Directions: I drew the dove & photocopied it onto card stock. I looked up every symbol for Peace in the world & drew them on a chalkboard. (At an art store, I purchased boxes of white only oil pastel) This project was done at our Jewish Temple in Birmingham. I had every class come to…
Category: Art
playing with photographs
So many ways to make photographs art projects. This is our lion. He lives among the Calla lilies beside our grapes. His name is Levon~from my favorite Sir Elton John’s song… He was a treasure. He is cement & these animals can cost a gazillion dollars. He was $25 at a Home Goods store. The…
my art studio in action
Soon…i have to wait just a little while longer for children to come & make magic happen. make art. fill the studio with their work. best of all…bring me laughter.
a new sketch book
my favorite holiday is Rosh Hashanah~a new year & i love that Yom Kippur gives me a chance for a clean slate. an empty canvas. a new sketch book. this year is going to be wonderful for me…in a few more weeks i will be able to walk without pain. I’ve been down with broken…
spun sand into magic glass
fitting containers to hold God’s flowers.
miles walked all in Chucks…
all over Vermont.
Cutest car ever
My daughter photographed this car while on a trip to Prague
Prague through her eyes
My daughter went on a trip to Prague when she was 16. She took all these photographs with a small pink point & shoot. She helped me edit them & add her name. I am proud of her trip to the other side of the world to visit history. This was a trip planned by…
Like a firework…
The red is first thing I noticed. But there is lime green & yellow in it’s center. Fine white fur, like a peach, stands on the green stem. Gerber Daisies remind me of fireworks~they are stunning & they were not made to last. I always ooh & ah (awe?) at a firework’s explosion, while I…
Details matter
Some of downtown Birmingham’s buildings shine, even though time should have dulled them. It’s because the details stand out. Someone cared enough to put a face in stone on a border that stands six stories high, just because they could. Now to have a building built…quick & cheap is more important then making a lasting…
