Wednesday, April 28, 2010

flower


I was at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts today and it happened to be set up day for an annual event called "Art in Bloom". Local florists and designers create floral works inspired by art works in the museum. It is always beautiful and it was fun to see some of the prep work that goes into the final pieces. I tried to capture the feeling of an Ikebana piece with Birds of Paradise, clouds of baby's breath and wonderful bent sticks.
An orchid from a shop in Florida caught my eye! They are spectacular!

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Sunlight


Sunlight behind hair - an irresistible combination!

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Woof




Well, sometimes it just happens. Personality - it comes through in the strangest places. It's that intangible that artists look for, strive for, try to create. The harder you try, the more elusive it is, like trying to remember the dream you had last night. Today personality showed up in front of me. In ten little pieces of broken cereal bowl - there it is. I love this little guy. Just something about him makes me smile. I'll put in another pic when he's all grouted up.
Update - it's a She. To clarify, I added a bit of bling!
Since she did the artwork this time, I'll do the photo--of my dog as a puppy. I couldn't let a title like "woof" pass by.

Monday, April 5, 2010

ReFocus

Time to start again. It's been too long saying YES to everything for everyone else, time to say: