I am enchanted by ferns as-of-late. Their imagery keeps coming my way! And antique mirrors (this one has such a pretty fern-like carving adorning its top). Here’s one I came home with a few weeks ago. I finally got around to cleaning it up and it currently sits on my studio floor. Walking through the …
Category Archives: wanderings
mother’s day, birthday
Went painting pottery on my birthday. I am pretty happy with this one, considering I was holding my little one in one arm and painting with the other (something I will not attempt again). It was good until the end, the glaze did some strange speckle thing in the kiln but oh well, it’s my …
skunk cabbage!
Yesterday was so perfectly dreary! I walked through a pretty swamp area of the woods with little meandering streams while my tiny one napped in his carriage. The skunk cabbage (or meadow cabbage, swamp cabbage… whatever-have-you) was blooming in all its glory. Did you know that the pungent odor created when tearing the leaves of …
today (to pass the time)
Today was so perfectly overcast and peaceful. A bit of chaos. Covering many buttons with snippets of autumnal-hued fabric (to adorn a thrift shop coat I purchased a few days ago). Took a walk round and round the pond at my favorite outdoor spot. Then it rained! A bit of calm before the storm, stream-side …
embroidered things and rambling winter walks
Things have been quiet, cold and very still. I was, very unfortunately, sick since the holidays. Last weekend was the first time I was able to walk outside and feel the winter sunshine on my face. Since then I I have been taking solitary icy cold (and very bundled up) walks to uplift my spirit. …
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lately, wanderings and paintings
Been working on a lots of new paintings. White-washed layers have been consuming my painting time. Sketchbook pages, ideas, plannings. For the new year and now. I keep playing around with variations of a sketch of this one woman…. Bits. I found the loveliest roll of 1940’s wallpaper along a driveway, discarded.
collections in windowsills
and walking in the dreamy woods… But first I would like to say that I just put a larger, ORIGINAL drawing (11″ by 14″) of “From Within” in my shop. It’s a darker version, similar to this one, from a few post’s ago, with the birch trees at night. Yes, I sketched a third one! …
new prints and into the berry bramble
A print from my drawing From Within is now available in the shop. I just love the frame, which was a lucky discovery in a second hand shop. The gold just glows. Yesterday I was going through some of my older work and I was inspired by the imagery and textures that I was using. …
wildflower fields and other places
New art tomorrow! But for now… Wanderings. What is it about sitting in a sun-drenched wildflower field, late afternoon, in the fall? The filed was blooming with michaelmas daisies, goldenrod and milkweed pods about to burst. We took a little trip down the Delaware River to New Hope, PA for the arts festival (and to …
yesterday evening
Been pulling out my comfy fall-ish clothing. Yesterday was so windy and cool. The skirt above has been a favorite… I found it a few years ago in a vintage store in Salem, Massachusetts. Every time I put it on it reminds me of one of our many visits there. and I love how crunchy …