Monday, June 16, 2014

Stacks, Piles and More Tiny Squares

I'm still woking on painting stacks and piles and the tiny square paintings. Here's a look at what's new:





I really love this work. I am having so much FUN! Of course there's another voice saying if it's so much fun, then it's not, then it's not work. I am not a serious person but I want to be taken seriously. Visit my other blog http://improbablebeautiful.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Tiny squares, tall stacks, big leaps!

It's the beginning of my fourth and final working semester of my MFA. As promised I'm becoming an "interdisciplinary artist" only not in the way I first imagined. Be sure to visit Improbable Beautiful for a glimpse of arts education magic.

Here's what I've been working on lately
63 tiny painted squares

close-up of some tiny painted squares

color stacks or stacks of color

misty stacks of color
Four Tanka Poems by Me

1.
Rivers to ocean, water to land, uneasy junctures
Despite calm skies above
Something deep inside churns at the meeting place

2.
Pull off the cloth, pick-up the pieces, it’s warm inside.
Clock tic tocks the old way, time passed slowly then.
There’s a rhythm in that too

3.
Others have done it so you will be unafraid
Death is not unknown
So, is it the dying or the leaving that frightens us?

4.
Boy gazes up, clouds sprawl and curve to touch earth’s edge
Man peers down, digs and scratches with feral intent
World spins around and around.