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Video Art

Looking at a lot of video these days because I'm interested in making some myself.  It looks very complicated but I'm sure it's simple once you know how.  Even more difficult is making choices.  What kind of video to make?.  Straight photography, animation, comedy, documentary, narrative, music????   First thing to do is look at lots of video then choose something fairly simple.  Here are some videos  I like.

This is Monsters by Cristian Guerreschi

Forgetfulness by Billy Collins

Green March by Loretta Markell

Take Five The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Dave Brubeck turned 90 this year on December 6, 2010.  I  thought I would post this video as a remembrance of times past.  The years go by so quickly.   I wonder was it all a dream?  Dreams have been my inspiration for making paintings and jazz is so like what I have been trying to do recently in painting.  A lot of improvisation and pattern.

Happy Belated Birthday Mr. Brubeck.

Recent Work

These were done this year.  This is a relatively new way of working for me.  Working in this way; painting, collage, layering can be rewarding but slow.  The two horizontals are about a mythical underwater world from my dreams.  The vertical of the running figures is from childhood memories and the abstract can be whatever you like.  It would be interesting to me to get some input about what others see in these works.

Cats, Dogs, People

My whole life is about art and people and animals.  I make no  distinction between them as one being higher or superior to the other.  In my opinion human beings have made a terrible mess of things.  I have been paying more attention to animals in recent years.  I understand that dogs are smart, emotional and if the dog accepts that you are it's person the dog will do anything for you.  Even die for you.  They are loyal and loving to the end.  Cats on the other hand would expect those attributes from you.  I know.  I have had dogs and cats.  I have one cat now and I am her willing slave.

I pay attention to the sounds outside.  For example I just now heard an owl hoot.  A few years ago I would not have noticed.  Age and living in the country makes one more aware of those things.  I am sure it was an owl that left the clump of rabbit fur next to the path, half buried in the snow.  There were no dog or cat or other carnivore tracks.  It must have been a nocturnal bird.  An owl.

When I hear blue jays screech in alarm, I get alarmed and look for the red-tailed hawk.  Now I am not a nature photographer or painter but I am influenced by all of these creatures.  I could go on and on about the deer and raccoon and the red cardinal but I began this because I was thinking about how much I have learned from cats and dogs.  My dog would have been embarrassed if she threw up on the floor and would have tried to clean it up for me.  My cat threw up a fur ball and she knew I would take care of it for her.

I am working on several paintings, almost finished.  I wanted to post one or two new ones but I'm not quite done. So I hope you will forgive me for posting instead photographs of some old friends.

Paintings June 2010

These are some of my new paintings. 

                                             Yoyo Mother,  collage and acrylic

                                          Mother Courage, Acrylic and collage

                                                 The Spill,   Acrylic on masonite, 22x30

Some new watercolors I did. 


This one is from an old photograph.  I took the picture when I was going to Wayne State University.  It was actually in the winter with lots of snow on the ground.  

                                                        Girl on campus hoping 

                                                 that guy isn't her ex-boyfriend

 Then I did some things from my imagination.   Why is it that all sorts of images come to mind when I am not looking for them.  I wish I had a mind camera to record those images.  Wouldn't that be cool?

                                                     The early bird catches the worm but does she really want it?

This next one is from a memory I have of being on a table getting radiation on my neck and face and seeing a beautiful blue light.  The doctor told me not everyone sees it.  I felt "special."

When one feels special for any reason it's a good thing that makes one want to dance.  I danced and it rained. We did not need rain.



I am always looking at creatures in the pond, on the grass in the woods, the sky,  and I worry about them.  I worry so much I brake for butterflies.

Dragonflies in June                                                                                                   Grasshoppers in August