The Dreamer

"The Dreamer"

A few intriguing thoughts about dreams:

Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul 

is writing about you.  ~Marsha Norman

Dreams are answers to questions 

we haven't yet figured out how to ask.  ~X-Files

Dreams are free therapy.  

Consult your inner Freud.  ~Grey Livingston

Dreams are excursions into the limbo of things, 

a semi-deliverance from the human prison.  ~Henri Amiel

Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be 

quietly and safely insane every night of our lives.  ~William Dement

(A wonderful compilation of quotations can be found quotegarden.com )

Illustration Friday: acrobat

   Ladies and Gentlemen.....introducing 

the daring aerial acrobatics of Sophie the flying pug!

Study Hall

The Reader

I love to read.  

I love to learn.  

I love school.   

But now I'm a grown-up, and I don't get to go to school, and learn, and read everyday anymore.   

I'd like to go sit in study hall again.

Proverb: Think Payback

This week's Illustration Friday.com topic is: Proverb.  So, I present my illustration of the Chinese Proverb, "A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers."  

To me this is less about the business of it being better to give than to receive....and more about, well, payback.   Sometimes things are reciprocal, and you get back a little of whatever you give.

Beach Scenes

While wandering around Etsy looking for inspiration I ran across a few images that caught my eye.  I love the washed out colors, the linear elements, and of course I'm a sucker for anything related to be beach.  These three images are by ZenzPhotography for about $15... http://www.etsy.com/shop/ZenzPhotography

Son of a Preacher-Man

For some reason,  the kids
started to call it the bully pulpit.

Beautiful Girls

From my new series...Artfully Altered

Tres Ninas

Something about these three girls, and this image (the colors? the eyes? the hats?) really gets to me.  I want to drink it up....Yummy.

New "Vintage" Series

Floyd's flowery message was well received.

So, here is a little taste of a new series that I'm creating featuring artfully enhanced antique photographs.  The images will be printed as 5x7 cards for mailing to someone special, or perfect for framing.  Keep an eye on my Etsy shop for these little  gems...arriving soon!

Suggestion for....

     ....the final days of summer...

Revel.

Key West is best.

I find Key West inspiring.  Memories of this magical place include swimming in warm turquoise water, daily visits from frolicking dolphins, and stunning blue and pink sunsets.

Fleming Key anchorage, Key West

Boys

I have a thing for cute little boys...

with big ears and funny clothes.  

What can I say?

Tangled Spaghetti

I'm just so impressed with an essay my niece recently wrote that I had to post it.  Great imagery!


Tangled Spaghetti
By Marloe (Age 11)

When I was little, there were worms that dangled in our kitchen.  Red worms swarming over a lump of brown mud in a bowl.  The bowl and the worms and the lump of mud were in a cross-stitched picture hanging above the stove.  When I learned to read I made out these letters beneath the bowl:  "Life is a bowl of spaghetti".  Those worms weren't worms; they were spaghetti.  I imagined myself rummaging among the twisted strands of pasta that symbolized my life.  There were more words, "every now and then you get a meatball".  That mud was a meatball.  I saw that meatball as a tremendous bonus you might get in all those spaghetti strands of your life.  It was something to look forward to, a reward for all that slogging through pasta.

Small Works show at Fragment Gallery

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.....a matched set!  These two paintings will be a part of the Small Works show coming to Fragment Gallery beginning in August.  If you are in the Tuscon area, check it out.

Fortuna

Here's a little taste of what I'm working on right now. 

Farewell, Frida Icon

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I'll miss seeing Frida hanging on my studio wall...but she's off to her new home in Pennsylvania.   I love people who appreciate original art, and show their appreciation by purchasing it!  Thanks, M.  Enjoy!