We had a workshop last March to decorate hats for our Ladies Tea. This isn’t a portrait of the woman wearing the hat, it’s a painting of a woman wearing a hat.
Hats
The Fine Ladies “made” their hats for an afternoon tea. This is a painting, not a portrait of a lady or a hat. I’m still struggling with acrylics. Here’s a chapter of that struggle.
Crumpled grid
Superstorm Sandy knocked out one quarter of the power grid and communications. I’ve been working on the idea of Modern Muses on these round pieces. Maybe this is the throw down between Mother Nature and Calliope, the Muse of Communication.
Schism
My sons who were best friends growing up are not talking. Women, I hate to say, have caused the schism. Gregg and I are going to wait until they figure it out. It’s not my FAULT. I feel like there is an axe between my eyes.
I must be nuts.
Fines Creek Bluegrass Jam is Aug. 24 &25. Then I’m part of a group show, NoHa, that we start installing Aug. 27. Opening is Sept. 7. It is exciting being an artist. No 9-5 or regular paycheck!
Color addict
I’ve been doing a different kind of work with the Modern Muses. They are more assemblage. I needed a color fix!.
Quilt Square
The Dead Man in the Creek quilt square was delivered by Kay Miller on Fri. July 15. This is the second work of public art in Fines Creek. The first is the War Memorial. All communities benefit from public art.
I’ll try to post.
I post on two computers, laptop and desktop, and WordPress is NOT HAPPY. Or I have a scummy virus, thanks A…holes. Anyway, the Gorgon may lose her post it notes. They were entirely toooo cheerful.
Gorgon-Muse of Women
This is part of my modern day muses. If necessities cost the same for everyone, how do women live on .77 on the dollar? This is just the beginning of her hair. I lived in Dallas for awhile. This girl is going to have BIG hair.
Gorgon
I found these round pieces of plywood at the Habitat Resale shop. I also ran across and idea in an old journal of the Muses. So I have nine rounds and I’m referring to the 21st century muses. Polyhymnia is the muse of womanly things, but thinking of how to live on 77 cents on a dollar, with the cost of necessities not the least bit easier on the female side, the muse had become a Gorgon. The kids encyclopedia’s from the library on snakes was both cool and CREEPY. Thanks to the Fines Creek Branch of the Haywood Public Library.