Posted in Contemplative Sketchbooks, Fantascapes, Figurative Abstracts, Paintings, Workshops on July 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Ink, gesso and acrylic on watercolor paper, 15 X 11″
Yesterday at Chops Teen Club I was doing my artist-in-residence gig, which was supposed to be “Fantascapes”. Anything I paint these days has a strong fantasy element and so could be called FANTAsylandSCAPE. Not that I start out with a fantasy in mind. [...]
Posted in Contemplative Sketchbooks, Figurative Abstracts on July 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Pen and ink, tea, acrylic, lichen and paper collage on sketchbook paper
Back in my studio today after some time out for visiting with Janet and Leon who are in town from Maryland, and for welcoming Andy home from his Costa Rica trip. Time to hike and cook and look at pictures and reminisce. [...]
Posted in Contemplative Sketchbooks on July 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Collage, photo transfer, tea, pen on sketchbook paper
“A Bird’s Eye View”
Now here’s a good question: How did I grow up (an only child) never once meeting another person with my thoroughly odd last name - Loffswold (try spelling that on the telephone)- when my grandpa Lee had 11 other siblings? Well, maybe as [...]
Posted in Contemplative Sketchbooks, Workshops on July 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Acrylic, collage, image transfer, on sketchbook paper
I was playing around with image transfer techniques (contact paper) and pulled out pictures of my father’s side of the family, all Norwegians from North Dakota/Minnesota. It’s always a little spooky to hang out with ancestor pictures for more than a few minutes. You start to get [...]
Posted in Contemplative Sketchbooks, Everyday Sketches, Travel Sketchbooks on June 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Friday morning Bob and I headed out through fire country to the coastal town of Mendocino for the weekend. Seemed a bit illogical to drive toward the 134 wildfires burning out of control in Mendocino County. I could feel an irrational fear welling up and choking me as the air got thicker with [...]
Posted in Animals, Contemplative Sketchbooks on June 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Ink, acrylic, pen, collage on sketchbook paper
These butterflies have been with me all spring - in my garden, in my belly and on the paper. They get me all fluttery with new ideas. I didn’t get new baby chicks this spring, figuring I had enough to do with a big high school [...]
Posted in Contemplative Sketchbooks on June 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I can hear the flutter of wings amidst the clatter of mortar boards.
When did my baby bird with downy wings grow these eyes of keen focus and far seeing vision,
these lustrous wings to carry him far away to the north country?
He is becoming the eagle, ready to perch in high places,
survey the four [...]
Posted in Contemplative Sketchbooks on June 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Acrylic, ink, collage on sketchbook paper
Out of the ashes (or clippings from) failed paintings new works are born! or rather perhaps they will be born when the eggs crack open. Maybe that’s what these paintings of birds and their eggs are leading toward - a cracking open and rebirth? I try to [...]
Posted in Contemplative Sketchbooks on June 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Pen and inks on sketchbook paper
I dreamed I was in a land where grass and trees are sentient beings.
Last night I dreamed that I went out for a walk above a university where some tractors had just laid out a patchwork quilt of beautiful grasses. I went up to one of the squares and [...]
Posted in Contemplative Sketchbooks, Fantascapes, Workshops on June 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Watercolor, pen, collage on sketchbook paper
The Catch
Butterflies in the tummy herald the bounty of the catch
while the Muses haul it in. . .
On Sunday another Meeting with the Muses convened in my studio. This group comes together to absolutely indulge the creative spirit in a feast of art play and shared wisdom. In [...]
