It is a beautiful day. I’ve been working on a large painting on cotton canvas that is my favorite so far. It consists of a sleeping fox, little houses, drips and spills, with a light earthy palette. I’m sitting on the floor of my studio room listening to the sounds of Mahogany connectivity, my all …
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arty mess
I spent my three day weekend painting and relaxing. In such dreary weather I have been snug in my little room. I took a walk in the cold rain and sipped warm coffee and tea on my breaks. And just in time…It was warm and rainy, like spring:( And now It’s suddenly very chilly and …
A new tiny painting in my moleskine
Dreaming of living in a little sea town…. I painted this today while waiting for the background on one of my larger paintings to dry. My layers keep getting more and more intense, the journal can barely close anymore! The complexity that I used to put into my art quilts is finally being translated into …
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I had an absolute surge of thrifted finds, kind gifts and great sales this past month! I just had to document it all here. Everything resides in my studio as a source of constant inspiration… and as a distraction from this wet, warm winter. I wish for frostiness:( I titled the sketch “A very wet …
Happily Looking Back…
I am very, very sick and can barely move, let alone do any of my art. In between sleeping all day I was thinking about my things I did in 2006, places I visited, art I made. My favorite store of 2006, ABC Carpet and Home in NYC. Picture taken in June. I love the …
Oooo…gifts!
I had a wonderful New Year and I hope all of you had the same! Been busy recently and I haven’t posted in awhile. I’ve been intensely concentrating on my art. Sketching a lot. I creating a comfy space in my studio, set up all my paints and put my brushes out in inspiring vinagy …
oh, how I wish for frosty days!
my january inspiration table… lots of new things i found in dusty thrift shops and arranged together. oh, and i bought the most marvelous winter ceramic necklace! the necklace:
more sketches
Thinking about the new year and some new directions that I would love to explore. I love my sketchbook to death! Wrote down some new ideas, rolled them up and tied them with a string. Over this break I hope to develop all the little pictures that that have been brewing in my head, some …
tea and sympathy
sleepy, slightly ill. sipping lots of tea. more twosie goodness. i simply love the boxes that my ink came in. shadow box thrift shop find. i am actually ripping out the mushroom embroidery on this because it has something else it wants to be. don’t worry, the mushrooms will be recycled into something else, maybe …
the most splendid things have been coming in pairs…
My journal page from last week, honoring pairs of things that I love… and a pretty pair of vintage vases that I bought last Thursday to hold my new paint brushes. Mushrooms I made from clay. Things i love, times two. Ring-a-ling, I’m tucking the “april” bell away til spring. Studio window. I finally bought …
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