Just for today

Because today has been an exceptionally trial-filled day, I want to reverse this. So for the first 5 people to comment on this post will receive something hand made from me. A freebie. Because I believe the universe works this way.
Please email your address to me, LHmccown@verizon.net , and I will get it to you. The bad ju ju ends now.

The wave of goodness is going to wash over us!

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.

Then he found the sea

Then he found the sea a photo by Lorie McCown on Flickr.

Farewell

Farewell a photo by Lorie McCown on Flickr.

Working on smaller works lately, as well as in the painting studio. Spring finally seem to be here, so farewell to winter.

Then he found the sea

Then he found the sea a photo by Lorie McCown on Flickr.

Because it looks very watery out there today..

Up for auction..

A traditonal quilt I did is up for auction for a worthy cause, if you are so inclined, here.

a bit of textile history for a friday.

I had the great pleasure of seeing this in person, back in the 1990's. It's enormous. It's about 230 feet (yes) long. It's in amazing condition, considering it's 970 years old, and a textile. The Bayeux Tapestry is really not a tapestry, but a long, narrative embroidery. It documents the battle of Hastings in 1066, and was commissioned and made shortly after that. If you'd like to read more, there is a nice link here.

abstraction

How do you feel about pure abstraction? I'm finding it very hard to completely eliminate any sort of narrative from my work. I always want to go beyond the form/line/color formal  elements of art making. Always. So since I'm uncomfortable with this style, as my year of stretching my boundries continue, I am tackling this one. So how does..

Mark Rothko's work do for you (not his life, now, just his work)..

or

Jackson Pollock's work... or

How about Richard Diebenkorn's work? 

Friday!

At last! Here are a few pieces I've been working on. Smaller, this time.

This is 'Farewell"  about 14x20 with a lot of hand dyed fabrics.

and a detail..

Looking forward to first Fridays at the galleries tonight! Looks like some good are to view here and here.

"Viewpoints" National show entry

New piece that was juried into "Viewpoints" National show at the FCCA, here in Fredericksburg. Looks like a lot of great art. I'm looking forward to First Fridays!  "Do as I say" is about 36x52", fiber and fabric, hand and machine quilted, appliqued and embroidered.

Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival.

If you are on FaceBook, I've posted a bunch of photos of the quilts on display there.

Album of work here

no words wednesday

a new home

For this piece, thank you for purchasing real art! I love these landscape pieces. This scenery is all around me here in Va. Sadly disappearing, but there are still hold outs..

and more

'The Lazarus Effect' Film from (RED) & HBO

heart

Ah February, what is it about this month? It makes me crazy. I think it's like August, because it comes at the end of a long season. Anyway, been sort of working on some yarn love.

and I'm not sure what this is going to be yet, but it is shaping into something nice, I think.

this picture is hanging on the inspiration board, holes, tatters and all

japanese boro

no words. just art today.

color

Color, beyond what it is, it's the thing we all seem to have an opinion on.  I remember teaching a class and a student said she had hated the color green. At the time, it didn't occur to me to ask why, but I suppose it is because she equated it with an unpleasant memory. An interesting thought, to eliminate an entire color based on a feeling. One that may need to be explored, perhaps?

I can confess that color is an area where I tend to show absolutely no restraint.

Maybe something to consider in this month of colornessness.  To make work with no color or at least to limit the color choices.

But not here.

small reading break..

Just a day or two to read Karen Marie Moning's latest.. then back to work. I loved her "Fever' series, and am sorry to see it end..

more work

I've updated my website with new work..

http://www.loriemccown.com/

thankfulness..

I'm loving Valerie's 'Thankfulness project' what wonderful, tactile way of  expressing our thankfulness.

Read about it here

more shots from the FCCA show, ends this weekend.

two together

I thought it might be nice to see these two together, since they are of the same place..

More moving water

"A story is like water"  fiber  hand and machine quilted,stitched and embroidered. 37x30" available.

moving water

my fiber work

my fiber work
Originally uploaded by Lorie McCown

a small sampling of stitches I have laid down on cloth and paper.

FCCA show preview..

Here are some shots of my show at the FCCA in Fredericksburg Va. Opening is tonight 6-8:30pm and goes through the end of January.. it's a mix of new paintings and art quilts.

I made 4 element dresses, air, water, earth, sky. A slightly selfish symbol of the clothing I used to sew. Old habits don't die, they just become art pieces. I enjoyed making them, and breaking away from squares and rectangles. I'm exploring the art quilt/sculpture form, I love the idea of it.

                                               "My earth dress"            .. can you see it?

"My air dress"  wonderful hand dyed fabrics and ribbons.

                               "My fire dress" and "My water dress"  again, countless stitching hours spent on these.

I really enjoyed working on this show. To anyone who is in a show, START EARLY! It takes 10x more time than you think in will to do. On top of that, I broke my ankle in early October, so I was becoming quite clever at scooting around my chair from easel to work table.  I was not quite done hanging when I took these, no tags etc.. but I have a tendency to forget to take the pictures.  All pieces are for sale and will hang all January at the FCCA.