A Week of Studio Work

Ciao gentle viewers..

This will give you an idea of what I do every week…

this is a day by day of some of my works that I have

in progress..

 

Getting back to YouTube has had its challenges, but we are starting to get it together

As always thanks for reading and viewing..

I am ever so grateful.

xox

New Studio Tour

Ciao

Dear hearts!!

I know it has been ages since I have been posting

here on my site..

but we have been very busy

unpacking...

painting..

planting..

and movie things around...

 

We finally have things a bit where we want them 

and 

my studio

is finally in working order..

so let's take a little tour!

As always 

Thank you so much for 

stopping by..

xox

Studio Tour and Works in Progress

Happy Weekend 

to you,

 dear viewers..

and this weekend I would love to

take you on a little studio tour..

and share all my works in Progress..

It will give you a little idea of how much

I juggle in the studio each day..

and right now, 

I have no deadlines to attend..

so ....

I am free to tackle large paintings and small

meditative stitches..

Thanks for viewing..

Thanks for reading..

Thanks for being such a wonderful support..

I so appreciate you all!

xox

Studio Tour

I tidied up a bit for your visit..

but all the projects and wips

are in place...

I hope you enjoyed the little tour..

and I realized later that you might want to know about the art on the walls..

as well..

so one day I will shoot some 

pics and share with you some of the art

that I have..

as well as my studio Goddess

reliquaries and talismans..

oh and by the way.. woohoo..

we made it to 100

subscribers!!

Thank you so much

dear readers and faithful viewers..

xo

Studio Tour and Vignettes

we are 

all 

voyeurs...

there is just something about the nature of the human spirit

that desires to know

what goes on behind closed doors..

to see thru the windows of a house at night..

to know the untold story...

I think for artists, 

the studio is that personal place

that we most want to view..

we want to know, to see, to understand the creative process..

and though no photo can really give us that information...

we feel as though we can catch a glimpse of it

in viewing that sacred space..

 if you are like me, 

there is no studio that I do not like...

 I find each one most intriguing...

if you have not guessed by now, 

gentle reader, this will be a longer post...

so this is your libation warning...

if you have been following "the sweet life" for a while...

Before

 studio right after new carpet... August

you might remember that the moment we arrived at our new home..

we were lucky enough to stop a flood in progress in the room that was to be my new studio..

I had chosen the guest room with the pool bath..

and the leak in the bathroom

was pretty devastating..

the carpet was ruined but we managed to save the wood floors in the rest of the home...

.... it took months to restore

and so I have been shooting photos for you, over time..

different days and time periods, so you will see the growth...

After

After.....same shot as above but taken last week... this is the table where my art journal lives in the middle of the room, because I work on it continuously...

the movement of things... new shrines and collections...

some things are still in boxes and I have several things to frame...

but it is improving...

and changing...

of course the nature of the studio is change...

nothing is static in a place that must be comfortable in 
Chaos..

no matter how large the space...

I always seem to be able to fill it... 

it is amazing how 

I manage to collect things that speak to me...

and inspire me...

Pilar Pollock heart milage and Neva Gagliano's photograph...

I found a little grey flat file above that my studio goddess

watches over... it is nowhere near as functional as the old steel case file

that I had in Fort Collins, but it functions better than the old

chest of drawers in the other guest room that is also filled with papers...

and I finally found a large bookcase so I can start collecting books again..

I had to pare down my collection to what I absolutely needed...

and what I couldn't live without...

anything about Leonardo Da Vinci made the cut...

along with 

Sibella Court..

and anything old and crumbly

moved with me as well...

"this is the place of creative incubation.. At first you may find nothing happens here. But, if you have a sacred place and use it, take advantage of it, something will happen."

Joseph Campbell

Seth Apter's wonderful Pulse of Mixed Media on display..   "Muriel Babies,  Assemblage shrine, Caterina Giglio

the shelves are a magnet for treasures of course,

and one of my most precious pieces of art...

the little Dia De Los Muertos shrine 

above 

that I made a few years ago

for a collaborative show at 

TWO GRACES GALLERY

"every artist dips his own brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures"

Henry Ward Beecher

and a small dish filled with mini sea stars...

starfish,

heart rocks and an arrow...

small treasures..

because they 

live with tiny books...

about Joseph Cornell and the Book of Hours...

and a tiny glass book that I made a few years ago...

above

This photo above was taken a few weeks ago as I was working on

my latest article for Sew Somerset...

making collaged fabric quilts 

stay tuned for that...

and then...

There is the walk in closet...

at least one side is ready for a photo shoot...

well.... mostly...

this side houses my online shop..

the boxes and shelves keep the work from the light and safe from

harm in the studio...

of course I need little shrines here too..

and lots of storage..

which is all full by the way...

"the aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."

Aristotle

a studio is more than just a functional space..

it is place where function intersects with creativity...

and creativity cannot thrive without inspiration...

"without the studio, however humble, the room where the imagination can enter, cannot exist.'

Anna Hansen

a shot below of my new painting shelf, which I love...

I captured the table below which is opposite the table with the large Fleur..

on a day when I had just put all my print making supplies away...

it seemed a good time for a photo...

This is the first time I have had a studio that is not painted white...

I know many of you like to work with color..

but I find it too distracting..

for me, I find that I live and work more productively in a serene environment...

My mind is constantly moving and I have way more ideas than I have time to work...

the studio is...

"space for the spirit to breathe"

Rainer Maria Rilke

Works in progress, on the painting wall..

 I can fit several boards on the shelf 

and hang them on the wall to work

more easily in series...

and there is ample room below to add another shelf unit for more paint

in larger quantities..

"my studio begins at the art store, I imagine all those paintings trapped inside the tubes of paint."

John Ferrie

and room for more rolled papers...

in my antique bin...

I know I have more papers packed somewhere!

which is next to the sliding glass door 

that takes up most of the wall on that side of the room...

and 

I would only put up with it...

the lack of wall space, that is ...

because...

I have a rather nice view...

even in the winter time...

I hope 

dear voyeur.. 

kind followers, favorite artists, friends and lurkers

that you have enjoyed the little tour...

perhaps you have seen something you remember ..

or something that inspired you too..

a tiny glimpse perhaps...

I am off again

for a little trip, this time to St. Augustine

....

thank you in advance of your kind remarks

and your faithful readership...

ciao, ciao...

studio tour

since I have nothing to show for myself ...

but a very clean studio...

I thought I would share it with you...

but as you read in the last post... it is subject to change...

Yes we are moving...

again...

and I have to sort through my studio treasures once more to see what I can live with..

and without...

and agonizingly, after I cleaned this up, the realtor did not even use the photo for the listing...

probably too scary for potential buyers... LOL!

starting from the door, the sewing table below and inspiration boards with antique folding table in the corner... Sarah Fisburn gave me the bodacious inspiration boards, and I know she thought I would turn them over and paint on them and perhaps I will one day, but she is always with me in the studio... hanging out wherever my studio goes...

  

Yes, we have an inkling of where we are going, but I still don't know for sure...

so hate to announce it and then say, "oops, never mind"...

So many cards and pressies from so many friends below on the inspiration boards...

so I will save the announcement until I know where we are going...

in the drawing below I failed to include the window above the parsons table.. and finally got my little 

student easel up... I love my stained glass fleur below..

what I do know for sure is that we will be renting 

something smaller a townhouse or an apartment, but I will have studio space...

but probably NOT a garden...

the Dolce Shop below...

can you hear me pouting... seriously pouting...

my armoire holds a lot of fabrics... and sewing supplies...

we have loved this house, it is big and roomy and comfortable and the forest is

so wonderful...

every eve at dusk, when the light hits the top of trees it is known as the "magic hour"

shortly after that the forest is alight with fireflies... 

and takes up most of the wall...

and although my poor garden suffered with all the rain this year, I will miss gardening dreadfully..

I love the antique eye chart and the little cabinet with all the drawers is indispensible..

and I will miss my antiques, the armoire has to go and the table above will find new homes...

and I have never seen the paper basket so neat.. I folded a lot of paper to get it like this...

so many things will be for sale and I will again practice the art of release...

I love the affirmation of the Golden newsletter below... Just Paint..

I know we will not be moving to Colorado, but hopefully we will be back for a visit and dare I say.. a show? 

I am hopeful, but not certain...

and I left one desk a mess, because... well..... I work here...

and here is my big announcement....

I will be in Somerset Studio's Artist Profile for the Sept/Oct issue and I sent in 13 new pieces of work for that article, so it would make a lovely collection...

we shall see...

little drawing... so not to scale, but you will get the idea of how tiny it is... 11' x 11'

and the walk in closet is probably 5' x 4'...

Thank you all for your well wishes and concerns...

lovely bits from my friends ... that represent my life for the last 2 years...

I am not the vagabond type, loving roots and family and deep friendships and connections...

but we really have to go where the opportunity calls...

and I know that one day, I will have a place

with a large studio...

and a large garden...

but until then, I will have to bliss out 

wherever I land..

XO