Vacationing On The Island

Chincoteague Island (photo source: wikipedia)

Sorry for the delay in my postings. I've been writing tons, just not anything to share as of yet. Meanwhile, I am visiting the lovely Chincoteague Island in Va. We don't usually take vacation during Pony Penning Week, and while we have seen the wild ponies from far away, it's been exciting to see them up close! Hoping to get inspired and come back with renewed vitality! (Click on the link under the picture to read more about Pony Penning Week.)

I've been thinking of what I want to do with the large painting I am re-working; the one w/the moon and butterflies. Based on the idea that "you can't put a price on nature," this painting is a response to the destruction that is imposed on the earth in the name of corporate profit. I started painting it in 2003. Originally, the stripes and numbers were meant to symbolize a bar code. (The white areas are where I gessoed over the stripes.) I was painting this when I was first pregnant with Duncan. I kept imagining that I was having a girl so the pink color and dress entered the painting. The pinks stripes and the dress don't really seem to make sense to me now so I am re-working it.....round two!

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Perfect Day

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ditched the trip to Philly

for Central PA's Festival of the Arts

saw art

listened to good music

bought some art and

a little journal that is fat

like a little piece of cake

with handmade paper pages

it was hot

walked home

showered

had tea

rested

got dressed again

set out for more art

and music

took artsy photos

and got rained on

got really rained on

while obsessively taking photos

ducked into art's fest's

little known secret

'Say Sushi'

and practically had the restaurant to ourselves

wrang my dress out in the bathroom

and wiped the water off my skin with paper towels

miso soup

hot jasmine tea

sushi

glad that I packed a sweater.

(click on the artist's name to check out their website)

Kirstin Demer

Chris Plummer

Girl with Fireflies

Girl with Fireflies (preliminary sketch)

Little Log Rafts

I made some little rafts from the sticks I found. First, I lashed them together with waxed thread and added a mast and leaf sail...they floated right down the creek! FUN!

While Walking in the Woods

While walking in the woods,

I came upon these broken twigs

with red and gray-brown bark

these small fallen branches

they caught my eye

and made me think

of childhood and forts

and tree houses and stick fences

and winter and snow and hot chocolate

and warm fires....all in the middle of summer!

Painting With Nine Lives

My work often involves taking a painting to the brink of destruction and then resurrecting or unearthing the image.

The sky in the above rendition was flat and uninteresting with too much white.

I created more depth in the background and ended up with clouds that were warm and had more depth. Not bad, but I trapped Lachesis and gave her no place to fly.

The Three Fates: Lachesis

Finally.

One Hour Later....

I think this is finished but I'm going to sleep on it for now.

Enjoy!

The Three Fates: Lachesis

"Maybe I like to court danger", she said.

While Klotho combs the wool and spins the thread of life,

Atropos weaves the thread into the fabric of her actions

and Lachesis looks upon her with anticipation,

for it is Lachesis who waits to cut the thread

when the length of her life has been determined.

Detail, The Three Fates: Lachesis

Unfinished and Untitled ..... so far....