I'd rather elk, but after all, the result is "slow".
dcb & kds graphite, primsacolor & coffee? august 2008
the henhouse
themes
If ever a summer had one, 2008: fish! 2007: jedi 2006: cupcakes 2005: the porch 2004: house painting 2003: landscaping the "hill" 2002: the "pit" 2001: SCAD (all day, all night) 2000: metropole 1999: 123 east jones 1998: ye olde towne
Today Horace turns 43. We also celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary (that's leather) last week (and ten years "dating" next week).
This is the present David and I made....antique (like Dan) fishing lures....still perfectly good.
unkah d.
in the henhouse, painting
What about this?
a. I love it and am sending you a check.
b. Send it to me and I'll see if it works.
c. Let's burn it during the annual oyster roast.
"ice fisherman"
oil on canvas
36" x 36"
august 2008
landscapers
Looking to moon over works by Richard Diebenkorn,
"beach with umbrellas" oil on composition board 1958-1959 estate of the artist photo: william b. dewey
I found this painter. I love his work for the same reason I do Diebenkorn's. They both make the making look effortless.
lewis noble "a slate beach in Wales" 100 cm x 120 cm oil on canvas 2007
savannah lad holds breath, swims underwater
This afternoon, after a full day of "playing with (his) buddies", David Charles Bucey, who turned two in June, repeatedly swam underwater at the Habersham YMCA pool using both hands and feet to propel him. His mother, wearing an appropriate one piece swimming costume, who had done nothing quite as breathtaking (or spectacular) throughout the day, was duly impressed.
tybee field no. 1 oil on canvas 24" x 24" 2006 - 2008
fish story
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
fish bowl
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
0!
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.)
cul-chah
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
writey-drawey
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
d-
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
2008: woes
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').
holiday illo no. 1
Kim Rosen, friend (& a former student), very talented (& successful) artist, sent this today.
www.kimrosen.com
December 2007
calderama
in the henhouse, drawn
Folks sure have been looking for images of (or by) Alexander Calder.
katherine sandoz "alexander's eyes" pencil on newsprint december 13, 2007
ah-min-mals
halloween 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?
horace draws no. 1
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.
little boy
Born on September 11th, 2007
Samuel Makover Phoenix Rowell
8 pounds, 3 ounces
22"
and cute, see?
one week
Finally, a picture of little Joshi-Jones.
Maya Joshi Jones born on August 27th, 2007 weighing 7 lbs, 11 ounces 21 inches long.
exaggerate
in the henhouse, painting
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)