weavers
ALT: crayon. four horizontal lines, with brown blocks between them like spacers. each line is being grasped by robot or insect-like arms and pincers. they appear tangled, but are staying out of each others’ way.
And what is being woven? In my studio, it’s more of these darn stars.
hug your pet?
ALT: water-soluble crayon, abstract. orange, purple and green stripey background, black lines form something that could be seen as a person holding a pet, or maybe a smaller person. who can say. maybe I watched that beaver kit reel too many times.
Meanwhile, if you’re wondering why all my drawings lately look like I spent 15 minutes or less on them, it’s because I’m spending most of my studio time on these. more darn stars, they seem to be my art-making comfort food at the moment. I’m rolling with it.
ALT: six flower shapes made of yarn and embroidery floss woven around pipe cleaner frames.
fastangle
ALT: water-soluble crayon and pencil, abstract, basically a bunch of squiggly lines in green, orange and purple. they resemble string or something organic.
And also, part of why my drawings of late have been so fast and loose is that I’ve given in to my frequent wintertime passion for tying knots. Here’s a bit of what I’ve been doing at my table, instead of drawing or painting.
ALT: five stars made with pipe-cleaners, and woven and sewn yarn. a variety of color and stitch patterns. Two are 5-pointed, the rest with six points. I call them “darn stars” as they use various techniques for mending holes in clothing.
I’m just posting these b/c I like the way they look all in a batch. Look back at my 22 June post to see the template for these little ink puddles.
I might start making 9 at a time, just so I can have an even grid.
the Guardian, one more time. I’m posting the first two versions below the ALT text, as well as the original National Geographic photo, just to have them all in one place.
ALT: crayon drawing referencing that same photo of the elephant poacher guard leaning on a spear. It is pretty much completely abstracted in this version, with the gold robe, green and reddish ground, and a purple arc of sky. Below are the original photo reference, and the two previous drawing interpretations I’ve posted.
here are those flowers again, with even more colors. Still not finished, I don’t think.
ALT: the three flowers under a flower sun picture again, but now all the white areas are filled in, and the “sun” is a rather lurid blue and orange ring. Not sure I love the color balance yet.
I did not get to my studio today because preparing and hosting the opening reception for my little show, which was lovely. I did get to practice flower arranging.
I submit Proof of Cake
and also proof of Kate, with Rose Watson, my Harmony Collective cake fairy
here are some pictures of the art I’m showing. It’s all from before my daily art practice, the late ’80s to the ’90’s. It has mostly lived in folders in drawers since then.
I think it’s finished now.
below are the two previous posted versions
ALT: pop art tabby cat, copper with blue stripes and a white bib, two large floating flower blossoms, and a butterfly. The version directly below it has the colors but now shading, and the original post on 3/21/24 was a black and white line drawing.
Originally posted for 3/19/25, now with colors. This may not be quite done, but it’s more done than it was. You can go back to the original post, print it out, and add your own colors if you wish.
ALT: The line drawing of a tree by a stream from 3/19/25, now with watercolors added. So, sunset yellows and reds in the sky, pink flower blossoms, blue stream with yellow splashes, purple hills, and the tree is shadowy purples and reddish browns. One trailing branch, which is kind of weird, and the big root up front really looks like a foot or a toe.
the looming inevitable
Watching the descent of the US government into authoritarian oligarchy reminds me of the way I felt in January and February of 2020, watching the pandemic make its way to our shores while people who were in a position to take useful action instead were dismissive of the people who had information and experience. It’s horrifying.
ALT: ink brush painting of a breaking wave preceding what might be a massive wall of ocean. The colors are gray, yellow, reddish and purple. It didn’t come out looking as ominous as I was feeling it to be, but there are three little pips right under the curling breaker, and a few more surfing over the top of it.
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