January 23, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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Encaustic show at Art and Light soon. I melt the refined beeswax in cans on a gridle and brush it over the drawings on wooden panels, I’ve never done this before, it really is trial and error. I do have a feeling I’m going to keep on loving it. I love the way the wax feels all smooth and hard, and the way it makes the drawing underneath slightly hazy where it pools thicker. One technique I think is fabulous is the ability to rub and transfer drawings in layers onto the wax. These still need some white wax triangles, some more transfer drawings and then I’ll etch a moth into the surface and rub white paint into the grooves. Providing it doesn’t all get melted off in the process. . . I”ve done that once already.
January 21, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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Making my geometric patterns personal, the man below is my grandfather (I think he is very handsome). He died last spring while sleeping in his easy chair at the ripe old age of nearly ninety. He was wonderful, and I miss him every day. My mother gave me his army card from when he fought in World War II. I look at it all the time. Now that he is gone I have somehow been more interested in his genes, or at least the fact that he is Native American. The skin of my family never really affected me that much before, I just listened to his stories and looked for clothes that flattered my olive undertones. Now, I think somehow it helps me hang on to him a little longer and it allows me to find out more about him even still. I can say alot, I’ll just tell you lately I have spent nights peering at little images of baskets and pots and doodling out rhythms. I think next I’ll start examining persian rugs. . .I’m not from Persia but I have two on my floor and I really really like them. Does that count?
January 21, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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For Christopher, because he likes wood and bikes. James Cohan Gallery, Alison Elizabeth Taylor.
I also love the sculptures of Roxy Paine and Yinka.
Working in wax today ( I am falling in love, thank you bees ) and fighting a crick in the neck. Photos of the Encaustic process to come. . .
January 20, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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I was looking for pine cones leftover from fall, though I think all the squirrels got them first. I don’t feel that bad for myself though, I wasn’t planning on using the cones for a food source. As I looked I thought I saw a large fuzzy slug, then I saw more and more and more. The strange thing is, I have been in this house for three years and have searched this spot many times and never saw these creatures. I wish they were creatures, only some sort of pod that falls every four years. I know there are a lot of photos, I couldn’t stop. They are so pretty. Does any one know what they are? I would like to make sure I have one of these trees where ever I happen to live.
January 19, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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Saw this print over Chris’s shoulder last week. I don’t think this could get any better, perhaps only if it was hanging off my wall. The Washington Printmaker’s Gallery. Print by Lee Newman.
January 19, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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Yesterday was perfect, the air and the sun and the breeze. The earth was not ready for spring yet despite the warm air, but I found quite alot of beautiful things despite the dormancy. I am in love with the branch at the top, it is copper and bronze and fringey. The velvet pods? They are a mystery to me and there will be more. . .
Something nearly better than golden nature treasures. . . Mast Brother’s chocolate wrapped in golden papers. . . the selby tour I can’t stop flipping through, and their site.
January 19, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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Treasures from an estate sale I went to with my sister last week. The house was on a high hill and all their things laid out, lots of old furniture, darling little old lady clothes, fancy antiques and all their pots and pans. So strange to see the artifacts of someone’s life spread for sale in their own house. I wish I had known who they were.
The two pots, just dollars! Judging by the rest of the antiques and ebay, I actually think they are persian in origin. The little plant waterer (which isn’t very effective) was too cute to pass up. And there on the bottom, the frog and alligator are gossiping about the new sponge holder by the sink.
January 18, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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For now these two branches wait until studio wednesday, they will get many thin coats of wax then. And the chickadees will get little garlands. And a sprawling mismatched set of little frames will get more paint. And I just now returned from breaking up a screaming cat fight. Literally.
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