Creative Escapes - BibaGirrrl Visual Productions by Marilyn Opitz

01/04/2025

I played around w/a recent selfie using different settings of filters, very interesting how the changes in various shades of warms & cools can change the feel of the photos 📱📸🎨

12/21/2024

More early morning marker sketching, inspired by fashions seen on the streets of NYC from a recent video I watched 🖊️

12/19/2024

Early morning quick sketch of our dog w/messy hair using some untraditional shades in markers just for fun!💜🩷🧡💛

12/02/2024

More of my home decor & my original art

11/02/2024

I got some amazing photos of the sunset & night scene of the Rio/Washingtonian Center in Gaithersburg, MD complex during my stay there for my anniversary, a few may make great possible painting recreations!🌅🌌

10/24/2024

One of my favorite fashion illustrators is Antonio Lopez, who’s work for many print ads for fashion designers, retail stores that appeared in numerous newspapers & magazines added drama & flair to the late 70’s through the 80’s era, here are his illustrations of a Zandra Rhodes look for an ad for Bloomingdales in 1977 👗🖌️

09/23/2024

Spotted: Art really is everywhere! This “Art is Everywhere” design on a bus stop at the East side of the Shady Grove Metro! Not sure what they’re trying yo promote, but it was fun to see a colorful display in such a random place! 🎨🚌

09/04/2024

After going through lots of old photos & slides, I realized that the same tools I use to edit current photos, I can use to add new life to so many older ones! The row on top are the newly edited set & look consistent. The left pic of the row on the bottom was the chosen photo from this glamour shot photo shoot I did when I started cosmetology school. It’s obvious it has yellowed & the rest were unpublished slides I discovered last year. Let me know if you’d like me to work my magic on your photos too!💁‍♀️📸🎨

08/16/2024

This is a painting done by my grandmother in the late 1960’s

07/24/2024

I made a Short video showing some photos of me w/warm, cool, black & white filters, enjoy! 📸💁🏻‍♀️

I did a quick selfie photoshoot & then had some fun playing w/the filters:...

06/27/2024

Some brief thoughts on an art lecture I had the priviledge of listening to
today!🖼️🎨

06/26/2024

One of my favorite art museums in DC, The Phillips Collection, is now hosting a meditation event! I wish I lived closer to attend, its a great idea to combine 2 things that relax & expand the mind, art and meditation!🧘🏻‍♀️🖼️

Join us tomorrow for a free, 30-minute meditation led by local yoga teacher Aparna Sadananda via Zoom on Nekisha Durrett's Airshaft. Register ▶️ https://ow.ly/l2z250Sl3o2

🎨 Nekisha Durrett, Airshaft, 2021, The Phillips Collection Centennial Commission.

06/19/2024

Driving into a sunset in Germantown, MD 🌅

05/28/2024

I hadn’t done any creative editing in a long time, I took a photo of me from 2021 that I always thought was interesting & tried different filters & color effects to create 2 different graphic pieces 📱📸🎨

05/22/2024

Sharing my update on how I’m coming along w/the various adult coloring books I’ve been working on 🖍️🎨

05/21/2024

Rebumping the drawing I did in 2019 of Grace Jones for her birthday yesterday! 🖍️

In honor her birthday yesterday, here’s a crayon drawing I did of Grace Jones in 2019 🖍️🎨