Going With Me to Australia

I'm packing this one to take to Australia. Called "The Edge of Autumn" for the simple reason that I'll be entering their fall, leaving our spring for a week. This was one that I designed in Studio 301, and I hope the next studio will afford the same vibes.
 

Art Exposure

My neighbor was a portraitist, I knew as her daughter's pal. She had a 'studio' and was paid to paint oil portraits. One day she was keeping an eye on me and sketched this. I think I was five. Art was a curiosity for me, not a home-based practice. I was lucky to have exposure to her work, and this as a remembrance. 
 

Recon Missions

In between travels is a project that promises rewards. But it will take time and effort. I'm getting ready to set up a new studio, but first comes dismantling the old one and shifting a lot of things around. Plus outfitting the joint. So, new lights, new walls, new everything. Reconnaissance for now. 
 

New Ain't Better

My print paste has a new formula, and I find when it's left on the screen, and dries, it doesn't wash out completely. So, a bit of scrubbing may help, but so far, it's staying put. I'll keep in mind that next time I print, and make sure I wash it out at the end of the printing day. New, not as good.

Ahead Three Steps

I've three places where I'll be teaching printing before we officially hit summer. This are name tags for the third batch of fabric-- the Pacific Northwest Art School in Coupeville, Washington, June 15-19, and before that Schweinfurth Art Center May 29-31, and first Alegre Retreat, Colorado April 27 - May 1. Seats still!

 

Why We Need Guest Rooms

My guest room is off my kitchen, much like my grandmother's bedroom I remember from the 50s. My office too, and it's the heart of administration. It affords me a landing place for packing -- this time for Melbourne, Australia and the AQC in April. Exhibition, workshop, and lecture make for full cases.

 

Tweeking

I'm trying to get these three blocks ready to ship to Crafty Monkies for the project that involves five other fiber artists. I needed to unpick stitches that were over the given size for this block, and also add quilting up to that line (pinned to delineate). Tedious is something I hate, but I know this needs my attention. 

 

Travel

Headlines around the country relate long lines at security gates for American flyers. I had no problem with flights, with the exception of lousy seat mates, but that's the luck of the draw. I'm landed, in the washing clothes phase, and now repacking for Australia in a couple of weeks. Lots to do ahead of that. 
 

Simple is as Simple Becomes

 Mark Rothko at the Portland Museum will always have me believing complex can be simple. These color field paintings continue to impress me especially when I'm at the printing table and see the color shifts that mixing dye can do. As well as driving home that abstraction is swell, and enough.

Art Imitates Life

A visit to the Portland Museum of Art and the David Hockney show brought this juxtaposition. I asked the visitor if I could take his picture, and gosh, it's just like David was here himself. Life keeps doing this -- bringing me these dual images. 
 

Give Me a Panorama

Up on the rooftop of a new build in Portland, Oregon is a panoramic view of the hills (mountains?) around the city. Mt. Hood the most noticeable but also the dome of Mt. St. Helens (off this view). We finally had a clear day with warmth to boot. So, a good sightseeing day for contemporary design.