Late Summer

I'd like to be like the French and just retreat for August, maybe to the sea or mountains. I'm not picky. But for now, I'll just stitch and continue to make stuff.

Color is coming

Hopefully!
But there is still snow on the ground. 'Tis ok.

And a little montage of the work going on..most pieces are available in my Etsy shop.

Spring

BY EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY

To what purpose, April, do you return again?

Beauty is not enough.

You can no longer quiet me with the redness

Of little leaves opening stickily.

I know what I know.

The sun is hot on my neck as I observe

The spikes of the crocus.

The smell of the earth is good.

It is apparent that there is no death.

But what does that signify?

Not only under ground are the brains of men

Eaten by maggots.

Life in itself

Is nothing,

An empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs.

It is not enough that yearly, down this hill,

April

Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.

The guide

The Guide  mixed media on canvas 30x30"

January here it is.

"Lazarus IV" will be delivered to the University of Mary Washington's art gallery tomorrow for the show "Mid-Atlantic New Paintings". Opening is 23 January, 2014 5-7pm. Fredericksburg Va.

december views

I have 2 million things to do. But I did this instead. Good to get back to the spinning wheel.

My daughter is an artist too.

Very unfussed about the whole holiday thing. Sleeping in the sun. There you go.

december views

December Views

Stitching, painting and napping. 

Sketch book for May

Doing pretty well keeping up. Lots of painting in it this week. Here's a peak. All of these are water color.

I don't always get to it each day, but I'm pretty consistant, week by week. No rules, just marks.

To the paint studio

Also sewing some as well.

With all the news and world events, I retreat somedays to block out the constant chatter. The wonderful transitional season of Spring is here and with it, the blooms and green that can't help to inspire.

a quiet time for now

Still working daily, although my photo taking has slacked off. I'm trying to limit the online time, and photo editing really does eat up a lot of time. Good to keep track of the work, though, since my brain tends to forget these days.

 Watching the blooms start to do their thing. And taking in the season of change and growth. New work postings soon. A small sample of work going on . Mostly textile and paint.

..and some new growth here too.

Makoto Fujimura

Makoto Fujimura - The Art of "The Four Holy Gospels" from Crossway on Vimeo.

quiet of winter

working in the studio sewing and painting away.

ghosts

on a cold, winter's day..

shadows

the blue shadows in the forest

look at the sun in silence

trees guess the secret and smile

while the leaves whisper

i'm thinking of doing this, for this year..

snow or not

It's been another strange winter. Bitter cold, then 70 degrees, flurries, but not real stick with it snow.


Where I grew up in So. Cal snow was something you drove to. The kids are a little bummed we really only got about 1-2 days of decent sled snow this year..

It's beautiful, I know there are those that hate the stuff, but I don't. A quiet, white world. Spring is around the corner. I saw a robin in the garden, which can only mean one thing!

plans

I plan on doing a little this:


and this:

and this:

I hate to procrastinate, but you know a girl has to have plans!! What are yours?

Diebenkorn

Richard Diebenkorn, to me was a painter's painter. He is probably most famous for is 'Ocean Park' series, which were very large canvases painted in an abstract expressionist way. I love his treatment with paint, the way he used his medium. I have been happy to see his work several times, and love all his stuff..

illustration friday

'wrinkles'..a few wrinkles w/recycled items, paper, paint, inks, threads

sketchbook

A few entries lately..

sunflower

I'm painting the risers of our stairs with the birthflowers of our states..my son was born in Kansas, so here is part of his..