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March 23, 2007
Welcome a little pink
When I looked at this little bird at 11:30 last night he looked finished, now that the daylight has come I'm thinking he needs some cleaning up. As I sit painting this little guy I'm thinking, "Why am I painting birds and rabbits??" I mean, I did sit down and write a statement about it but I really desire to have some serious work coming out of me. I have discovered that that deep work that comes out takes a lot of time, alot of concentration of emotion, mental process and overall inability to do anything else (including making dinner and washing dishes). I'm not quite at that point. I beat myself up that I haven't finished the Eliana adoption piece yet (what is my problem!!!!) but I shouldn't approach it with such pressure. I should enjoy these spring days and painting birds and rabbits is OK. I would like to finish Eliana for next weekend. I will have my art up at the new and under construction Soho Lofts on Main Street. There will be wine and a charming young man named Joel Knutson to meet and greet. Yeah, I'll be there too being my nervous self. That's Friday March 30th 3:30-5PM. I need to meet with Helen from Allied Arts to check out the space and see how I feel about how much art to bring.
I'm so warmed by the work happening for the St. Elmo playground. Seeing as I grew up around the corner from the Rec Center, and that building was the first place I ever voted. I voted for Clinton (eep!) I don't think I played there very often, I was more of a bike riding kid.
It's a wonderful welcome to spring to have the downtown of Chattanooga blossoming with sculpture and fresh store fronts and to see my old neighborhood get an awesome place to play.
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i love the little bird. i was never much of a "pink" girl...that is until i gave birth to a little girl. i love the birds and amen what cat's saying. i know it can be hard to focus on big projects when you know you can't be fully focused for any big chuck of time. wish we could come see your show.
Posted by: sarahw at March 24, 2007 5:30 PM
have you seen the scuptures that they've put up in front of the union gospel mission and the firehouse? everyday i drive by i get more and more hyped about the supercool stuff going down around the corner from where i live. hey man i'd take the whole working on major stuff a little easy until you have are ready. it mean right now things seem balanced because your life is super serious right now, your art doesn't necessarily have to be. when things are finally more peaceful then maybe the intense work can come back. are you painting from any specific photo of birds or what? just curious:)
Posted by: cat at March 23, 2007 3:08 PM
