 PM

    Love the art work.
    1. May the Force Be with You.
    2. Island Colors.
    3. Windows to Your Soul.
    4. Beach Dreams.
    5. Dancing Pathways.

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  14. UnknownFebruary 6, 2017 at 6:19 PM

    1. Finish Line
    2. Garden Party
    3. Cascade
    4. Picnic Table
    5. Cul de Sac

    Nice works! Fun stuff!

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  15. CateFebruary 6, 2017 at 6:21 PM

    1. Ice cream and peppermint
    2. Cheshire Cat
    3. Corn Harvest and Resting Fields
    4. (nothing, sorry)
    5. Circle Dance

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  16. J.G.NieuwenhofFebruary 6, 2017 at 6:23 PM

    1. Juxtaposed. 2. Afloat. 3. Amassed. 4. Frontier. 5. Germination.

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  17. JudithFebruary 6, 2017 at 6:37 PM

    1. Cirque de Surreal
    2. Circling the wagons
    3. Now I lay me down to sleep
    4. Cliffhanger
    5. Coffee's ready.

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  18. CarolAnne - camdesignFebruary 6, 2017 at 6:56 PM

    1. sprinkles on the ice cream
    2. running with a happy smile
    3. landing pass the wheat fields
    4. the sky's happy tonight
    5. coffee beans

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  19. shonaFebruary 6, 2017 at 7:05 PM

    1. What a beautiful view
    2. Inside out
    3. Goodnight
    4. Ocean view
    5. In the garden

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  20. mereteFebruary 6, 2017 at 7:22 PM

    Love, love your paintings and have learned so much from your videos and blogposts.

    I've been to the Norwegian artist Irma Salo Jaeger's exhibit, and she had wrotten a poem and asigned each painting a line (part of the exhibit).

    1. Tasting lemon
    2. On a summer's day
    3. Early morning
    4. Sour, bittersweet
    5. My love and I
    ---

    Tara Leaver has written a huge blogpost on how to come up woth names, last month:

    http://taraleaver.com/2017/01/painting-title-ideas/

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  21. UnknownFebruary 6, 2017 at 7:23 PM

    1 - Corner Bakery Café
    2 - Inside Out
    3 - Memories
    4 - Sunday Morning
    5 - Wild Grapes

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  22. melanie on salt spring island, bcFebruary 6, 2017 at 7:33 PM

    1. up in the air 2. wildflowers 3. field of dandelions 4. mist over the mountains 5. leaves

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  23. UnknownFebruary 6, 2017 at 7:47 PM

    My suggestions: 1. the neighbor 2. cheshire smiling 3. bird's eye view 4. a view from the red barn 5. inside the pond
    I hope you enjoy our replies and thanks for the chance to contemplate some beautiful art!!

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  24. nancyFebruary 6, 2017 at 7:48 PM

    hello Jane
    These look urban to me - 1. Bus Stop 2. Inner Section 3. Down the Alley 4. Viewpoint 5. Cafe on the Plaza

    They are lovely... back to my paintings! Best to you from the snowy west coast

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  25. ElainefFebruary 6, 2017 at 8:17 PM

    It's really hard to name someone else's work...but here are my attempts...

    1. Splashdown
    2. Effervescent
    3. A bridge too far
    4. Resist (okay, one had to be political)
    5. Ovoid

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  26. SusanFebruary 6, 2017 at 8:49 PM

    1. Brain Fog
    2. Smile
    3. Midday
    4. Red Pool
    5. Hatch

    I really enjoy seeing your work, and I hope one day to take a workshop with you!

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  27. UnknownFebruary 6, 2017 at 9:10 PM

    This looks like a series of "Land Marks in Red" Each one the focus is red and just reminds me of a building of some sort. 1. Peeking over the fence 2. Red post box 3. Your are here 4. Roof top 5. Red pond Love your work :)

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  28. Tina M.February 6, 2017 at 9:20 PM

    So many creative minds and perceptions. Love this game! Here is my titles:
    1) Skylight - Window to the Sky;
    2) Seeding Earth;
    3) Forest's Edge;
    4) Hot Dance Floor;
    5) Cooling Pool.
    Thank You,

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  29. UnknownFebruary 6, 2017 at 9:26 PM

    1. Brunch at dawn
    2. Sundea
    3. High tea
    4. Happy hour

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  30. Kevan LunneyFebruary 6, 2017 at 9:30 PM

    I like words that do not assign meaning to the visuals. Our brains automatically strive to see images and patterns and people look to titles to help give them clues. They should be free to make their own associations. So I would use these slightly amorphous words interchangeably for any of the works. Pool, Center, Daylight, Midday, Incubator, Germination, Tickle, Thaw, Stream, Wash, Breeze, Pale, Emerge

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  31. UnknownFebruary 6, 2017 at 9:43 PM

    hi jane...just a thought for future reference re titles for your pieces...as a poet, i finish a poem, go back into it and find my title...perhaps you might like to take your titles from a fragment or a word of a poem...preferably written by women...totally unrelated visually but gut instinct-related to you on reading. if you need a list, happy to oblige.

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  32. UnknownFebruary 6, 2017 at 9:47 PM

    1. Along the Hilltop Edge
    2. Libretto
    3. Sea Rider
    4. Now's the time
    5. An Invitation

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  33. Ginny StilesFebruary 6, 2017 at 10:26 PM

    1.Juicy
    2. The Wink
    3. From a plane
    4.The Fog
    5.My favorite dance

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  34. ElizabethFebruary 6, 2017 at 11:02 PM

    1. Paper Candy
    2. Play Mail
    3. Sofa Train
    4. Desert Farewell
    5. Seeds of Time
    Gorgeous art, Jane! Fun Giveaway!
    5.

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  35. Joanne KasunicFebruary 6, 2017 at 11:02 PM

    1. The Pleasure of Popcorn
    2. The Zoo Awakens
    3. Summer Morning Walk
    4. Harbouring Courage
    5. Filling The Spaces Between

    Reminds me of the board game called "Dixit" naming pictures.

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  36. UnknownFebruary 6, 2017 at 11:14 PM

    1) Like toy soldiers
    2) Continental drift
    3) Maestro
    4) The indelible moment
    5) Paving the way

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  37. Cynthia McFebruary 6, 2017 at 11:48 PM

    1. Morning Descends
    2. Thinking Ahead
    3. Emerald City
    4. Swimming Upstream
    5. Will We Go Round in Circles

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  38. TanuaFebruary 6, 2017 at 11:53 PM

    Jane, Your work is beautiful.
    1. Releasing Inhibitions
    2. Strawberry Shortcake
    3. Windows to my soul
    4. Zephyr
    5. Pebbles on St. Croix

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  39. carol edanFebruary 7, 2017 at 12:16 AM

    1 peek a boo
    2 Cheese
    3 Need Waze
    4 Reflection
    5 Busing about

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  40. Özge BaşağaçFebruary 7, 2017 at 2:09 AM

    1. Fairground
    2. Waltz
    3. Mediterranean Sun
    4. Volcano
    5. Threshold

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  41. Care HansonFebruary 7, 2017 at 8:26 AM

    Tricky to name for another (not knowing what YOU see & feel) but freeing & fun to do!
    1. The circus closes
    2. Mini flash mob
    3. Fitting contrast
    4. A calm tomorrow
    5. Hill of beans & such

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  42. Margie JoyFebruary 7, 2017 at 8:27 AM

    1 and 3 -- Landform 1 and Landform 3
    2 -- Collected Memories
    4 -- Virga
    5 -- Digging Deep

    The first and third ones remind me of land patterns as seen from the air. Looking forward to your workshop in August.

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  43. UnknownFebruary 7, 2017 at 8:36 AM

    1. Movie Obsession
    2. Boardwalk Fun
    3. Across The Bay
    4. A Lifeguards Perspectine
    5. Sowing the Seeds

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  44. UnknownFebruary 7, 2017 at 8:41 AM

    Jane,
    If you want an endless source of more obtuse titles, I can make a suggestion. I have a couple of blogs or websites where a few words from a sentence can provide a title. Title Example - The Color of Urgency from Krista Tippet.
    Can be a educational site like https://www.brainpickings.org/ , or a more spiritual site like http://www.onbeing.org/blog/courtney-martin-the-color-of-urgency/ or sometimes punny http://sethgodin.typepad.com/.

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  45. happy greggFebruary 7, 2017 at 8:48 AM

    1,grandma's linens
    2,pockets
    3,material
    4,escape
    5,my choice

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  46. JackieFebruary 7, 2017 at 8:56 AM

    1. Juicy
    2. Fan Girl
    3. Location, Location, Location
    4. Anti-Comfort Zone
    5. It's Complicated

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  47. UnknownFebruary 7, 2017 at 9:41 AM

    I recently heard an artist say that he names his paintings before he starts them and when it starts looking like the name, he knows it's finished. Naming my paintings is the hardest part for me so I found that interesting.

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  48. Stephanie WintersFebruary 7, 2017 at 9:53 AM

    1. Astronomy
    2. Turmoil
    3. Aerial
    4. Poppy
    5. Circuit

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  49. crjFebruary 7, 2017 at 10:32 AM

    1-Happy Fall Out
    2-Melody
    3-Upon Waking
    4-Dock View
    5-Morning Rush

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  50. UnknownFebruary 7, 2017 at 11:05 AM

    Sit and write a paragraph free thinking-simply writing anything that comes to mind. Then go back through and circle the words that pop out, have meaning, speak to your soul. It is amazing what your subconscious reveals and combining the words creates an unexpected juxtaposition of words that doesn't feel contrived or trite. And...it is fun!

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  51. UnknownFebruary 7, 2017 at 11:10 AM

    Sometimes I just go with the first word or thought that comes into my head. Sometimes I change it after a few months if it really doesn't sit well!
    1. Circus Circus
    2. Rejuvenation
    3. Squared Off
    4. Risen/Rise
    5. Seedlings

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  52. TTBishopFebruary 7, 2017 at 11:29 AM

    1) Movie Night (someone else suggested it, and I like it.)
    2) Spilling Over
    3) Up to the Edge
    4) Red Dock
    5) Skipping Stones

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  53. Blue SkyFebruary 7, 2017 at 11:49 AM

    I sometimes find that titles just come to me when I look at a painting but sometimes I completely draw a blank. Here are my suggestions:
    1. Drive in Movie
    2. Punch and Judy (not sure if you have that in the US!)
    3. ..nothing coming to me...
    4. Combine Harvester
    5. Day at the Park

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  54. leekrekFebruary 7, 2017 at 12:33 PM

    1. POPCORN DAZE
    2. MACHINE BLITZ
    3. a SPOT OF RED
    4. cLIFFSIDE
    5. BLOCKS

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  55. UnknownFebruary 7, 2017 at 2:56 PM

    1. Splat!!!
    2. Here's grinning at you!
    3. Building Blocks
    4. One Striped Angelfish
    5. Look Out For Falling Rocks

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  56. UnknownFebruary 7, 2017 at 4:33 PM

    1. Splash
    2. Emerging
    3. Portrayal
    4. Wind
    5. Patio

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  57. AmyFebruary 7, 2017 at 5:04 PM

    1. And then there were four
    2.From the inside

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  58. ShannonFebruary 7, 2017 at 5:59 PM

    #5 Start Here

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  59. big mamabirdFebruary 7, 2017 at 6:39 PM

    1-surprise 2- relate 3- sunrise 4- obsess and I didn't find anything for that last one! They re all so wonderful but I love #2!

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  60. Wooded SolitudeFebruary 7, 2017 at 7:43 PM

    1. Macy's Thanksgiving Parade
    2. And The Ideas Keep Coming...
    3. Land Ho!
    4. Vision Quest
    5.No Way Out or Decisions, Decisions

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  61. IvyFebruary 7, 2017 at 10:30 PM

    1.Under a Square Moon
    or 1. Square Dance

    2. Red Weather Blue
    or 2. Hopscotch

    3. Foundation

    4. The Sky Above

    5. A Stone's Throw
    or 5. Seeds

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  62. GailFebruary 8, 2017 at 11:41 AM

    a path to nowhere

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