We spend a lot of time in our bathrooms - so, why not have some orginal art to look at while your blow drying your hair or brushing your teeth? This was the thought process of the owner of these two new stretched and framed silks.
Scranton was alive and very well for First Friday. A new gallery is on the scene - New Visions Studio and Gallery at 201 Vine Street Scranton which had a juried show the theme being 'Family Ties.' I entered a piece I did in 2000 which the investigated my fear of life without my dad.
If you eat the whole thing like an orange - you've got two of your five servings in - bam, done.... and so so yummy!
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......
