tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257344762024-03-07T14:03:09.846-08:00Judy WiseA blog about art and lifeJudy Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325804190986167485noreply@blogger.comBlogger628125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734476.post-38281070631051904642020-07-29T10:56:00.000-07:002020-07-29T10:56:12.018-07:00Gathering For a Visit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Come sit with me in the cool shade of afternoon; thankfully I have a covered deck where we can distance safely as we visit. It's been a long hot summer and the best we can say for it is that we are still connected, still able to exchange ideas and kindnesses. But first the garden. John has been so busy. Too busy for his age but he doesn't let that slow him down.</div>
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Be careful of the stakes out here. And honeybees. Everything else is good. Help yourself to ripe figs, blackberries, anything else that calls to you. The chimney swifts are about to make their dive into our chimney. We can watch them circle and gather in as they prepare to dive in; we wake up to the hungry chatters of the babies in the living room. </div>
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John has the misters on over the blueberries. Ah, that feels cool, doesn't it? Now I'll just be quiet and let you look. Maybe point out the names of things if I can remember them.</div>
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This is some kind of giant blackberry that wants to take over. John keeps it nice and tidy though.</div>
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I'm shocked at how quickly fig trees grow. This green fig is our early girl. The black fig that we love comes much later. One is juicy and the other is drier; both of them voluptuous.</div>
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I believe we have a Grand Sasso tomato here. It looks like a lady's purse, gathered up tightly so nothing is lost. The queen of tomatoes at our house.</div>
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The humble zuchinni that gives us both fruit and flowers for recipes from south of the border. We like to make the skins into fettucine; lots of dark green vitamins for health and strength.</div>
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This tidy little flowerbed provides us with herbs as well as salvias for the hummingbirds and bees. Lots of insect and bird activity here.</div>
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Lots of varieties of peppers, I think this is jalapeƱo. John handles all the chopping of peppers so I only for sure recognize serrano. </div>
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Amaranth. Makes a great ink and provides seeds for birds. My friends in Mexico dip it in beaten egg whites and gently fry it then cover with a delicious chili sauce. </div>
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Wow, that was a long tour. Now for something different; I've made a video for those of you who love to play with art supplies. Nothing serious or hard; just a bit of journal fun cutting and painting and pasting as we love to do.</div>
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Halfway through 2020. And what a year it's been so far.</div>
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John and I toasted in the New Year in Oaxaca as usual and stayed until mid March when it was apparent that the world was facing a global pandemic. </div>
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Since then it's been a strange blur as John put in the garden and I busied myself painting in the studio.</div>
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Both of us have been in full stay at home mode with only a few visits from friends and occasional hikes at a large, local park that has trails and few other hikers.</div>
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By May I realized I wasn't going to be seeing many humans for awhile and I cut off my long, heavy ponytail. That was an admission that I realized the world was in it for the long haul and that it didn't matter what my hair looked like. I started drawing cartoons in my journal of life under the pandemic. You can see them on Instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/judywise2020/">https://www.instagram.com/judywise2020/</a>.</div>
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I also missed a gathering in May where I was to speak (in Mississippi) and a class I was to teach (in Ireland). Very disappointing and so many of my fellow art teachers reported that they too had to cancel out of long anticipated gatherings. My grandson lost a job promotion that he's only gotten the week before and watched his dream of buying a home vanish. We realized that many others in the country were enduring difficult losses as well and of course we felt very sad for that. </div>
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In June I cancelled another class; this one was to be in Gig Harbor with Bellissima Art Escapes teaching painting on Venetian Plaster and cold wax. </div>
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Several weeks ago after working zealously in the studio I took a break from abstract painting and started doing a few other things.</div>
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Potting plants, a dentist appointment, Zoom meetings and visits from several friends. That felt amazing. Good. Almost like old times. But still there is this feeling of floating weirdness.</div>
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Art and the natural world sustain us; form our idea of a higher intelligence. John and I are old people now and to be frank it is the happiest time of our lives. </div>
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Somehow we have endured the many storms and found a time of relative peace. </div>
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Well, I've spent the summer painting. Mostly big paintings on canvas but also 24x18" ones on paper. I really get into a groove once I get going. Functioning by 8am, 2 hours at my journal drinking coffee and counting my blessings (or untying the knots in my thinking), then breakfast and to work. That's the way it's supposed to go but I have a family and life intrudes.<br />
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However, I can usually paint every day unless Mercury's in retrograde in which case I think I've lost my touch and wonder why I try to do something so difficult when I dont have to. Why am I telling you this? Maybe because since you're here I think you are a person who grapples with self discipline as I do and that we all like to ask each other how we manage our creative lives. I'll be doing more of this as we go along.<br />
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We turned the clocks back this weekend and I noticed the persimmon tree is nearly bare now. In the summer the fruit trees looked big and lush, but now their small bones are revealed. There's some kind of metaphor in there but I'll leave it alone.<br />
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John is turning soil to plant garlic this week. I used to think gardens went to sleep when the freezing weather killed everything above ground. But no. Garlic will be planted and next month fava beans will go into the ground. So even as winter death lies all around us, beauty changed and laid to rest, the succession is already in motion for what comes next. Life is always starting anew.<br />
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I wont make this too long. I just wanted to check in. To say I am still here, still thinking of so many of you that I've walked beside and many that I haven't; to say that as long as I am here I'll probably want to talk to you. My life is pretty solitary by choice but when I am in your presence you have all of me. Because I do love people. As time passes that feeling of appreciation increases.<br />
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One more thing. I've decided to draw and collage in my journal again. For the last 3 years I've used it mostly to catalogue my paintings and "progress" whatever that is. But this weekend I worked in the journal like I used to and felt a burst of joy that told me this was one thing from my past that I shouldn't have put aside. So we'll see how it goes. Smaller works for awhile. More journal art. Sounds good to me.<br />
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Sweet summer! June and July slid by in a blur of road trips, family gatherings, hikes, summer shows, books read. I discovered that my breakfast tastes better when eaten outside, admiring the hummingbirds as they sip from the coral penstemons and rest on the purple boughs of the datura.<br />
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I've saved up some photos of the garden for those of you who enjoy seeing them. I've gotten out more than usual this summer to help with the pruning and deadheading. Those are two jobs I always love; cleaning out the beds and making everything look neat and well groomed.<br />
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John and I are really committed to eating vegan now and cabbage has been our go to since the lettuce is at the in-between harvests stage. We cook easy things together like cabbage slaw over beans and quinoa with avocado and watermelon for dessert. The secret is in adding seasonings to the greens and beans so that everything tastes good and we use lots of lemon or lime to brighten the flavors.<br />
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We've been eating lots of tomatoes too. This variety is prolific; you can see how loaded the vines are. We use a lot of them and share them to the community table downtown in our hamlet.<br />
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Lots of foxglove on our place. We are careful with it and the datura. Both plants are poisonous and need to be respected. </div>
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I love how much our "fried egg" poppy looks like crepe paper. So delicate and big; a good hand span across.</div>
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This is amaranth that the indians used for dyeing and that I've made ink out of. It's a gorgeous color.</div>
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Here is dahlia, basil, penstemons. So pretty, the colors John puts together. He has a touch. </div>
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These are our breadseed poppies. Very pretty and will take over the area unless you keep them in check. </div>
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A yellow dahlia that is unusual for its dark foliage. Lovely girl; very cheerful.</div>
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How about some actual ducks? Saw this little family on one of our Sunday hikes.</div>
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Daylilies. These look like I painted the petals; they must be a new variety. We have the old fashioned ones as well.</div>
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Ah, the wonderful peaches promising pies, cobblers, peaches eaten over the sink al fresca. </div>
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I saw this plant referred to as the zipper plant beacuse ... well, you see. There is a honey bee in there too.</div>
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A new variety of cosmos. Have grown this annual forever but not this variety. It's so pretty.</div>
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And yet another new variety of cosmos. Are you familiar with this one? It's very strong, just wonderful.</div>
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I'd better get a picture of the farmer in here. This is John and he is the most nurturing man I know. His heart is golden.</div>
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Corn and sunflowers. This is the garden as it looks today. We're on our second round of corn and the sunflowers are in many places besides this one. I have many more photos but maybe this is a good place to stop with the garden. </div>
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I do have one of myself in my booth at an art fair this summer. It was a terrific fair and I sold many paintings. This is me being happy.</div>
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I love to show my work. My daily life is quite isolating; in general I prefer it but I also get lonely for community so I look forward to this art fair every year. In addition, you can see all my daily paintings on Instagram under the name judywiseart. I try to post every single day.</div>
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And in general I'm not teaching as often but I do have this one awesome workshop planned that will be held in Ireland. I'm welcoming YOU to join me there; it's going to be a deep inquiry into abstract painting and I'll make myself available there for guidance on everything I know about painting, studio practice, selling, etc. </div>
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Waiting for paint to dry on the rather large braced wood panel above. I'm always impatient to work once I get started but even acrylic takes some time to dry.</div>
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So I grabbed my phone and caught some of the May garden to share with you. Making good on my promise to revive this blog. There's always a lot going on in the studio and the yard.</div>
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These are the peppers hardening off in the protective cloche John has set up for them. Here they are protected from all shocks of light or temperature.</div>
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We have strawberries flowering all across the lawn where they have seeded themselves.</div>
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Ferns growing in the shady area under the big fig tree.</div>
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Some nice, rich, potting soil.</div>
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Purple Columbine. So pretty. Self seeded all over the yard. Pink, white, other colors too.</div>
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Lily of the Valley is showing her fragrant face.</div>
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My favorite flowers are scented. Daphne, Gardenia, Roses, Lilacs. </div>
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The blueberry bushes were humming with fat bumblebees. They carried giant loads of pollen on their hind legs.</div>
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And aren't the white lanterns beautiful?</div>
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Very pretty espaliered.</div>
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Taters growing between alfalfa bricks. It takes 3 years for the alfalfa to break down and all the time it's doing so it's nourishing the soil.</div>
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These plants give us gigantic, juicy, blackberries. So good for breakfast with sliced mango.</div>
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Lilacs as a gift from our daughter, Stephanie.</div>
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Judy Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325804190986167485noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734476.post-25635026473524778792018-12-28T11:16:00.000-08:002019-04-08T15:53:03.909-07:00Art Escapes and Life Updates<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I started this blog 12 years ago; long enough to watch the children of our friends grow up and embark on adulthood. So many times I've almost deleted it, certain that no one has time to read blogs any more. Or maybe that's just me. In my present decade the days seem to have shrunk. So thank you for being here despite all that.<br />
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The photo above was taken Christmas day at my daughter's new house. Our family gathered to eat, play games, and watch a movie together. The best plan where we each cook a few dishes and then bring them together for our feast. The last 2 years have been mostly vegan and it's fun to experiment with new dishes. One change among many in this new decade.<br />
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I continue to paint like a fiend and you can see those paintings (gobs of them!) at judywiseart on Instagram. I post occasionally on Facebook to keep in touch with friends from all over the world and I have a website now that features non-representational paintings which is what I'm doing these days.<br />
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Since my last post I've travelled; taught in the UK and visited Santa Fe twice. I sold at the Lake Oswego Show again and last September sold at Art in the Pearl here in Portland. That was a blast. I love sitting at an art fair where I can schmooze and show my work. It's in my DNA. I love conversations with others about art, philosophy, art, travel, more art.<br />
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John's hard work. Finally I got out in the garden and shot some photos for you.</div>
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King and Spitzenburg.</div>
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Those are the 2 kinds of apples we have on the place.</div>
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John's grandpa was an orchard man.</div>
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John inherited that gene.</div>
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Lots and lots of blackberries.</div>
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Blueberries. I've been picking and freezing and giving away.</div>
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Bosc. Pears. I'll show you the seckels soon. They are soooo cute.</div>
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Corn. This short bed is for the 2nd coming.</div>
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The tall bed will be eaten soon. Hand shucked and all that jazz.</div>
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A sweet corner of the patio where I sip my mint julep.</div>
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Cucumber.</div>
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Different kind of cucumber grown on a trellis for easy picking.</div>
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Dahlia.</div>
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Alphabetical order. See what I did?</div>
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Matelija poppy. Not alphabetical.</div>
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These are the plump green figs that are ripe now.</div>
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John has an eye for a little color among the edibles.</div>
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And he planted tons of glads this year. </div>
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We have many grape varieties.</div>
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He can't resist trying new ones.</div>
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Yum.</div>
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This long row of grapes was here when we moved in. Very old vines.</div>
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The color of kale is exquisite, dont you agree?</div>
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Onions.</div>
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Gorgeous black variety.</div>
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Plums.</div>
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Poppies.</div>
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Salvia.</div>
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Seckel pears. They are the dainty, sweet ones.</div>
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Seedheads. Which the birds love.</div>
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Tomatoes. Ripe and juicy.</div>
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Walnuts. Many walnuts.</div>
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Thanks for stopping by and admiring summer's bounty and John's hard work.</div>
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It's been 9 years since I last did an art fair. For those who may not know, that's how I made my living for 3 decades; Portland Saturday Market and art fairs from Oklahoma City to Scottsdale Arizona, LA to Seattle and Park City, Utah to name only a few places.</div>
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In January I had a wild hair and juried for 2 local art fairs. This is the one I got into; the Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts. I first did this fair in 1973 or '74 ... always on a hot or thunderstormy weekend it seems. It is a community that loves the artists and we love them in return.</div>
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This weekend it was hot. 90 degrees on Friday, 100 degrees on Saturday and 102 degrees yesterday, on Sunday. As I said, the weather is usually a factor at this fair.</div>
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There was wonderful music including Three Legged Stool, one of my favorite groups.</div>
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Despite the weather, people came out and supported us. Thank you, wonderful people.</div>
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I sent a few paintings to new homes.</div>
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My heart is full.</div>
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I am going to do this show as long as they'll have me or until I keel over.</div>
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The end. xo</div>
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Home almost 2 weeks now and I've sorted through nearly 800 photographs. We had two groups of women in two separate locations that met in Barcelona for the museums, architecture and tapas, and then moved to quieter locations for the classrooms.</div>
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I think you've all met Kathie Vezzani and Katie Kendrick, my partners on these travels. Our Spain guide Amy Persons is behind Kathie in this photo above.</div>
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We visited the Tapies Museum in Barcelona.</div>
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Perfume sniffing. Some smelled funky, others wonderful.</div>
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Joined the celebration of Catalunyan Pride.</div>
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Rustic, old, authentic Spain.</div>
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Lots of food shared.</div>
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In the shadow of Mont Serrat.</div>
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Back to Barcelona. More tapas.</div>
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This is my bedroom at our second location at Can Tallada.</div>
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Now we are east of Barcelona in a private villa.</div>
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Lovely views from our villa.</div>
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All those hedges are trimmed bay leaf trees.</div>
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Yes! We had a swimming pool.</div>
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One of the kitchens there.</div>
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Our classroom.</div>
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Again, Katie and I took turns teaching.</div>
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We visited a sheep farm and tasted cheeses, kefir and yogurt they made on site.</div>
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Really wonderful cheeses.</div>
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Katie with a lamb not even a day old.</div>
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We toured old cities built by Romans.</div>
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Toured several towns where "Game of Thrones" was filmed.</div>
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We visited (and shopped!) in Girona. </div>
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I LOVE this town.</div>
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Katie and I in the Mediterranean at Costa Brava.</div>
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Memories we will treasure forever.</div>
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Come join us on one of our trips before I get too old - lol.</div>
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Sending love and peace to all.</div>
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This is my world this summer. It's been a cool one in Oregon and I like that. For some reason I feel less pressure this year. Ha! Maybe because I've become more hermit like.</div>
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John has the place looking great and he's clearing a spot for my new art shed which is going up across the driveway from my studio and will be used for encaustic, cold wax, and to store paintings and canvases.</div>
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It's going to be big for a shed: 12x16'. Nearly 200 sq. ft. of work space and storage. It's scheduled to go up in September while I'll be off teaching so when I return I'll have a big move-in to look forward to.</div>
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It's been a summer of dreams realized which is a gift at this time of my life.</div>
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Over the years of selling at art fairs and in coastal galleries, I've never pursued gallery representation in my own town and I've recently made it a goal to find a place where my work will fit and where I can grow. </div>
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Happily, I'm now a part of and will soon have work in <a href="http://www.12x16gallery.com/" target="_blank">12x16</a> Gallery.</div>
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I'm really and hugely happy about this. </div>
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I like the other artists who show here, like the friendly and relaxed atmosphere, and feel I can learn and contribute.</div>
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I'll have my own show there in May of 2017 and I'm happily painting in anticipation.</div>
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Meanwhile our cool summer commences and the flowers are a joy as well as the time I'm spending in the studio.</div>
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That's what's going on in the garden and the studio. It was too wet to photograph in the garden this morning but everything is coming in and we are enjoying a bounty of greens, garlic, tomatoes, cucumbers, herbs and potatoes. Fat watermelons, pumpkins, tomatillos, peppers and corn are coming soon. </div>
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In a week I'll be flying to Maine for a painting workshop with <a href="http://aimoneartservices.com/workshops-by-date-/1" target="_blank">Steven Aimone</a> and on the 5th of September I'm off to <a href="http://www.bellissimaartescapes.com/bellissima-art-escapes-2016/" target="_blank">Barcelona and Bordils Spain for a month of teaching workshops</a>. I'm looking forward to both trips; great adventures and opportunities to learn. I'll report back on my return.</div>
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Judy Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325804190986167485noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734476.post-23912553420591304492016-07-25T18:29:00.000-07:002016-07-25T19:04:39.036-07:00Rebecca Crowell's New Book on Cold Wax<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Friends, my work has been included in this new book on Cold Wax Medium and to help Rebecca and Jerry get the word out I thought I'd share the back story on their collaboration. I'm excited to see their dream come to fruition and I know some of you will want a copy of the book.<br />
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Here's one of my cold wax pieces, although not the one in the book.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">This has been an astonishing week for <a href="http://www.jerrymclaughlinart.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Jerry McLaughlin</a> and me. Just last Tuesday, we launched the crowdfunding campaign for our upcoming book, </span><u style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><a href="http://www.coldwaxbook.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Cold Wax Medium: Techniques, Concepts &Conversations</a></u><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><a href="http://www.coldwaxbook.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">.</a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><a href="http://www.coldwaxbook.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> </a> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">Yesterday the funding reached $30,000, exceeding our goal and our highest expectations. The majority of the advanced copy books we offer have been claimed, the workshops that Jerry and I will teach in May filled quickly, and we have received wonderful contributions from 17 countries. The clear message we hear is that many artists are very excited about our project. They are not only eager to receive copies of the book as soon as possible, but many are also offering generous outright donations and high levels of support. To be surrounded by such affirmation, appreciation, and confidence in the outcome of our book is a beautiful thing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As we reach the last stages of publishing, I've been thinking back about the events that have evolved over time and culminated in this book. The idea took root in my own art practice, but the right partner and collaborator was necessary for it to grow. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The story begins when I bought my first jar of cold wax medium in early 2002 at the suggestion of one of the helpful salespeople at <a href="http://www.wetpaintart.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Wet Paint</a> in St. Paul, Minnesota. When I think of all the changes in my work and my life that came from that one impulsive purchase, I'm amazed. But from the start, I found that cold wax medium suited what I was after in my work. Iād just begun to find my way with abstraction, following an artist residency Iād had in Spain that fall, and in those first explorations with cold wax, I gained much firmer footing in my personal direction. The landscape-inspired color fields and textures that I had been rendering with straight oil paint now emerged organically from the process itself, due to the body of the wax and paint mixture. It was an intriguing alignment of materials, process and ideas.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">For a number of years, cold wax was simply a part of my process, an ingredient in all of these explorations, but fairly unremarkable in itself. Then in 2009, </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><a href="http://www.kathrynbevier.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Kathryn</a></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><a href="http://www.kathrynbevier.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Bevier</a> invited me to teach a workshop in Rochester, NY. The subject of the class was up to me, and I was casting around for an idea when a friend said, āwhy not teach about that wax that you use?ā I dug back through some notes I had made in my sketchbook, and came up with enough information (barely) for a two day class.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Some things are coming on but it's still pretty quiet.</div>
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It's almost time to harvest blueberries.</div>
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The plants are finally big; taller than I am and loaded this year.</div>
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Broccoli is being eaten at nearly every meal.</div>
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It's ginger and garlic stir fry tonight with rice.</div>
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Knee high corn.</div>
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Dahlias. John's been planting big pots of flowers. </div>
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Taters and little daisies along the path.</div>
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Favas. Mmm.</div>
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The lettuces are going to seed; the weather finally turned summery.</div>
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An overview showing the supports and a sliver of sunset.</div>
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And the awesome gardener with his prizes.</div>
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I've been spending long hours in the studio.</div>
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I can see great progress since starting to paint abstracts four years ago.</div>
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The best part is that I have more successes than failures now.</div>
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That's all the news for now, folks. Hope your summer (or winter for those down under) is going well.</div>
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Back to the studio now for me! </div>
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June. My favorite month. </div>
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We've just finished 2 days of record heat and the garden loves that.</div>
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Tonight I shell and peel more fava beans.</div>
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I'll show you the veggies in a later post.</div>
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But cabbage! Broccoli! Yeah!</div>
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My daughter Shellie and I took a trip down to Arizona to see this guy and his people there.</div>
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Yo Nathan!</div>
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That was in May. I've been away from the blog for too long.</div>
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We also had a big tree keel over on a calm day. ha ha. Big event.</div>
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Fast forward several weeks. A trip to Amsterdam with a group of artists. We visited Rembrandt's house, the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum as well as going on a canal cruise and eating amazing food together. </div>
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Teaching with <a href="http://joyouslybecoming.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Katie Kendrick</a>.</div>
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Traveling with <a href="http://www.bellissimaartescapes.com/#artists-who-travel" target="_blank">Bellisima Art Escapes</a> and <a href="https://kathievezzani.wordpress.com/#" target="_blank">Kathie Vezzani</a> and <a href="http://www.michellefletcherart.com/" target="_blank">Michelle Fletcher</a>.</div>
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To this fabulous studio in the heart of the city.</div>
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Michelle had scouted out our excellent lodging and art studio convenient to the museums and all the best attractions. It was like finding ourselves in a fairytale.</div>
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This was my first visit to Amsterdam and I was thrilled and educated to be in a place so different than the U.S. We are fairly progressive in Portland but could learn so much from this remarkable city. My eyes were opened.</div>
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This is Katie and I in front of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlene_Dumas" target="_blank">Marlene Dumas</a> painting at the Stedelijk Museum. She lives in Amsterdam. I wrote about her work <a href="http://judywise.blogspot.com/2015/05/london.html" target="_blank">last year</a> when I saw her show in London.</div>
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Relaxing in the studio, drinking tea and being together.</div>
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Michelle's painty hands. Can we all relate?</div>
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Katie taught for 2 days and I did as well. She taught intuitive painting and I taught life drawing.</div>
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We were lucky enough to have a live model.</div>
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Our model was Claire and she was completely comfortable in her body; said that she believed she was beautiful on the inside as well as the outside. Seventy-eight years old and fully at ease with herself. </div>
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Our group went on a 4 hour bike ride through the city and into the country.</div>
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Everybody rides bicycles in Amsterdam, from the orchestra conductor in his top hat and tails to the stiletto heeled young women to the elderly people working at their various occupations. It's always rush hour and there are hoards of bicycles sometimes four abreast on every street. Really, astonishing. They somehow manage to cooperate for the well being of each person sharing the roadways.</div>
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A great shot of Katie; canal, bike, this shouts Amsterdam.</div>
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One more group shot. We are wet but very happy.</div>
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Thank you to every person who has ever come with us on our trips to paint and share community. It is the thing I dream about at night - that I'm with my tribe, sleeping, eating, painting and sharing the things we love together. It's the best ... the best.</div>
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This is an old journal page. I've been thinking about how one gets from zero to finding one's personal language in paint. It can be a long and arduous journey but I think I've found some shortcuts and some ways to stay motivated. Right from my first nervous steps into non-representational painting, I experimented in my journal like the page above.<br />
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Another one from the archives. These are the pages that survived my enthusiastic culling. Some of the experiments ended in disappointment. These pages became backgrounds for writing or underpaintings for other work. So the ones I liked better became records of my search.<br />
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The ones I didn't like were gone as though they never existed. Nothing lost. No record of failure. In fact, no failure at all since I learned from every single effort.<br />
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I treasure each one of these early efforts and I can plainly see, only in hindsight, what they were leading to. Not that the work doesn't continue to evolve because it does. But I can see how these small (8x10") paintings led to the more confident work I'm doing today.<br />
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This is a detail from my most recent painting on canvas. I see everything in it that I saw in the earlier work. But I couldn't have reached this point without building the platform first in a safe place. You really will need to paint many paintings to develop work that looks like your own and not someone else's. It takes self knowledge. It takes time. It takes the courage to accept something that doesn't look like work you've seen somewhere else.<br />
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So here is where I tell you about Barcelona and Bordils, Spain. Because what I've been thinking about is the upcoming retreat in September that will take place in those locations.<br />
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We'll be spending 4 days in Barcelona at the <a href="http://www.hotelcram.com/en" target="_blank">Hotel Cram</a>.<br />
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Four days in Barcelona! Yeah. I know. Picasso, Miro, Gaudi ... some of the best art museums and architecture in the world. With time left over to make our own art, collect souvenirs, be with a group of friends who love to share ideas and experiences.<br />
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Transportation will be provided to Bordils where we will do more sightseeing, more fabulous food eating and more journaling discovery in our 2nd Catalonian location.<br />
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Oh, and if you have a big travel budget, you could also join us in Can Serrat for the first leg of this exquisite journey where we will be painting BIG paintings on canvas. A glorious stretch and a place that could be the beginning of a new life for you as it was for me after I stayed there 3 years ago.<br />
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You can dream. We only go around once. More information on Painting Big in Can Serrat <a href="http://www.bellissimaartescapes.com/2016-trips/barcelona-spain" target="_blank">HERE</a>. (oops. This one says it's full but there might be a waiting list)<br />
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And on the Journaling part of our trip to Spain <a href="http://www.bellissimaartescapes.com/2016-trips/journalwithcircleoffriends/spain" target="_blank">HERE</a>. You will have me and Katie Kendrick teaching at both locations and Kathie Vezzani guiding us to some of the best food in Europe.</div>
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This is the courtyard of the artist, <a href="http://oaxacaculture.com/2016/02/oaxaca-artist-gabriel-mendoza-lives-here/" target="_blank">Gabriel Mendoza</a>.</div>
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My friend <a href="http://lavaguy.com/ellen-benson/" target="_blank">Ellen Benson</a> introduced us.</div>
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All of these murals and paintings are the work of Gabriel. That's Ellen in the picture with him.</div>
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He's as nice as he looks.</div>
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More of Gabriel's work.</div>
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He even makes dolls.</div>
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And his studio was filled with fascinating assemblages, like this cardboard girl.</div>
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And this ghost.</div>
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Gabriel is a printmaker, carpenter, man of many experiences and kindnesses.</div>
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Artists are so interesting to me and carry so many stories in them.</div>
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I love to visit their studios and look at everything; supplies, equipment, work.</div>
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On to one of the market places (there are many) where we visit several times a week.</div>
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One thing John goes crazy for is buying small pieces of this charming red pottery.</div>
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Perfect little hand made dishes for condiments and snacks.</div>
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And here is a lady with her turkey.</div>
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Nothing unusual for Oaxaca.</div>
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This is what you put on your tacos.</div>
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And this is what a salad looks like.</div>
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This is the land of awesome food.</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/suzanne.kinney.14?fref=ts" target="_blank">Suzanne Kinney</a> and I showed paintings and photographs at our show.</div>
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Did I mention how blown away I was by the fun of doing that?</div>
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Suzanne getting ready for her close up.</div>
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Me choosing which paintings to hang.</div>
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Ellen Benson and Ruth Price, two of my friends at the opening.</div>
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Lisa and Alex, at home in their excellent creation that combines food and art.</div>
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Such a great place, built on love.</div>
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Lisa and Vida, having Monday Art Day.</div>
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And now the mural.</div>
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Lisa had this dream of painting the walls of Art House Oaxaca.</div>
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She purchased a boat load of exterior paints in bright colors ...</div>
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invited over a few friends ...</div>
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and this is what happened.</div>
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And yes, visiting artists, we saved some wall for you to paint when you come as well.</div>
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I'll close with an image of one of the paintings that went home with a lovely collector from the show.</div>
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The title is: "Valentine for Poets and Introverts" and it was painted approximately on Valentines Day.</div>
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Thank you for visiting.</div>
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xo</div>
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This first photo sums up the best of my 7 weeks in Mexico. </div>
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I had a private studio at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lisasonora/" target="_blank">Lisa Sonora's</a> place where I went to paint every morning in Oaxaca.</div>
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I completed 27-19x24" paintings on paper in that time. </div>
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It was the most prolific and intense time of learning I've ever been able to experience.</div>
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In other words, heaven.</div>
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I'll tell you more about that in the next post.</div>
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We arrived in Mexico City at the Red Tree House on January 18th.</div>
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Our friends from San Miguel met us there and we had a week to share.</div>
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We went to museums.</div>
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All of us love food and art so that's what we did.</div>
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Mexico City is full of museums; no time to see them all.</div>
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We barely scratched the surface.</div>
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I took hundreds of photos but then in March my iPhone died.</div>
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It was as harrowing as you'd imagine.</div>
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I had no idea that my photos were magically in a cloud up there.</div>
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In the Museum of Anthropology I saw these clay paint palettes that ancient artists used.</div>
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And there was this clever doll that was assembled just like the Sculpy dolls we made last year.</div>
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We spent a day on a boat in Xochimilco, eating, floating, daydreaming with each other.</div>
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The Japanese have the expression, "floating world" to describe the impermanence of life.</div>
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On that day our world really was floating.</div>
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I got to see paintings by a fascinating Mexican artist, <a href="http://gallery.sjsu.edu/mexican_amerixan_tradition/muralists/cuevas.html" target="_blank">Jose Cuevas</a>.</div>
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I've admired his drawing style for many years.</div>
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On our arrival in Oaxaca we were greeted by friends from our hometown.</div>
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It's always a bit of a miracle to see familiar faces so far from home.</div>
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We spent many lovely hours together.</div>
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There was a great show of Ikat weaving at the Textile Museum.</div>
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The Monday friends still met up to create and visit.</div>
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That's where I met <a href="http://www.lisasonora.com/" target="_blank">Lisa Sonora</a>, who offered me the use of a private studio.</div>
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Here is my angel in her studio with one of her Buddha paintings. </div>
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She is forming an artists' haven (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/arthouseoaxaca/info?tab=overview" target="_blank">Art House Oaxaca)</a> near the Llano Park in central </div>
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gather for classes. If you've ever wanted to retreat and have a quiet, </div>
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The location is excellent with everything you need in walking distance.</div>
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Around the corner from Lisa's is an art store and this studio full of printmaking</div>
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John got to meet his favorite living Mexican singer, <a href="http://www.liladowns.com/en/" target="_blank">Lila Downs</a>.</div>
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She was shopping at the Tlacalula Market when we spotted her. </div>
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I did a warm up self portrait in watercolor in my journal.</div>
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Coincidently, <a href="http://www.bellissimaartescapes.com/bellissima-art-escapes-2016/" target="_blank">Kathie Vezzani</a> was also in Oaxaca with <a href="https://carlasonheim.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Carla Sonheim</a>, <a href="http://lynnwhipple.com/" target="_blank">Lynn Whipple</a>, Lynn's husband <a href="http://www.wpmobserver.com/news/2012/may/16/john-whipple-artists-artist/" target="_blank">John Whipple</a> and <a href="https://vimeo.com/user44282735" target="_blank">Ane Martinez</a>. </div>
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Carla and Lynn were teaching a group of artists there. </div>
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I was thrilled to be invited to share a meal with them at the beautiful <a href="http://www.casaoaxacaelrestaurante.com/php/spa/elRestaurante.php" target="_blank">Casa Oaxaca restaurant.</a></div>
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Before I got settled into Lisa's studio I did 3 paintings in my apartment.</div>
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Full moon over the Santo Domingo Church. Big puppets. </div>
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I loved these tender drawings on paper of shaded bodies. I'll be teaching gesture</div>
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drawing and Rembrandt shading in Amsterdam in two months with Kathie Vezzani </div>
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I loved all the stores in Mexico with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincea%C3%B1era" target="_blank">quinceanera</a> dresses. We have nothing like it here;</div>
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feel so supported and honored. I got to show 17 of the 27 paintings I accomplished; between Suzanne</div>
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and myself we filled the large room with our creations. I've posted the paintings over on Instagram;</div>
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my handle there is judygirl9876.</div>
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In my next posting I'll write more about the opening, visiting a Oaxacan artist there</div>
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and painting a mural on the big wall at Lisa's Art House with a group of friends. </div>
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Judy Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325804190986167485noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734476.post-75067849220357022592016-01-14T16:36:00.000-08:002016-01-14T16:59:17.583-08:00My Paintings at In Bocca al Lupo Fine Art Gallery<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The opening is Jan. 16 from 5-8pm. 820 Main St. Oregon City, Oregon</div>
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This first painting is large; 30x40" on deep canvas stretcher bars. It is <u>Untitled</u>.</div>
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This one is 24x24" also on deep canvas stretcher bars.</div>
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<u>SummertimeBlues 1</u>, 19x24" acrylic on paper.</div>
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Judy Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325804190986167485noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734476.post-42006951660333214032015-12-29T09:29:00.001-08:002015-12-29T09:29:18.952-08:00Onward to 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Blueberry Muffins, 16x21" on paper, acrylic</div>
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Have been painting every day now for several weeks, interrupted only by things I cannot get out of. </div>
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Not ready to show very much. I have a little group show in a nearby gallery that I'm excited about. </div>
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I'll announce that right before we leave for Mexico City.</div>
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I love making these paintings which I think of as puzzles.</div>
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The search. It's all about the search and the love.</div>
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Judy Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325804190986167485noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734476.post-12856851626119746522015-12-20T13:34:00.000-08:002015-12-20T13:34:05.825-08:00Long Time No See<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Winter. Time to go inside; become quiet, let the weather swirl without as we rest and find renewal. I love the inner seeking, the slow and moody days, having more time to retreat and be still.</div>
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Made my new journal. Covers out of muslin covered matboard and acrylic paint, spine out of heavy canvas. </div>
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The matboard is lighter than Davy board. </div>
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Since I travel so much this helps on the heavy luggage.</div>
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Every day I begin with journal meditation and coffee.</div>
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Slow writing. Slow communion with my guides.</div>
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Meanwhile John plans the garden for the coming year.</div>
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While I spin my own dreams for 2016. </div>
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What a gift this life is. To forge a singular path. To have choices.</div>
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I hope if there's reincarnation I can be an artist next time as well.</div>
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Because I love my tools so much.</div>
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My private musings, playful scribbles, big dreams.</div>
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We create our own worlds.</div>
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I can't get over that.</div>
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We really are that powerful, that imaginative.</div>
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Close up of a recent painting in cement, wax, plaster, paint.</div>
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Happy Holidays to YOU.</div>
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Thank you for sharing this love of existence.</div>
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Even when it's bad it's good.</div>
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Judy Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325804190986167485noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734476.post-72149107613815576192015-11-16T13:59:00.000-08:002015-11-16T14:18:16.817-08:00Hawaii and Journal Pages<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Wow. This is my 767th post. I've been blogging since 2006. Admittedly I dont post as often as I used to but I'm still at it. Kind of amazing when so many blogs seem to be dropping by the wayside.</div>
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So our core family just returned from a short vacation and it was good. We were the pasty white Oregonians on the beach; limping over the sharp lava and laughing at ourselves.</div>
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We took a submarine ride.</div>
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Spent part of every day journaling, painting and reading.</div>
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Enjoying the big house up on a coffee farm that we rented through Air B & B. (Thank you, Shelly Shinjo for that recommendation.) It's called the Black Manta Farm if any of you are interested in staying away from the tourists on the beach.</div>
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We all snorkled and a couple of us took turns on the paddle boat. Man, that was fun!</div>
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While I was in Hawaii I read all of Elizabeth Gilbert's book <u><a href="http://amzn.to/1NXtQiU">Big Magic</a></u> and I loved it. She says all the things that I teach; we can all do it if we want to, this is our legacy as smart monkeys, to be able to make things and use our imaginations. To create art and to create the lives we dreamed of as children. So thank you Elizabeth for your encouraging and generous book. </div>
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Another book I've just read is Lynda Barry's latest book, <u><a href="http://amzn.to/1HUkVsa">Syllabus</a></u>. I love Lynda and have all her books. She is sooo advanced without being dry; explains how the brain and imagination works as only an artist could explain it. I wish I was a student in her class although I fear my brain was too warped by the kind of art education I had to ever really get over it. I don't blame any of my schools; it is really just the messages of this culture. The messages that I try to undo in my classes. </div>
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I love to see how people are breaking free from old ways of thinking and bravely working it out for themselves. Slowly and surely each one of us moves the best we can toward truth and beauty. That is my prayer. I too see the frustration and hopelessness that moves some to acts of violence but am grateful that in such an enormous population only a few are so misguided. </div>
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Judy Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325804190986167485noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734476.post-68231703526522475302015-10-30T12:29:00.001-07:002015-10-30T12:29:17.148-07:00San Miguel de Allende<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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John and I left on the 9th to join our friends in San Miguel; from our damp and darkened home in the Pacific Northwest to sunny Mexico.<br />
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<a href="http://joyouslybecoming.typepad.com/">Katie Kendrick</a> was waiting there, we were both ready to teach and play for a week with a group of women who would quickly become fast friends and confidantes. It is magic what happens at these retreats. Making art projects is only part of it. There is a camaraderie, food, celebrations, connection. Community. It's phenomenal.<br />
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Lost in our private worlds. In flow. Blissful. That's how the days pass. And then we eat!<br />
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<a href="http://www.kathievezzani.com/the-magic-of-mojigangas-with-hermes-arroyo/">Kathie Vezzani </a>and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ane.martinez.1?fref=nf">Ane Elena</a> take such good care of us. They know the in's and out's. Where to eat. What's happening in town.<br />
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One unexpected surprise for me was how much I loved and was inspired by the mojigangas. Paper mache. That we got to paint and decorate. I learned a new recipe for paper mache that will make it much stronger than what I used in the past. Bug resistent. Now I can't wait to try it.<br />
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We got to have two cooking lessons. <a href="http://cherylmaria.com/2013/11/07/memories-of-marcella-hazan/">Michael Coon</a> had us in his home where he teaches cooking classes. Gosh he fed us course after course of food; I finally had to throw in the towel before the dessert came. It was so delicious we couldn't stop eating.<br />
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We had a bumpy ride out to Pozos and learned about the history of silver mining in the region; got to see the desert and meet an old miner there, the last of his kind.<br />
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On our last night we visited the home of <a href="http://www.elpetitfour.com/paco-cardenas.html">Paco Cardenas</a> who prepared us a 4 course meal with paired wines and showed us how to make the dessert; chocolate on chocolate - swoon!<br />
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A delightful chef who owns a bakery and coffee shop in town.</div>
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He had a special treat for two of our attendees who had Birthdays; a beautiful cake that we shared on top of the meal!! What a night that was.<br />
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This shot was taken at the rooftop of the Rosewood Hotel; stunning views of the sunset and the entire city.<br />
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Friendships forged. Kathy lives in my town and I didn't even know her. We have a play date planned.<br />
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Of course the city is full of amazing art. We visited numerous galleries and got lots of inspiration.<br />
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These are some of our finished projects. Floorcloths in one of my classes. </div>
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Soft spirit dolls in one of Katie's classes.</div>
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Katie's second class was cardboard books (I'll try to show you mine in the next post) and my second class was gum arabic printmaking.<br />
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After my art people left John and I stayed on an extra week with friends who live in the city.</div>
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They made us welcome with nightly meals, toasty fires when the weather turned cool (hurricane Patricia, remember?) and introduced me to this painter.<br />
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He invited me to work with him on a large painting. I was thrilled. We painted all day.</div>
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His media included enamel paint, cement, milk paint, wax, gasoline, paint thinner, oil paint, pigment, blanco de espana, fire to melt the wax and set the combustibles on fire and more. It was revolutionary.<br />
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I came home and started a canvas with some of his less combustible media. This is what it looks like now and I intend to do a 2nd panel to add to it. I'll show you as soon as I can; our family is preparing to head out for another get-away so I made not get to it for awhile.<br />
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Thank you for visiting. Life is sweet when it is not terrifying or sad. I try to make the most of the good times, knowing nothing gold can stay. Art keeps me alive. It is my lifeline and my connection to spirit. I know how lucky I am. I want everyone to be well, content, at peace. Namaste.</div>
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The Indigo class was a great success. Lots of wonderful patterns created by the willing crew.</div>
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We spent 2 1/2 days tying, wrapping, clamping, stitching and dyeing our creations.</div>
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On the last day we made books and sewing bags.</div>
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Gosh it was fun.</div>
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And we had marvelous weather for the weekend.</div>
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Kathie even let us do some rusting from her great stash of metal.</div>
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She prepared us lunches and suppers! It was incredible to eat her fabulous food and to watch her prepare it with seeming ease. Thank you Kathie and you terrific attendees for a wonderful weekend.</div>
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It seemed like the garden exploded overnight into riotous flower and fruit.</div>
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The persimmons are like sculpture; I love to watch them mature.</div>
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And the winter squash, strewn among the fallen plums. The vines are dying. Summer winding down.</div>
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I stretched the Big Big canvas. I love to stretch canvas. I know; I must be crazy. But I do love the mundane studio tasks as well as the moments of joy when something in a painting satisfies me.</div>
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I've been at it.</div>
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Flinging myself at the paint; flinging the paint at the substrate.</div>
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I talked Shellie (my daughter) into trying non-representation. </div>
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She was exhausted by the end of the day. </div>
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She said that painting a subject is so much easier because you know what it's supposed to look like.</div>
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Or at the least you have a starting place.</div>
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Whereas in non-representational painting, you have to invent everything.</div>
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I agreed.</div>
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I think it's the most challenging painting I've ever tried.</div>
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But I'm loving it. </div>
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Day 30. Whew! </div>
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After a full 30 days of painting each day I feel like the marathon runner who throws herself across the finish line. </div>
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Now I can finally start new paintings. </div>
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Bye bye Big Big. You've been a worthy studio companion.</div>
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Judy Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325804190986167485noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734476.post-56177336096778492562015-09-04T11:05:00.001-07:002015-09-04T11:05:13.576-07:00My Month of Paintings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So in my last post I shared with you the first 5 versions of my month long challenge to myself to paint daily on the same painting. </div>
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I can hardly remember why I started this challenge to myself other than that I had a failed painting on a 48x60" canvas that I didn't know what to do with. </div>
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So I threw that canvas on the floor on the first day and just started painting meandering lines on it. And then one thing just sorta let to another. It was fun. Addictive.</div>
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On some days the changes I made were ghastly. So I decided to accept that. Believe me when I say it wasn't easy to accept the ugly. The badly composed. </div>
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My inner critic was howling but I sat him in a corner and continued.</div>
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To make it even harder, I started posting the results on Facebook every day so that all my uglies hung out for everyone to see. </div>
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As the wonderful <a href="http://marciasandmeyerwilson.com/">Marcia Sandmeyer Wilson</a> said on her site long ago, I had my underpants on my head. That brave.</div>
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I wanted to stop several times.</div>
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This version for example.</div>
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But by then the friends on Facebook urged me on.</div>
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"Joy, joy, destroy" as my idol <a href="http://www.carlitodalceggio.com/blog.aspx">Carlito</a> says.</div>
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I destroyed.</div>
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And overcame fear.</div>
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I rose again.</div>
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And was glad I'd had courage.</div>
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Was able to get out a lot of silly.</div>
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And watch as things rose up ...</div>
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faded away ...</div>
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and became other things.</div>
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I grew tired of it at times.</div>
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Went off in some real strange directions.</div>
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Thank you for witnessing my journey. </div>
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Keeping busy on my end. We had the first ears of corn out of the garden last night and they were so tender that we ate them raw. One of my favorite garden treats.</div>
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Summer here is divine. No rain since May; I really miss the seasonal rains and thunder, but why wish for the moon when you have the stars?</div>
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My daughters have been visiting several times a week to paint with me. I love that. Usually, I work in the journal when they're here.</div>
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I also have a little project going on in the studio. Well, a big project, actually.</div>
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A canvas that's 45x60" that I'm adding to on a daily basis and then posting the results on Facebook. My plan is to see what happens in a month.</div>
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I'm 5 days into the project and the results so far are pictured above.</div>
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It's scary to go into the woods in public so to speak. Because nearly every painting has its awkward stages.</div>
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We've kept up the family hikes on Sundays.</div>
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Dont know what got into me on this one above. I tried to make it family friendly.</div>
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Almost didn't post it but then I know you all have a sense of the absurd along with me.</div>
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I've been practicing calligraphy too. I never got very good at it but love to shape the slow letters.</div>
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Mount Raung only 90 miles from Bali has been spewing all summer, forcing the airport to close and stranding tourists there. </div>
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My comadre Kathie Vezzani has been watching nervously as she doesn't want to lead over a dozen of us into danger, ashfall or inconvenience. </div>
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What a huge responsibility she has. </div>
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Anyway, she finally made a decision to cancel our Bali trip that was scheduled for mid-September.</div>
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As a result of that, she and I are offering a 3 day class at her studio in Gig Harbor, Washington during the time we would have been in Bali. </div>
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Please feel welcome to join us there as we explore indigo and enjoy each other's company. </div>
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Kathie's given you all the details <a href="http://www.kathievezzani.com/?p=179836">here</a> and she will be preparing her fabulous meals for us ... swoon!</div>
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Thank you for stopping by. Stay well, stay connected, stay beautiful.</div>
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Namaste.</div>
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