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"Flock Together" - acrylic on paper, 20" x 28" (framed dimension). Double matted in off-white and professionally framed in modern profile black; behind plexiglass. Ready to hang. Available here.
Birds of a feather flock together
..until the cat comes.
A sweet repeat today while several pieces in process in the studio decide what they want to become. The muse has left the building. This is something that happens on occasion, and is a good time to tidy, restock, gesso boards, take inventory and watch clouds meander across the sky.
Birds of a feather flock together
..until the cat comes.
A sweet repeat today while several pieces in process in the studio decide what they want to become. The muse has left the building. This is something that happens on occasion, and is a good time to tidy, restock, gesso boards, take inventory and watch clouds meander across the sky.
Flock Together
This piece, which toured in a show with the Florida Watercolor Society and then reigned supreme at a local venue here in Portland, is back home in the roost. And it now seems perfect for the times.
We flock together in tiny, curated flocks of safe bubbles of family, and flock together in large, boisterous on-line flocks of like-minded spirits and humans striving to find meaning and connection in a wild, wild world. And yet, the "cat", be it pandemic, politics or persnicketiness, can also separate our flocks (small and large) and cause division. Now I have nothing at all against cats (I happen to adore them). But in this example, making sure the "cat" stays out of the roost is probably a good idea.
We flock together in tiny, curated flocks of safe bubbles of family, and flock together in large, boisterous on-line flocks of like-minded spirits and humans striving to find meaning and connection in a wild, wild world. And yet, the "cat", be it pandemic, politics or persnicketiness, can also separate our flocks (small and large) and cause division. Now I have nothing at all against cats (I happen to adore them). But in this example, making sure the "cat" stays out of the roost is probably a good idea.
In this painting, woman and feathered beast have found a common ground. One supports, another trusts, eyes meet. Maybe they have found a higher ground? Maybe our county can, too.
I think Stevie says it best...
I am grateful for the pause and the repeat in this post. Where IS that muse? Not in this building either. BUT … many scraps of paper have been recycled, implements returned to their places, a huge blocking-the-flow easel temporarily folded up and stashed behind a door, my plexiglass palette moved to the kitchen sink for a murphy's oil soak and then a scrub.
Oh, and just for then-facts record, Stevie and I were born on the VERY SAME day, VERY SAME year.
We have not had the very same life!
You and Stevie! Synchronized birthdays! But do you sing?????