More paintings from that day last September at Julian Price Park with the family. This is my brother Brent followed by his lovely wife Halle, my sis-in-law: They have four kids (drawing and paintings forthcoming!) as does my sister, Piper, and her husband Gresham. Alas, I have no photos of Gresham from which to make … Continue reading Meet My Siblings
Category: Story behind the art
Lost Men
These are my lost men...not "lost" in the cosmic sense, but "lost" in a TV show called "Lost". My husband, son, and oldest daughter (who isn't drawn here) are Lost addicts. Every Tuesday night the living room is cleared for viewing the week's episode. They started watching Lost last summer...from the very first episode all … Continue reading Lost Men
A Trip to Bountiful
Well, not to Bountiful, Texas (as in one of my favorite movies by the same title above), but to Stoneville, NC. My neighbor and friend was born and grew up in Stoneville, and we traveled there for a day to see her hometown and have lunch at a lovely tea room there called the Ruby … Continue reading A Trip to Bountiful
Meet My Mom
Well, you'll just have to take my word for it: my mom is a beautiful lady...chic, fit, creative, active and oh so lovely with her pearly hair! You might not catch that from these sketches made from more photos of that day in September last year. I really did enjoy working on these drawings...the foreshortening … Continue reading Meet My Mom
These Family Sketches…fyi
I thought you might like to know how I'm going about these little drawings/paintings of my family from September of last year. I pulled out a sketchbook I found on sale at that great art store in Boone I mentioned in the last post. The sketchbook is a long rectangle shape. I really don't like … Continue reading These Family Sketches…fyi
Meet My Dad
Ed Pilkington. Husband. Father of 3. Grandfather of 11. Retired career professor of theater at Appalachian State University. Professional equity actor (Blowing Rock Stage Company, Triad Stage Company, Temple Theater to name a few). 25 + years as Director of outdoor drama Horn in the West. Playright. Poet. Wonderful to all he meets. Doesn't know … Continue reading Meet My Dad
Angelica from Hawaii
Before Spring had sprung, our family had a visitor...she came down the stairs dressed in her bathing suit with shorts and tee shirt over that, and a light yellow jacket on top. She wore a pink tinkerbell visor with sun glasses and flip flops. She introduced herself as a friend of Maddie's from Hawaii! She … Continue reading Angelica from Hawaii
Tweet! Tweet!
I've been revelling in the chirping and tweeting going on every morning outside! Spring has definitely sprung around here, and the birds seem as happy as I am to see it arrive! Our deck is surrounded by birdfeeders which are visited regularly by every kind of feathered friend you can think of...finches, sparrows, robins, cardinals, … Continue reading Tweet! Tweet!
Family Fun
I've begun a series of little drawings/paintings of my parents, siblings, and cousins...all from a wonderful day spent last September up in the High Country (where my people are from:) I believe it was a Saturday, celebrating my dad's birthday. Everyone except for me and my kids, had camped out in the rain the night … Continue reading Family Fun
A Most Clever Idea
So my 15 year old daughter comes to me with a cut-up Starbucks bag, and some notebook paper she has made into about 12 or so signatures. She asks,"Mom, show me how you made your book last year...I want to make this into a little book." At first, I'm not altogether sure what she's talking … Continue reading A Most Clever Idea