My husband caught a bunch of fish Sunday. My son helped him clean the catch and I guess there were some little fishies left in the well. David picked one up, live, and tried to eat it. His father told him, "Fishy yucky, David." Outdoors, the temperature read three digits (hot!) as Dan fried the dinner. Upon serving, David refused his.
"Fishy yucky, Dada."
bait between apalachicola & st. george island july 2008
Aside from my abstracts being new(ish), I've also become a member at the YMCA. While I'd like to take advantage of more of the activities, I've only used the water facilities. One good thing about getting in a pool with a bunch of other moms (and kids)....you can see how wonderful (or awful) or average your child's behavior. (Same for the parents.)
But my favorite people watching: the grannies.
tybee abstract
10" x 8"
oil on canvas
deep summer 2008
I just saw my sister on the O'Reilly Factor! She sat and listened to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama speak in Unity, New Hampshire just days agO.
source: http://www.necn.com/files/2008/06/27/vlcsnap-2190819.jpg
(I know I will get lots of corrections if I didn't circle the correct face; on the television, it was clearly efh.)
An opening (tomorrow evening) for some new abstracts at the Grand Bohemian. Men shoot hen at the Hunter Army Airfield. You're invited (5:30 - 8:30 p.m.) to either event. (More cultural activities.)
piecework a
14" x 11"
oil on canvas
summer 2008
dunno exactly
The best part about this game; originally, this girl had her hair held up by a pencil...not a hole chiseled while she was totally oblivious.
kirby & katherine just the other day prismacolor 2008
I had posted a drawing that I love and had forgotten that Jon Finch drew that picture. I guess 'cause of the subject matter? I feel terrible. 1) because I forgot 2) 'cause I don't like those types of mistakes 3) I really like Jon (& clearly, his draw hen). 4) In fact, I wish I had more of them.
MH Silva, August 2006
1. We're on "a budget". Come to find out, this means spend no money. I had taken it for make a budget and follow it. For example, if I spend $70 out of $100 for groceries, I get $30. Not so. I'm $9.99 (facial care product) out of bounds and it's only been a week. (Don't write to tell me, "There's tax on that." I know!)
2. My ISP malfunctioned twice this week. Not in my plan for the year, never mind the seven days.
3. Two freezes already. Meaning my plants fail to thrive (stone cold dead).
4. My complexion does not impress me. In other words, for a grown woman, my skin continues to mottle instead of clear. (Hence, budget overdraft...that's my story, anyway.)
5. ABC Financial. How many ways can you spell 'hatechew'?
At least we have chili seasoning. I guess. This child bathes in a zinc tub. He thinks that's hard times. It's not as if I didn't "wash" in one for the first twelve years of my sorry life. Without electric light (but I guess that goes without sayin').
Kim Rosen, friend (& a former student), very talented (& successful) artist, sent this today.
www.kimrosen.com
December 2007
Folks sure have been looking for images of (or by) Alexander Calder.
katherine sandoz "alexander's eyes" pencil on newsprint december 13, 2007
My blog is one year old. My son more. My goddaughter twice that. A costume party at Isle of Hope. Harper a ballet dancer (sorta).
David a prisoner.
Can you read the ID?
I found this picture of me with the hot stuff coming from my eyes. If this happened in real life, Malibu would look a lot less fiery.
horace, october 22, 2007, colored pencil & pen.
Born on September 11th, 2007
Samuel Makover Phoenix Rowell
8 pounds, 3 ounces
22"
and cute, see?
Finally, a picture of little Joshi-Jones.
Maya Joshi Jones born on August 27th, 2007 weighing 7 lbs, 11 ounces 21 inches long.
It's hot as blazes. For real. I have the arthritis (starts with "art") in my right pointer finger as if I'm 400 years old. This dark painting about women, soldiers and summer take hen too much time (making me older and more arthritic). I'm not joking.
detail (deep summer paint hen, august 2007)
Miss Rose MargaretTuesday, July 31st, 2007 7 pounds, 3 ounces 19" 5:54 a.m.
rose sleeps, by will wheat, august 1st, 2007
I've been looking at the work of this guy recently.
Cliff Path above Cassis
15cm x 13cm, oil on card
June 12, 2007
He clearly understands drawing and color (and how the computer can work for the contemporary artist)...though he may not be the most modest. "British still life painter Julian Merrow-Smith is one of the most vibrant artists living and working in Europe today." I think he wrote this. He seems to do everything. Paint, auction, pack, ship, post. He certainly impresses me in his dedication and professionalism. I'm slightly critical of the paintings of peaches (even though most are beautiful). It seems he'd want to paint a greater variety of objects on the rainy, snowy days (or when he doesn't have the time). But, then, who doesn't need a fine technician's painting of peaches?
Peches du Pays
15cm x 10cm (6"x4"), oil on card
June 06, 2007
I do (would want one).
While painting, I'm just wondering who sections the mandarins that my son eats?
"raccoon bluff beach no. 2"
35" x 25"
oil on canvas
mid summer 2007
Wasn't I just sayin'? I'm not the only one thinking about the defining nature of hair. (And no newsstands in Vernonburg.)
Ivan Brunetti for The New Yorker, May 7, 2007
We know the rapscallions live in closets, swamps, under beds and sometimes along dark (commonly dirt) roads. You recognize them by their yellowish green eyes, the hair, scales or blemishes and by the amount of snot they fling.
