4.27.2012

{this moment}

inspired by SouleMama 
this friday's "moment" is a little different. with a lot of parentheses.
shameless plug: three moments from my weekend that show my (awesome) husband and his (amazing) band, (seriously, not even because i'm biased)... Bells Down. give a listen (and a like) on facebook, or listen here, and you will be belting it out with bayley and dancing at your desk. they performed at the opening of a band member's new tattoo shop, Grim North Tattoo and Piercing in Portsmouth, NH. (listen up- if you live in new england- even if you don't need a tattoo or piercing, just stop in there to check out how they've styled it! SO awesome... )

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

4.26.2012

water is in my soul {full circle moments}

from the weekend- a show at east colony fine arts featuring verne orlosk and adele sanborn.

CAUTION: there is much more writing in this post than normal. brace yourself.

works below, by my very talented mom, verne orlosk:
"Soft Touch" (in a handmade driftwood stand!)
"Submissions"
"Resting Place"
"Quite Perfect"
"Within You"
"Touched"
"Outside Moon" and "Outside Inside"
"Generations" MY FAVORITE!
hands of the artist + model + mum
these were some minis. i don't have all the names, but they were awesome things like "octopod" and "snail ring".
i am amazed at her progress over the years and even more amazed at the theme that's emerging.

she was always excellent at drawing, from her old college work, to the skill and creativity of the crafts she'd do with us as kids, to the jewelry she made, and now into these glass pieces, that are a new form of drawing, her own form – on glass. (glass powder and wire).

and then of course, there's the ocean theme. but it's more than that. i love the way it's evolved into an expression of the relationship between us as humans, and the sea. the line between where we end and the sea begins is blurred, even non-existent. how we feel when we hold an offering from the sea is inexplicable and ever-so-natural. like a worry-stone that's had a perfect thumb groove carved by the sea.

the relationship is a visual one that alludes to other complex ideas -- an emotional, theoretical, ancestral relationship .... the possibilities are endless. 

"generations" is my personal favorite and is a great example. it tells a tale of so many layers. 

check this out: the innate pull i have to explore these similarities reflects her theme, and i never put the two together this much until now. after all, our backgrounds are similar (BU, graphic design, mother-daughter), but our mediums and skills and thought processes have differed and yet we still arrive at undeniably similar nudges toward a human relationship with the sea.

4 years ago, my senior thesis was...

"an exploration of the visual interface between the creation of human and oceanic life."

i've spent many days and many mediums on jellyfish. i made a book where they transformed into faint images of a brain and spinal cord. my thesis included a book and a series of posters that visually related human and oceanic anatomy, mainly in the creation of life, and gave way to conversation about the other endless relationship possibilities of us and the sea. (...as well as the classmate who asked me if it was about abortion. which is it NOT.) looking back, having more life experiences, more art aesthetic, more wisdom (i mean, can you get wiser than 26? yes. yes i'm sure i'll look at this in another 4 years and see how much more i've grown and how little i knew back then. that's why i could NEVER keep journals, i would try, but then rip out the pages later because i sounded so stupid back then. or i ruined a good memory by explaining i away.) anyway- i can see the connections growing and i would welcome an opportunity to do a new "senior thesis" every couple years on this topic. never thought i'd say THAT! full circle moments ...

4.24.2012

i'm still alive

are you? is anyone still there? i've been away from this blog so long that the look of it has changed. yikes. i think it's good though, it's a sleeker cleaner place to type into now, on the back end of things where i compose the posts. what have you been doing these past weeks? are you enjoying the start of spring?

i have also neglected grocery shopping. i'd like to say i have a good reason for all this forgetfulness but it's nothing other than "busy." busy is good, right?

some things i've been doing and want to share soon:
a beachy wedding logo and invitation, 2 projects for klutz, a very special engagement picture session back at old BU, a mummy's art show, a husband's music show, some little paintings and their processes, and, some new print vendors who have made me some exciting large prints of my work. it started with some fun custom size print orders and prints on canvas, and has lead me on a roll with other print ideas. check out the new big prints here.

in other news, my website will be changing soon. it needs a new host, and although i hate the thought of it, i also welcome it. change is needed for that little site. yet another way to become "busy", but spring is all about new beginnings, right? have you been busy these days? how does it make you feel?

so before i go and get myself some breakfast (i think this is the longest i've waited to eat breakfast in a long long time, i am in fact an old lady when it comes to eating, grumble grumble... i also took my multivitamin without food ..... uh oh..... ) and some more prints, and sort the supplies i bought last week and haven't opened yet (could be inspiring, could be overwhelming) ... i will say this:

"everything is at it's best when you relax." - from my yoga video which i have also neglected for too long.




4.20.2012

{this moment}

inspired by SouleMama 

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.
  If you're inspired to do the same, leave your link in the comments below. Also visit SouleMama and leave your link there, too.

4.06.2012

{this moment} Studio Moment, or 2

inspired by SouleMama 

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.
 
  If you're inspired to do the same, leave your link in the comments below. Also visit SouleMama and leave your link there, too.

4.02.2012

time

happy monday! (and happy APRIL!) i hope you had a great weekend. what did you do?

Hey Mama by Mat Kearney on Grooveshark

this weekend we fussed with the inside of our house. i think it was worth it in the end... it always just takes a little to get there.
my weekend:

framing my work. it's so expensive to get it professionally done, so it's not something i'd do all the time-- but worth it. (excited to try another big painting... this first-one-in-a-while showed me a few things... )

garlic bread - which was 100% heavenly because we never eat it, ever, because it's on big fat white bread which i usually view as the devil. but i view garlic as the master of all flavors, and jay was really excited about it so i wasn't about to shoot it down. and we made it this rachel-ray-way which was so buttery and garlicy and awesome.

"hiking", my kind of hiking. 2 mile loops, like this one in the woods with my forest guru. he is like a kid. so am i. can we just freeze time?



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