my bird

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Reparations

Has anyone thought about how all the Native American artifacts and art pieces came to be displayed in art museums and natural history museums all over the country?

Apparently, a lot of those objects have been stolen or cheated from the tribes in which they belong too. Many of those objects are sacred, and not meant to even be seen by us, only within the ceremonies for which they were created. Some of those objects were taken from graves. Objects meant to help the spirit in the afterlife. Tribes still exist from those looted plots, and they want those items returned and reburied.

Just as in Nazi Germany, where many Jewish homes were robbed of paintings and jewelry. Now those paintings and such are being returned to their rightful owners.

Is this any different?

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Anyone know how to take a song i have in itunes and get a url tag out of it?
I want to add a song to my blog.

Happy Tuesday! I have three days without school each week. Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Sundays are so busy with family, cleaning, laundry, groceries, so it hardly counts. But I live for my Tuesdays and Fridays. It's just nice to be home, nowhere to go, kids underfoot... I try to do my homework in the morn, so I can enjoy the rest of the day. I may start a new painting today, I've been feeling 'big' lately, so maybe I'll get out a cabinet door.

I actually do have somewhere to go, but I'm glad to do it. To place my vote in the primary.

IF: Blanket

I've been using oils in my paintings lately. This one I used acrylics for the background, collaged old maps, and oils for the face, and blanket. I really like the dreamy blendy qualities, but it definitely takes more time.

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A good egg

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You just made my day!

Thank you to Ursula Shaw and Lil Kim for the 'You make my day' awards!!!
As soon as I figure out all the html to link to others and display the award I will pass it on.
I've also been tagged by Rebecca, so here are 5 things you many not know about me...

1. I can make the real deal monster masks, plaster molds and latex and all. Quite involved and quite rewarding!

2. Right now I have fuschia toe nails with irridescent hearts and little gems.



3. I used to live in Manhattan and worked for a record label (Astralwerks)

4. I haven't met a craft I didn't like. I have the supplies and books on probably every type of artistic hobby a person can have. My latest was stained glass and I have yet to really finish something. I tell myself it will all come in handy when I'm an art teacher.

5. I love reality tv, the worse the better. Project Runway, of course, Real Housewives, yes, Rock of Love, give me more! It's my guilty pleasure :)

One Down

15 Weeks to go...
The semester has started, 12 grueling hours. Taken in conjunction with the rest of my life, I'm going to be one busy lady. However, today, is a holiday.
I also am studying for my c-base so I can get into my level 2 teaching courses. Math, yuck.

One very exciting event in my life recently has been the discovery of Illustration Friday. This was my third week posting and all the support has been beyond my expectations.

Side note: My four year old boy just came up the stairs, looked at the paintings I had lined up on a table and said, "I like your beautiful fairies mama, can we marry them?" He's a sweetheart :)

Anyway, I can't believe all the comments and traffic I have received. It's so encouraging and I'm honored to have so many fabulous artists looking at and liking my work.

Thank you to everyone who has stopped by and those who took time to comment!!!

IF: Plain

plain for everyone to see...

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IF: Stitch

A rather literal interpretation, but sewing on collaged elements is a technique I’ve wanted to try so finally got the push I needed.


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a bird in hand

IF: 100%

50% you + 50% me = 100% us

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art is my yoga

When I study art, reading through my glossy, full color collections of paintings, I am constantly confronted with my mortality.

It's almost like reading tombstones. Next to the slick reproductions are
Name
Born
Died

It's humbling, these works are vibrant, alive and the makers seemingly immortal.
But I know better.

I look up from the pages, into the next room where my son is playing, and I appreciate the moment. I am suddenly aware, of time, the present, and the passage of time.

Why I love art, Reason #1

eating resolutions

It’s that time of year again for resolutions. The last few years, it has always been the same, to eat a bit healthier. That has actually been an ongoing thing for many years. Slowly but surely, a healthier eating style has replaced the awful, junky, way of eating that dominated my 20’s.

Items that no longer occupy my cabinets are chips, sugary cereals, candy or Little Debbie snacks. The chips were easy to get rid of. I seriously can’t stop eating them if I have a bag, so I just make sure I don’t have them in the house. I replaced chips with other crunchy things like toasted pitas and hummus, or corn chips and guacamole, nuts, and crackers with cheese. Pretty easy, though possibly more expensive. Cereals have been replaced with waffles. We have whole-grain waffles for breakfast almost every morning. My son doesn’t even want a drop of syrup, just some smart-balance spread. I try to get him to eat a yogurt with it, but usually just manage a glass of milk. Lila likes eggs, but not Paul.

Now my eating dilemmas have to do with my son Paul. Four years old and never met a vegetable he liked. I just bought Jessica Seinfield’s Deceptively Delicious, but after trying a few recipes, don’t see this as a long-term solution. Though we discovered he will eat the mashed sweet potatoes I prepared and froze according to DD. I know many many people have trouble getting their preschoolers to eat healthy choices. The boy would eat pasta and cheese the rest of his life without complaint. Or fish sticks with ketchup.

It’s very disappointing after I have prepared a healthy, delicious meal and have him refuse it and ask for noodles. Yesterday I made a wonderful chicken pot pie with carrots and potatoes, but he would only take his “one bite” as is the rule in the house, he has to try everything, but we won’t force him to finish it. I asked him how it was as he is gulping his juice after his taste, and he tearfully tells me, “not good”. Meanwhile, the rest of the family is devouring it, in fact we finished off the whole thing by the end of the night. Paul had peanut-butter and jelly.

My husband and I love good food. I get excited about food, and eating, and even cooking when I’m not too stressed. In fact I have two new cookbooks on the way from amazon. I can’t eat fish sticks and macaroni and cheese for dinner every night. But I hate preparing one meal for us and another meal for Paul.

How have others survived this?

Soar

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cumulation

Hope everyone had joyous holidays! Mine was busy busy with family and friends, including a dear friend from Norway that came to visit. I miss her much.

I think my Lila and Paul had a good visit from Santa, but the tree looked quite barren. There was no gift orgy at our house, just a few, well chosen but much desired things. Namely and mainly...legos. Apparently you can never have enough of those. But who am I to argue? The boy is four and all he wants to do is build spaceships. Lila got a bouncy, rolly inchworm.

(Please note the gifts on the hearth as well before thinking of sending my deprived children anything :)



And last but not least, I actually had time to paint yesterday.

Will be listed this evening on ebay

i am switzerland

early bird

sanction

blossom

pin drop

eminent

busy

I haven't uploaded any pictures in a LONG time. Somehow I only ever have enough time to do the bare minimum, which for me is taking care of my family, going to school and painting. I am going to post now whatever I can find on photobucket. Soon (two weeks) I will be done with school for the semester and can spend more time on the other things that give me pleasure. So here are some paintings from the last two months...

i know what i know

bird watching

intrapersonal

perception

reflected appraisal

see mother work

3 birds

chosen

I used more paint on this piece, instead of colored pencils. Not sure which I like more. They are both equally enjoyable to use.

separate

I'm selling these on ebay as a pair...

map face

dancers

pink wings

"Oh, My!"

You just know you're going to have a good day when you wear this little lovely necklace. Follow the link on the right to bid on it.

we too

bat