Per her fuming, she decided to be alone.
painting by CD-W
Back off, Jack
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So, they asked:
… Have you traveled somewhere exciting lately?
Yes, in my imagination to here:
painting by CD-W
Get out your spray cans!
Yesterday, I finally went to Graffiti Park. Castle Hill (the Castle itself once was once a Military Institute) was supposed to be a building development. It failed but the concrete walls remained. So, guess what sneaky graffiti artists did? They painted. And painted. Now, with permission, you can create your own graffiti art. This means that every time you go, you’ll find it different. Cool, huh?
A different approach to gender in art
Wow! A friend sent me this link about a painter, Felice House, who changed the “sexy cowgirl” image into the powerful.
Click here to see the entire collection and to read the article.
Because sometimes …
… you just feel like having your portrait painted.
by CD-W
When your shadow tries to steal your ice cream
Painting by CD-W
When simple is best
Two canvases and acrylic paint.
Always find a room with a view
“Let yourself go. Pull out from the depths those thoughts that you do not understand, and spread them out in the sunlight and know the meaning of them.”
― E.M. Forster, A Room with a View
by CD-W
Brother Ray, the Genius
Before Ray Charles lost his sight at the age of seven, he was mesmerized each time he went to Wylie Pitman’s Red Wing Cafe. While Pitman played boogie woogie on an old upright, he began teaching Charles how to play.
My chalk painting of little Ray watching Pitman
Although without sight, he did not play Blindly. He had both direction and purpose and we are all better for having had him in our lives.
Don’t listen to them
How can you Heal when:
they say you’re too fat or too thin–
they ask where you’re going and where you’ve been–
they say you’re too loud or too meek?–
But if you step away from critique–
Then you win.
painting by me
Carolyn Dennis-Willingham 