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Dippy Eggs and Soldiers | charcoal and pastel still life drawing | 16x12"
There is something elegantly simple about a soft boiled egg for lunch. It doesn't take a bunch of elaborate preparation; it's a quick shot of protein to sustain that "big push" through the afternoon slump, but most of all it stirs a childlike joy in being allowed to play with my food
Nourishment for body and soul
What a glorious week for a road trip!
I have spent a fabulous few days, trekking round NJ delivering work, whilst enjoying the fall sunshine and magnificent autumnal display. And as a splendid reward for my efforts, I have just learned that Red Onion, Center Stage has won an Award of Excellence Woohoo! - I feel a pie celebration is imminent
October 22 - October 31 2010 30th Annual Mountain Art Show and Small Works Sale St John on the Mountain, Bernardsville, NJ see more oil paintings
October 22 - November 29 2010 Yo - Emerging Artists Project : New Voices, New Vision Ross Beitzel Art Gallery at Gloucester County College 1400 Tanyard Road Deptford, NJ www.gccnj.edu/yea
Just a quick reminder that the introductory sales price on 2011 Calendars ends this week
Twelve mini desk vacations for just $10!
A Dusty Cluster - still life oil painting of juicy grapes | 20" x 16"
Another of the summer's juicy new paintings finally hit the scanner this week.
Juicy red burgundy merging with deep black purple, the dusty lavender bloom and golden highlights - such fun to try and capture. And at 20" x 16' these are grapes are a monster vintage!
The fruits of this summer's painting spree will be making their public debut at the Lions Club fundraiser this week. Last year was a terrific evening - great food, splendid amounts of wine and lots of great new artists to meet
Looking forward to a yummy evening!
Thursday 14th October 7 - 10pm
The Birchwood Manor 111 North Jefferson Road Whippany, New Jersey
Includes Wine Seminar, Hors D’oeuvres, Music, Prizes and Art Exhibit Tickets $50.00 per person
To purchase tickets or for more information, please contact Marie at 973-326-9750, ext. 211.
Chakaia Booker's feathery rubber teepee emerging from behind a chartreuse bank of grass - simply stunning in the fall sunshine. Organic shapes from industrial waste, casting dramatic shadows and framing views of the landscape beyond. Treasure from trash - just my kind of thing
And as the rubber tires gently warm in the sunshine, the pungent smell adds another level of enjoyment Smelly Sculpture - marvelous!
Although the gallery show ends in December, the outdoor sculptures will remain until next July. I can't wait to see these in the snow...surrounded by daffodils...drenched by spring rains...bleached and weathered by the summer sun
Cut, Weld and Build Process in Works by Chakaia Booker
Inside Gallery : October 1, 2010 – December 3, 2010 Sculpture Park : October 1, 2010 - July 2011
Visual Arts Center of New Jersey 68 Elm St., Summit, NJ 07901 908-273-9121, fax 908-273-1457 www.artcenternj.org
30 days hath SeptemberNot too many can I remember
well, on leafing back through my calendar I see there were...
(and a Partridge in a Pear Tree?)
NOPE - some splendid new mini calendars
WOW - no wonder I don't remember September...or much of August come to think of it Thank the lord for diaries...and calendars...Aide-mémoires for the Hard of Thinking
Two weeks ago I was cursing the humidity; oppressed by the ever singing cicadas and joyfully buying furry boots in anticipation of the glorious snows to come
But this week summer seems to be making a premature departure here in the Northeast US, and I feel slightly cheated. Surely there should be at least two more weeks before my house is full of crispy leaves and I risk being brained by an acorn just taking out the trash
So I wondered if a West Coast LA sunset, complete with sun-kissed palms, might conjure us up a few more weeks, maybe even an Indian Summer. pretty please?
It is a well tested phenomenon that 20 minutes after eating a Chinese meal, you want another one Seems it goes for drawing them too
During the last large still life drawing, I discovered that splendid orange shadow cast on the noodle box and knew it needed a picture of its own - more space to breath
I am loving this paper too - Johannot by Canson - it gives a very soft, velvety finish to the drawing that I really like. I am keeping working notes on all the papers I try in an online scrapbook. So if you are another weirdo who loves paper a little too much, then leave me a recommendation for your favorite at The Paperphiles
Hey, for some women it's shoes - me, I go weak at the knees in a paper store. I remember the day I found Kate's Paperie in New York - boy that was a good day!
(Actually, I quite like shoes too)
Description : Large charcoal and pastel still life drawing of left over sweet and sour sauce and Chinese noodle box
Well the new shelves are really paying off - I have 4 new oil paintings drying, as well as the promised second Chinese Take Out drawing And whilst they were drying, I found time to finish the second embellished giclee print. This one is in Red Oxide, Violet, Oxide Green Tint and a few smudges of White
I think I shall treat myself to another charcoal forest drawing soon, just because they are so much fun to draw And now I just need to organize some more drying space
Hmmmm - more shelves?