While continuing my series of drawings on TerraSkin, I see a new direction. I began adding color, using the many varieties of India ink even though I liked the monochromatic images. Then came the realization that perhaps they could be translated into paintings. Now comes the experimentation with larger works on board in anticipation of adding … Continue reading
Category Archives: Musing
Deep Water
I am spending days in the studio this week working on paintings I had hidden from my view so that I could think about them in the abstract, so to speak. When I turned them around to view them on Monday of this week, I had a renewed interest and began to find a way … Continue reading
Visual Journaling
On my way to the studio and when I’m traveling anywhere, I take photos. They are snapshots or as I call them, quickshots. I’m always looking and gathering information. Certainly not in any formal way but it is a way of satisfying my curiosity about the world I circulate within. I think of it as … Continue reading
Creative Risks
Moving on to Blogathon Day 10, I have no problem talking about risks since that’s what I do everyday. When I enter the studio in the morning, it is all about risks. The images made here are not always risky per se but I’m sure you face what I do when you stand in front … Continue reading
Haiku
Day 9’s prompt for C4Atlanta’s Blogathon is to create a Haiku. sweet light deep memory puzzle wind blowing layers
Red And Blue
Day Eight C4Atlanta Blogathon I dwell in both oceans, the red and the blue
A thousand words
Day Six and Still Counting
Today I decided to post the prompts from the C4Atlanta Blogathon and answer them in order. Where are you geographically? I love this question. My studio is located in Metro-Atlanta, Georgia..Marietta, Georgia in the Artisan Resource Center. The building was built sometime in the 1940’s and when the owners bought it it was totally trashed. … Continue reading
The Studio
This is the studio before. I moved into this studio last March. For many years, I have had a studio at the Artisan Resource Center. So far I’ve inhabited three studios in this complex. This one the best so far since I have so much room to paint, teach, conduct workshops. What can I say, … Continue reading
Just Pretend It is Yesterday
Yesterday was day four of the blogathon. As for me I was not available to blog as there were family matters to attend to. My mom being the foremost. So I decided maybe this is the day to blog twice. In Ten Years: 1. Publish a book of drawings 2. Finish my video project 3. … Continue reading
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