Showing posts with label collograph. Show all posts
Showing posts with label collograph. Show all posts

Friday, August 26, 2011

"Hope Realized"

18"18" Rives BFK, molding paste, stencil, collograph, water based inks, acrylic, oil pastel and collage.

"Hope Realized" is about the countless sacred hopes, wishes, wants, desires and prayers. How many times have I whispered a hope from simple to complex? A question came up in my journal...Do we have a lifetime allotment of wishes and if so is there a catalog, a tracking system? A daunting task by an unseen force? I've thought about my hopes realized and easily believe I have received a generous blessing of answered wishes and prayers. In this piece I used these awkward shaped collographed bottles in a row and added a rather large one below...filled to the brim and tightly sealed. Also noticing the space and time and energy between speaking, thinking, wanting and even forgetting. How the energy returns in beautiful ways...a phone call, a wrong turn, perfect information read, heard or overheard. Ways are found, doors are opened, roads leading directly and indirectly but one thing for sure...I believe hopes are powerful and are heard!
Next effort will be  "Hope Deferred".

Monday, May 18, 2009

Architecture Tour


These are the few photos of the first home on our tour yesterday. Can you imagine the fun of redwood trees inside your front door?





A great staircase with a bridge between rooms ! The kitchen had beautiful hardware, Irish marble (green) and a green cement farmer's sink. click to enlarge.The home is a block from "Pleasure Point" beach (big surfer spot) and the home will become a rental. At the second home I was told no cameras so I left it in the car for the rest of the tour. The homes were lovely, natural materials and native plants...I sure saw a variety of kitchens and most of the yards had outdoor showers because of the beach! Next year we plan on more garden tours in early Spring.
Has anyone been watching "Wallander" on Masterpiece Mystery on PBS? We have watched two episodes and like the series...good pace, interesting characters and a good story set in Sweden. Let me know what you think?
Reporting on my studio day: collagraph prints all morning....potential good! Very Tired!