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The End of the World as We Know it?
Sorry, I just couldn't resist. If the end of the world comes today, I'm going to be really mad, because I already bought Christmas presents...Nonetheless, my friends, I wish you all a very happy and...
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Instructions
how to assist a person with an anxiety disorderthings we are trying to do all the time: 1. be safe things we can’t help but do all the time:1. second-guess ourselves 2. behave impulsively and...
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Dressing Up
Lately, I've spent more time on Pinterest than is likely to be healthy; it's difficult to drag myself away from so much fascinating art of every kind and description. As I wade through this veritable...
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Some Questions, and the Final 'Pulse'
1) Where have I been?Well, not here in blogland, obviously. This is the busiest time of the year at work, trying to write new IEP's and get all the paperwork together for my eighth-graders' high...
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Dressing Up, part 2
Once I started putting together my first post about using the dress as a format for art, I realized that there was far more amazing art in this category than I had first imagined, and that I couldn't...
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Inspiration When We Need It Most
I hope this post won't offend you or bore you, but it might. I wrote it, mainly, as a reminder to myself, and for anyone else out there who may need it. Can't see the forest for the treesSometimes...
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Work in Progress?
When I say "progress", I'm using the term extremely loosely. Is this what it's supposed to look like when you're working? It's been so long since I've done this that I've forgotten...surely it wasn't...
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Put a Bird on It! (part 1)
I recently read a comment (or was it a "tweet"?!) about the supposed "over-use" of bird images in art right now. I, for one, beg to differ- and so do Portlandia's Lisa and Bryce:...
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Put a Bird on It! (part 2)
Once again, I bring you further evidence that art can never be too full of birds. In my last post, we looked at the origin of birds in art, and some early examples as well as a few contemporary ones....
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New Work: Vernal Equinox
I have finished one of the pieces from my "Work in Progress" post, and wanted to show you what it looks like in its final incarnation.The title of the piece is Vernal Equinox, partly because I started...
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Seed Story I
Seed Story Iingredients: monotype, watercolor pencils, metallic gel pens, stitching This is the first of three pieces I'm going to have in a traveling exhibit curated by multi-talented artist and...
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Seed Story II
Seed Story IIingredients: monotype, acrylic ink, watercolor pencils, stitchingTwo down, one to go!
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Seed Story IV
Seed Story IVingredients:acetate,monotype, acrylic ink, cheesecloth, watercolor crayons, stitching, vintage book pageYou may have noticed that I skipped Seed Story III. There is one, but I had to send...
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Moving Along with WIP
I'm amazed that it's already summer solstice! Summer officially starts today, and time keeps moving along- what's that they say about time flying when we're having fun? Somehow, time always seems to...
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Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen's New Gallery
Wednesday, I drove to Berea, Kentucky to volunteer at the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen's new gallery. According to their website, KGAC was established in 1961, and is "a dynamic membership...
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Stuck in the Middle Again...
I have been steadily working whenever I get a chance. In the past, there were far too many times when I'd get 'stuck' while working on a piece - just couldn't figure out what to do next to save my...
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A Long Goodbye
My yard was once an ash grove, full of majestic, mature trees that graced us with their beauty and cool shade.The largest one, a huge old tree next to the deck in the back yard, was my favorite.Because...
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Doors of Perception
“There are things known and things unknown and in between are the doors of perception." ~ Ray Manzarek of...
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Lessons
Well, it's the beginning of a new school year, i.e. "real job" (thanks to Deb Eck for that terminology) which has, of course, gotten me thinking about lessons. My great hope has always been that...
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Where Wings Come From
When I was a child, I was not very good at discerning what was real from what wasn't. My parents often remarked that I had "lots of imagination." In some ways, I suppose it could have been an...
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