weekend class

i'm so excited

i just finished packing all my supplies

(way too much)

my friend carmi is hosting

jane wynn

2 days of jewelry making and fun

can't wait to see what creativity we come up with

stay tuned..................

exposed

i finally got my film developed

i almost forgot what was on the 4 rolls i brought in

i posted some on my toy camera flickr page

i just love the unexpected and can't remember how many times

i exposed the same photo

i must keep better notes or get my film developed faster

giving thanks

change of season

it was a spectacular fall day

as i was driving along the country side roads

enjoying the wide open spaces

seeing all the beautiful colours

i kept thinking about a poem i read on

inspire me thursday

"out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,

there is a field.

i'll meet you there.

when the soul lies down in the grass,

the world is too full to talk about.

ideas, language-even the phrase

"each other"- doesn't make any sense."

Rumi

i'm still not sure what it means to me

maybe it's connecting with long lost friends

thinking alot about the past

moments of joy and sorrow

and everything in between

no regrets

sacred

this months theme for my photo journal book is sacred

so many things came to mind and when i found this quote

"your sacred space is where you find yourself again and again"

j.campbell

i knew it was my studio

actually i have spilled out into three other rooms and two closets

i've always said that my art is my therapy

my meditation

i'm so lucky to have the space and time to do what i love

encaustic class

i'm really loving this medium

the gorey detales

last year i was invited by my friend sylvia luna to be a part of

the gorey detales

inspired by edward gorey's "the gashlycrumb tinies"

26 artist, one for each letter of the alphabet

where given the assignment to create a macabre piece of art

with a character, and a twisted yet humorous rhyme

the collection has been on tour and featured in somerset studio

and will be displayed at the stamp act until halloween

i was given the letter "L"

"Lolita's thirst rose her from the crypt

thoughts of piercing the hemophiliacs lip "

my canvas was made of several layers of

cardboard, old newspaper and book pages

wallpaper, plaster, crackle paste and paint

the photo was found in an old scrap book i bought

at an antique show

i scrapped out a mirror and added the photo from behind

and set the frame into the canvas

i enjoyed working on this project and to be in the company of some excellent artists

ramona and thomas ashman, bernie berlin,

katherine brown, david caspar, tiffini elektra x,

sarah fishburn, lisa hoffman, marylinn kelly, lk ludwig,

sylvia luna, deryn mentock, karen michel,

celine navarro, jen osborn, marie otero, angela petsis,

lynne perrella,pilar pollock, jane and richard salley,

kelly snelling,lynn whipple, jen worden, and thomas wynn.