In any event, I hope you have a lovely day.
Happy Valentine's Day (and Night)
Oil on paper
I love how this one turned out...a bit Picasso-esque I thought...
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Showing posts with label Day. Show all posts
Sunday, February 14, 2016
Happy Valentine's Day and Night
I've been out of circulation for awhile and have quite a bit to post. I guess I'll have to go out of order, and begin with Valentine's Day and work my way backwards in posts.
In any event, I hope you have a lovely day.
I love how this one turned out...a bit Picasso-esque I thought...
In any event, I hope you have a lovely day.
I love how this one turned out...a bit Picasso-esque I thought...
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Day 145. Robert Turned His Nose Up At The Day
Unbelievable! First he couldn't find the belt to his smoking jacket and now his espresso machine wouldn't work?
Robert turned his nose up at the day and went back to bed.
When I first started this painting, I had the canvas upside side. Once I had rubbed some Winsor & Newton drawing ink into the canvas, I thought I could see a penguin yelling at its offspring. I flipped it around and saw "Robert" instead and so went that way. Now when I turn the finished product upside down, I get this below. It looks like a monster having a good time in a go cart* with headlights. Ha! I think you could spin this one according to your mood. (-:
*Just an aside, I see spellings for this word as go cart, go-cart, go kart, gokart, go-kart. Wild.
Robert turned his nose up at the day and went back to bed.
When I first started this painting, I had the canvas upside side. Once I had rubbed some Winsor & Newton drawing ink into the canvas, I thought I could see a penguin yelling at its offspring. I flipped it around and saw "Robert" instead and so went that way. Now when I turn the finished product upside down, I get this below. It looks like a monster having a good time in a go cart* with headlights. Ha! I think you could spin this one according to your mood. (-:
*Just an aside, I see spellings for this word as go cart, go-cart, go kart, gokart, go-kart. Wild.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Day 107. Bad Day
Bad, m and effing day.
Here's the musical equivalent to the visual. One furious super rock song isn't enough to convey the day--must combine two.
Led Zeppelin vs. The Beatles - Whole Lotta Helter Skelter (Soundhog)
Or maybe this tidbit...
Welcome to the Jungle - Guns 'n' Roses
Friday, March 29, 2013
Day 94. How to Plant an Underground Gallery - SOLD
Spring has finally sprung!
While I was out walking my dog, Ebert, today, I breathed in the sights and smells of spring. Little buds are just beginning to show. Luckily, E-bow decided to really sniff out a patch of grass, and I really had a chance to examine these little leaf embryos (see them in last 2 pics below). Balled up like little shy fists, they're just starting to become brave enough to open their eyes to the world. The folds they're still behind though, reminded me a conversation I had with a woman last week.
I was waiting on her, and she asked me if I was teaching Spanish (I don't know how she knows I have taught it.). Anyway, I said I was focusing on my art work right now, and she told me the following story. She said that sometimes she will draw a picture on a small scrap of paper. She'll then fold it up into a tiny piece of paper, like a bud. Sometimes she decides that she will score it with a sharp knife in order to "get it going" like an apricot seed. Then she plants it in the ground and waters it.
Well, I thought, what a grand idea! And when I saw those little balled up, green gems on my neighbor's young tree, I remembered the paper art garden lady. (This is what I'm calling her since I don't know her name.) I think, what if we could actually plant art underground? What if you started with just a tiny little picture, a 2" x 3" scrap of paper? Would a 24" x 36" fully-painted canvas pop up like a towering sunflower? Or would the art just grow deeply underground--a magnificent gallery show for earthworms? And sometimes on a summer day, you would stare down at your bare feet burrowed into the green grass and think how beautiful the lawn looks, never realizing it's really because it is glowing from the creations below it.
While I was out walking my dog, Ebert, today, I breathed in the sights and smells of spring. Little buds are just beginning to show. Luckily, E-bow decided to really sniff out a patch of grass, and I really had a chance to examine these little leaf embryos (see them in last 2 pics below). Balled up like little shy fists, they're just starting to become brave enough to open their eyes to the world. The folds they're still behind though, reminded me a conversation I had with a woman last week.
I was waiting on her, and she asked me if I was teaching Spanish (I don't know how she knows I have taught it.). Anyway, I said I was focusing on my art work right now, and she told me the following story. She said that sometimes she will draw a picture on a small scrap of paper. She'll then fold it up into a tiny piece of paper, like a bud. Sometimes she decides that she will score it with a sharp knife in order to "get it going" like an apricot seed. Then she plants it in the ground and waters it.
Well, I thought, what a grand idea! And when I saw those little balled up, green gems on my neighbor's young tree, I remembered the paper art garden lady. (This is what I'm calling her since I don't know her name.) I think, what if we could actually plant art underground? What if you started with just a tiny little picture, a 2" x 3" scrap of paper? Would a 24" x 36" fully-painted canvas pop up like a towering sunflower? Or would the art just grow deeply underground--a magnificent gallery show for earthworms? And sometimes on a summer day, you would stare down at your bare feet burrowed into the green grass and think how beautiful the lawn looks, never realizing it's really because it is glowing from the creations below it.
The little buds that led to this painting:
Sun, give us more. Let's go! (-:
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