tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55694303502940054432024-02-20T22:30:20.722-05:00Gk's Universeevents, happenings, Art openings, Interviews with Artists, fun stuffGretchen Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777388042263341579noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569430350294005443.post-88942624408211669762012-04-19T12:08:00.000-04:002012-08-05T23:28:22.783-04:0030/30 Dresses April, 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here is the first half of the month of 30 dresses this year. If you want to see everyones' posts go on FB and join the group "30/30 Dresses GROUP!":<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Silver-lined Tornado" - my corrugated creation for Kosa on Warren Street this year....see other beautiful creations by other Artists in the other window. So love that Cora featured mine in a window by itself!</td></tr>
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Now I will post, in addition to FB, my daily DRESS ensemble on this blog now. My posts have gotten continually more creative. The top one is the most recent. I would post all the details below each pic but it's too hard to manage on this dang post editor in blogger. It was hard enough getting all the pics in the chronological order. I usually give the fashion credit to each garment that I am wearing.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I started this morning in the garden planting seeds wearing black and ended the day in white fresh as a Lily of the Valley, which are budding in my garden. The most special thing that I will list about this outfit are the orange/white polka dot sunglasses that have dangly chains that wrap around my ear with a large disk earring that hangs down- vintage 60's.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb5b01x9iiEtUsPEF-3cOMUQnFVDyIlkWV8r2Y-bkhEVOnPQSVHRAqtE2T1rlBtm3U72JZc8dd7-tA_8vqokMXT_gJ78LdBZe6FjCslkQ-GYpuqaC4U6V4DOUuI6On3PV5ispfqAGudCE/s1600/gk30-30+dresses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb5b01x9iiEtUsPEF-3cOMUQnFVDyIlkWV8r2Y-bkhEVOnPQSVHRAqtE2T1rlBtm3U72JZc8dd7-tA_8vqokMXT_gJ78LdBZe6FjCslkQ-GYpuqaC4U6V4DOUuI6On3PV5ispfqAGudCE/s640/gk30-30+dresses.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="UIStory_Message"> GK day 26/30 dresses</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="UIStory_Message">SPring! down on the river. ME wearing the kind of thing that I love~ vintage housewife dress in sheer cheesy rayon seersucker given to me by a friend, worn over a navy vintage slip from 5 + Diamond- it has ruffles and a maroon bow and a silly patch under the arm in white polkadot print applied by Lisa, which gives it s<span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show">o much special charm. I had to wear jeans today because I was cold and also anklets with my Mary Janes from about 15 years ago from ? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">Also, red/wht stripe cardi over linen Henley, both from Gap about 15 years ago. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">This last week I am trying to wear some dresses/skirts that need to be in photos before the event ends. 4 days to go....</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVW4neYPiUDX5C1e9XPv8aL6Upz99IGeFY1Lbaa1bP_7c0WMWIF4hS8PyPLtVdyPNscxqvNmHzMytHNLTpvBLO_AdCRFt-GE-PNKm5PUMVGSNPT9bNdYeDErFF97LFk0DhBgZDcaE2dA/s1600/30dresses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVW4neYPiUDX5C1e9XPv8aL6Upz99IGeFY1Lbaa1bP_7c0WMWIF4hS8PyPLtVdyPNscxqvNmHzMytHNLTpvBLO_AdCRFt-GE-PNKm5PUMVGSNPT9bNdYeDErFF97LFk0DhBgZDcaE2dA/s640/30dresses.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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GK23/30 dresses</div><div style="text-align: center;">at the "Knock it Off" exhibition at</div><div style="text-align: center;">the Albany Center Gallery</div><div style="text-align: center;">standing next to "Not Lady GaGa"</div><div style="text-align: center;">wearing all black because that is </div><div style="text-align: center;">what I choose when in doubt,</div><div style="text-align: center;">in a hurry or travelling. </div><div style="text-align: center;">No fuss no muss... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbBt83-ah-BtMawk0VCp2qXl8M7DKmnihfEw7vXtYLC2udUfv-_YxoXyJi3R0UxvYkUVNFC5Ofbw63hLKZcONcplX373B_HTyVgav32775_V8quyKVmeWRmtWT_b2VvFqLbHPBnDZvus/s1600/gk23:30dresses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbBt83-ah-BtMawk0VCp2qXl8M7DKmnihfEw7vXtYLC2udUfv-_YxoXyJi3R0UxvYkUVNFC5Ofbw63hLKZcONcplX373B_HTyVgav32775_V8quyKVmeWRmtWT_b2VvFqLbHPBnDZvus/s400/gk23:30dresses.jpg" width="373" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> GK day 22/ 30 dresses </div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy EARTH DAY!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm doing the Earth Goddess dance in my</div><div style="text-align: center;">special Lime top that has a reflective rose</div><div style="text-align: center;">that glows when light hits it like on a traffic sign-</div><div style="text-align: center;">from Anthropoloie, fuscia beaded cardi/Old Navy,</div><div style="text-align: center;">green cotton tiered skirt, </div><div style="text-align: center;">fave multi-colored sequin flats</div><div style="text-align: center;">and favorite cat, Botero.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Watercolor painting owned by Seth.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWlkPGiuit0Y7MKaJRuLNj0ZYr2XkagA93HCuMcnOfoz7VerUmf6W8d_vYUZC96MAkl14mwKvlV-qb2BtGm5v4rdI2i_mS0jUkEMSE6VlOtmn_7B0V-RkJlagKqd3zntIbR1OjAPnp9f4/s1600/gk22:30dresses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWlkPGiuit0Y7MKaJRuLNj0ZYr2XkagA93HCuMcnOfoz7VerUmf6W8d_vYUZC96MAkl14mwKvlV-qb2BtGm5v4rdI2i_mS0jUkEMSE6VlOtmn_7B0V-RkJlagKqd3zntIbR1OjAPnp9f4/s640/gk22:30dresses.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> GK day 21/30 dresses</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pink + black cows flying at dusk in Hudson Valley</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pink tie dye net top + silk slip skirt/Anthropologie,</div><div style="text-align: center;">black knit slip dress over skirt, </div><div style="text-align: center;">black leggings, black ballet slips<br />
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<a href="http://web.mac.com/kaycrain/site/HOME.html"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Kay Crain</span></a> continues to be a favorite Artist of mine on the <a href="http://www.dailypainters.com/artists/artist_gallery/657/Kay-Crain">Daily Painters Gallery.</a> The paintings that she does from photos of times gone by really take me down memory lane...I love vintage anything and everything. So many of them remind me of my Mom's photo albums of our family. They're fun and kitcshy. One of my best friends said to me "I hope you do an interview with Kay Crain...." I said she was def on my list. I think it is the way that we can time travel through Kay's paintings that make them dear. I like when paintings transport me out of the present world that I am experiencing and take me to another place and time. When I was compiling paintings that I wanted to post in the interview, I found it hard to narrow it down so I didn't - I just put all the ones that I liked. <span style="font-size: large;">My absolute <span style="color: orange;">FAVORITES</span> are the <span style="color: magenta;">Bo</span><span style="color: #f1c232;">u</span><span style="color: #f1c232;">f</span><span style="color: orange;">fa</span><span style="color: #e06666;">n</span><span style="color: #b45f06;">t</span><span style="color: magenta;">s</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">!</span> and the first one below is 1st Prize winner!</span> <br />
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My friend, Patty, loves Kay's painitngs and wanted to ask her "to talk about her love for<br />
nostalgia...her paintings show a simpler time and make that time look so<br />
sweet and beautiful. (I never liked the way bathing caps looked but I<br />
love them in her paintings!) "<br />
Here's what Kay said:<br />
"I love painting from old photos and I think we all have a certain nostalgia for our childhood , even if we didn't have the most idyllic one. When you are a kid, you don't have to worry about paying the bills,or any of those other grown up things.<br />
When I was a kid in the fifties, the kids ran all over the neighborhood without their moms worrying. Many moms stayed home and were there to fix your lunch and bandage your scraped knees.<br />
I paint lots of pool paintings because this was the happiest time of my childhood. I spent a good part of the summer at the pool every year.<br />
My brother and I have a June birthday so our party was often the whole family gathering at the park by the municiple pool for a picnic and then the kids going in the pool after lunch."<br />
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When I get older I think I want to retire in an Airstream and travel around the country like the people in these pictures.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange;">Q. Your bio says that you have many Artists in your family and access </span><br />
</div><span style="color: orange;">to Art supplies at a young age, did you study Art in school or are you </span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">self taught?</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm mostly self taught with the exception of taking a few workshops here and there.<br />
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</div><span style="color: orange;">Q. What inspires you?</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When people tell me they love my paintings and would like to live in them. ;)<br />
</div>I also get inspired going to Art Museums. We have a wonderful one in St. Louis and I’ve logged a number of hours in the Art Institute of Chicago.<br />
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</div><span style="color: orange;">Q. Kay, you have an intense job as a nurse delivering babies that </span> <br />
<div style="color: orange;">takes a lot of your time.....when do you fit in the time to paint?<br />
</div>I work three 12 hour night shifts per week so that leaves a lot of extra days to paint. Even though it is full time, it feels almost like part time.<br />
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<div style="color: orange;">Q. Do you ever have the desire to paint something "outside of the box" <br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">other than what you do now? and what would that be?<br />
</div>I occasionally paint something rather abstract like a cityscape...But you can still tell it's a cityscape. That's about as out of the box as I get. ;)<br />
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</div><div style="color: orange;">Q. In your own words describe your Artwork.<br />
</div><div style="color: black;">My artwork is mostly about people. Moms and dads and their children, people at cafe's, people at the beach....It usually has strong sunlight and shadow.....some of it has a sense of humor and some is nostalgic and it's always full of color.<br />
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</div><div style="color: orange;">Q. Who are some of your heros? and why?<br />
</div>My mom was one of my heroes. She dealt with many difficult situations, but kept us together and feeling safe. She had a marvelous "Joie de vivre" and kept her sense of humor right to the end. She passed away last february at the age of 91.<br />
My husband is my hero......he's bounced back from life threatening illness twice now and managed to make ME feel safe when I thought my world was falling apart. He has always told me "Be nice to you" when ever I would say I need to lose weight or be better at something..... He's always there for me...always. He’s a rock! We were high school sweethearts and have been married 37 years .<br />
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<div style="color: orange;">Q. What is something you learned about life through Artwork?<br />
</div>From gazing at lots of artwork in museums all across the country, I've learned that people are intrinsically the same no matter what era the painting was painted or in what country. They had families, played with their children, went to the beach, gathered around the table for a meal, romanced a lover, had a picnic, went to the symphony, had conflict, fought in wars, lost loved ones. The themes are just repeated.<br />
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<div style="color: orange;">Q. Do you have any interesting goals for the New Year that you would <br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">like to share?<br />
</div>There’s always the usual one.....to lose weight ! ha ha. <br />
I’d also like to really clean house and get rid of a lot of things...we have too many THINGS! I think as you get older, you realize that more and more and stop acquiring tchotchkes. Oh, and clean my studio! I need a backhoe right now.<br />
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</div><div style="color: orange;">Q. You have a twin brother - do you have that thing that I have always <br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">heard about with identical twins- where you always feel that <br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">"connection"?<br />
</div>My mom was an identical twin..they called it a “mirror image twin.” She was right handed, my aunt was left handed. She had a cowlick on one side of her hair, my aunt on the other. They definitely had that special connection and would be dialing the phone to call the other one at the same time and stuff like that.<br />
My brother and I used to have it more when we were younger and lived in the same household. We would commonly start to say the same thing at the same time.<br />
Now, it’s not as much like that.<br />
I adore him , however, and no one, but NOONE, makes me laugh as hard as he does. ;)<br />
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</div><div style="color: orange;">Ummmmm. How about who are my favorite artists?<br />
</div>I Love, love , love Norman Rockwell. Two summers ago, we visited the Norman Rockwell museum in Massachusetts. I was in heaven!!!<br />
He painted the idyllic life....they way we wish life to be. Only in his later years did he stray from that and touch upon more contemporary themes .<br />
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I also love John Singer Sargeant. There’s a room full of his work in the Boston Museum of art. I sat there gazing at “The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit” for a good part of an hour while my long suffering husband went to do something else.<br />
(He spends a lot of time patiently waiting on benches with his Iphone when i’m in art museums.)<br />
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I love Mary Cassatt...especially her mothers and children<br />
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I also enjoy Cecilia Beaux, Sorolla and his beach scenes , Richard Emil Miller and Frank Weston Benson.<br />
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As for contemporary artists, I’m a fan of Jeff Hein, D.J. Hall, Kim English, Ken Auster, and Paul Rafferty.<br />
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Almost all of my favorites have a common theme.....Portraits or figuratives.<br />
When I go to an art museum, Here’s how I roll.....I head for the American paintings first........give a cursory glance to the modern stuff.....(I don’t get how a piece of string tacked to the wall is art.) I then will head for the European art, especially the impressionists like Renoir, manet, monet, cassatt etc. It's all about the paintings.<br />
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Ancient pottery.?....um no! Antique furniture.?....don’t care. Beautiful silver work? -not interested. ; mummies in their tombs.?..unh uh.<br />
I save a lot of time that way.<br />
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Kay's brother vacuming her ....?<br />
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That's it for the interview with Kay. I have to say that I would like to paint George too....<br />
I love to get inside the Artist 's head to hear what makes them tick, what they like and what their process is. I, also, paint people and am inspired by what Kay says about how every individual is different in so many ways. As an Artist we study people and reflect what we see and bring it to the viewers attention with our paints and brushes. <br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfcuvTmckCh6qCQyrIkx5KS1k27YYtOFuILP5pQ4a1ghFq2lbHe3fUZ0VCxM5LAScaQXA0Nr4dr6GsCYvG8qmuYjElkMmHkGhz5XKCTtICXt0R_jFhysF3JJtzWb3PuYyP4VHGgZvVBI/s1600-h/3swimgirls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>Gretchen Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777388042263341579noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569430350294005443.post-57158095323396649842009-12-09T00:05:00.002-05:002009-12-09T09:34:29.378-05:00Interview with Artist, Dawn Breeze<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD08Nl2mm0flsa_Na2b5IHbXVRxWlU2W3i8cK3DcJIWZaKDXYPDkTF82xRl8fMQ88k9XGqiRN-wV7NtOfwDDYaX4oG52RieyESUlcK5T64dkJRalgeg0Bhn4VWj6NlW0lHBKCBCp0CGPA/s1600/IMG_3462.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD08Nl2mm0flsa_Na2b5IHbXVRxWlU2W3i8cK3DcJIWZaKDXYPDkTF82xRl8fMQ88k9XGqiRN-wV7NtOfwDDYaX4oG52RieyESUlcK5T64dkJRalgeg0Bhn4VWj6NlW0lHBKCBCp0CGPA/s400/IMG_3462.JPG" width="257" /></a><br />
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Dawn by Gretchen<br />
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</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTxwinaOGKbuYEBIQrvUDWtYSYEF5OKQE7FH3xlaGHqpbEBcozz_qkCT0p6t27vkQdW1yJef04cNjU17Oc__1LCp4lCe1P12O3tn1sOQD5nEYYdbLGXzVYmO9BGnnCdanDJ4K9iCeQKDA/s1600/sc003e45cc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>I met Dawn Breeze several years back when she owned the best vintage women's clothing shop called Casa Mia located in Hudson, NY. If there was anybody that I would choose in the world to be my personal stylist, it would be Dawn. I love her style. She mixes up genres and always adds that touch of sparkle that we both like. Besides that she is an Artist, a private chef, a mother, wife, and what I would call a Renaissance woman. She reinvents herself and her life constantly. She has a lot of courage and no fear. I am fortunate to have her as a part of my creative and life support systems. We have worked together doing the Artist Way for years along with another friend, Wenonah, and all of us have made tremendous strides in our Creative and personal lives with the support that we provide for each other. I would say that Dawn had a direct influence on me starting my devoted practice of making my Artwork a little over three years ago. I saw her make a decision to do her ART work and thought to myself, "yeah, that's what I want to do too. What's stopping me?" Dawn has sold her work steadily for the past 5 years that I have known her -in galleries, in local home decor shops, online, in shows + through dealers. She even had her own gallery here in Hudson for a year...but closed that when she wanted to focus more on home life last year. Her Art is going through a major shift at the moment where she is doing some conceptual and performance + video pieces along with her paintings.<br />
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</div>Here's a picture of Dawn in the early 1900's with her sisters in Martha's Vinyard where she grew up- it's tea time.<br />
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I asked Dawn to answer some questions:<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Q- Choose words to describe your Artwork:</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Emotional, Alive, Beautiful </span> <br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Q- What is your process?</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">When I paint, the pieces emerge through the process of painting. I do not set an intention or see what I will make before I begin. Through the multiple layers of mediums, a picture begins to form, and I just carve it out. </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">In the new work I am creating, 'Bird Girl Project' I have specific inspiration for the pieces and a clear vision which I act upon. These pieces, I see first in my minds eye, like flickering glimpse's and then I just "do" as quickly as possible! The process of making the art is not rigid, and much is determined during the physical creation. The finished artwork is not attempting to prove anything or answer questions, it is purely an expression of my inspiration. The feelings invoked and interpretation of the work are open to the viewers unique relationship with the work.</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta;">Visit Dawn's blog:http://dawnbreezepaintings.blogspot.com/</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Q- What motivates you?</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">The compelling drive of inspiration, which when ignored becomes distress in all areas of my life </span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Q- Tell me about the colors in your work:</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">I am not formally trained, so all colors are chosen intuitively, usually guided by my mood in the moment. </span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Q- What is the hardest thing about doing your work? The easiest thing?</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">The hardest thing is creating time and space, the easiest thing is I don't set any rules to follow in my practice. </span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Q- How long have you been pursuing your Art career?</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Professional Fine Art, aproximately 4 yrs </span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Q- What recent shows have you been in?</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">So far this year; Take Me To The River, Riders Mills, Grasmere, Making a Mark-NYFA Hudson Valley Mark Artists, Carrie Haddad Landscapes</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Q- What are you working on now?</span> <span style="color: #0b5394;">I am working on a large body of work, called 'Bird Girl Project' this large body of work is comprised of different pieces and smaller groups all exploring my relationship to my sisters life and death, love and grief. So far, I have completed a performance art piece, that I then made a video from, Walking. Two sculptural installations, Catch and Shrine of Summer Shells. A large Enviromental Sculpture, Free Now and am about to begin a series of sculpture/paintings. There are many exciting aspects to this body of work, including that I am working in multiple disciplines.</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Q - In 5 years where do you see yourself as an Artist?</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Here, and everywhere:) Creating art! </span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Q- Creating balance is not easy these days, where do you find serenity?</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">I spend one hour every morning writing "morning pages" and doing "Loving Kindness" meditation, and usually read some poetry. This hour, helps me to align with god, who always has great ideas for me and my day:)</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Q- Tell me something important that you have learned...</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">I am learning about love. To love myself first, to honor myself and needs, to give myself gentle care...so that I may better serve others. I am learning about the power of love and the power of death that re-births the purest strongest love amongst us. I am also learning patience, instead of hitting the roof when I can't have what I want when I want it, I'm practicing thinking bigger...like maybe not this second, but sometime in my life. </span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Q- Is there anything I did not ask that I should have?</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">What inspires me-Beauty, which is in everything and can be found freely, everywhere in every moment. Beauty=Truth=Love </span><br />
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These are some of my favorite paintings and pieces of Dawn's. She doesn't do a lot of figurative work but I always like it very much when she does do it. I see her in the images of the person she has literally "uncovered" from the paper. I love her colors too. I feel like I want to be in the colorful paintings of Spring colors in some magical abstracted ethereal other-world dimension.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's Gianni, Dawn's husband. He 's cooking up some dinner. The meals at their house are always the best simple delectable basic home-cooked style with local finds from HudsonValley farms and filled with love.<br />
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- Hudson's own King of Outsider Art<br />
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</div>Funny boys snacking, Sunny on the right and his cousin on left. Dawn said that she has to keep the oranges in the basket covered or Sunny demands to eat all of them. He is an orange addict. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;">Dawn</span> <span style="color: red;">Breeze</span> <span style="color: orange;">by </span><span style="color: #e06666;">Gretchen</span><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"> +</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">Gretchen</span> <span style="color: lime;">by</span> <span style="color: #741b47;">Dawn</span> <span style="color: #0b5394;">Breeze</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well I didn't get my interview to the press on time this week on the full moon which is the deadline I impose on myself. I have been preoccupied with another creative project, Winter Walk, which I will post next week in addition to this interview. I have 95% of it done- I just have to re-look at it and add some more pics and make sure it is all up to my standard. I just don't want to rush it. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Stay tuned to this channel.........<br />
</div>Gretchen Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777388042263341579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569430350294005443.post-46719818279719775672009-11-02T22:05:00.003-05:002009-11-07T11:32:31.288-05:00INTERVIEW with Artist Melissa Slattery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Melissa is a good friend of mine. I met her when I lived in Ct. a few years back. She + her husband, who she refers to as Dar, are both Artists and work at something different to pay the bills. Melissa is in the graphics dept behind the scenes at a community college and teaches there as well. She practices her Art whenever she can. <br />
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"The island is just off Calf Pasture Beach,<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1KfG0nTag7XZXEMx-smjMj97wHMUclhX2eaivQmgHlSzajnJymm-JB0kVTa2Aj3Ta9vE2SW2ii-1rCHnU902EoGUmJVCjcpX_10rQG1gh-mgcdHRkTqMDapmb7yhScbwMCCaNqaC3E6A/s1600-h/norwalk+thimble+island.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1KfG0nTag7XZXEMx-smjMj97wHMUclhX2eaivQmgHlSzajnJymm-JB0kVTa2Aj3Ta9vE2SW2ii-1rCHnU902EoGUmJVCjcpX_10rQG1gh-mgcdHRkTqMDapmb7yhScbwMCCaNqaC3E6A/s320/norwalk+thimble+island.jpg" /></a> in Norwalk, but it looks almost mythical, which is the point of my work, (thesis), you can find the mythical/universal all around you in your everyday life if you look for it --it's there. This seems to be the message of Joyce's novel. Well, one message.<br />
The chandelier drawing is based on a photo of the stairwell of the Joyce Center in Dublin.<br />
The drawing is about a climactic moment in the novel, "Ulysses," when Stephen Dedalus (main character) shatters a chandelier, symbolically shattering time and space (and thus becoming immortal).<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">In the novel, the shatttered chandelier passage contains a reference to a sword in a Wagnerian opera. I was trying to make a drawing with layered references, in response to Joyce's layering of references throughout the novel."<br />
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</div>was taken in the cottage of a head gardener at the Kylemore Abbey restored victorian garden, in Co. Connemara, in Ireland. I used this image in the book, Bloom's Book 9x9x9, because Bloom (also a main character) fantasizes about having a house in the country with extensive gardens. This is where he hopes to wind up. So it's the last page of the book I made about him, filled with all his calculations."<br />
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</div>A: I use a kind of spackle that has an alkyd resin base; smeared in a thin coat on 100% rag grey Rives BFK printmaking paper. I always use this paper. As the spackle dries, it can be textured. I’ve been collecting different instruments to use for mark-making over the years. Different kinds of old tools are especially good for this.<br />
Once the spackle dries, I sand it with different grades of sandpaper, which adds another level of texture. Then I use metallic acrylic paint to stain the surface, and this brings out the texture even more. Then I “find” a drawing on the surface somehow. And bring it out with ink or acrylic or pastels. Sometimes I collage.<br />
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Other artists often inspire ideas. A visit to Gretchen’s house is always an inspiration. Also things seen in galleries, and more and more, looking at stuff online. Sometimes just seeing colors in my everyday life will start something, an idea. Often a reading will start something: I have used James Joyce’s epic novel, “Ulysses,” as a source for the last series of drawings, objects and artist’s books that I finished in May. Q- You just did your Master’s thesis on “Ulysses,” show some images of some of the work and describe it.<br />
In Ulysses, James Joyce attempted to create every aspect of a particular day in the life of his characters, as they wandered around Dublin on June 16, 1904. The novel was a break-through that sparked the development of Modernist literature, and I believe no writer has yet surpassed Joyce’s literary feat. So, using this novel, which celebrates the beauty of everyday life, and elevates mundane acts to the mythical, was an obsession for the last two years. Joyce managed to reveal the universal in the particular of human experience, and created a kind of secular transcendence through his characters. I think visual artists are aiming for the same thing in their work.<br />
All of the images shown in response to this notion of transcendence are from a book art work titled “The Heart of It.” I used a copy of “Ulysses” to make an altered book. I created 21 page spreads by gathering sections of the book and binding the edges with an EKG reading of my husband’s heart beat. I tried to let some of the words on the pages show through and infiltrate/influence the images I created.<br />
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I made six books for this project, all of them are accordian fold structures and each one relates to one of the three main characters. The one I made for Molly Bloom was fun because I drew several pairs of ladies bloomers,<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8l-rC-rDeG1dvVFi1FFB7InCAqi-yc65whZXygK83RA87gdpFM8pMeVqa3sCop5_2Ykpq-jfNwsCf4IWf0NvY4bEGkXhUi8lEyfVYzjweBqKBA-LmgLla1HYVzV1m2NHuFiBPchmROtw/s1600-h/drawers-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8l-rC-rDeG1dvVFi1FFB7InCAqi-yc65whZXygK83RA87gdpFM8pMeVqa3sCop5_2Ykpq-jfNwsCf4IWf0NvY4bEGkXhUi8lEyfVYzjweBqKBA-LmgLla1HYVzV1m2NHuFiBPchmROtw/s320/drawers-1.jpg" /></a> as a kind of symbol for Molly. She has some very funny comments about new bloomers in her soliloquy.<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Q- What are you working on now that you have finished the monster thesis work and have your degree?</span><br />
Well, I’ve been recovering, from doing all that work in a relatively short time frame of 4 months. The work has been out on exhibit in the library of the Community College where I work. Lately I’ve been doing a few drawings and taking lots of photos. I want to make a life-size cat out of shredded copies of Ulysses, and once winter is here, I think I’ll do that, when our hot air heater starts cranking.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV4T7u-nh3Wxoi_V7clMYJ-mbbJ9FJjV7JPEXVJBHGZZDvLSZ9R8qy6eK6XC_wqv2lbBrHGI_S9e8m2Mkmx2hSEgHQeEGHP-Y5ikbt6XKBCDzAswuOi4wiJ3OxeMg8t32T9Mg7DoLE46U/s1600-h/Fran's+dot+feet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV4T7u-nh3Wxoi_V7clMYJ-mbbJ9FJjV7JPEXVJBHGZZDvLSZ9R8qy6eK6XC_wqv2lbBrHGI_S9e8m2Mkmx2hSEgHQeEGHP-Y5ikbt6XKBCDzAswuOi4wiJ3OxeMg8t32T9Mg7DoLE46U/s320/Fran's+dot+feet.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div>I would really like to find a different, creative work outlet. I mostly enjoy the day job I have working in a Community College, as a designer and writer … but it is stressful and I’d like to segue into something more that’s digitally-driven, more in tune with the online world. I’m interested in creative humanitarian, or educational, efforts and it will be great to find a way to continue making images as part of this new work. I like to write and work collaboratively. I’m focused right now on becoming an adjunct professor and hope that leads to other opportunities.<br />
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Well, I love the Seine and the streets in the center of Paris. I want to spend more time exploring the Left Bank, the Luxembourg Gardens especially. Last time we were there, we only had 45 minutes before the park closed in the evening.<br />
And the food is great, Parisians are fun to watch. I’m also hoping to get out of Paris and into the countryside on this visit. We may rent a car and drive out to the cathedral of St. Michel.<br />
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</div><span style="color: orange;"> Q- Do you have a daily practice of some sort?</span><br />
As a designer, I’m constantly working with words and imagery, and I photograph events regularly. It feels as if I am constantly developing my eye, as I’m always looking at visual stuff. Painting and drawing are sporadic for me, and I always need some kind of deadline for motivation.<br />
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</div>I used to have an easy answer to this question: West! But having lived in Connecticut for the last 11 years, I’m kind of loving the seasons, and I just discovered kayaking, which is fabulous in this part of Long Island Sound. So I love both coasts now. Q-Where have you shown your work? In libraries and small galleries, mostly in group shows. I have won some awards, but not recently. I think the shift into digital/online exhibition is where I will be concentrating. Lately I’ve heard several disturbing stories about galleries exploiting artists, and I just don’t want to be bothered with that aspect of art. It’s not really about the art-making, it’s more about seeking validation and a kind of commodification that doesn’t really interest me that much. I have a hard enough time making time to do the work, and showing it is not a big priority.<br />
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Well, I am really interested in materials and processes, and in interdisciplinary ideas. I think sometimes showing this kind of work is challenging, because I like people to be able to touch things, turn pages, handle stuff, and galleries aren’t really set up for this, at least at the level I connect (or don’t) connect with them. So I like the Open Studio platform, where I can be with people as they look through things.<br />
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Melissa is a devoted "book artist" and has taught book making at the <a href="http://www.centerforbookarts.org/about/">Center for Book Arts in NYC</a>. For many years she lived in Oakland, Ca. where she participated in the Book Art community and showed her work regularly. Below are some examples of her book Art.<br />
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That's it for this month's full moon post of Interview with Artist, Melissa Slattery.<br />
See the next one on the next full moon.Gretchen Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777388042263341579noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569430350294005443.post-40263249314404101752009-10-18T23:23:00.000-04:002009-10-18T23:23:18.531-04:00Goddess Salon opening at my place- Welcome<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">(I have had a hard time posting lately for a few reasons. One is that the new updated post editor makes is 3 times as difficult to arrange the images on the page. I thought it was make posting easier.) Anyway, I have been burning the candle at both ends in preparation of my Salon and finally - here it is on view.... Please enter- walk down the side path to the back and into my private Goddess Salon. I've been incorporating this theme since last Spring. I 've expanded on it in numerous ways- Gilded Goddesses, Water Goddesses, Nereid Goddesses, Water Nymphs, assemblages, constructions, Art cards and more. I will continue with the theme too. So take a look at what's inside. I will be posting my paintings for the next week on my regular Daily Painting blog where you can see them up close. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Have a Mexican Chocolate Chile cookie baked by my Mom....hope you enjoyed your visit.</span><br />
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</span></span></div>Gretchen Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777388042263341579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569430350294005443.post-58604096258532171572009-10-13T18:37:00.002-04:002009-10-20T11:18:36.185-04:00Art Opening at Basilica - Artist Arthur PriceHere is a walk around in the Basilica space looking at one of the best shows I have ever seen. The work is by Arthur Price, an Artist from Alabma. You can see more of this work on his website: www.priceartcompany.com<br />
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Here I am, last night at the opening reception, with my two red dot paintings. These were paintings that I did in June: "Heaven on Earth" and "Fields of Gold".<br />
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I will continue to update with more of the happenings around Hudson during Artswalk 2009. There are many events that I have been taking pictures of that I want to post. But I get tired of writing and posting and need to take breaks from it....there is so much more --- stay tuned.....<br />
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</div>Gretchen Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777388042263341579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569430350294005443.post-28779589003328752752009-09-04T21:51:00.000-04:002009-09-05T23:15:23.433-04:00Interview with Artist DAN RUPETHE Famous <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">DAN RUPE:</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCS8r0PCw9KxSCxUKrHG8KGSyfv7lVfeJwVzvQPEKvohkCXRCxYdI8gx6kwpYssLFfgk2koAZTUpi-1iXxrxTy5QhO2Tk8j33pRO4ub9-7ka3vpNEb-rbFvZzECzzsBzbAA_M7WVqWmpo/s1600-h/IMG_2063.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 334px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCS8r0PCw9KxSCxUKrHG8KGSyfv7lVfeJwVzvQPEKvohkCXRCxYdI8gx6kwpYssLFfgk2koAZTUpi-1iXxrxTy5QhO2Tk8j33pRO4ub9-7ka3vpNEb-rbFvZzECzzsBzbAA_M7WVqWmpo/s400/IMG_2063.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377796618925728274" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3TDm91yrU5qbt3kIGJCpfz_88_B_NFFkWGrGxBJ2ber0R94E_wQUuylPBcqBvlr3rlj8hXs8_vrF1GmjrGLWZbJZConLvkwapDZjFE1eAmq-CdMgUwr0MxVofwk0U3mfFQwbIZygyrw/s1600-h/IMG_2059.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3TDm91yrU5qbt3kIGJCpfz_88_B_NFFkWGrGxBJ2ber0R94E_wQUuylPBcqBvlr3rlj8hXs8_vrF1GmjrGLWZbJZConLvkwapDZjFE1eAmq-CdMgUwr0MxVofwk0U3mfFQwbIZygyrw/s400/IMG_2059.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377796622259993218" border="0" /></a><br />Dan Rupe painted by GK + GK painted by Dan Rupe<br /><br />Below is a little composite of Dan's history. He was 10 in the little picture wearing glasses and living in Indiana, he was in his 20's and modeling in that hot picture from (obviously) the '70's. You can see his studio from when he was in college at Boston Museum School of Fine Art. He had a large show of his portraits at West Point, NY also shown in photos. He has shown in exhibitions in Boston, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Kansas City, and Provincetown, and internationally in Mexico and the Dominican Republic. When Dan hands you his calling card, if you have just met him, it says a lot about him that you are about to find out....like....in case you didn't notice he is a BOLD man. Everything about him says that. He is filled with expressiveness. He shreiks with glee when Aretha is singing. His paintings are filled with prismatic colors and shapes that hearken to paint-by-number style paintings.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjel-tAtEPmqZMmu88krU0kDF9xH1j5-7eorPoki3KcoLT8LrgP0RuoBNNUjBCemqGR4x13lQk6xWO7qqgXWlZzl1au8yEaWiDlR-ZniAYQjlDeM6D2VfE9cGPeCIxl7Xxi3dmi03g-Y5U/s1600-h/IMG_2147.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 387px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjel-tAtEPmqZMmu88krU0kDF9xH1j5-7eorPoki3KcoLT8LrgP0RuoBNNUjBCemqGR4x13lQk6xWO7qqgXWlZzl1au8yEaWiDlR-ZniAYQjlDeM6D2VfE9cGPeCIxl7Xxi3dmi03g-Y5U/s400/IMG_2147.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377816141571058210" border="0" /></a> His home exudes his joy of found and sentimental objects from vintage shops + tag sales.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhqXGq3Rl8WCZa8gK9pPRcag8_2ze2hVprFZvb3Vi2Kq5clOkja6ishG0_xP_kkW_KFimD8Qpk0e8XNPKOyC1sXXrsfmmRIPMj426Ag3ZPYM8YnovwaCRAQSAn47ZcCW6xRqLDT8O96s0/s1600-h/IMG_2151.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 184px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhqXGq3Rl8WCZa8gK9pPRcag8_2ze2hVprFZvb3Vi2Kq5clOkja6ishG0_xP_kkW_KFimD8Qpk0e8XNPKOyC1sXXrsfmmRIPMj426Ag3ZPYM8YnovwaCRAQSAn47ZcCW6xRqLDT8O96s0/s400/IMG_2151.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377829483325072002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />......Dan's studio then<br /><br /><br /><br />and now....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8bPHZrwAyEorL0b3hVjlGHdk7SKkRhfnGC15it9AzseDeqiKkvgsdfvhehRy1CTdOSA4khRwm4adYfvyzMYgZjQaPDIHdqBZc0nV4OC5NO8m-vbAOOoSAwFS-ydGqtpxiRea2mOxRuA/s1600-h/IMG_2047.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8bPHZrwAyEorL0b3hVjlGHdk7SKkRhfnGC15it9AzseDeqiKkvgsdfvhehRy1CTdOSA4khRwm4adYfvyzMYgZjQaPDIHdqBZc0nV4OC5NO8m-vbAOOoSAwFS-ydGqtpxiRea2mOxRuA/s400/IMG_2047.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377834986402220706" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTdGj-wLQYSJjwSsLuR_7h-Q6qyf0ihjhmMH8PFQqulqZZQcDOYWTQMcFE1IQaLqyFMmBfArRj8ih_USP2qDMTEs3P3kAXdCA2zGocxPl7jFT-HTphVYcChxnyhFYbWMqZvuu5jgSfyw/s1600-h/IMG_2043.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTdGj-wLQYSJjwSsLuR_7h-Q6qyf0ihjhmMH8PFQqulqZZQcDOYWTQMcFE1IQaLqyFMmBfArRj8ih_USP2qDMTEs3P3kAXdCA2zGocxPl7jFT-HTphVYcChxnyhFYbWMqZvuu5jgSfyw/s400/IMG_2043.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377984327815972834" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLetP9Afh2z2MWbQBwBSLoZ3t9pksggb1ZKEd3L_hxjcy4cQR6-UrRnjypKz7Fb8M8jguJHC9e9mr0as81_2abcJgCC2KH2-ToCHX2fNAVr_QJ9cXSqSdFqCADiI9y0gl04tTHghYvjPM/s1600-h/IMG_2061.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLetP9Afh2z2MWbQBwBSLoZ3t9pksggb1ZKEd3L_hxjcy4cQR6-UrRnjypKz7Fb8M8jguJHC9e9mr0as81_2abcJgCC2KH2-ToCHX2fNAVr_QJ9cXSqSdFqCADiI9y0gl04tTHghYvjPM/s400/IMG_2061.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378047583034168306" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjECJHCPpqvSsjYUquM8mTCMNMojLZDkaTcQqlo3kEXyT5krzkX0BTHlzA1UMzyrc7a4AHeNt4nbmhBZTJLr2Ir0OExbtk5_dTZzRgZG_o-O3FAsBb4PHXvRlBIVM0S0DGsfpSNUYzlR7s/s1600-h/IMG_2057.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjECJHCPpqvSsjYUquM8mTCMNMojLZDkaTcQqlo3kEXyT5krzkX0BTHlzA1UMzyrc7a4AHeNt4nbmhBZTJLr2Ir0OExbtk5_dTZzRgZG_o-O3FAsBb4PHXvRlBIVM0S0DGsfpSNUYzlR7s/s400/IMG_2057.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378169362206700018" border="0" /></a><br />Dan sojourns to Provincetown, Ma. twice each year to paint in May + August. The paintings culminate in a show at <a href="http://www.erndengallery.com/index2.html">Ernden</a> gallery at the end of August each year where they usually sell out. He loves to paint the local scenic color on the streets. This past August he said he was lucky everyday because he was able to get a parking spot at each location being that the town is in high gear with tourism. ( I can remember at the young age of 11 in 1967, our family took a summer trip throughout New England. We went to Ptown and it was the first time that I saw a homosexual community, a town declaring it's alternative sexuality. I don't think my parents used the word Gay. I was extremely curious because there was a colorful sense of fun and gay-ity in this town that was a tad bit different than say- West Hampton, LI- where we usually spent our summer vacations)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJdK6I34Kq3Q6HhNrS0tiVtc1E1kipEtCzJm3BdY4I6hZXk-7guButwpI4X2gSjqErRqEtk7NNQvSkCsnREBGo83iZgFMZl1fIy_rFnyAIvEAFs1qFraRudq2bqpQiRBPiQAAL4j_tvk/s1600-h/rupe2-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJdK6I34Kq3Q6HhNrS0tiVtc1E1kipEtCzJm3BdY4I6hZXk-7guButwpI4X2gSjqErRqEtk7NNQvSkCsnREBGo83iZgFMZl1fIy_rFnyAIvEAFs1qFraRudq2bqpQiRBPiQAAL4j_tvk/s400/rupe2-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378040449908462146" border="0" /></a>.<br /><br /><br />Here are some of the paintings he did this past summer that are on view at the <a href="http://www.erndengallery.com/index2.html">Ernden</a> gallery now.....<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pie2i2E5LbVltGYL676NjS5vGcgo-xtpoxIpEGu35AlMdek5SEovaBlJFWu0TcQyaljWmX6VU15NXNjgNy8rzkgOztPpd-WMTOzOWe4YvXJuk_bNrxdGrrFvXMcyMvLHB31-pyOr2fQ/s1600-h/rupe3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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See a couple of dogs below.<br />Take a peek around Dan's pad. He has lived in Hudson for 8 years. He loves to shop at Second Show where he picks up a lot of chatzkes<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghO6khUz_yqcjUj2WLh5YuszNOYFR5neQIgWLXwoP69EZ-zgoFlEHlO8vLQwS0fughcwjgv54W9XUX8JZRM-NgE6ajFXTu45J3gLMRhEGnWehTdOf-fCcoY2Kbk8eKwcoGFEb5ODs_s_M/s1600-h/IMG_2038.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghO6khUz_yqcjUj2WLh5YuszNOYFR5neQIgWLXwoP69EZ-zgoFlEHlO8vLQwS0fughcwjgv54W9XUX8JZRM-NgE6ajFXTu45J3gLMRhEGnWehTdOf-fCcoY2Kbk8eKwcoGFEb5ODs_s_M/s400/IMG_2038.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378043565388832018" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaevxlyQ1ahE33WmqukyDTrDsz3y6fkya80WPzV5DhiPU3ag1xbFuk0pS7wU4QdpkXpe-4huf6lc09fHPKMRiZbR47V-bBwVqiZpYJtVRS23E7xDEznnM1NdnCUjlEQRINr35Hac3Vf7c/s1600-h/IMG_2037.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 388px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaevxlyQ1ahE33WmqukyDTrDsz3y6fkya80WPzV5DhiPU3ag1xbFuk0pS7wU4QdpkXpe-4huf6lc09fHPKMRiZbR47V-bBwVqiZpYJtVRS23E7xDEznnM1NdnCUjlEQRINr35Hac3Vf7c/s400/IMG_2037.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378043557864008418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />DOGS +<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU6T0f6lTtoaPLLLWcMwvbVBHbXagbdukyMqQMMFHdQ4ON_bN8vPoRgHRJTHMpH7bdFhE6cZYnseQqZ1fPbNxolLhZYUAQNkxhHcOm4oBTJoV-jiwBSH6hyphenhyphenSVPYdWz2Kwl5o1JVDu_e5w/s1600-h/IMG_2034.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 359px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU6T0f6lTtoaPLLLWcMwvbVBHbXagbdukyMqQMMFHdQ4ON_bN8vPoRgHRJTHMpH7bdFhE6cZYnseQqZ1fPbNxolLhZYUAQNkxhHcOm4oBTJoV-jiwBSH6hyphenhyphenSVPYdWz2Kwl5o1JVDu_e5w/s400/IMG_2034.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377837802114318210" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGq3V-wVHt_qtg37trgAIs30dWJ55uNH-qFcRFHyt7OhB6tBY7QA0gYsaTu6IBLJfAtxfqyAMwX0DFaAw2t9KtzuVT5N9cp-DDKRbHmrwBVcDb-wIZEflElahur-lwXZohLS5q-3DKkWE/s1600-h/IMG_2054.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVo-kdyp_6rQs5Yk2HKjJlRHRb1bh1ncVmGoWtTSnmbrnCGViY2XvymvPsksr0LtIc8xZlkcnaHIF0Bl6X-MOID1ve2lhIm-FWYJ97OUHXIGHpw27SLm2Lvn6HOMN7P3PD9ngL-pffhc/s400/IMG_2039.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378058854330660290" border="0" /></a>chatzkes + more chatzkes - Dan can't resist <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPXkgW5TO0EeRW2aRq4lF5jx44yk3OL2JmSuIj3XdyfE_bvmSV3atd73_EV7IsqMofJClohljlpyRj0gvqgR1GXhHEGhVsVbjFJNHGXfk_J5VaPmLWSB2UJfl5TFSdTsEDGE_uJfX9oM/s1600-h/IMG_2041.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPXkgW5TO0EeRW2aRq4lF5jx44yk3OL2JmSuIj3XdyfE_bvmSV3atd73_EV7IsqMofJClohljlpyRj0gvqgR1GXhHEGhVsVbjFJNHGXfk_J5VaPmLWSB2UJfl5TFSdTsEDGE_uJfX9oM/s400/IMG_2041.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378169353284162098" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Ou984a4XS_PGGaK_l4pZG9vXeubRM-0yhFgStRsLZ-2nUnukH6b1TyFg3XeOaHEuYlB5vB-nRTZUr2Hkx0Mfybm_zgUJp25lRQc5sEFg4vTyo0VGnABCJsWTSTEVyKkFcm2TCPr2Pk0/s1600-h/IMG_2036.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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The class is held through August 3 days a week and it's free for all- kids of all ages- the young kind and the older kind. I attended only three classes through the month and made some things along with everyone else. Gwenn, Bruno's wife (not pictured below)is in attendance assisting and painting beautiful color patterns on the managerie that will fill the gallery. The class is about making art by recycling plastic, cardboard boxes, bags, wires, tubes, hot glue, paint, and anything you can find in the trash. 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width: 579px; height: 434px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5k-z4_xlUYT06Q3u_UeKPV_erN6RAXjp2yExXvblcZqSWCnyFfvcsPBo4PjehkoRLcjco5myPMpqKF28B3_DaQ1rlKCEATsxjIBGTNRWt096_qoNyltNPlkINZ5ilTZFuVOZSH9AF078/s400/IMG_2007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377059692366022242" border="0" /></a><br />Guess which works are mine...?<br />On Sept. 15th there will be another opportunity to make art with Bruno held on the Hudson River on the <a href="http://brunosartbarge.wordpress.com/about-the-art-barge/">Bruno's Art Barge</a>. Bruno will be making stops going down the Hudson River through the course of two weeks. You can get on the barge down by the river on that date and participate in creating more fantastical magical creations that will continue on the journey with Bruno.Gretchen Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777388042263341579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569430350294005443.post-1349323865123959062009-08-05T14:58:00.001-04:002009-12-26T23:26:22.903-05:00INTERVIEW WITH ARTIST: David RobertsHere is the first interview in a series, with Artists. I have been wanting to do this for a while and finally here it is.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">GKelly by David Roberts + David Roberts by GKelly<br />
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I sent a pic of myself for <a href="http://www.grandmamma.com/">David Roberts</a> to sketch and I have sketched one of him here so that the reader can have a visual of the interview taking place. David is from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.<br />
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In December 2006, when <a href="http://blog.grandmamma.com/blog">Grandmamma</a> appeared on the <a href="http://www.dailypainters.com/">Daily Painters gallery</a> for the first time, she caught my eye....her paintings were so naive and they were of so many different subjects, including "covers" of other Artist's works. Other Artists that I loved. I became overly curious one day and sent an e-card to a friend of mine of the "Chocolate Dancant" (after Lautrec, by Grandmamma)<br />
I said in the card - "Look at what Grandmamma is doing!?" I loved this cover of Toulouse's painting. There were others that charmed me: "Bright Pillows", "The Kiss", "Odalisque", "Ruins, Cariad", "Free as a Bird", " Étant Complet". These were the early ones....some after Lautrec, Matisse- my faves and some originals.<br />
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I had to get the story on this Grandmamma! So I emailed her and she was a HIM. (If you looked you could tell from the photo in her bio). <a href="http://blog.grandmamma.com/blog">David Roberts</a> wrote back and gave me a brief bio and we became friends. We, each, own several of the other's paintings. He has always intrigued me. What is he thinking? I would ask myself often when I looked at his work. You can read what he says in his own words below. This painting below of "Odalisque" is my absolute favorite.<br />
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I just had to have it, so I asked how much and to my delight I was able to barter. I think I got the better part of the deal.....<br />
I should show you some others that are his originals and not covers of other Artists...below- a good one: "Waterbearer at the Threshold"<br />
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Here are some questions that David answered for me:<br />
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<span style="color: #336666;"><span style="color: #00cccc;">Q </span>In your words describe your Art:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ff9900;">A</span> "Atmospheric"<br />
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<span style="color: #336666;"><span style="color: #00cccc;">Q</span> You belong to the online Daily Painters Gallery and were originally going under the pseudonym "Grandmamma", please explain why and why you are now going by your real name.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ff6600;">A</span> I had the grandmamma.com internet domain name (among others). And stored digital images of my work there. Someone - maybe you - described me as an Outsider Artist. I didn't know what I was, I just painted. After people started buying and collecting my paintings, it didn't seem to matter if I was an outsider, insider, impressionist, expressionist, extortionist or contortionist. Then I remembered there was a famous painter named David Roberts and so I took his name instead of grandmamma. It seems to have worked. Many who have bought my work believe it is by the real David Roberts.<br />
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<span style="color: #336666;"><span style="color: #00cccc;">Q</span> How long ago did you start painting? Posting? What is the background story to posting on the internet?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ff6600;">A</span> I quit painting in Kindergarten. And started again, ex nihilo, Oct 22, 2006. Who knows why? A power greater than myself suggested I pick up a brush and some pigments. After I'd made about 50-60 paintings I wondered: is anyone else doing this? And I discovered the Daily Painters Movement. Then I found the Daily Painters Gallery and joined in December 2006. I've made more than 600 paintings since then and posted most of them on the DPG.<br />
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<span style="color: #336666;"><span style="color: #00cccc;">Q</span> Where else do you show your work?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ff6600;">A</span> Gallery Lacosse, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:<a href="http://www.tlacosse.com/"> http://www.tlacosse.com/</a><br />
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<span style="color: #336666;"><span style="color: #00cccc;">Q</span> What work or works of yours are outstanding to you and why?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ff6600;">A </span>I always like today's painting because it is all fresh & new, smells nice & is still wet behind the ears. But if I had to choose which to save in a fire it would be the sepias: Northwest Angle, Out for Trout, Temple at Philae. I'm also really happy with a pair of mirror-image monochromes: A Winter's Day and A Winter's Night: the same scene Day/Night. I don't know why, I just like 'em. Sometimes I can't believe I made 'em. Must've been the other David Roberts.<br />
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<span style="color: #336666;"><span style="color: #00cccc;">Q </span>Do you support yourself through your Art sales? If not, how else do you make a living?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ff6600;">A</span> This man is a fulltime painter, OK? If I need money because I haven't sold a painting for awhile, I write something. Which is what I used to do for money before I was a fulltime painter.<br />
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<span style="color: #336666;"><span style="color: #00cccc;">Q </span>Who are some of your favorite Artists?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ff6600;">A</span> In awe of so many wonderful painters .... where to start? How about some to whom I've paid homage by copying their mark-making - because I wanted to know, how do they do it? David Milne, Tom Thomson, Delacroix, Lautrec, Kunihiro Amano, G. Kelly, Edouard Chimot, Kandinski, Cezanne, Rousseau, the other David Roberts, The photographer P.H. Emerson - all the other fine painters of the Daily Painters Gallery.<br />
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<span style="color: #336666;"><span style="color: #00cccc;">Q</span> Who or what influences your Artwork?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ff6600;">A</span> Everything is in the mix, one must suppose. My work is influenced by all my human experiences leading up to today. I resist all styles & genres because I don't know what they are anyway. To me, painting is just storytelling. As our DPG colleague Edward Gordon says, if someone else calls it art - that's great.<br />
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<span style="color: #336666;"><span style="color: #00cccc;">Q</span> What is your process, for painting?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ff6600;">A</span> Similar to the process for writing, as in my novel 'The Alchemist's Song'. I take all the great literary works: The Bible, The Baghavad Gita, Winnie-the-Pooh. I mix them up. I print them out on reams of paper. I sit under a tree and soak up the atmosphere, circling words that jump out at me, like making Haiku. With writing I create a phrase that usually ends up in the middle of the story - it must be just the right phrase - and write backwards and forwards (both directions at once) from there. The process for making marks on paper or canvas with pigment is influenced by this. I soak in the atmosphere of the day. I look at photographs I've shot (sky, buildings, trees, water, moon, earth - persons). I lay down a graphite under-drawing. I choose a brush. I create a palette. I paint from right to left because I am left-handed. After 4-5 hours I stop. Put caps on paint tubes. Wash brushes.<br />
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<span style="color: #336666;"><span style="color: #00cccc;">Q </span>What is your next project?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ff6600;">A</span> Some atmospheric words soon will materialize to accompany the paintings on http://blog.grandmamma.com/<br />
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HERE ARE SOME PICS FROM DAVID:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1TmLMD8QLIji6y2taFBsVjYxHRFzr37qoR0nJFem0WdmOwTOAjPVZmuZFM5rm4JcS02z21yhg4GY9rEHjZA1bAY8r4tbCrJVSyfMSKtptcXJGZY2Sd3E8GsxZ38a8ayxgN9DNKjPqCU/s1600-h/David's+Photos+026.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366623529865258898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1TmLMD8QLIji6y2taFBsVjYxHRFzr37qoR0nJFem0WdmOwTOAjPVZmuZFM5rm4JcS02z21yhg4GY9rEHjZA1bAY8r4tbCrJVSyfMSKtptcXJGZY2Sd3E8GsxZ38a8ayxgN9DNKjPqCU/s400/David's+Photos+026.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 500px; width: 376px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1nq24Sqgx8Cei4ZWBVqlSf8WxOXsqRMKaBlqZVLwY47A1UUlo7hRXpo6pcnyLMmvrscFis2OH0VmAfREZNWSGuHOnxW6dzNM-D-p3_SjWgZuIef1zojLWHSYiVZYvpaoCPtgotB8UBwE/s1600-h/cubashopped.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366623526655719282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1nq24Sqgx8Cei4ZWBVqlSf8WxOXsqRMKaBlqZVLwY47A1UUlo7hRXpo6pcnyLMmvrscFis2OH0VmAfREZNWSGuHOnxW6dzNM-D-p3_SjWgZuIef1zojLWHSYiVZYvpaoCPtgotB8UBwE/s400/cubashopped.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 255px; width: 191px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQQTi_5AFJk74zMT6H6r_o8MlGRH8RZBCCqhpG1HzDqJSJMLYFSq4N_HLVHnKGia_ln2jD3_yvBcKzUi8YBc0E9v0JYllYo135M2XuTZSBuwnBle1MlRdWwlAnmHjjx0r4t3UsY-tOT1k/s1600-h/David's+Photos+013.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366623518624426658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQQTi_5AFJk74zMT6H6r_o8MlGRH8RZBCCqhpG1HzDqJSJMLYFSq4N_HLVHnKGia_ln2jD3_yvBcKzUi8YBc0E9v0JYllYo135M2XuTZSBuwnBle1MlRdWwlAnmHjjx0r4t3UsY-tOT1k/s400/David's+Photos+013.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 256px; width: 341px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYJZrmbaVQ1eYa8-YKcJT6sF83QoOSR5_6Nz99ptTgYCO_DZ8A9hyKEojhHxwPHp1gmKorezJBZoER_xxbuXb5XLVQtkbE2kODhbW-SlKvVO7VDP6sBxfSZl1-vFBrTn-ZFzDL9u4haWA/s1600-h/David's+Photos+017.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366623516614447234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYJZrmbaVQ1eYa8-YKcJT6sF83QoOSR5_6Nz99ptTgYCO_DZ8A9hyKEojhHxwPHp1gmKorezJBZoER_xxbuXb5XLVQtkbE2kODhbW-SlKvVO7VDP6sBxfSZl1-vFBrTn-ZFzDL9u4haWA/s400/David's+Photos+017.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 252px; width: 336px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Rb-D7e-4HAYQpI2bb-5k5O1eysAHalL3MHzdLUYxAK2THSiqXIujv-JkJMaZDZ4x-DeRZZh0otOcx8wLkIghEJL7SSh_Y38cj-tBo3SekSTGViPxR2F5zyjy9qKiYJzBzDOovrzMIWY/s1600-h/UPSTAIRS+100.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366623510065020146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Rb-D7e-4HAYQpI2bb-5k5O1eysAHalL3MHzdLUYxAK2THSiqXIujv-JkJMaZDZ4x-DeRZZh0otOcx8wLkIghEJL7SSh_Y38cj-tBo3SekSTGViPxR2F5zyjy9qKiYJzBzDOovrzMIWY/s400/UPSTAIRS+100.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 254px; width: 338px;" /></a><br />
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signature piece above: Blues for Pablo<br />
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Below is a little 10 question handwritten quiz I gave David to write/draw his answers and each of us scanned it and emailed it back and forth - that's why you can't read it....but he's snail mailing it back to me and when I get it I will scan it to post and it will be legible on this blog. Then you can read- even more interesting things about David. But if you click on the below image it will magnify it to read more clearly.<br />
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stay tuned for monthly interviews by following this blog.Gretchen Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777388042263341579noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569430350294005443.post-27679071080080363302009-05-05T11:31:00.000-04:002013-12-11T21:00:09.490-05:00HYBRID PORTRAIT of Richard Saja, designer + owner of Historically Inaccurate<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I painted this portrait for an upcoming show that Richard Saja is having at the Shelburn Museum in Vt.- <a href="http://historically-inaccurate.blogspot.com/2009/05/bright-and-shining-light-of-irreverence.html">"The Bright + Shining Light of Irreverence"</a>. He invited at least 40 Artists to participate. The portraits will be hung salon style in the hybrid building, the Kalkin House at the museum. You can see many more of the portraits at a special blog that Richard has set up for viewing. It's called the <a href="http://salonofloveandhorror.blogspot.com/">"Salon of Love + Horror"</a> and it's a wonderful collection. You can see of Richard's work here: <a href="http://historically-inaccurate.blogspot.com/">Historically Inaccurate</a>. His work is a hybrid of traditional textile design and fun- you'll see.....<span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="color: #cc33cc;">L</span><span style="color: #cc9933;">O</span><span style="color: #993399;">T</span><span style="color: #33cc00;">S</span><span style="color: #ff6666;">-</span><span style="color: #3333ff;">O</span><span style="color: #cc9933;">-</span><span style="color: #ff6600;">F</span><span style="color: #00cccc;">U</span><span style="color: red;">N</span></span></div>
Gretchen Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777388042263341579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569430350294005443.post-50027959859696185602009-03-22T22:00:00.000-04:002009-03-28T10:28:21.476-04:00FOR THE LOVE OF ART - group show at the Hat FactoryAt the opening on Feb. 15th<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDpgzdosS5TpFhfedAN5_rO17ZGZ9LYb3ou5tJKAYICfFSnOXZ0ubnTMLTlnIzn5lod6zHRLZJ-o6WIp04_UxU8Wa8ujUa_D__a7XmLAXfA4BNO2mfANDe3Z12FzixrEpfh-kY3cBoBSY/s1600-h/gallery.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 393px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDpgzdosS5TpFhfedAN5_rO17ZGZ9LYb3ou5tJKAYICfFSnOXZ0ubnTMLTlnIzn5lod6zHRLZJ-o6WIp04_UxU8Wa8ujUa_D__a7XmLAXfA4BNO2mfANDe3Z12FzixrEpfh-kY3cBoBSY/s400/gallery.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316213109082059778" border="0" /></a><br />My paintings: "The Bardo", "Soft Animal", "Rose Osmosis" at the Hat Factory, Peekskill, NY<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiD_GVNYi_MHxTZW4d9NdgVk9vdp_ITYMwKM88Ta_Td12K7w_M3YkAYgLBqebY8qU6CXFAB7qIY_uEOWSNmm-1-b1bK0EkxM71xZrL2CmgGZrH9Tk8XWHdteDQJst7tLwu8v90KaVdPjI/s1600-h/IMG_0082.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 394px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiD_GVNYi_MHxTZW4d9NdgVk9vdp_ITYMwKM88Ta_Td12K7w_M3YkAYgLBqebY8qU6CXFAB7qIY_uEOWSNmm-1-b1bK0EkxM71xZrL2CmgGZrH9Tk8XWHdteDQJst7tLwu8v90KaVdPjI/s400/IMG_0082.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316202865327531234" border="0" /></a><br /><br />One of two gallery rooms filled with Art:<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeRgH6AJuqkzt99FsQ583K22RQC9SiyfwwK-whnee1SCmwKcXxZMsLL7tOH3Yky2TVeZEthaMbuic3T6s9lgLvLTuIKODh-1nqTqJYcizGx9g7v4rmwlWDLv2z95im3hUeur4yk0BQ14I/s1600-h/hat+factory.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeRgH6AJuqkzt99FsQ583K22RQC9SiyfwwK-whnee1SCmwKcXxZMsLL7tOH3Yky2TVeZEthaMbuic3T6s9lgLvLTuIKODh-1nqTqJYcizGx9g7v4rmwlWDLv2z95im3hUeur4yk0BQ14I/s400/hat+factory.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316201599012930514" border="0" /></a></span><br />and below, Christina deGenarro's drawing/prints on paper installations on the opposite wall.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVfKt8dk-YlR1k2dUsoyv8cN-x19nsTqVCYKE5dNJ8BVc4_-DNyWHcFBDqWMFEg4lVNABcxMO9hCUYJO8OrhqxhJ7dJ3Epig6cN2yuTXJIoqcleOk1azx-eAppz005IRvSeGljYVH2Xf0/s1600-h/C_deGennaro.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 411px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVfKt8dk-YlR1k2dUsoyv8cN-x19nsTqVCYKE5dNJ8BVc4_-DNyWHcFBDqWMFEg4lVNABcxMO9hCUYJO8OrhqxhJ7dJ3Epig6cN2yuTXJIoqcleOk1azx-eAppz005IRvSeGljYVH2Xf0/s400/C_deGennaro.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316210102268184786" border="0" /></a><br />Tilly Strauss on the right was one of the curators who put me in the show. (Bibiana on the left)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyu549CZfAKG6cc7yOjcL8KZyezn_LBQA-wfq0jYQ5jN0OesoFXxkRfXjFN1PyiCd32eCAte2cypi2AVyGKuaeYNgqFvLigIJV09GLIfeAiLre8KhX2fNcoOYxoDG00OUf_QuXNmx1DEM/s1600-h/Tilly.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyu549CZfAKG6cc7yOjcL8KZyezn_LBQA-wfq0jYQ5jN0OesoFXxkRfXjFN1PyiCd32eCAte2cypi2AVyGKuaeYNgqFvLigIJV09GLIfeAiLre8KhX2fNcoOYxoDG00OUf_QuXNmx1DEM/s400/Tilly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316207261511101474" border="0" /></a><br />Below is <a href="http://www.figurespace.com/Kate_Vrijmoet/FLA_opeing_Rec..html#53">Kate Vrijmoet</a> who poses in front of one of her portraits. Many of these crowd photos from the exhibit are via her <a href="http://www.figurespace.com/Kate_Vrijmoet/FLA_opeing_Rec..html#53">website</a>. Check it out for many more pics of the event...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSzhXQeWXYGiz2hX-LlGKMtd0pQUsW1vhHmeFVGKDkxbFozVIZ52aIKvprv5NoEsW0D0Yrka0aOeIhqjG0X9DBBCwJ4QjB5dpX01Rm6MwVuyy5cRojqUnEdj4qN3z7O4oeBXAHGAc321s/s1600-h/kate_vrimjoet.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 471px; height: 323px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSzhXQeWXYGiz2hX-LlGKMtd0pQUsW1vhHmeFVGKDkxbFozVIZ52aIKvprv5NoEsW0D0Yrka0aOeIhqjG0X9DBBCwJ4QjB5dpX01Rm6MwVuyy5cRojqUnEdj4qN3z7O4oeBXAHGAc321s/s400/kate_vrimjoet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316205808405645330" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There is lots more to see at Kate's website. The show is over now. It took me a long time to get this post up but I wanted to make sure I covered it, as it was an important show that I was in.Gretchen Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777388042263341579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569430350294005443.post-45531731204351927222009-02-03T00:43:00.001-05:002009-02-04T09:30:11.177-05:00Tarot reading + Bday dinner party<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" >Whenever it's possible I have a Tarot reading on my Bday</span><br />Thanks, Kathe!<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZ0KcUSawJh9mFa_lUKwSecEiFLdXFfvy_gc0Q1jsLlm3TyEJAZUPFAICJFsFG6m1sqRt-aIOsetG-BlRtLUOWhC5GegWBj9n2DHMoAWP_2qlz5eKY6geEYEXkQJvTSv2qnAEBVGBTWo/s1600-h/IMG_0308.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 387px; height: 690px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZ0KcUSawJh9mFa_lUKwSecEiFLdXFfvy_gc0Q1jsLlm3TyEJAZUPFAICJFsFG6m1sqRt-aIOsetG-BlRtLUOWhC5GegWBj9n2DHMoAWP_2qlz5eKY6geEYEXkQJvTSv2qnAEBVGBTWo/s400/IMG_0308.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298445029505903762" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">Friends</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">and</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">spirits</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">(</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">from</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">beyond</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">)</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">vibe</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-VAAPx5SrqjHto8eL792ST2-gid0D3DCvaOSi7cVZX7WBHHyJVoVed2nukv7tAGnfeOU3fYHJFSf6ncKrbNWp6OLSlZfMTstl1siGW8v8FYieY_jPcsSn7TLeUMTzimYVqg2c6i5YhGI/s1600-h/IMG_0293.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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This is the first show of it's kind here at the HOH. Artist's work from studio workshops were displayed. Workshops include: nude figure model studio, portrait studio, plein air and still life studies.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsqicyL4MOxV7NrwTWR4mMHKm9qmXWmhtFR8WknnRc78SZvbmpWsmG1KF5iIPcYMfc83aMyFhZFQd0s9AfiYPeDnfA5Wn6VQVjcGF-axImHivk4tocAicJdU_9Bc2g2hvighOsv6UyN0s/s1600-h/HOH.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsqicyL4MOxV7NrwTWR4mMHKm9qmXWmhtFR8WknnRc78SZvbmpWsmG1KF5iIPcYMfc83aMyFhZFQd0s9AfiYPeDnfA5Wn6VQVjcGF-axImHivk4tocAicJdU_9Bc2g2hvighOsv6UyN0s/s400/HOH.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295632254565543106" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxenIp4yyHA2oCAj07hZTUydlGpnSly5I8v-INuKBO4xPepXpx3OTboXPCQtul_Z4LmEz5TkWPUsT1uyORt_3g_aMnICsfBTlvTi_2GCrMeGZyiWbZvG8gGntRhroirpPlZWipZ2_Z7ME/s1600-h/HOH+GK+Kathe+Nola.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0AiXQABCopzpCT2eI67SFSySvMnIAaM7lkns_WCsZdUFlVxV5v6CwNiOmN-Ea8f7gAzupQkPOIlaRBt_zL1NhFYTTV2bOzOENfsDLNDyiu8b2wHGe3qds7hKxpVdFsfukn4yf_-p7-EE/s400/IMG_1806.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283589271411848226" border="0" /></a><br /><br />But this one below wins my prize-<br />by Jane Shouten of <a href="http://www.alltheluckintheworld.nl/en/inspiratie.php">All the Luck in the World</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW6Tt47N77HYz-64VwNoGdc_j3mxEZxISjwNLBzR2zBLpkfa8D_AmW7_Apv5SAmzKPFtfEgkKggyzDj3O4aackF5MFZy_Mp8AEofktyoFfde_z1zg96gA2k6YSI9sL087w914IIfVKFok/s1600-h/6a00d8341fefa353ef0105366b0ff1970b-800wi.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW6Tt47N77HYz-64VwNoGdc_j3mxEZxISjwNLBzR2zBLpkfa8D_AmW7_Apv5SAmzKPFtfEgkKggyzDj3O4aackF5MFZy_Mp8AEofktyoFfde_z1zg96gA2k6YSI9sL087w914IIfVKFok/s400/6a00d8341fefa353ef0105366b0ff1970b-800wi.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283588484716363522" border="0" /></a><br /><br />and this Christmas kitty wins a prize too -TWA<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXA4MHlEUGPDKnR7Voxgu0OfbDP_vOSMqxY2pwqZT3nkV5yjJhSiIHEQkAGYT6d5D_fDE4Xm-aii5vkevr59kIS9LWFkv2-5XXXOlwVBtjeG6guWZ1WZZsJqMSAZDlVowNzQpAvGyEnT4/s1600-h/IMG_1810.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXA4MHlEUGPDKnR7Voxgu0OfbDP_vOSMqxY2pwqZT3nkV5yjJhSiIHEQkAGYT6d5D_fDE4Xm-aii5vkevr59kIS9LWFkv2-5XXXOlwVBtjeG6guWZ1WZZsJqMSAZDlVowNzQpAvGyEnT4/s400/IMG_1810.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283588509378712338" border="0" /></a>Gretchen Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777388042263341579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569430350294005443.post-88505665756630005542008-12-19T15:50:00.001-05:002008-12-19T18:00:37.383-05:00Playful ArtIt's been far too long since my last post on this blog!<br />I will tend to it much more in 2009...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">A</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">b</span> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">s</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">t</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">r</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">A</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">C</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">T</span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">i</span></span> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">O</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">N</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_8__Tk0ftrdX-wRz2oyrxC09uuxY-ug-GDpAbRX8IENeTE2mPEIICE5Hec5Z-x_1W2p5rt3xLnFBw-trFnLeaS_UiYabYMZRTz-AKquzSvKDtzAr0HdIH1oHgwmGKk1veHPzXdT0y1kM/s1600-h/IMG_1583.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 429px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_8__Tk0ftrdX-wRz2oyrxC09uuxY-ug-GDpAbRX8IENeTE2mPEIICE5Hec5Z-x_1W2p5rt3xLnFBw-trFnLeaS_UiYabYMZRTz-AKquzSvKDtzAr0HdIH1oHgwmGKk1veHPzXdT0y1kM/s400/IMG_1583.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281608001511526546" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhn6-wlX6JQ9iehYSXm9oYEtwH1yXJD2VDpYG6tLw5g4H5C3JqWuXgv4LBIgkJNo-PWXJyJ_CTkHmQPTtTwhxNjSeWVG9lN4lpQA_ahBv-u7tn1XYzcTPzzvhNSJVHVvaDM0HmBVHZE80/s1600-h/IMG_1584.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 430px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhn6-wlX6JQ9iehYSXm9oYEtwH1yXJD2VDpYG6tLw5g4H5C3JqWuXgv4LBIgkJNo-PWXJyJ_CTkHmQPTtTwhxNjSeWVG9lN4lpQA_ahBv-u7tn1XYzcTPzzvhNSJVHVvaDM0HmBVHZE80/s400/IMG_1584.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281607985930854786" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />l<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjRPSJYHcmhXoFmb2PECZQCSY6mNqHBMulBrifqXJzLF1EAjxNnLn0rsKLoAUw6jTP8NOZkufmBy8r2Z_sY8IdAsibO5IwPot2fbehyagB1It3k2Rx0e-X-uSlTLhQjpU0ny9R7MQlKQ/s1600-h/IMG_1581.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 555px; height: 415px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjRPSJYHcmhXoFmb2PECZQCSY6mNqHBMulBrifqXJzLF1EAjxNnLn0rsKLoAUw6jTP8NOZkufmBy8r2Z_sY8IdAsibO5IwPot2fbehyagB1It3k2Rx0e-X-uSlTLhQjpU0ny9R7MQlKQ/s400/IMG_1581.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281607973413724770" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1EOHH9LbxqvvVNftou-lj8dqINp95lyS7vtGboWcpaeIi3wLvvs-gx5O0obfxpLaho93-CTDejOAmboZ-EaggkfGQ_TIXC6-xvENG7WQj_8usNbwGSH-rCz1TcSyTrXrizkOSkdmN2U/s1600-h/IMG_1586.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 553px; height: 413px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1EOHH9LbxqvvVNftou-lj8dqINp95lyS7vtGboWcpaeIi3wLvvs-gx5O0obfxpLaho93-CTDejOAmboZ-EaggkfGQ_TIXC6-xvENG7WQj_8usNbwGSH-rCz1TcSyTrXrizkOSkdmN2U/s400/IMG_1586.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281607957902823186" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The abstract paintings that you see above evolved through the course of about a month at <a href="http://www.paperscissorsoranges.com/mission.php">paperscissorsOranges</a>, which is the children's Art studio that I teach at a few days each week. What appears to be something that could hang on my living room wall is actually the side of a house construction made from boxes. The kids paint it over + over each day, each week until the sides buckle in and then we make a new one. Below you can get an idea of what it looks like in the class room.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNPkNq6y_45TbK8nJLDCfnHsjEixhRMQRbsQQSJz_-jmpGdNP88_-0o6DlTt0CzNkZt1ZC-zcbrUjucWQowRjRJv8q1DXnKI3JBenFGpQvuvyovlLKbZdPsRMJH15sqOn4BStwfD7FR2g/s1600-h/IMG_1580.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNPkNq6y_45TbK8nJLDCfnHsjEixhRMQRbsQQSJz_-jmpGdNP88_-0o6DlTt0CzNkZt1ZC-zcbrUjucWQowRjRJv8q1DXnKI3JBenFGpQvuvyovlLKbZdPsRMJH15sqOn4BStwfD7FR2g/s400/IMG_1580.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281629124572141842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4m0OIUlu3Nhv1abxL-bRpd5DECwvo8nNuaHovH3UOkDJ0PT39F6hKwFqSU9dxqCF9hUF1MfnnUDZsJUPoQiBQNhlqj8csBr7f-CcbwO7Vcxpe5YOrnM6RnGkkRMt1mZKwo8Iw22n5UA/s1600-h/L1020945.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 277px; height: 492px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4m0OIUlu3Nhv1abxL-bRpd5DECwvo8nNuaHovH3UOkDJ0PT39F6hKwFqSU9dxqCF9hUF1MfnnUDZsJUPoQiBQNhlqj8csBr7f-CcbwO7Vcxpe5YOrnM6RnGkkRMt1mZKwo8Iw22n5UA/s400/L1020945.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281610794481932178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKHdE2i8HmqSk4Rvp0l_DQD55s-_r-28FkhRCJerE-7VM6srl0Uih7LsrlPOg4Qb9krYi3_WukWiIfa6dWhF08tz6Iy8_9Fr6-YukNdC7urM4AmGJUcx2YRVc4g0S-ZnaALmpOJZEj3lw/s1600-h/L1020966.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 335px; height: 595px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKHdE2i8HmqSk4Rvp0l_DQD55s-_r-28FkhRCJerE-7VM6srl0Uih7LsrlPOg4Qb9krYi3_WukWiIfa6dWhF08tz6Iy8_9Fr6-YukNdC7urM4AmGJUcx2YRVc4g0S-ZnaALmpOJZEj3lw/s400/L1020966.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281610798820653058" border="0" /></a><br /><br />and this below is a group effort mural which I would like for my wall too!<br />These murals are also a regular site to feast your eyes on in the studio.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZQPD-QWZa96Mi4rpCqYFmoHj7Ehu-AQTr0Gu4K8tZC0cf2Gf9k2Q5oh-X6lls3FWQ2FyLqZPIIu53FdP85ZGv3USwsnExdfFgHLcEfw6eYDte3uJ6rI8zsCcjx18CG0GAwPaQkwTlkI/s1600-h/L1020979.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 503px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZQPD-QWZa96Mi4rpCqYFmoHj7Ehu-AQTr0Gu4K8tZC0cf2Gf9k2Q5oh-X6lls3FWQ2FyLqZPIIu53FdP85ZGv3USwsnExdfFgHLcEfw6eYDte3uJ6rI8zsCcjx18CG0GAwPaQkwTlkI/s400/L1020979.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281610801250980642" border="0" /></a>Gretchen Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777388042263341579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569430350294005443.post-24722630770595028972008-09-01T23:50:00.000-04:002008-09-04T11:52:25.487-04:00Re-cycling for Art Show at Hudson Opera HouseFor the past month at the Opera House in Hudson, NY there was a wonderful class that was given by Artist, <a style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" href="http://www.flstudios.com/brunopd/">Bruno Pasquier-Desvignes </a>-FREE! - 3 days each week. All the Art was created from recycled stuff.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnjdDJYl_mZG-BbT6IePwnHA2O05Bo9ApbxYGT3BMa38QM7Fa1_n0XzNtH9Y4vJRAuZHFT98iqkTcrSO4qEHNReBg5vQqY-q_BByHhzMjfAbdO6v_Maf9j8nsNruANdu5GB_WKYUpElc/s1600-h/IMG_1050.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnjdDJYl_mZG-BbT6IePwnHA2O05Bo9ApbxYGT3BMa38QM7Fa1_n0XzNtH9Y4vJRAuZHFT98iqkTcrSO4qEHNReBg5vQqY-q_BByHhzMjfAbdO6v_Maf9j8nsNruANdu5GB_WKYUpElc/s400/IMG_1050.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241281275360369522" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUaE8s6Pr86g_FjJ-lN5W4y97sYYQrIjGb5pLhitvKhewal8SxOGgklCr2oGs2Fh2wGU6lvoumipdzG5WLRaCLZZ82apiOG97z8hTkCP9pYooQ0wTMqcGp3W7Fxg2nCTCtwgjC_R9nn54/s1600-h/IMG_1051.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUaE8s6Pr86g_FjJ-lN5W4y97sYYQrIjGb5pLhitvKhewal8SxOGgklCr2oGs2Fh2wGU6lvoumipdzG5WLRaCLZZ82apiOG97z8hTkCP9pYooQ0wTMqcGp3W7Fxg2nCTCtwgjC_R9nn54/s400/IMG_1051.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241281270339640562" border="0" /></a><br />Lots of corrugated cardboard boxes, plastic containers, bags and caps, lids, tubes, wires + fabrics along with paints +hot glue. Mystical animals, people from other realms, wild creations formed from the imagination's of children and adults together taking the classes.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN8mE1-OhnJ7AihtSYDoMpIRsU1erdT5xG-MOdBSujpse8GU0DTaXZjJBem8BUavXQfSXzKa7dsoZt2MMOQsGcnaIyBFnvDqhcH8DKiuL8r7vv9phvUHbbbT6glJwGi9TZr188XlJ1a_w/s1600-h/IMG_1056.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN8mE1-OhnJ7AihtSYDoMpIRsU1erdT5xG-MOdBSujpse8GU0DTaXZjJBem8BUavXQfSXzKa7dsoZt2MMOQsGcnaIyBFnvDqhcH8DKiuL8r7vv9phvUHbbbT6glJwGi9TZr188XlJ1a_w/s400/IMG_1056.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241274863432070466" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS885i7rv2YPPvXaI20pPRMGtc1pXfcMtSRlTvlFFnjOIcQ9WATUb2FEjy5me-7LyiLDK5qE4TBQm0zHLaxCU3B1mPPv337Y5HjEdCfFJnu6LVuEIr6Fx_E8ZIMY69ODu22xJq3truFlU/s1600-h/IMG_1075_2.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS885i7rv2YPPvXaI20pPRMGtc1pXfcMtSRlTvlFFnjOIcQ9WATUb2FEjy5me-7LyiLDK5qE4TBQm0zHLaxCU3B1mPPv337Y5HjEdCfFJnu6LVuEIr6Fx_E8ZIMY69ODu22xJq3truFlU/s400/IMG_1075_2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241429702853136786" border="0" /></a><br />This class is intended to unite the various ages and cultures in our community, while playing as children do when making Art. Playing is often a neccessary part in the creation of Art. I know that is what happens when I do it and with wild childlike abandon, I created a Night Owl wall hanging- seen above.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXS_pQxMLgky_Pnq99azee_ZLi5dp9eWjMlYOwE7XJ6gWKF-jDQsOSZ7MdrRjvw0mKz09I58yRvNEBMwusiA4vs167yQRfJ5QzYrzriLSnFb4H7wYdGrIUEbVqxmBDmwC-IezcVS5M3E/s1600-h/IMG_1054.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXS_pQxMLgky_Pnq99azee_ZLi5dp9eWjMlYOwE7XJ6gWKF-jDQsOSZ7MdrRjvw0mKz09I58yRvNEBMwusiA4vs167yQRfJ5QzYrzriLSnFb4H7wYdGrIUEbVqxmBDmwC-IezcVS5M3E/s400/IMG_1054.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241274869142555522" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBW0Na0GjwzZQzxy8Gp2XzQtiiIEfbgINXBA_sbUMEbomCFBT6GdOiU3O9EnL-yqh85cMSV3S8oxG95Hwf5En2-YjMw6OBSxy_dw09OxMpKsR7WtXW69ec79qPDy4Cr8hBuE-FOaRh8k/s1600-h/IMG_1053.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBW0Na0GjwzZQzxy8Gp2XzQtiiIEfbgINXBA_sbUMEbomCFBT6GdOiU3O9EnL-yqh85cMSV3S8oxG95Hwf5En2-YjMw6OBSxy_dw09OxMpKsR7WtXW69ec79qPDy4Cr8hBuE-FOaRh8k/s400/IMG_1053.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241274879340262034" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqhQe5CWpNAHBumeIXgSxqiaLGyK2h9y64TIF-_7mV0D1TX9rBW9V887prkjuE-fvEfyOWI7CsaPjSzMYxgkStjIsoTRrbF2CqXHShEA5DsCmD80F6nqPWVYkNbTSYj-ReJfu3UWNVm8/s1600-h/IMG_1052.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 494px; height: 370px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqhQe5CWpNAHBumeIXgSxqiaLGyK2h9y64TIF-_7mV0D1TX9rBW9V887prkjuE-fvEfyOWI7CsaPjSzMYxgkStjIsoTRrbF2CqXHShEA5DsCmD80F6nqPWVYkNbTSYj-ReJfu3UWNVm8/s400/IMG_1052.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241274881148996802" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRpd-Ut_0K_if1PiubJjj8L9GjJeyKNCoAy2Kxkh7NtagmgHalX_q8lrFSjh9Hb-goK8JfptL9DIi679kAZlSvEYl4PrD6duNZ34lNEpjJ0JDguOyVniq8hnP3kLWyUhmLKPLThlTOaEk/s1600-h/IMG_1055.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRpd-Ut_0K_if1PiubJjj8L9GjJeyKNCoAy2Kxkh7NtagmgHalX_q8lrFSjh9Hb-goK8JfptL9DIi679kAZlSvEYl4PrD6duNZ34lNEpjJ0JDguOyVniq8hnP3kLWyUhmLKPLThlTOaEk/s400/IMG_1055.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241273129672987698" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWLcUUxsKoYhV-CrDT-8v0o90MgwQIkIIkWEPhsmKr5ekKsZNM66EeW0m8v7DlAcJ8IPwc2lvJ3cZMBEjvLPIdLZOf3dqJWMeGeK6q6qKy8Kkf_0ygCYy8D8sHm8FappZMzy8OZ6j_y8U/s1600-h/IMG_1057.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWLcUUxsKoYhV-CrDT-8v0o90MgwQIkIIkWEPhsmKr5ekKsZNM66EeW0m8v7DlAcJ8IPwc2lvJ3cZMBEjvLPIdLZOf3dqJWMeGeK6q6qKy8Kkf_0ygCYy8D8sHm8FappZMzy8OZ6j_y8U/s400/IMG_1057.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241273129507807474" border="0" /></a><br />This "gorilla" show was superimposed on another great show of work by Artist, Jack Millard. The two shows blended well. The animal menagerie of sculptures was up for only a coupla days over the weekend and it's being dismantled quickly as the Artists are coming by to pick up their works piece by piece.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEBrZfRuFXiTPOMbIM84DZg2MhhJ88HNnTG41y_Nf2py9JXTRYRMbG4nLhl9M1IusFV3d2Cmi0714FIReVctUrdGxU0_er0OOKnB-85NtuThgA-4-goBF2qvegumkDVA6ZWl4DPUzWtgo/s1600-h/IMG_1070.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 328px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEBrZfRuFXiTPOMbIM84DZg2MhhJ88HNnTG41y_Nf2py9JXTRYRMbG4nLhl9M1IusFV3d2Cmi0714FIReVctUrdGxU0_er0OOKnB-85NtuThgA-4-goBF2qvegumkDVA6ZWl4DPUzWtgo/s400/IMG_1070.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241273124725235362" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXdwexP8TQkQEMQ67MQJJASXSy3Bkxg6QPXw3S6Uk2tR_b8PEznd5YNTS_KSKWxSQ7UEE5jOK6fmSXBhc8Dm4xoKSBiMj5oM3rDKal6kcxO_9FzrjBgQz5QGx2tUuRdiOKGlFHkDRFBBw/s1600-h/IMG_1071.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 247px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXdwexP8TQkQEMQ67MQJJASXSy3Bkxg6QPXw3S6Uk2tR_b8PEznd5YNTS_KSKWxSQ7UEE5jOK6fmSXBhc8Dm4xoKSBiMj5oM3rDKal6kcxO_9FzrjBgQz5QGx2tUuRdiOKGlFHkDRFBBw/s400/IMG_1071.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241282007870807426" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR3nOwAHrZwpMRNHboyIS4sKadAUA1rsHOSPPqjM8fvqwEw5WYrUMrn6skOI50_e6zFwdaOh_NYTPm4Nt1Rs5EkZ1EiiXC_Rh2hEGotGj0QwDgu72jgWVblsfT7UeKppTvWzdq-Y1ooXI/s1600-h/IMG_1077.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 370px; height: 396px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR3nOwAHrZwpMRNHboyIS4sKadAUA1rsHOSPPqjM8fvqwEw5WYrUMrn6skOI50_e6zFwdaOh_NYTPm4Nt1Rs5EkZ1EiiXC_Rh2hEGotGj0QwDgu72jgWVblsfT7UeKppTvWzdq-Y1ooXI/s400/IMG_1077.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241281292416517010" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBbDjUSUiJ5WeVtUBkJHUeFj-kfskGCG7r9teKwnNddpEUhNk5i06uwKPbF7Cl4p8VBiHfxAu2Uqazk-e6bgRMA-P7loJ616Rv-SUhjp_GhlRITpTrT0TOCaMc5uhgL3mocKaM3kW0Cg0/s1600-h/IMG_1080.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBbDjUSUiJ5WeVtUBkJHUeFj-kfskGCG7r9teKwnNddpEUhNk5i06uwKPbF7Cl4p8VBiHfxAu2Uqazk-e6bgRMA-P7loJ616Rv-SUhjp_GhlRITpTrT0TOCaMc5uhgL3mocKaM3kW0Cg0/s400/IMG_1080.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241273115758250098" border="0" /></a><br />Bruno is here every summer creating in the Opera House spaces with the community according to what I heard. I will surely be back next year to partake again - it was one of the best classes I have ever attended. Thanks Bruno!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyoq3kVBVlRbcSRt24ZWmG2e3ubt3Fx_3WcSHAQnZ8ptsNy4_C_58NFpUeOh4RKkqjRNhsr25rs8HRUgSSp4zrr832lScQxj3pjwpzkkj_vi1t22vh78Q_or0bzsqCMdKSoXpNl2J8vk8/s1600-h/IMG_1078.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 355px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyoq3kVBVlRbcSRt24ZWmG2e3ubt3Fx_3WcSHAQnZ8ptsNy4_C_58NFpUeOh4RKkqjRNhsr25rs8HRUgSSp4zrr832lScQxj3pjwpzkkj_vi1t22vh78Q_or0bzsqCMdKSoXpNl2J8vk8/s400/IMG_1078.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241274863661114514" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqf8EarzPP5KAxGMYSrwgfMRs5w12mKi5LA1D_cOZmotR2S1wOHJAJ6eI3v1jwAg6-xYdsxUGoG6HrcpAcsr8b_KJYci9a7MUwn4UYV1ulp_ldr_sVYOyRaRRHwr16GW05Eo2MltJtLc/s1600-h/IMG_1079.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 331px; height: 352px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqf8EarzPP5KAxGMYSrwgfMRs5w12mKi5LA1D_cOZmotR2S1wOHJAJ6eI3v1jwAg6-xYdsxUGoG6HrcpAcsr8b_KJYci9a7MUwn4UYV1ulp_ldr_sVYOyRaRRHwr16GW05Eo2MltJtLc/s400/IMG_1079.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241281275884820354" border="0" /></a>Gretchen Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777388042263341579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569430350294005443.post-53558924215225392132008-08-21T11:05:00.000-04:002008-08-23T12:20:24.458-04:00A.L Stickley - Variety Store, Rhinebeck, NY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6O73meEOYbakZyQsdjYblAdV9V75wDmgjuxxiiFgu9QghuDAAcCbcpmFsEYknoME_V8_t2wo_dOSO8K2d0u5fU-Pz6m-EmY6hp2lEcms1Yo_JVzwhaJFvzoyqwmctsFlvD-uz0GyHb0/s1600-h/IMG_0895.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6O73meEOYbakZyQsdjYblAdV9V75wDmgjuxxiiFgu9QghuDAAcCbcpmFsEYknoME_V8_t2wo_dOSO8K2d0u5fU-Pz6m-EmY6hp2lEcms1Yo_JVzwhaJFvzoyqwmctsFlvD-uz0GyHb0/s400/IMG_0895.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236988531972869730" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjKsGv5MNV3Kqs0ACQ4aNZpRkQj8uT9qLM9M41VUDlRIpRCq4AmC4h7vzqSslFMRYcOgUR_RssqjczNWFwsr_8evb_ctd_7gbb9WcYo3OczykRzmNnvTLva9He8briPr0fWi7ND5xXeA/s1600-h/IMG_0893.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjKsGv5MNV3Kqs0ACQ4aNZpRkQj8uT9qLM9M41VUDlRIpRCq4AmC4h7vzqSslFMRYcOgUR_RssqjczNWFwsr_8evb_ctd_7gbb9WcYo3OczykRzmNnvTLva9He8briPr0fWi7ND5xXeA/s400/IMG_0893.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236988538194446562" border="0" /></a><br />Where and when is the last time you saw a Variety Store or a General Store or Five + Dime store?<br />Well, there is one in Rhinebeck, NY and it's been in biz for 62 years. My Mom and I went there yesterday to get some stuff.<br />Stuff like:<br />A drip coffee pot for Mom and a <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">pink </span>elephant watering can for me!<br />What fun, as you can I was having -----and I spent under $5.<br />Here's a peek inside:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBMCwY1AnHSuvRZC54hiPce79AVafmnwze6a7-WsqRl-jaoSayhZ7fOKll9zMWhjDkhr9RKaXWi_OQ9kTI6KZTw9MGwBEaOWiZpKasg-1UbBecMXk7O56m4GVC8FOc9iVaD3bmqyRZhU/s1600-h/IMG_0886.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 485px; height: 484px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBMCwY1AnHSuvRZC54hiPce79AVafmnwze6a7-WsqRl-jaoSayhZ7fOKll9zMWhjDkhr9RKaXWi_OQ9kTI6KZTw9MGwBEaOWiZpKasg-1UbBecMXk7O56m4GVC8FOc9iVaD3bmqyRZhU/s400/IMG_0886.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236988544023644498" border="0" /></a><br />Isles + isles that harken back to my childhood 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdLp97on4_qra2OHRhmydrrwofbtRQgT4QZS3oW4xX3QB0wXSO0NhsziaUubYVL501O9XwhGku2vGrEFvap4EGIwYWlOxOWVDXSTWYXrAwZg2P1_j2ZGf0d9Q-VIpD67adKCZzif6wUBE/s400/IMG_0888.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236988554259863842" border="0" /></a><br />ELEPHANT WATERING CANS in <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">FLAMINGO PINK </span>+<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> SILVER<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">And all that girlie-stuff that you never know where to find anymore....</span><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbSVzQRKzq0SV0GSPnDEfMbbjh_f4JVaS8EUhrc-CLFm44dr7BBdGiVyADNNwGgJ5vyZIWhAq6fLg8yIB6nm_XH_XkLeKnMju2s6rJTt2c0KgpeZdszLDw1ZCjWlVbrsQvFDdtZ_ezYvE/s1600-h/IMG_0891.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 220px;" 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Ribbons for your hair by the yard<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnx3VLRUFBaT6xTWEyye-uc-1Kv5EqqOz8WMONzzsEvBnUnTMQxxaEc-Cfi_Q844fN07xltDkAAzWiN4JDb4atbc1x5Y5qs4YbdqKnpad5oAOyLZsFouYVZ76EhGOy2EeeV_UlWm2m3Mg/s1600-h/IMG_0881.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 293px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnx3VLRUFBaT6xTWEyye-uc-1Kv5EqqOz8WMONzzsEvBnUnTMQxxaEc-Cfi_Q844fN07xltDkAAzWiN4JDb4atbc1x5Y5qs4YbdqKnpad5oAOyLZsFouYVZ76EhGOy2EeeV_UlWm2m3Mg/s400/IMG_0881.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236994027534691842" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHnwTNu8Z33wXOMHPyCgpbhNJ4Q5qZeSitpTqJv93NLEhWML_HiB8ChIf6KlqhUMUHjUFCT375e7p15KbaFQlO6AlgHK-dJEzPoMdseP8O03DCtosmCUK48LBzau_rEds9aYSNqTIaKY/s1600-h/IMG_0880.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHnwTNu8Z33wXOMHPyCgpbhNJ4Q5qZeSitpTqJv93NLEhWML_HiB8ChIf6KlqhUMUHjUFCT375e7p15KbaFQlO6AlgHK-dJEzPoMdseP8O03DCtosmCUK48LBzau_rEds9aYSNqTIaKY/s400/IMG_0880.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236994039285323122" border="0" /></a><br />Bobby pins + Hair nets! this is where they have been hiding all these years.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZETivxPbDPDyxY33zq6i2Kd1WygXYzOUu5hkNqnQQwNG5do-b51qY2kWsarFYBjI4s76emO4T425CIcvCm2wOPfv-4VcOBpg_Mu5Jm5Nikv7TdZxC1X4Wpt3NWMTQHyh8wFmFjp1jm4/s1600-h/IMG_0878.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 338px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZETivxPbDPDyxY33zq6i2Kd1WygXYzOUu5hkNqnQQwNG5do-b51qY2kWsarFYBjI4s76emO4T425CIcvCm2wOPfv-4VcOBpg_Mu5Jm5Nikv7TdZxC1X4Wpt3NWMTQHyh8wFmFjp1jm4/s400/IMG_0878.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236994013395632514" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7QpdH0Tjr_0qHZxDCI9kmBT66Qdn_ioXWLaH2oKiIQIxxYJ5ZoWHtWMRImwHjQVr392ehbh4kpJujG1OP_6tnxtMbqXXjnFaLGnnsB06EF_4XJ-NBDw6e7woCWGEue62JUbSS1ty7PQ/s1600-h/IMG_0887.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 334px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7QpdH0Tjr_0qHZxDCI9kmBT66Qdn_ioXWLaH2oKiIQIxxYJ5ZoWHtWMRImwHjQVr392ehbh4kpJujG1OP_6tnxtMbqXXjnFaLGnnsB06EF_4XJ-NBDw6e7woCWGEue62JUbSS1ty7PQ/s400/IMG_0887.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236996677325319634" border="0" /></a><br />shoe laces, string<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7XAxdS8EaFWprtVK-NmmZwr5NPXrxvOKGaRngAKI_nnk4bNyALURd5saoyLliWJvqBXDIToBEPbuzRUHEXAGPc1LIK5yg-k_UB8CskgkAeCMpzALMYMcdAJZU3D0Pd8aXiezohGHhsc/s1600-h/IMG_0883.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7XAxdS8EaFWprtVK-NmmZwr5NPXrxvOKGaRngAKI_nnk4bNyALURd5saoyLliWJvqBXDIToBEPbuzRUHEXAGPc1LIK5yg-k_UB8CskgkAeCMpzALMYMcdAJZU3D0Pd8aXiezohGHhsc/s400/IMG_0883.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236996688449413522" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM53BC6rgGmTjXP-Kx9A3gzM4TniHEbzPuTqTzcLNmsDgYEhwmXu_eUBHHqMk5pZ37XYraLoxacCL32RhdnD7E6zStdyQA-63menUQzpUTpbwaroWQD8LmfCtYYa1OP6VRkBjWKZQzeb8/s1600-h/IMG_0892.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM53BC6rgGmTjXP-Kx9A3gzM4TniHEbzPuTqTzcLNmsDgYEhwmXu_eUBHHqMk5pZ37XYraLoxacCL32RhdnD7E6zStdyQA-63menUQzpUTpbwaroWQD8LmfCtYYa1OP6VRkBjWKZQzeb8/s400/IMG_0892.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236996693523595074" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBKuv4gy-_f2LDyLXcXsm6AR38_DhJ6rd4Lf3Tgs3oUfa5Ct3ukXXjtWodKWqq6M7W_zIf3x8DqHnbkMbA29ZYW_mJT5O-Bgi9mIkguDEdkE4WEMjP9dDrOsc_QEWOhGAzo3esjW-yvEo/s1600-h/IMG_0882.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBKuv4gy-_f2LDyLXcXsm6AR38_DhJ6rd4Lf3Tgs3oUfa5Ct3ukXXjtWodKWqq6M7W_zIf3x8DqHnbkMbA29ZYW_mJT5O-Bgi9mIkguDEdkE4WEMjP9dDrOsc_QEWOhGAzo3esjW-yvEo/s400/IMG_0882.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236996696168696034" border="0" /></a><br />Tickets, pranks + gags, party favors<br />AND LOTS MORE.<br />Mom + I had a blast shopping for all our needs in there. I guess today, we have Dollar Stores- what an eyesore those places are. I never go in them. Then there's the mega-big-box store names, which actually started from small mom + pop businesses named Walton's and Kresge's.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezLo9msT-TpOS6upZ1Q96wkovNefdHPqUz6dtnWOo2hDrg0RlvTOyWKw8fjR0uK7QIjZhJk_vC_zn-o_cu4KYXrVdfbBeywTYZ5-ELL3egA-G8in367_SiJ-Md9O2eyYe9gBweoBFNHM/s1600-h/IMG_0894.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezLo9msT-TpOS6upZ1Q96wkovNefdHPqUz6dtnWOo2hDrg0RlvTOyWKw8fjR0uK7QIjZhJk_vC_zn-o_cu4KYXrVdfbBeywTYZ5-ELL3egA-G8in367_SiJ-Md9O2eyYe9gBweoBFNHM/s400/IMG_0894.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237005150413431298" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezLo9msT-TpOS6upZ1Q96wkovNefdHPqUz6dtnWOo2hDrg0RlvTOyWKw8fjR0uK7QIjZhJk_vC_zn-o_cu4KYXrVdfbBeywTYZ5-ELL3egA-G8in367_SiJ-Md9O2eyYe9gBweoBFNHM/s1600-h/IMG_0894.JPG">Say, "good bye" Mom.....</a><br />.....we're off for an ice-cream cone next door.Gretchen Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777388042263341579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569430350294005443.post-73857314525356602522008-08-10T22:41:00.000-04:002008-09-02T01:19:53.248-04:00What I love about my garden (and not)<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:180%;" >THE BOUNTY</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8KqW9lC6cQ14MTYVHjsFjkxeIgF0LqZmjrcz3ehFRbljR4ojQHpGZ9B7mZKk0KWkeI_hyuCKqOoG0706Q6PCpLpAKLpNUdu0DWXq_vlrWM6D9jQ7C282XSshcZRrvAH3z7JZtqqvoolg/s1600-h/IMG_0822.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8KqW9lC6cQ14MTYVHjsFjkxeIgF0LqZmjrcz3ehFRbljR4ojQHpGZ9B7mZKk0KWkeI_hyuCKqOoG0706Q6PCpLpAKLpNUdu0DWXq_vlrWM6D9jQ7C282XSshcZRrvAH3z7JZtqqvoolg/s400/IMG_0822.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233477077683428770" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Uih0ypFTNEacxycGvXdzVTCayT_bJLawLSVr8v3OA1-ZUVJUgoXU5DTkJ5ckc7KxM9eiHpUEMNLsqAcqAPvwM1cGaTuiYuhUu5p8TApQPJ3hZA-VzyEUIC8HGyvPJn9blCyFuYWl2Bs/s1600-h/IMG_0829.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Uih0ypFTNEacxycGvXdzVTCayT_bJLawLSVr8v3OA1-ZUVJUgoXU5DTkJ5ckc7KxM9eiHpUEMNLsqAcqAPvwM1cGaTuiYuhUu5p8TApQPJ3hZA-VzyEUIC8HGyvPJn9blCyFuYWl2Bs/s400/IMG_0829.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233354567034796722" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOlCS2myNGeMmQTQPijD66b00MvAthhXaWFdqEqvUaARrXnYRUY5Ps5Y8faChpn2yM6Ld1Iy74sna9UOAfOf7f879ZP2vakdsRIlwl6vyHu5zvL_C7ucoCl-0OrPU_XNwy-hHbXD59XY/s1600-h/IMG_0832.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOlCS2myNGeMmQTQPijD66b00MvAthhXaWFdqEqvUaARrXnYRUY5Ps5Y8faChpn2yM6Ld1Iy74sna9UOAfOf7f879ZP2vakdsRIlwl6vyHu5zvL_C7ucoCl-0OrPU_XNwy-hHbXD59XY/s400/IMG_0832.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233354572915699954" border="0" /></a>Sunflowers are the Happy faces of my garden. I can't help but think that they are smiling and saying to me "Have a great day, Gretchen!" when I look at them in awe of how they grow by reseeding themselves every year.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXCG3pBV2n4t-vhfeDzVlCd8iQMjZ3uQFRiMLJGNZ1g_TfoN6eQcZ60uVI4kzLEg4cs3OWXQf90pyr3ta7PGliAYTerlONjngFDyKy7dNBYs0CsHJy6NVF1u4RWMnEFnZBGoG_QL0j1k/s1600-h/IMG_0792.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXCG3pBV2n4t-vhfeDzVlCd8iQMjZ3uQFRiMLJGNZ1g_TfoN6eQcZ60uVI4kzLEg4cs3OWXQf90pyr3ta7PGliAYTerlONjngFDyKy7dNBYs0CsHJy6NVF1u4RWMnEFnZBGoG_QL0j1k/s400/IMG_0792.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233086017408910002" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsDZ0C1LcZQFUmcoge2yZzKjquPufIcoiw_dPieZXTsqN_CW1fu8uUAyEt83bDDfNSP3zIFy1rDVTLyi8gGCMUn8Mb6_O-qL-HIt6ZejbEfyO6OqIaPhRISSLRfTVZ260u5IBaoDHD3o/s1600-h/IMG_0709.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsDZ0C1LcZQFUmcoge2yZzKjquPufIcoiw_dPieZXTsqN_CW1fu8uUAyEt83bDDfNSP3zIFy1rDVTLyi8gGCMUn8Mb6_O-qL-HIt6ZejbEfyO6OqIaPhRISSLRfTVZ260u5IBaoDHD3o/s400/IMG_0709.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233085044651389042" border="0" /></a><br />The haul for lunch....<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"> Mmmm</span> - what I love to eat.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRV7z82txx1X-T78L80mnWSnM-AvDV6YRTXPYRNXLiV2DL_zdBdQrr59_FY2YKyBN_b2S9SF9XN5kC1Hm4PEQCdUYTEqUJauGNjA_K_YmnowbdYfxG0IVutSzKeFkbqkyOeheED4tR3Mo/s1600-h/IMG_0282.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRV7z82txx1X-T78L80mnWSnM-AvDV6YRTXPYRNXLiV2DL_zdBdQrr59_FY2YKyBN_b2S9SF9XN5kC1Hm4PEQCdUYTEqUJauGNjA_K_YmnowbdYfxG0IVutSzKeFkbqkyOeheED4tR3Mo/s400/IMG_0282.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233086425569632738" border="0" /></a><br />MARBLES are what I love to find each year when I dig up the garden. They magically appear whenever I am digging in the earth... I wonder if that happens to anyone else?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0UuDH7TxUU28lZ5_LuuWPXvxu9iUfFE9KmtYobPO_0kwxQdbIKFQsHhia0i23HyUOlxECJDLEdzu1ZVBqRnX_lNmWEYTOoV9DRLUBXYjnRWtvbYb07l7YoPB_KPgSXjQMY4JCqMxYC7E/s1600-h/IMG_0288.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0UuDH7TxUU28lZ5_LuuWPXvxu9iUfFE9KmtYobPO_0kwxQdbIKFQsHhia0i23HyUOlxECJDLEdzu1ZVBqRnX_lNmWEYTOoV9DRLUBXYjnRWtvbYb07l7YoPB_KPgSXjQMY4JCqMxYC7E/s400/IMG_0288.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233086027368793474" border="0" /></a><br />SLUGS!- I abhoar! YUK!Gretchen Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777388042263341579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569430350294005443.post-1578027985727747382008-08-04T02:11:00.000-04:002008-08-04T08:04:28.240-04:00Walkin' on Warren St. (Hudson,NY 12534)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_dVR769qdSeXvG7-Fawdbm44JuIKRiiDL5HdkSiETQfZuI32dFNhTAOvpFzI7Wu65rSDxjGvznutUQvRWxL2kZkfzqXC_MYOS2TVKzOsZbR77QoA_NtzZyddQYEm_5Lzf5MdjBgNcN_A/s1600-h/IMG_0745.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_dVR769qdSeXvG7-Fawdbm44JuIKRiiDL5HdkSiETQfZuI32dFNhTAOvpFzI7Wu65rSDxjGvznutUQvRWxL2kZkfzqXC_MYOS2TVKzOsZbR77QoA_NtzZyddQYEm_5Lzf5MdjBgNcN_A/s400/IMG_0745.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230550343787632098" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Walkin' on Warren St. on Sunday while it sun-showered on and off, I stopped in one of my fave shops:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> <a href="http://www.henryinhudson.com/index"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">HENRY</span></a></span><br />What I like about Nancy's shop is her Artful way of arranging. It is her Art (I believe). The eclectic compilation is always an intrigue for me. I have bought many a textile here, which has been the source of design inspiration for me, in one way or another.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc_B_Lj_1zahQXJW-38EgE3gIyUe9FM3t_OtrbLU9OuKX4x0avkDxpgRVdzn_-IHhVQj21DMiBNlMENGx7jzWq6YNvb3RRFEbJFKK1BnS4AP2LF4igUw5jKAWjWMO1DH9CN_jYzB-9sdM/s1600-h/IMG_0744.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc_B_Lj_1zahQXJW-38EgE3gIyUe9FM3t_OtrbLU9OuKX4x0avkDxpgRVdzn_-IHhVQj21DMiBNlMENGx7jzWq6YNvb3RRFEbJFKK1BnS4AP2LF4igUw5jKAWjWMO1DH9CN_jYzB-9sdM/s400/IMG_0744.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230542989738312898" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnoYIG1bEEyhaVGeJqMgWJIroz-8y_taIr5HP28V6McEBN-GYrDKW34eAnLFJBCrDEMRXaAVFNyuYVhqcDCK9mSihkAdGANzljtmn8Vp4pUYo8KCb7zSp4MVEnWnaXxlXWmIN2Xvhck2o/s1600-h/IMG_0743.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnoYIG1bEEyhaVGeJqMgWJIroz-8y_taIr5HP28V6McEBN-GYrDKW34eAnLFJBCrDEMRXaAVFNyuYVhqcDCK9mSihkAdGANzljtmn8Vp4pUYo8KCb7zSp4MVEnWnaXxlXWmIN2Xvhck2o/s400/IMG_0743.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230542996795330098" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSsPMYyYmy7EhXwKxaG3Q-B44VjE-Ue3FXw65H95tastXmqlTAKAMwnnagUc9lLa29F0tNm0PLtpr2eLKyEB5TP4dBxYLi1uCEpOlSfy_YJrBV3Nny5l2nGwtnYS09h9M9T7ZMrRN3ok/s1600-h/IMG_0741.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSsPMYyYmy7EhXwKxaG3Q-B44VjE-Ue3FXw65H95tastXmqlTAKAMwnnagUc9lLa29F0tNm0PLtpr2eLKyEB5TP4dBxYLi1uCEpOlSfy_YJrBV3Nny5l2nGwtnYS09h9M9T7ZMrRN3ok/s400/IMG_0741.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230543000448593682" border="0" /></a><br />...looking out to towards the sunshower....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTHJqY24dflZaE8w1Pvpc6fyhqrbYMa0qpY5eKIGzNZX2fl7MouvgpiYS9S4jpixgKIxrvuKu0CrZTB6RggvGMqJ9CSYbMJWjnDx3mXu8Fqy8qiVN7jjn6ZFd8FstURLRNCSwwN6HwIZI/s1600-h/IMG_0740.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTHJqY24dflZaE8w1Pvpc6fyhqrbYMa0qpY5eKIGzNZX2fl7MouvgpiYS9S4jpixgKIxrvuKu0CrZTB6RggvGMqJ9CSYbMJWjnDx3mXu8Fqy8qiVN7jjn6ZFd8FstURLRNCSwwN6HwIZI/s400/IMG_0740.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230543009996757826" border="0" /></a><br />...a quirky footstool with a cusion of hermetically sealed hay within clear PVC - how natural!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYebC5yRpZnKOpDGWLVvpFwwMsyh00r0pMMoi4EOCuxj4C37bAgKTvSti-zjgRkseW5aaqyzy_LB51KkFpXTmCc1iQopfQ4fOMF8YMJ9_1J8AQNlfisAyfPaxSf0hML-XmVL51zkkt_dI/s1600-h/IMG_0742.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYebC5yRpZnKOpDGWLVvpFwwMsyh00r0pMMoi4EOCuxj4C37bAgKTvSti-zjgRkseW5aaqyzy_LB51KkFpXTmCc1iQopfQ4fOMF8YMJ9_1J8AQNlfisAyfPaxSf0hML-XmVL51zkkt_dI/s400/IMG_0742.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230548855260108818" border="0" /></a><br />....a beautiful vintage petti-point evening bag containing another petti-point covered compact with original label from Vienna (from another century). Check out the website for this special shop and see more treasures inside.Gretchen Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777388042263341579noreply@blogger.com1