resolutions

One of my goals for 2012 is To Get Out More. Since I rarely leave the house, I could hardly get out less, so this should be relatively easy to accomplish.

Last week, while in Delaware to see my family, my aunt and I went to the Brandywine River Valley Museum. They put up a new building since I was there last and the floor plan is kind of dumb and cumbersome, but Jamie Wyeth's pig always charms me and the garden sculptures (which I think are also new since I'd been there) included

this h-u-g-e bunny.

There were cows in the garden as well, but I was impressed by the rabbit.

Today I took a run up to Beacon to see the little paintings I did for the open call at the Mill St. Loft gallery.

Those are my Guardians (see post for January 5th, below) in the upper left corner. Immediately below them are three lovely fiber art pieces that are already Sold Out (note the lack of little white tags appended below them).

And never let it be said that I don't support young people in the arts. I bought a piece by an artist who is, I was told, 8 years old. I forgot to take a picture of it, but I'll do that and post it after I retrieve on Sunday.

This "get out of the house" thing seems to have a lot going for it.

on guard

I'm beginning to understand Jeanne Williamson's fascination with orange construction fencing. I'm getting some mileage out of some broken bits I unearthed while cleaning.

Guardians 4
ink and gouache on paper
18 x 24 inches (45 x 61 cm)

This is not quite done and the bright white bit at the top is glare on metallic paint but that may be a clue to how to finish it.

show time

Inspired by the Infinite Variety show at the Armory (March 2011), my guild is doing a red and white challenge for our annual show in May. I hadn't intended doing a button sampler when I started, but I'm always charmed when I see one, and now I have one.


12 inches high x 18 inches wide (30cm x 46cm)
Old and new buttons, embroidery floss,
variegated cotton thread, red tulle, white muslin.
Grosgrain rbbon as binding, canvas lining.

Detail

 Maybe this will be the year that I finally learn how to use my digital camera. I was pretty good with my film camera but this no longer newfangled stuff remains frustrating.

i've been away from you a long time

and undergoing more than my usual pre-holiday, holiday, and post-holiday gloom and ruminations.

But I have been making things and decisions and such. One decision is to take up the blog again. So here I am. And here are three small paintings (6 x 8 inches) I did for an open call to benefit a gallery in Beacon, NY:

Stuck for titles, I called them Guardians 1, 2, and 3