Nya and I made our first ever batch of cookies together, in honor of lOvE, of course! I absolutely love super-soft iced sugar cookies, especially heart shaped ones with just the right amount of flower and heart shaped sprinkles on top! Nya has decided she loves them even more than I do! Ah, to be 2 years old and tasting your first cookie! Valentine's day bliss of another kind!
Up a little hill
I wanted to drop in and give you a peek at what I'm working on this week. I am starting on some pieces that are a bit bigger(still only 6"w x 4"h on this little dragonfly number)than my most recent work. I am at the point with this particular canvas that I seem to reach with every piece I make. I have been on a fast and furious creative roll, with ideas coming in as quickly as I can apply them, and then, all of a sudden...urrrrch! The breaks are slammed, and I just keep staring, trying things, taking them off...staring, trying things, taking them off...you get the idea! So, I thought this would be the perfect time to check in and say, "Hello!" to you.
Maybe you have some creative insight that can push me over this little hill? "Weeeeeeeeeeee!" I'd love to hear from you.
Sometimes you just need a rest...
I usually take this time to leave my work alone for awhile and check out other things. A fresh perspective is like good, rich garden soil. Great ideas won't grow without it.
Gustav
So, maybe I'll check out the new e-book my husband suggested I get myself for Valentine's Day...lol! He heard about it on NPR. It's called The Lady in Gold and is about Vienna, Austria's greatest painter, (also, my favorite one)Gustav Klimt, and the subject of what many consider his masterpiece, the very famous portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, an extra-ordinary member of Vienna's late 1800's early 1900's Jewish elite. So far, it is a captivating, history-filled read with lots of wonderful old photographs. My great Grandmother, Therese, was Austrian, so it feels very nostalgic and magical to me...Thanks for the perfect Valentine's Day gift, Jason! Red roses and gooey chocolates just aren't for me.
I'll let you know what I come up with on my painting. I almost forgot to mention, this is the part where the mAgIC happens...Be well, thanks for reading, and God bless you.
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ReplyDeleteJust looking at "your dragonfly". There is something very special, almost magical about them. The "design" is obviously amazingly exquisite and beautiful, but what really amazes me is the practical application in their design, i.e. the way they dart here and there. So quickly do they move from here to htere, they can appear to disappear, only to appear in another location, stationary, as if they were filled with helium. I love to watch them flitting around. And the fact that they eat misquitos is a definite reason to love them. Plus, they prefer to be around water, so they tend to be in areas of natural beauty.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful description of dragonflies, Dad! I love it, especially the part that says,"So quickly do they move from here to there, they can appear to disappear, only to appear in another location, stationary...". I have seen them do just that so many awe-filled times! I love the way you actually captured their movement in words...maybe you should be writing a blog of your own...I'll be your first follower...? ;)
DeleteI like your dragofly. In my languagy: libelle ;-)
ReplyDelete@Jedidja, thanks so much! I almost have it finished now and will post the finished photo soon! Thanks for chiming in. :)
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