Oil Cold Wax & My Sketchbook

I know, it’s been a long time, much too long! I am living a minute by minute existence. Alerts,sirens and all clear runs my  days. But, this morning, looking out my bedroom window, my Mulberry tree has sprouted small yellow-green leaves. What, all of a sudden! So my attempt at Haiku! Surprise A burst of yellow green from my bedroom window my mulberry tree blooms! Scrape I Scrape II It’s been so long I have completely forgotten how to use Elementor in Word Press!  Didn’t help to get an alert/siren in the middle! Now let’s see if I remember how to post! click images to enlarge

Slow Burner It’s been a long month New Year’s and all the holidays with weekends mixed in. New gr-granddaughter Ellie, new status! Feel so blessed! New intensive online workshop with Sara Post! Lots of inspiration, Great community! And lots of work! New computer not quite set up! Is it any wonder that my blog was put on slow burner! Just covering the white substrate is enough to give you something to react to.  We looked at various artists work: Helen Frankenthaler Nanou Jacobs John Zurier Inga Dal David Hockney

Upstairs Hey, you guys up there. Yes, I am talking to you! Mohammad, Jesus,Buddha. Jacob, Joseph, Moses! Sara,Lea, Miriam,Rachel! Give  peace! Enough! Click to Enlarge On this eve of Yom Kippur I am feeling lots of mixed emotions and feelings.  This short poem expresses some of those thoughts. Painting Oils and cold wax on paper 15×14 inches with collage pieces.  Visual intentions for the series (10) are use of collage elements, bright colors, geometrical shapes on neutral organic grounds. The collage pieces either newsprint or tissue paper that I had used blotting paint on various works, a technique in working with oils and cold wax.   Submitted this at Cold Wax Academy where we are

New Year The time has come around not feeling happy joyous. Just going with the usual motions. Deep sense of sorrow abandonment loss thinking just a 1 hour drive a nightmare! Yet, in a few hours I will be joining family always a happy time! Bringing apple pie! Just going with the usual motions. Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Poem Written on eve of Rosh HaShana Self explanatory! Week one assignment Scribble a landscape. Go out in nature and with tool “scribble” scribble what you feel about the space, presence in the space, not just view, what is the weather, How to draw air?

Timing 8:00PM-10PM not my time for focusI am a morning person,evening walk with Rutiewhen the heat of the dayhas let up.shower, light supper, wind down time. But, for my Zoom workshopinner clock, mindset changes 12 artists plus instructor,all about artcontemporary drawingscribbling what is an abstract landscapepresence, being in vs viewweathertimeobservation, natural phenomenaan X factor Two hours sped bywas wide awake as ifit was the beginning of the day!       Click to Enlarge Click to enlarge Click to enlarge Click to Enlarge About the Poem I am trying to caption the present moment. Something that when I re-read I can place myself there again. Don’t really know if that makes sense. Hard to

Chance Meeting At the ledge of the poolMy arms stretched on the concreteSoaking up the sun. A small reddish dragonfly dropped down,not far a few feet.Hopped around and stopped. Our eyes met quietly for a few seconds. I slowly swam away letting him continueWhat ever it was that he was doing! Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge It’s been a very hot summer. Hard to get out of the stupor. Funny how just signing up for a workshop with one of my favorite instructors, Sara Post, can change your mindset. Had to do something. On my very messy table some watercolors and gouache paints and a pen. What a good feeling!