It's a new year - I'm in a new studio... and I have lots and lots of empty canvases and surfaces waiting ..... this is the hardest part of the process - there is a whole ritual of ridiculous behavior which goes on before settling down and looking at that blank surface square in the face and ... beginning. My Molskine journals pave the way... always.
He said " I want to give her something beyond the ordinary for Christmas this year..." - The solution? - A portrait of their son done in pencil. Did it work? Yep......
When I was asked to do this commission years ago, I didn't grasp the concept of working as a team to get to a higher ground. In a peloton, one leads for awhile and then when tired another biker rides up to take the on wind for the good of the group. I understand more and more the idea of sharing life with others, of asking for help when needed as opposed to doing it all alone. So many people help me on a daily basis and I am so grateful. This season when it's dark and cold the light we share with one another is, to me, what the season is all about.
E.H.Shepard illustrated the original Winnie the Pooh book. Today I finished a mural for the nursery of the soon to be Anna Katherine who will be arriving on the scene in February. While painting her mural I was able to look out the window and see the similar colors Shepard used - although Winnie, Eeyore, Piglet, Kanga, Roo, Kanga, Tigger and good ol, Christopher weren't included... .they're there in spirit and I have a feeling will be presented in other ways in her room.
Here are the four flowers hanging - emanating the energy of each girl - or so the mother says....
Have you ever heard the question - "if you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?" Well, this is the question that popped in my head but slightly differently. My lastest commission has come to fruition based on this quesion: "if each of your four girls were a flower, what kind of flower would they be?" The answer came back - Calla lilly for the oldest daugther, Dahlia and sunflower for the middle girls and tulip for the youngest. Pretty cool answer and pretty cool installation that took ... eight hours to hang. Thanks to Marquis art and frame and four awesome guys who helped hang these over eight feet paintings. Stay tuned for the completed installation... coming to your computer soon...... : )!
