coffee beans

My good friend Tabea is leaving soon because her fellowship at the community center is over. I wanted to make her something but was challenged because Tabea cannot see my paintings... So I made 3D art!



Since she loves coffee and knows all of the Starbucks employees by voice, I made these coffee bean magnets for her. Some are dark roast, some golden brown, and the reddish brown look the yummiest.



How do you overcome challenges?

finished a painting!

This one has been on the table for a while. It was the alternative to working on sculpture. But yesterday it was finished!

This is "desire". it symbolizes the simple things we want and the simple beings we are.

first paint out!

Today I participated in my first ever paint out! My Aunt & I did the Festival of Flowers at T.C.Steele historical site in Brown County. She got an honorable mention. (I don't think the judges even glanced at mine. It was the only one of it's kind - sore thumb surrounded by beautiful landscape paintings.) We both learned a lot and managed to enjoy ourselves despite the rain.



I am very happy with my painting. This is the second done on denim.It features white iris and purple lupines. Tell me what YOU think of it.

Mother's Day 2015 - Beautiful Failure

This is it... Mother's Day 2015. And it's not finished. 

The kinetic sculpture I've been working on since December, and I'm not done. 

Do I feel like a loser? Yes. Did I bite off more than I could chew? Yes & that happens to be a defining characteristic of my creative personality. 

So here are the pictures and intentions of my hard work. 

 The little girl - symbolizes me.

As the center piece of this kinetic sculpture, she swims around in the wonderment of stories told by her mother.

 Harry and the Terrible Whats-It by Dick Gackenback

 This Whats-It is found sitting on the washing machine just as Harry starts to develop courage.

The Magic Fish by Freya Littledale

My Mom made stories come alive. The want, the dislike for what happened, and how to be happy, all came across with her telling of this story.

Peter and the Wolf  by Sergei Prokofiev

Because every good story for children had a wolf in it. My sculpture was about to have this prowling creature circling its edges. Thanks Mom for exposing us to a half hour of great music!

What Spot by Crosby Bonsall

My Mom did voices, the best voices. This slow moving book took on a life of its own when she taught preschoolers to "read" pictures. 

A wagon was to be in the sculpture as well but it is still under construction. 

So that's it. No promised video of the great kinetic sculpture I was making for Mother's Day 2015. I am truly sorry! I'm sorry to disappoint you reader. I'm sorry to have made a goal and missed it. I will update you on it's progress. 

*Also note that the Father's Day 2015 will not be on time either! 

do nothing day

Today was declared a do nothing day. So i finished this dollar store puzzle.

trapped

So I spent a Saturday morning last month trapped in a car repair shop waiting room. My book ran out and they hadn't even looked at my van yet. I had to entertain myself some how...