I’ve taken some time out over the past few months to sort through thoughts, read about artists who intrigue me (there so many, I’ve just touched the surface), make collages, do some journalling, and lately, to pull together the annual collection of holiday items for the co-op gallery. I happily completed two large mirrors, incorporating some [...]
Filed under: creative process, images, mosaic on December 5th, 2008 | No Comments »
From Wikopedia:
An oubliette (from the French oubliettes (noun plural)) was a form of dungeonwhich was accessible only from a hatch in a high ceiling.
There’s an image of a painting in my head that matches that definition of “oubliette”, and I’ve been looking for it all morning. If anyone knows what it is, please email me, [...]
Filed under: Hope series, change, creative process, gathering, growth, layers, mosaic, thoughts on October 27th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Stephen and I went up to Fredericksburg on Thursday for the opening reception of ‘INSPIRED BY… Contemporary Mosaics and the Historical Tradition”. The show is at the Dupont Gallery at the University of Mary Washington. Jean Ann Dabb, artist and art historian, is an associate professor and a department chair of the University’s Art and Art [...]
Filed under: Soothing the Embers of My Soul, creative process, exhibition, growth, mosaic on October 19th, 2008 | 4 Comments »
“Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.” Charles Simic
I’ve been in a wierd place the last several weeks, unsure since our return from vacation a week ago what I’ve wanted to be doing…. lacking that sort of “kick in the pants” inspiration. There are a couple of [...]
Filed under: collage, color, creative process, exhibition, journaling, release me on October 12th, 2008 | 4 Comments »
There’s something magical for me about the marsh landscape at Ocracoke; I particularly love the area between the highway and the beach at milepost 72. I took a panoramic photo last year… I was so wow’d by the marsh last year, I couldn’t get it out of my mind when we returned from vacation. I had [...]
Filed under: chilling, creative process on October 5th, 2008 | 7 Comments »