10 things I know to be absolutely certain…
…my artistic point of view
Painting Acrobatics and Considerations
I’m juggling several painting projects…in some ways it feels like I’m operating a daycare for hyperactive paints and cranky, sleep-deprived canvases. One large commission has the lion’s share of my… Read more Painting Acrobatics and Considerations →
What Do You See?
My “most favorite” aspect of the exhibit – having the exhibit displayed at a child’s eye view.
Sycamore trees and artistic friends
On my daily commute, I’m graced with an abundance of sycamore trees. I love their white bark and the curving nature of their branches and limbs. There is beauty in their winter starkness. This morning I was thinking about creativity, my love of art and desire for more hours in the day in which to paint. These thoughts quickly moved to how blessed I am to live in southwest Missouri, an area rich in artists and artistic opportunities. There is beauty everywhere – driving River Road, admiring the art created… Read more Sycamore trees and artistic friends →
3 days/4 channels…and Excel
Anyone with a deep brain stimulator – for dystonia – will probably recount different experiences of how quickly and how effectively their treatment worked. (Quickly is operative here. For most DBS/dystonia recipients results aren’t readily apparent until they are a year to 18 months within their treatment.) I’m triple blessed. First, I could tell from the first day that we turned the battery “on” that this device would help. Second, my care team have been open to to trying varying approaches to channels and intensity of settings to find the… Read more 3 days/4 channels…and Excel →
Preschool Palette Consultant
This week we had dinner with our granddaughters at a casual family restaurant. To pass the time we began playing I Spy. Our oldest grandaughter, age 4, decided to turn… Read more Preschool Palette Consultant →
Daydream Receiver
I have always been a daydreamer – head in the clouds – lost in my thoughts. I hear one word of a newscast or conversation and I’m off on some will mental chase following the mental rabbit of ‘what if’ and “wonder how’ until I’m snapped back into reality. That’s how one of my favorite paintings came into being. It was the dead of winter. I was organizing a crazy stack of old photos and scrapbooks, when I came across pictures of myself, dad and maternal grandfather blowing stuff up… Read more Daydream Receiver →
Seven Degrees of Repetition
I recently painted the same prompt: Think of a time you felt valued – daily for seven days. Rather than becoming bored with the exercise, I was intrigued with uncovering… Read more Seven Degrees of Repetition →
Ear Worms and Abstract Painting
…wouldn’t it be interesting to cut out abstract paintings in the shapes of worms
Time Warps and WIPs
I’m in the in-between time of having shipped off several canvases to their forever homes or to galleries to strut their stuff or hang in exhibits yet to open. They’re all dressed up with everywhere to go, while I and their younger, yet to fully develop little sibling paintings are hanging out in the nursery, aka basement art room These little “works in progress” (WIPs) are rowdy, demanding my attention. They wake me up in the night demanding a new brush of paint, or perhaps just one more swipe of… Read more Time Warps and WIPs →
Jostling Joy and Selective Perception
I’ve joined an art mentoring group, something I’ve wanted to do for a while . Each meeting involves lively discussion, critique of previous effort and homework. This month I’m asked to purposefully consider what I like about the work of other artists – what draws me in, is intrinsically pleasing. At the same time I’ve been asked to thoughtfully look at my “style”…what I like about the way I paint, what colors I come back to, brushstrokes and symbols/patterns that repeat. As I work toward completion of my painting homework,… Read more Jostling Joy and Selective Perception →
Lori Marble 