Every time I shop at Walmart I have this thought. It hits me square in the face somewhere about the chip aisle, which seems to be crammed with carts and vendors stocking shelves. Someone's unhappy baby begins to wail somewhere in the store. The child's blood-curdling screams echo throughout the fluorescent lighted warehouse-like box. … Continue reading I was not made for this!
Category: Story behind the art
Draw What You Live
For me, drawing my life is a direct link to loving my life. Take the above for example. I did not set about it with any thought that I needed to love my life more, or that I was going to find my heart pulled in the direction of my life, just as it is … Continue reading Draw What You Live
Operation Sock Drawer
(Above drawing made at Eclection last Friday. An impromptu "still-life" complete with socks knitted up to the toe. Finished them up later that day.:) Another "under the radar" knitting project, is sock knitting. This flies so far under the radar during busy times that I hardly even know I'm advancing at all. Talk about … Continue reading Operation Sock Drawer
Knitting Under the Radar
During the entire Art Show preparation time, from beginning of January to last week, I have been knitting. A lot. It always surprises me, every year, when busy full times hit, that I keep on knitting unaware of how the few rows here, some stitches there are adding up. I'll be sharing just a few … Continue reading Knitting Under the Radar
Interruptions
We interrupt this blog break to bring you the following: My school's Art Show, of which I am in charge, has been interrupted by a snow storm swathing the southeast in a white blanket. Excitement ran high in my classes as I taught on Wednesday, since school was letting out early and snow was imminent. … Continue reading Interruptions
Snow-capped Bales
Snow-capped Bales. Watercolor. 9"x12". Mr. Whicker had some hay bales dropped off on the wide end of his field up on Silver Dapple Lane. Seeing as how I LOVE hay bales, I just had to draw them with their snow hats on. As I walked in the freshly fallen snow last Wednesday, Mr. Whicker came … Continue reading Snow-capped Bales
*Magic*
Narnia My Backyard. Watercolor. 9"x12" As the world outside my windows begins, ever so slowly, to be veiled in white, a sense of anticipation and longing fills the hours. Everyday tasks take on a not-so-everyday glow. A trip to the grocery store becomes an adventure. Laundry becomes lighthearted. Cooking simmers with unprecedented warmth...chili, cornbread, rice … Continue reading *Magic*
Nurture Your Creative Spark
So. After writing the last post about my papier mache birds with shawls, I had an image in my head to work out on paper. It started with writing that bit about having a tendency to make lots of smaller projects when life goes on full tilt. I looked back at last year around this … Continue reading Nurture Your Creative Spark
Birds With Shawls
Ok. Wait. What?? Papier Mache birds you say? Really, what's a girl to do when these things come marching into her brain, standing front and center, hollerin' "Make Me! Make Me!" And she can barely sleep for the ideas roaming around...should I paint them? Collage them? Both? Realistic colors? Fun and bright colors? Multi-colors? Painted … Continue reading Birds With Shawls
Play!
I'm not very good at this. At least when you consider the inspiration from which I was drawing. As the whims of my creative fancy cycle through their seasons, I often find myself drooling over the work of mixed media artists out there. There are so many, but recently I came across Roben-Marie Smith's colorful … Continue reading Play!