May 10, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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Here, some more photos of all those little ones I worked on for ages. It seemed as though they should take up so much more space. So excited that they found really fabulous homes, one in the soon-to-be nursery of Marco and his wife, one with the terrific Diane and one with her neighbor, one with darling Barb, two to dear friend Gwen, and another went with a gentleman named Clearance. Oh goodness! and my favorite Luna moth is traveling through states to live with Tim. Hurray! and The Hawk , is definitely coming home with me. I really am in quite taken with him, I’m not sure he’ll ever see a price tag again.
May 10, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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My husband and I both agreed, the week before was bursting with a month’s worth of work. And then bang sizzle sizzle, the night was like through like a sparkler. A quick beautiful one. The gallery and studios, perfect and quiet and then suddenly bursting with people, a line of cars that stretched far down the street. Every new face and every familiar face made all our toiling so worth it. Many little paintings and I parted ways I am happy to say. The rest will soon end up in the much neglected etsy shop.
This happens every time, I wish I had gotten ore photos. . . more of the wonderful porch, of everyone’s work on the walls, of the people, the bounty of food. . .
The top two by a well-prepared friend, Jenny, so glad she brought her camera. The very top one, the wonderful cozy porch and the kind, eloquent Dr. Raff. The great big house in the dark, my desk and the growing stack of inspiration binders. I wish I had gotten more of Mollie’s birds she frantically finished for us. I am in love with them, yes, Mollie you will be missing two when I return the rest to you, I must buy them for my own, they were just way too fabulous above my desk.
April 23, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
Filed Under Annie, Art Shows, For Sale, Our Artwork
I know that I may have promised certain people more owls for the WW May show. . . but the proliferation of botanical specimens in my yard distracted me. More owls for the fall show and Indie Craft Parade, thats a promise.
This newly finished one, Luna, Mystery Weed and tribute to the Schiele Girl in the Striped Dress? Ok, so maybe that’s not the real title, I hate picking titles. I’ll just say that this is another milestone for me, a return to my former true art self. (weeeeeirdo. . .) What I mean is, I realized, that as I was finishing this one that it looked so much like my oil work in college ( I had been oil painting at least six years by then, I’ve been in acrylic about five now). The thick loose brushieness over glazes. And the color palette (yes, the obsession again) I can’t tell you how familiar it feels, I think perhaps these colors were in nearly every painting I produced from that time period, tubes and tubes or cerulean and the siennas. And I don’t mind actually. I guess returning to old techniques can be a good thing sometimes. We’ll see what the public thinks about it.
Below, another painting of the mystery weed, and a thank you to Paul Flint for tipping me off about this gray/blue paint was in the oops stack at paint store. A gallon of it for pocket change, yay.
April 22, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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The intricate and lovely work of Mary Jo Watson, a fellow artist at White Whale Studio. Her grandmother taught her pine needle basket weaving, and she is taking it to a new level of creativity. I love, love, the little woven circles, they are so beautiful hanging in bundles. I wish I had gotten more, better photos of her work, I need to get some more good ones. Come to our WW show in May and see for yourself! And meet her, she’s very sweet.
April 21, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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This has been one of sister Erin and my friend Libby’s most recent project, Indie Craft Parade. We’ve wanted a good quality craft fair for awhile here in Greenville and now we’ve got one! Check out the awesome site that just went up, apply if you are an artist or crafter in the Southeast, or mark it on your calendars if you love buying and being amongst handmade goods. I’m so excited!!!
March 9, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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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 on 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 5, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
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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 4, 2010 | Posted By: Annie
Filed Under Art Shows, Life
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. . .
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