...seems to come with a lot of snowflakes in this house.
Thursday, 6 February 2025
Winter studio play...
Thursday, 30 January 2025
Grandkids are the best, aren't they?
I especially like the bit where they're learning to talk, and one of my favourite word scrambles came from Owen when he was around two years old as he attempted 'camoflage' for the first time. It's been niggling at me ever since - this study for a possible future painting arose from his spoonerism.
Study for Ineffective Camelflage 2025 5.5" x 7" |
Starting with an alcohol ink background (second photo below), I added some mark-making with Sharpie paint pens and then masked the camel off.
Thursday, 23 January 2025
While this post is...
...short on artwork photos, it's not because the week has been lax in any manner.
The big news, for me, is that I've finished my tenure as President on our condo association . The last months have truly felt like years, and I'm doing so much happy dancing and singing I'm sure you could hear it all from where you are. This means I will actually have some time to spend in the studio and I fully intend to get crazy experimental with it,
starting with some abstract colour play in the mini journal, and using a piece of canvas as a palette.
I've been ironing snowflakes (every time I use that phrase, I think how crazy it sounds), and may eventually get to the card/painting I have in mind.
I've also made a couple of birthday cards for condo residents who are celebrating this week - one for a full 80 years and the other for 82.
And I took a few moments for some household signage that will help John with his memory.
These aids continue to grow in number and I hope will continue to help for some time yet.
I hope that you had something fabulous to celebrate this week - do let me know in the comments, if so!
Thursday, 16 January 2025
It's a quick and lackadaisical post...
...today, given that not too much has been happening in the studio this week. I've been lounging like a swooning 1920's flapper on a fainting couch, due to a oh-so-severe cold.
I did get a feeble start on filling another mini journal; this one will be all about colour and texture, although it's hard to tell from this photo.
The remainder of the week has been mostly R & R as I beat this bug into submission. I'll be back next week with something more exciting to display, with luck. Send those healing vibes to me in the meantime, will you? Many thanks!!
Thursday, 9 January 2025
Am I tidy?
Not in the studio, I'd say. I did, however, spending some time sorting and doing some finishing details on projects completed last year. I actually labelled the mini collage book, as well as the quote book, so they're presentable and identifiable.
^ That collage book looks as though it's choking it's stuffed so full!
The quote book books like a party with all those ribbons and beads pouring out from the envelopes.
Thursday, 2 January 2025
2024 is gone...
...and I was wondering how it went so fast, especially in the studio, until I realized just how much I'd accomplished.
I finished 'Another World' (a 3 x 4' project that was a year in the making),
And of course, there were many more forays into the studio than these, from gel printing frenzies, play dates with artist friends, glazing experiments, a massive project to sort 114 years of family photos, Christmas card-making, paintings for the grandchildrens' birthdays, and hosting a group of ladies to create bookmarks for the library.
In truth, my studio life is just as much about decreasing my stash of paper scraps as it is about creating new things or fund-raising on behalf of the library. As always, I am hugely grateful for my creative life.