over so fast...

oh the weekend was so lovely, and now it is gone...
We spent most of the day on Saturday in the park and I got a ton of embroidery done there and then on Sunday too.
So that was great, I finished the first piece for the commission I am doing and am like 1 hour away from finishing a new piece for a triptych.


And maybe, just maybe I sold another piece, but I will not say more as it is not a definite, but even as a possibility it is exciting,
Now I just am really trying to finish the big embroidery to submit it to a show and simply because I have my next one in mind and want to get started....
So for me this weekend was all needles and sunshine, if only everyday could be that way.

visit my mornings...

at waking with you...

Great show!

John Tebeau

At my studio building there is a great show opening this weekend;
Composition.
The opening is this Saturday from 6-9pm. The space is a close walk from the subway.

Some of the artists in the show I have recently featured:

Spring Hofeldt:



Joram Roukes:


and plenty of artists that I have yet to feature, including Richard Kessler and his wonderfully psychedelic images.

hoping that...

I will get to spend some time in the studio this afternoon.
My free time is going to dramatically decrease soon, so I am trying and hoping to get as much studio time as I can in the next week or so...
and then figure out a way to keep getting it.


That's the hard part!

i want one, and so should you.

One of the artists at the space that I work has simply amazing work.
Joram Roukes
His paintings are very large, like 8 ft tall or so.
And he expertly combines thin layers of paint, with pencil, with marker, with flat areas of paint, and plenty of gorgeous negative space. Mixing cartoon, expressionistic, and realism techniques.
Joram is in NY only for another month as he is visiting from the Netherlands on a grant.


His current work is collaged imagery from people and places in Brooklyn to create portraits of Brooklyn. They are quite successful in this regard as they really tell the story of different communities and neighborhoods, they seem like they could be made nowhere else.


And in fact Joram thinks that he will not be able to continue the body of work once he goes home because it is too specific to the experience of being here.



My mission is to get Joram to become more aggressive about getting his work out their because I think the NY art world would love it. Don't you?

beat up, bruised, and still moving...

I feel a bit like a little girl...
I have a banged up knee, a band aid on my finger, and a bandage on my foot.
...like a little girl learning to ride her bike, but instead I am a grown up women learning to navigate her way.
It's a good thing my wounds heal fast...and I keep on walking.

possibilities...

today began with a rainbow and had the potential to be quite life changing...
and by tomorrow I might have good news to share.
So hear is to thanking rainbows and hoping for more.

a little sad...

the last few days I have been super sad and super missing my e.
maybe 'cause a few people have expressed their condolences lately.
It is strange dealing with his death, sometimes I feel like I am fine and then
suddenly I am so desperately sad...
I miss him.

the line that connects us.

Dane Patterson, Not there but there (Game plan for a new location.)

This looks like a really great show at the fabulous Brooklyn Arts Council Gallery.

the line that connects you to me:

Gregg Evans, nick. 2/07

"as the viewer approaches the exhibit’s end, it is the curator’s hope that he or she will become inspired to move through the rest of their day attempting to uncover the connections between everything that crosses their path."

Stephanie DiGregorio, Linens

My favorite artist in the show is Sara Evans. I love her work. The beauty and the banal.
She was also one of the curators of Windows Brooklyn.

let the sunshine in...

Let the sunshine in, the suuun shine in.
The suun shine in....

Come on sing along!
The entire 1900 deep audience of the Shakespeare in the Park production of Hair, consisting of mostly upper east-siders, did, they not only sung along they danced along and

It was amazing!!
So yes we saw Hair in Central Park this weekend. Our wonderful friends waited in line for hours and shared their bounty with us. C would never wait in line that long so I must rely on the generosity of others. And luckily we got to go.
I did not think C would like it but he actually seemed to like it a lot.
And he should have.
The actors were excellent, the production of this piece in our political climate was poignant, and the evening was beautiful.

Some highlights were:
the evening's weather.
The beautiful and talented Patina Renea Miller, who sang the opening song Aquarius amongst many other solos, her voice evoked massive emotion and she boogied like a 1968 hippie like no one else.
The handsome and perfectly rebellious Berger, played by Will Swenson. Swenson nailed the energy and the pathos of the character.
And the most amazing and unexpected highlight...



The moment the cast grabbed audience members and soon thereafter the entire stage was full of cast and audience dancing and singing and letting the sunshine in.
Maybe there is hope for all of us after all.

So if you are the type of person willing to wait 6-8 hours for tickets I highly recommend you do. Or make some really great friends so they can share with you.