Yesterday I hung some new pieces in a beautiful home in Shavertown. Val said 'my house is an open canvas' as there were many blank walls begging for some original art work. She picked a pair of salt and pepper shaker paintings for the dining area and a stretched butterfly silk painting for the den. She and her husband commissioned me to do two pieces for their spacious living room - one of a ginkgo and one of lupine - both images have symbolic significance to their life together with their three beautiful kids.
NVLLA DIES SINE LINEA --- NO DAY WITHOUT A LINE
This is the motto of the Art Students League in New York City where I went every day for four years. It was my world - everyone was enthralled with learning everything they could about art. We all drew from the model religiously. When in a "slump" I'm reminded by several artists friends to .... just draw. It soothes me - takes the pressure off and almost always leads me to a better connection with ideas that need to be nurtured into paintings.
Here are some sketches from my moleskin sketchbook - I have been pretty good at a drawing a day......
Yesterday I added fairies and birds to Tess's freshly painted pink/ orange room. She was very intent that the fairies and birds sing to her which her dad promised would happen as she fell asleep. Her big sister Sophia was great support as I was painting and even let me borrow a dab of her newly aquired black acrylic paint - thanks Phia!!!!
This week I imagined myself in some exotic place as I painted bougainvillea above three entrances in a beautiful home in the woods in Dallas, Pa.
I like the idea that an image can give us energy - all day long one has the priviledge to look at things that have the power to uplift them and chose thoughts that feel just a little bit better.
