August ,2014

My camera has died. I've been looking for a new one however, it's not so simple. I want to upgrade which means, plunging into the world of shooting RAW and having to learn a photo software program

(probably lightroom) .I know it's not hard, just time consuming and I would so much rather be making the work than sitting in front of a computer. But it needs to be done. Theses were shot with my iPhone, which meets my needs for transportability and ease but I would like to do more with them. My unusable camera may explain my absence but really, I've been working on other pieces which I may post here or on a whole different blog/ website. Very undecided about these things!

Hope your summer has been good. 

What I Find Along The way

It feels like it's been a long winter here. My usual 45 minute hike with the dog has sometimes turned into an hour and a half due to the deep snow. Sometimes I get mad about the walk because I'm anxious to get back home and start on my work. On good days, I take the time to look around and realize that my work has already begun.

A New Year

Some Florida trip photos!

It's been a few months since the studio has been complete and while I love it, I'm having a hard time figuring out how to get myself in there to do the work( besides the fact that it's kinda cold in there!)I'm trying to tell myself that it's all part of the process. I'm not a rip-the-band-aid off kind of lady. It takes me awhile to get used to things. In the meantime , I'm kicking around some ideas in my head and I finally published a web site, which I'm not quite ready to make public yet. Still getting used to the idea. Soon. 

 

oh so long….

I took a big leap this summer. We turned our garage into a studio for me. It's beautiful and I love it. Now, I'm stuck. It won't last long, it's just the shock of being so kind and generous myself with such a lovely gift. I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed by it. J says I should do a project of all the ways in which I prevent myself from making art. I like that. Oh, and our car died so that's a fabulous distraction and a good way to tell myself " see you should not have spent all that money on a studio because now you need to buy a car!" We'll figure out the car and one day very soon, I will make art in there. It's a little painful to go in there now, so sometimes I just sit and try to be calm and feel the sacredness of it.

 In the meantime, here's some older pics from the fall and a few new ones at the bottom of what I found today.

Thanks for looking.

summer

I've been trying to break my bad habit of not making art during the summer. I've haven't had total success but I haven't failed either! J and I, with the help of a friend, have been working on turning our garage into a studio for me. It took months just for me to accept the idea of allowing myself to have a sacred space, a place to make art. It's coming along nicely. ( Three windows installed and a skylight!). It will be a few more weeks until it's all done but the really good news is, almost as soon as I started to rip stuff out in preparation for the build, I stared to become filled with new ideas. I'm pretty excited now. Here's some photos I took on a job. It offered a little respite from the grind of work.

 I'm a sucker for little people.

what we leave behind

The summer always feels like a mountain to climb for me. The pain of new growth and the excitement of new possibilities. No two objects can occupy the same space at the same time. Something must go to make room for the new. As much as I want the new stuff, I always seem to cling or mourn for the loss of the old, unwanted and un-needed things.