Thinking About Art

THINKING ABOUT ART

Yesterday was our second grey, windy day in row. The temperature had cooled to a reasonable high in the mid 70’s, the humidity however, yep, stayed way up there; well you can’t have everything. Altogether a lovely transitional day between summer and autumn. The type of day seemingly designed for thoughtful introspection. After finally finishing my latest collage of the Divided Mind series, #5, “The Education of Piaget”,

i proceeded to do just that. I gathered together the work i have done this summer, tacked it up on all available wall surfaces in my studio (and beyond) with the intent of looking at what i ‘ve done since we moved on to the Floating Empire. I find a periodic art reality check is a good idea. Sometimes you see things you wouldn’t with out looking at everything altogether. Which is of course the whole idea behind portfolio reviews.

Well, so beyond a lot of detail work we’ve done on the boat and decorating the exterior wall of the front deck; a project i have yet to complete, not to mention lots of embroidery, i have continued to make collages, six of them to be exact, started a new drawing series (something i never had time for when i was gainfully employed), and i am playing around with the concept of creating functional sculpture, rather a la Deek of RelaxShacks.com. Yup, i can sure tell that i will be so bored now that i am retired. Right!

More later

Morgainne

PS. So this what the studio looks like after about six weeks of making art.