March 9, 2010 | Posted By: Annie | No Comments
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A little bit late for this, but mainly posting this for Teresa, curator of Art & Light (where we had the show) who was gone the weekend of the show on a much deserved cruise. . . and for all the people who couldn’t come so they know what they missed : )
I now have over a pound of amazing butter left over, wrapped away in the fridge that and is contributing heartily to the delay of my winter fat loss. I think it is a bit funny the jam labels itself “home made style”, come one people, I couldn’t make everything from scratch.
A very funny music video a friend sent me, and I am sending it now to you. Clever!
March 8, 2010 | Posted By: Annie | No Comments
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One of the latest deliveries to our door step. Walton Ford’s Pancha Tantra, a huge volume, a tome!
I first found him, interestingly enough, in the pages of Vogue, I think in the Index section. . . I read as much on online as I could find and watched the Art 21 “Humor” episode from the second season. . .crazy how he is so matter of fact about his art amidst all the abstract mumbo jumbo usually explained on those segments.
His art is exquisite, consistent and gruesome. Based mainly on writings and whim.
Amazing to me, how has he accomplished so much?! How are they so precise and consistent!? How is he the darling of high culture but yet comes across so normal. . .
March 6, 2010 | Posted By: Annie | No Comments
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I got this last Saturday for nearly nothing at an antique store that was going out of business. Hot pink! South American the tag presumed. Its quite large actually, about the size of throw for a couch, though it is rather scratchy. I love the patterns and I love the lines of girls, there are only girls on the weaving which is fascinating to me. Perhaps it was woven for a friend. Or a daughter. I found a long dark hair woven into the fiber, I wonder whose it was?
March 5, 2010 | Posted By: Annie | 2 Comments
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Annalsia’s farm square, I wish I had gotten a shot from afar. I am in love with that white bull, Chris likes those spotted cows, and everyone seemed partial to the pigs. Her honey butter for the New Year’s bread was quite a hit too. . . I think they were just getting the bread as a means for consuming the honey butter. . .
So tired and my throat hurts! it was nice to see lots of nice people. . . I didn’t get many pictures, too distracted. It all came together nicely. I had more up but alas, the photos didn’t happen to come out very well. Many reflections upon seeing my latest work after the hours of drawing. I feel as though I need to write them down so I have directions to refer to for the future. . . I know it will involve owls, and moths and hawks and largeness and frames.
March 5, 2010 | Posted By: Annie | 2 Comments
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I think today I’ll post these photos of a commission I had done for a friend, because they finally have them now, and to remind me that this was part of the work I did the past few months when I look at the walls of my art show and wonder why it seems there should be more to show for my hours of sketching and glazing. I was so happy to see them in the home they belonged to, for the wall that was ready for them and the lovely people they would live with.
Tonight is the opening of my show. I have a large roll of the best butter from Happy Cow creamery and some jars of jam from NC that really is the same price as you could get in a store. I hope I have enough bread! I am a very social person, but I do get nervous at shows, art is so personal and its hanging there for everyone to see.
March 4, 2010 | Posted By: Annie | 2 Comments
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Today Annalisa and I made this lovely bread for our show opening tomorrow. It is a Swiss New Year’s bread that my mother and grandmother (and so on back down the line) always make around Christmas and sometimes Easter. It was quite time consuming but well worth the effort. It tastes divine and the act of weaving four strands of dough is actually very satisfying. Come tomorrow if you are in town, the bread will be there too, along with butter and jam. . .
Oh yes, I must mention that I decided not to attempt complete hand kneading the 14 cup-of-flour-dough and did it in three shifts in my kitchen aide. Needless to say, it was still a bit much. While I had my back turned the mixer had worked its way to the edge and proceeded to dive off the counter and inflict a large dent in the linoleum. Sure glad a certain toddler wasn’t wandering around the kitchen at the time! Sorry landlady dear, it was the mixer, really it was. . .
March 4, 2010 | Posted By: Annie | No Comments
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Tuesday, spent the day tying up lose ends for my show. . .
The snow fell all day long, but mysteriously did not accumulate hardly at all. The view from ancient wavy glass in our studio windows. Below, the view of my desk, a stack ready to be sprayed with fixative one last time. I like how they look all together like that.
Those trees in the snow remind me of this dry point print that I posted about a while ago. . . guess what!? Lee actually sent me one and it is about to get framed for my wall as we speak! I can’t wait.
February 28, 2010 | Posted By: Annie | 2 Comments
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Here is another reason I haven’t been on the internet here on my blog home or anywhere else for that matter. . .I love how this one turned out! But, I discovered that in taking it home to work on the drawing step I skipped the part where I trace the window of the frame onto the panel so I know the margins. . . turns out the awesome ornate frame I painted powdery white to match the background actually hides half and inch all the way around the painting. That’s exactly what I would expect from my spastic brain. . . but anyways that means I am going to do another large one in the same sort of subject manner. Maybe two. Hopefully done by the White Whale Spring show.
The Curiouser and Curiouser show opened at Gallery Nucleus over the weekend. I wish I could have been there. And oh my! I am in the same show as the likes of Sterling Hundley and Chris Appelhans!!!!! Crazy! The Gallery’s photo of my painting is much better. . . and also check out my friend Cory’s pieces in the show, the Cat , my favorite .
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