Ok, yeah, I don't know where to start with this one, so I'm just going to muddle through and see where I come out. ( Read more... )

On Sunday, Mom and I went to Cut up/Cut Out at the Bedford Gallery. It was mostly paper cutting, with some metal and wood cuts. There were also random extra exhibit pieces, like a pile of bamboo that supposedly had a guy's face in it if you looked at it just right. As is usual for art, there were a few pieces that I really liked, some that were ( Read more... )

Compliments of a piano teacher who I know - http://themetapicture.com/the-best-way-to-recognize-the-artists-of-paintings/

As some readers of this journal might remember, back in August of 2011, I went to Worldcon and fell in love with an artist called SJ "Sooj" Tucker. She had just released an album called "Mischief" that was everything I wanted and needed at that time, from silliness to romance to heartbreak. ( I'm going somewhere with this, promise. )

I picked up the framed watercolors yesterday. I owe my consultant a big thank-you for how well the colors turned out. Triple matting may be expensive as all get-out, but the results really make these pieces look good, as well as precious and important.
One of the interesting things to look at is the change in Grandpa's style between the two cabin ( Read more... )

( an evergreen in a season-appropriate outfit )