The One Person I am With Forever (Louise Hay Quote)
My relationship with myself is eternal, so I choose to be my own best friend. I choose to love and accept myself and talk to myself as I would to a beloved person in my life.
Polly Castor
Roasted Tomato Sauce Method
We put only tomatoes in this: no oil, no spices or salt, etc, so we can use it in the widest array of applications, seasoning it (or not) later. This stuff can really hold its own and carry the day.
Bits and Clips for August 2017
This is a monthly feature of the highlights that I saw, read, watched, or listened to on the internet during the month…
There is More Than Enough Good To Go Around
“There is a lie that acts like a virus within the mind of humanity. And that lie is, ‘There’s not enough good to go around. There’s lack and there’s limitation and there’s just not enough.’ The truth is that there’s more than enough good to go around.
Welcome Home (Poem by Polly Castor)
I used to ask if he missed me.
He did not, citing his completeness
independence, and self-sufficiency.
Did you even notice I was gone,
I would fish,
My Photos and Art by Others at Creative Arts Camp 2017
Here are my photos of Creative Arts Camp and of other’s art there
People at Creative Arts Camp 2017
Here are photos of the people at Creative Arts Camp– these people are the reason I come each and every year…
Last Camp Painting 2017: Cabin Sunflowers
This is the last assignment at this year’s Creative Arts Camp. We were to paint a still life with a view out a window.
Exercise: Gestural Abstract Painting
So many things at camp are about movement. All artists are about moving thought. In this exercise we were to get more of our body involved, moving it as a way to move others…
Abstract Painting Exercise: Pouring, Spraying, Throwing Paint
I had a great time doing these. I threw, spattered, and poured paint. It was especially fun to drop paint from a twelve foot height off a deck banister onto paper and watch it splat.
Leaning Tree at Camp Newfound (New Landscape Painting)
Here is the painting I finished at camp yesterday. I was attracted to the strong diagonal composition and how the rocks in the bottom right, together with the cabins in the upper left, created the feeling of torque, even though it is a peaceful scene.
Three Quotes About the Power of Art (by Karen Montanaro)
Karen Montanaro, an instructor at Creative Arts Camp, summarizes the power of art in these three short quotes.
Exercise: Down the Road from Oz 1 & 2
Here is the first exercise I did in my painting class from camp. We were to paint a still life, interior, or landscape from life abstractly. Then we were to clean off our palette on a new sheet and let it dry as an underpainting for the next work. Next we were asked to paint again the previous painting from memory even more abstractly.
Back At Creative Arts Camp
This is a church camp and I love the intersection of Christian Scientists and creative people. They are both my favorite kinds of people.
Our Youngest Daughter Moves into Her First Apartment and Begins Junior Year
The apartment is owned by the campus itself, complete with campus furniture and a full kitchen. It is quite charming, in good shape, very convenient to class, and our daughter is looking forward to cooking for herself instead of eating in the dining hall.
Two Pottery Pieces Fresh Out of the Kiln
Both of these pieces that I have done in sgraffito have recently emerged from the kiln.
Eclipse Links
Here are a few links for today’s solar eclipse: facts about it, places to view it, and to watch a live stream.