Philosophy
Drawing on Tools for Art vs Design
Although computer technology has completely transformed aspects of my business, with digital manipulation of hand painted artwork and designs, I am cognizant that the roots of what I create falls to creativity and hand applied method of drawing and painting. Drawing to me is fundamental to artistic expression. When I read this post on Art Backwash regarding the aspects of drawing versus computer skills, it got me thinking of how in the age of technology certain art forms, like drawing with a pencil on paper may become disregarded. Von Glitschka is a graphic artist and blogger. He sets off an ongoing debate by describing the importance of analog versus digital…
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Artichoke Arrangement
Some things only appear to be coincidental when, I believe, they are not. It’s been a year since my good friend’s husband, Nathaniel, has passed away. This happens to be on my mother’s birthday. She happened to write a wonderful blog post on Artichokes last Friday on our Slipcovers for Your Walls blog. Artichokes happened to be some of Nathaniel’s favorite foods. We commented at a dinner once that we both liked them when others did not. I’ve always liked the way they looked so I painted one for a casart coverings. I decided to prepare an artful arrangement of artichokes for Liza and her four kids. Unlike traditional flowers,…
Dominos
You never know how they are going to fall. Here they are painted individually and assembled together by Robin Daning, an artist who’s work my mother saw during the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans. She has an interesting philosophical take on her work, which demonstrates the tension between maintaining individuality while being part of a group, as displayed here in Brass: I like this one in particular from her Gallery Page, called Blues: And this one is ALL lip! Since her work is about the human condition and sometimes situations beyond one’s control, here’s a funny video — as I have no music to post on this Friday —…
