Here it is…my donation to the art auction to raise money for the Montgomery student trip to Europe. I could not part with one of my latest ink and watercolor nudes…decided to do something completely new…and love the outcome…I think Stowe would like these too…after the weekend…I am going to be busy. My kids are in the fourth of july parade tomorrow…busy making signs for the kids to hold in the parade. Good times…I have a houseful of friends coming to visit. Wish you a festive fourth. (22×28 watercolor and ink on paper)
Walking Down The Catwalk
03Jul08Weeds By The River 03
02Jul08
“The first draft of anything is shit.” - Ernest Hemingway How apropos for my work. Sorry for the weed stint…very easy for me to do first thing in the morning…be present fully in my work…mornings provide a natural state of calmness…everything is still…quiet…kids busy with activity…get rid of all the bling…set intentions for the day. Finding it easier to manifest things these days…positive sign from the universe. (oil pastel)
Weeds By The River 02
01Jul08
A sort of break from my usual…color work is refreshing…scribbling…more cathartic! Today need to decide what to donate to art auction to raise money for local Montgomery student for educational trip to Europe. I want to go. Maybe I will do something with these weeds…I could frame four of them and give as a set! (oil pastel on paper)
Weeds By The River
30Jun08
My morning sketch…relaxed in my astute way…sipping coffee…kids playing on the trampoline in the background…this is how I disappear…away from the world of thoughts in my head…senses fail me…scribbling away…the prettiest weeds I ever did see…dreaming again by the river…like I always do…you just never know…just moments…amusing and (8×10 oil pastel)
Springtime Orgy 04
27Jun08
Ah yes…these are starting to take shape. Evolving…most definitely. Waking up. I was selected to be an exhibitor at the Stowe Arts Festival. Extremely thrilled about this…as my next step was to figure out how to capture the Stowe market. I am smiling…lots of love in my sweet existence. I think I am finally getting what the great beings have known…be perpetually awake and present. (18×24 oil on linen)
Springtime Orgy 03
25Jun08
This is more my style…abstract…yet full of life. Painting easily allows an altered dimension…be here now…a cushioned place…thoughts…not able to skew perceptions…the end product a meditative creation of art. I can not imagine any other existence…what I am doing right now. Did I mention I hosted a bake sale through moveon.org and raised 134.00 for the Obama campaign…kudos to all who donated…even the biker Canadians left a 20.00 Canadian bill…you know when the Canadians are giving for the cause…the world shall have a global candidate. (18×24 oil on linen)
Springtime Orgy 02
24Jun08
In search of the perfect words…flip open my closest zen book. “Now that does not mean go up to a mountain and live in a cave. It means you do what you do because that’s what the harmony of the universe requires.” Everything is done without attachment…most especially love. I need a meditation box. A safe place to enter…shut down the senses…sit or lie down…purge myself of the inner ridiculous emotional drama. Just be. From that place…all is manifested…in perfect harmony with the universe. Life is like an art gallery…a new friend asked me why I left my front door open…you never know who is going to stroll in…attracting and manifesting in every moment. Shortly later a couple from Montreal staying at the charming B&B inn down the street walked into my gallery…to be entertained by Christine and friends…so very cool…whirling in the Christine vortex… ps…still working on these…far from finished…painting makes me present…now the challenge of aligning my inner purpose with the outer. Can she do it? (18×24 oil on linen)
Springtime Orgy
23Jun08
My preference…start with a clean canvas…paint whatever it is from your head…personally not a big fan of models and live figure painting…I just do not have the patience… So what is new…getting tons of local recognition with my gallery space…taking my chances…trying to get into the Stowe Arts Festival…laughing at myself…hosted a bake sale on my front lawn to raise money for moveon.org for the Obama presidential campaign. So many people were gracious…donating their time…baked goods…and spirit…thanks for making the bake sale a success. Going forward…Obama will not be campaigning in Vermont…nor should he…as has 60% plus of the vote…nonetheless…feel the need to do my part to ensure that this happens. Getting a kick at others who attempt to analyze me…really silly…I don’t care…what matters to you…does not matter to me…always on the frantic path of love and peace…will continue to work on this series tomorrow… should darken the background…or stick to less color…which seems to work better for me. (18×24 oil on linen)
Attachment to the Ego
09Jun08
In the process of getting my new work in a gallery in Stowe…a series of framed pencil and ink drawings…everyone…everything…important lessons to teach us…if only westop…look…and listen…let go of the story…let go of the silly story…we are all in this together…I guess…really what is eating at me…is the annoyance of friends who judge…friends who pretend to have your back…and what do I need to do…let go of the need for them to have my back…sweet oxymoron…what are friends for..(pencil and ink)
Is Everybody Else Alright
05Jun08
“Is everybody else alright?” - Bobby Kennedy’s words immediately after he was shot 40 years ago. “What we need in the US is love, compassion, and wisdom…,”words from Kennedy in a speech after the Martin Luther King assassination. Obama’s campaign has been compared to Bobby Kennedy. A progressive candidate who started in politics through community organizing…who opposed the war in Iraq…who is not afraid to stand up to the politics of fear…an African-American became the Democratic nominee for president…the greatest upset in US politics.
Still riding high from the sale of “Talk of the Town” painting. Careful not to spout my good fortune with all in my path…so easy to let my head swell…trying to find absolute rights and wrongs is a trick we play on ourselves to feel secure and comfortable. We can either cling to security…or we can let ourselves feel exposed…completely naked…sounds uncomfortable or frightening…or quite daring and brave…nonetheless egolessness is grounding. (pencil and ink)
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