The Start of "Catbird Etc"

Since I have packed most of my art supplies in the car for a

summer on the north coast of Maine... I have

but pencils to work with and an idea I want to

pursue..so here is the first cartoonish sketch

on canvas--at this point I am making all sorts of

choices and will probably change my mind

umpteen times. At first it was just the

Catbird then it started to grow into "my" catbird

with personal symbols
--will I have a crown?....will I add the

jewels?...is that the light to dark

life cycle in there?...which brushes

will I paint or will the tools change?

And what pray tell is one of the

seven veils doing in there? Am I going

to use subdued colors?

All the questions swirl around and will

be settled when I' am settled in Eastport.

I will be off the computer for awhile

when the trip begins shortly and

will be pretty far behind in seeing

your inspiring works...

See Oh Rita !

A sketch done on a day where I could

not concentrate well with some sort of

creative block--but I liked how it looked

so here it is---I decided I will finally

get into a book I always wanted to re

read and that is mighty unusual for me--

it is fruitless to bang my head up against

this rock bound block---many years

has taught me that the book

is the best way for me

to unfrustrate myself..
Rita is a great Border Collie---you may know

how they can be--

so eager to do what they do best.

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The 1927 Stage Musical Rio Rita

brought the title to mind---you can Google

Rio Rita Lyrics and see ol timey UTube

with dance steps...

nice old tinny sounding music

THREE STAGES

Left click on photo to see larger

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The flower gardens in this north central part of

Connecticut right now.....

are often in three stages of development

..the budding, the flowering and the demise
I see a lot of symbolism

in many aspecs of life in these Peonys....

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Take note of the Art Blog sites to visit on the

left of the site now--they are cool to see and read

for their creative work and minds...

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I Didn't Know That.....

This started as an all pencil journal spread but I

could not handle there not being any color on this one so added

bits of paper collage---
Over 6,000 years ago the Belly dance began as a dance for women

alone. Young girls were taught it to prepare for childbirth.

The motions helped to strengthen the abdominal muscles.

And here I always thought it was quite seductive ---live and learn..

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it's always extra special when doing

a journal page to misspell a word

such as Goddess :-)