Marc Chagall

Happy 136th birthday, Marc Chagall! 

We sill enjoy the work you did in your 92yrs. on the earth.

What I love most about his work is the subject matter. The images of his youth in Russia were always with him, and he painted them like colorful dreams of life at its best, a life we all want to hold in our imaginations.

I was in Rome in 2007. I had just walked through the Forum in the rain, and came to a museum on the hill. There I found a series of collages, that looked like figures in his paintings had leaped off the canvas. I didn't know he had done collages; I was captivated. What a memorable Sunday afternoon.

July 4th

 

Celebrate our country & our great freedoms!

Quote of the Week

 "I am still learning."  Michelangelo

Dear Gwen

 Dear Gwen,

I had been journaling for several years when I discovered your book The Decorated Page at my local library (YEAH for libraries!). The ideas in this book were just what I needed to jump-start my creativity and produce what I call "journaling with embellishment". Just adding a little bit of color via watercolor, colored pencils or markers, can brighten up a page. And a strip of collage paper can add drama. And it makes the process of journaling more fun. Record the facts, record you feelings, and then jazz it up with color, shape, form, line, perspective, and the words seem much more important.

Thank you, Gwen, for showing me how to make my journals truly unique.

Art on a Plate

I've always got my camera handy, so when holiday brunch was ready so was I.

Spinach Quiche

 

Happy Birthday

 Happy Birthday to artist Salvador Dali, 1904-1989

The Persistence of Memory

Here is one of his great images. There is also a Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. I wish I were there right now.

Color of the Week

 Purple

   I love showing off the blooms from the Clematis vine.