tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26092226923407771082024-03-05T07:02:35.738-08:00Art of 'Patience'Art of Patience: Creative Energy versus right-brained Time Management-- just the ramblings of an artist named Patience....Patiencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17762943370256912680noreply@blogger.comBlogger267125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609222692340777108.post-40345803968776234922019-10-18T11:36:00.004-07:002019-10-18T11:36:55.363-07:00Two Pieces for the local Myco Show (June '19)<div style="text-align: center;">
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Two new pieces for the local Myco Show (June '19), hosted by The Ivy House Gallery...:</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I contributed two pieces, both tributes to favorite poets of mine, Emily Dickinson, and Sylvia Plath. As authors of Mushroom poems I absolutely adore, it seemed fitting to paint their portraits for this Myco theme....:</span></span></div>
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I feel as if the Grass was pleased</i></div>
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This surreptitious Scion</i></div>
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Had Nature any supple Face</i></div>
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That Mushroom - it is Him!</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">(This Emily Dickinson tribute piece is actually a little revisit to an earlier painting I
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<i><span>Overnight, very</span><br /><span>Whitely, discreetly,</span><br /><span>Very quietly</span></i></div>
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<i><span>Nobody sees us,</span><br /><span>Stops us, betrays us;</span><br /><span>The small grains make room.</span></i></div>
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Thanks to the Ivy House Gallery for letting my participating in their lovely 'Myco' show...!</div>
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Patiencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17762943370256912680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609222692340777108.post-6848863532725605962019-10-18T10:35:00.004-07:002019-10-18T10:35:53.945-07:00Ruth Bader Wisebird, for the March '19 RESIST SHOW<br />
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Frankenstein. Little Women. Two highly beloved literary classics. And both celebrating milestone anniversaries this year, the first having been written 200 years ago by Mary Shelley, with the second written 150 years ago, by Louisa May Alcott. Whatever would happen if you squished these two seemingly very dissimilar subject themes together....? </div>
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Why, the <b>'Frankenstein Meets Little Women: A Monster Mash'</b> art show of course! </div>
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The brainchild of curator and historical reenactment artist, Valerie E. Weich, the "Frankenstein Meets Little Women" art show opens this weekend (Sat, 10/20) in South Pasadena, CA, and I was so delighted and honored to have been invited to participate. Long standing literary fan and independent scholar, Valerie Weich had a vision for a multi-faceted art/literary experience, which, with much careful thought and planning upon her part, has come to fruition. She has put together such a comprehensively entertaining and educational event -- complete with artist panel discussion, a living history performance, a movie screening, an educational lecture plus special opening and closing parties, all in conjunction with a fascinating art show by a fine group of hand-selected artists -- that my only regret is not being able to make the show in person myself (really sad about that!)....: </div>
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So upon having been asked to participate, how in the world was I to tie together these two classic tomes in one painting? All while keeping within my own particular artistic approach and style...? </div>
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One of the predominant themes running through both novels is Family. Obviously, "Little Women" is all about Family, featuring as it does the four March sisters, and their beloved mother, Marmie. But the story of Frankenstein is about family too -- or the lack of it in The Creature's case -- and how The Creature, isolated and apart, longs for the acceptance and belonging of a family, hurtfully rejected as he is by his own creator. I tossed around a few concepts for my entry into the show until given a really juicy suggestion by Valerie herself that I felt I could truly run with -- that being the spoofing of Norman Rockwell's classically quintessential family-themed artwork, "Freedom from Want"....:</div>
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And there you have it: <b>"Frankenstein is Served"</b>, in which we have The Creature featured and meeting all the girls of 'Little Women" (Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March), along with Mary Shelley his literary Creator), her famed poet husband, Percy Shelley, Louisa May Alcott, Marmie..., and....me! (Because I couldn't very well parody Mr, Rockwell's famous painting and his wee cameo without including my own little selfie now could I...?).</div>
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And if you happen to be in the L.A. area this this week, consider going to see this this amazing show....! <a href="https://southpasadenan.com/frankenstein-meets-little-women-a-monster-mash/" target="_blank">Click this link to read what the South Pasadean has to say about it.</a></div>
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Another interesting 2017 project! A Muslim customer was planning a large party for her daughter upon the daughter's decision to take up in the Islamic tradition of wearing the hijab. My customer supplied for me a very large canvas -- much, MUCH bigger than I typically work (4 feet by 4 feet) -- and asked for a simplified abstracted work in particular colors, featuring a Hijabi in silhouette. This was a fun challenge because I don't often work in abstract, and certainly not this big.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This as a really fun privately commissioned project. My customer had requested a painting to present as a wedding gift for two very close friends. I was told the groom was a huge fan of the musician J. Mascis, of the band Dinosaur Jr., while the bride was a huge fan of Frida Kahlo. The painting was to somehow feature both subjects. And oh by the way, can the painting also include the marrying couple's two beloved pet kitties...??? But of course! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Digging around in my stash of found wood to use, I came across this old 12 x 13 cabinet bottom that I'd grabbed off a curb many moons ago. Perfect...! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello, little neglected blog. Didn't mean to be absent quite so long! Yet, as always happens, I will eventually find my way back in here.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This time around it's been a few privately commissioned projects, including a particularly large one, that have been keeping me busy behind-the-scenes and away from my usual artistic pursuits. Such as the Nibblefest Art Contest. I'm missing it...! Hoping to get back into the Nibblefest groove in the next couple of months. In the meantime I'm needing to update with a few past projects that for some reason (I guess because they were local...?) never made their way into my blog. Since I do like to keep this little virtual space as documentation for my own reference, I'm updating now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There's an annual art event in my locality, known as the Boneyard Arts Festival (named after a little creek that meanders through the town). The fest runs over a weekend every April, with shows and events at multiple venues all over the city. Last year (2017) I was invited to hang a painting with the Twin City Derby Girls, our local roller derby team, as they hosted a gallery venue at their practice space. This was my piece for their show....:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In an era when Nature was seen as a
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aware of. Her book, 'Silent Spring', specifically questioned the
widespread use of chemical pesticides, while calling attention to the
negative impacts such wholesale application had upon the environment and
animal life -- and ultimately, upon ourselves. 'Silent Spring' became a
best seller and brought much public awareness to the concept of
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<br />Patiencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17762943370256912680noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609222692340777108.post-54708158255711543602017-03-01T12:19:00.002-08:002017-03-12T08:49:37.335-07:00My White/Orwell Tribute for EBSQ's February Online Exhibit: 'Opposites'<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday was the last day of the month of February, which meant the deadline for the EBSQ online exhibit, "Opposites". I entered last night with this little piece, a tribute to two much beloved pig story authors, EB White, and George Orwell. I've entitled it, "Animal Web", and it is my interpretation of the theme, 'Opposites'.... </span></div>
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EB White, of
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were talented, highly esteemed, caucasion, of similar age (born only a
few years apart), and writers of fiction. Both wrote sweeping,
captivating tales regarding farms -- specifically featuring complex and
endearing characters who happened to be pigs. However, the similarities
between the two men and their fiction likely mostly ends there -- and
not only because one was American and the other British. Both used
their porcine protagonists to weaves two very different tales indeed.
EB White's beloved "Charlotte's Web" narrates the story of unity,
cooperation, and friendship -- plus what I always personally interpreted
as strong, optimistic message as to the value of Nature, and of
animals, and of
anti-cruelty in general. And all within the sweet setting of a
peacefully idyllic, mid-century farmstead. George Orwell's "Animal
Farm", however, though also set against the backdrop of a picturesque
farmstead, spins a very opposing narrative. Orwell used his setting
and plot to outline an allegorical and cautionary story about the rise
of Soviet communism and of the brutal dictatorship of Joseph Stalin.
His pigs are far from sweet, passive characters -- they are highly
manipulative creatures who get up to some very nasty things. The
intimidate and oppress their fellow farm-mates ("All animals are
equal, but some are more equal than others"). They threaten and
cajole, assail and even engage in violence -- a much darker yarn for
sure. "Charlotte's Web" and "Animal Farm", two classic and much
beloved modern-day fables about intrepid pigs living on farms, that
really couldn't be more 'opposite'....</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>(Note: In the spirit of creative re-use, this
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might otherwise make their way to the landfill into my creative process in lieu of new purchases
whenever applicable)....</i></span></div>
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This is my 2nd in a series of tributes to George Orwell. You can find my previous piece <a href="http://art-of-patience.blogspot.com/2016/03/animal-farm-gothic-my-entry-for-machs.html" target="_blank">here</a>...</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This painting will soon be making it's way across the country as a fun project commissioned by a White and Orwell fan. Very thankful for lots of freelance work at present, with more to write about soon.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.ebsqart.com/Art-Shows/Exhibits/Opposites/444/" target="_blank">Happy to say my little "Animal Web" tribute painting here won 'Member's Mention" (2nd Place) in the EBSQ 'Opposites' online </a> -- thanks so much to my voters...! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I always say that February <i>feels</i> like the longest month of the year, despite it actually being the shortest month of the year. I suppose it's because usually by this time Winter starts feeling tiresome and relentless, with the promise of Spring a very welcome change indeed. And so the days of February typically stretch on. And on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Not so this time around though. February has zipped right on by before I even had a chance to catch my breath. It helps that I have a lot of freelance work keeping me on my toes right now. Nevertheless I did still manage to enter this month's Nibblefest Art Contest. February's theme is "Better Late Than Never", which is a chance to revisit any monthly theme from 2016. I somehow missed September 2016's "Balancing Act", so that's the one I chose. And so I considered and rejected several potential 'Balancing Act' concepts before settling on this one. An ode to Swan Lake or some other ballet classic was on the table briefly, as was a possible tribute to Harry Houdini. Eh, I did like these ideas and might want to explore them further someday. But for now they've been filed away, and I concentrated instead on the late/great slapstick genius of acrobatic silent film balancing acts, Mr. Buster Keaton....: </span></div>
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performing ever increasingly complicated acrobatic stunts -- at times
downright dangerous ones...! Often involving automobiles and/or trains
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are lucky to have a really neat and unique non-profit here in my town, <a href="http://the-idea-store.org/" target="_blank">called The I.D.E.A. Store</a> -- a small 2nd hand shop specifically intended for the re-use and re-purpose of various and diverse arts/crafts odds and ends. The store accepts donations of <a href="http://the-idea-store.org/wp-content/uploads/Final-Acceptance-List-9-20-12.pdf" target="_blank">used materials and supplies of all ilk</a> -- unwanted assorted sundry bits and pieces that might likely otherwise be destined for the landfill. Because one person's trash is other one's treasure! The shop offers these donated items cheaply to the public, with proceeds going to our local school district. Many years ago I wrote here in my blog about my own personal moratorium against the purchasing of new art supplies, whenever I might be able to avoid it, in favor instead of recycling or up-cycling as often as I can in my creative process. Obvious exceptions to this over the years have included new paint and brushes -- though now The I.D.E.A. Store can sometimes help even with that as well, managing as I have to occasionally find acrylic and oil paint tubes in decent condition and even a few gently used paintbrushes. I found a wee table top easel that I was in the market for and that I adore and utilize constantly. I also make it a habit to regularly check for the wooden plaques I so love to hoard -- and have scored many there, including this sweet little 6 x 10 incher I've used here for my Buster Keaton tribute. The original 'front' of this plaque featured an interesting little cut-out gingerbread man. I have painted upon what was apparently the 'back' (which is now the 'front') -- so the winning bidder will discover this little gem when they turn Mr. Keaton over....:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In any case, I really love our little I.D.E.A. Store, and wish every community could have one (maybe someday as this up-cycling trend becomes increasingly popular) -- so handy, and helpful too for keeping a lot of random homeless bits and bobs out of our local waste stream....</span><br />
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tribute to Mr. Franz Kafka, author of the 1915 novella, "The
Metamorphosis". Mr. Kafka gazes steadily out to us, his head held
protectively within the pinchers of an extraordinary
fantasy insect. <br /><br />When contemplating a subject for this month's theme,
but of course this classic tome was one of the first things to come to
mind. For many of us, myself included, "The Metamorphosis" was required reading in
school -- a tale of woe about a young man who unwillingly and inexplicably
metamorphosizes into a huge and fearsome-looking insect, and how this unusual and unfortunate
circumstance negatively impacts his life, as well as the lives of his family,
who go on to ultimately reject him in his given state. Throughout his long and drawn-out
ordeal, the young man/insect is stuck within his house, unable to leave
the four walls of his room for fear of public reaction to his condition.
Hence I felt this little segment of found, wooden picket fencing that I
used for my painting support an especially good fit for this project,
being as that it is rather "house shaped" at that. And while I don't
want to include any spoilers of the story here to those who haven't read it, suffice it to say the
protagonist does not come to a good end by the last chapter of the book,
hence we have as part of the insect's body a wee painted skull. <br /><br />So let this be a warning to all, shall we....?
Please try not to transform randomly while sleeping into big creepy insects, if you can at all avoid it.....</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy to say that my entry won "Member's Choice" (1st Place) in the 'Metamorphosis' show, yay! This involves a cash prize -- thanks so much, EBSQ...!</span><i><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: large;">(Plus I have plans to hang this locally, at a cafe here in town that has put out the call for original art). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My dear lucky daughter recently returned home from a fantastic trip overseas, with stopovers in several European cities. One of the highlights was a stay in Paris, France -- complete with a visit to Versailles.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What a captivating era of history. So many extremes. Rich and poor. Light and dark. Happy and Sad. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">The customs. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">The manners. The politics. </span></span>The fashions. The hairstyles. The lifestyles. Incredible opulence, and most of it so very over the top....! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She was so large I had to work on her on my front veranda. I'm glad my old-house porch has a roof....:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I do love the size contrast between these two rather similar pieces -- it would have been fun to photograph them together.</span></div>
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Painted in oils upon a 5"x 14" wooden
plaque with interesting beveled corners, this piece features a portrait
of Marie Antoinette, holding a cat mask -- a unique original that is
signed and ready to hang. Perfect for your 'Shabby Chic' interior!
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included a visit to Versailles. Harboring a long fascination of all
things Baroque and Rococo, upon seeing my daughter's traveling photos
and hearing her tales, I found that old interested rekindled. And so we
have here the Queen herself, Marie Antoinette, depicted in happier days
before the revolution fervor of her time swept her up into history.....
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<span style="font-size: large;">The theme for the month's Nibblefest Art Contest is "Krampus"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No indeed, what we have here is Krampus' even more rare and elusive cousin, the Kram<b>PUSS</b>.</span></div>
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Painted in oils upon a 10"x 7" scallop-edged wood
plaque, this unique and festive original is signed and
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or less Saint Nick's dark sidekick, the legendary Krampus makes his
appearance to all the naughty children during the Yuletide season,
according to Germanic folklore. In vintage greeting cards The Krampus
is pictured as a rather demonic-looking fellow, complete with horns, a
long tongue and often even a switch in his hand -- all to keep those
misbehaving youngsters in line. And indeed, while the legend of Krampus
isn't all that widely known outside the Alpine regions of Europe....,
even LESS is known of the very secretive and elusive creature, "Kram<b>PUSS</b>". </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">As you can see, Kram<b>PUSS</b>
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portrays several of the same iconic hallmark features. And he wishes a
Merry Christmas to all...!</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy to say my little "KramPUSS" won the Big Chomp award in December's Nibblefest Art Contest </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">November's Nibblefest theme is: "<i>Same Subject as the First Art You Sold Online"</i>. A bit of a different than the usual, no? After over a decade of monthly Nibblefest Art Contest themes, you can image how some of the more popular ones have made their trek around the block any number of repeated times. This one however is a first. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://art-of-patience.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html" target="_blank">Thus speaking of 'firsts', my first ever online art sale was for the November '08 NFAC theme, "Christmas Trees" (my very first NFAC entry) via Ebay</a>. But my first ever sale for the online marketplace <a href="https://www.etsy.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=etsy_exact&utm_campaign=Search_US_Google-Branded-Etsy-Brand-Exact&utm_ag=A1&utm_custom1=db5dedd9-1829-4bd2-a8de-0adb3f71879f&gclid=CjwKEAiAmdXBBRD0hZCVkYHTl20SJACWsZj9i2Iio_Gr37KZ6b435eYfb9JLTVLRQNYbA_c6JEKhhxoCnMzw_wcB" target="_blank">*Etsy*</a> was back in 2011, when I sold a wee, painted ACEO tribute portrait of the inimitable artist, Salvador Dali....: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> So I'm using this as my 'first'. And indeed, I could certainly have painted another in a series of personal tribute portraits to Mr. Dali (<a href="http://art-of-patience.blogspot.com/2015/06/dalis-stache-my-nibblefest-contest.html" target="_blank">as, for example, this one</a>). Instead, I chose to focus upon the fact that my first-ever (<i>Etsy</i>) sale was of a famous and historic, dead, white, artistic male. Thus I'm entering Nibblefest this month with a tribute portrait of yet another famous and historic, dead, white, artistic male: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I believe this is now something like my 5th or 6th in a series of Poe tributes (previous ones can be found <a href="http://art-of-patience.blogspot.com/2012/06/nibblefest-art-contest-edgar-allen-poe.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://art-of-patience.blogspot.com/2014/11/nevermore-my-nibblefest-contest-entry.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://art-of-patience.blogspot.com/2015/07/poes-tell-tale-heart-my-nibblefest.html" target="_blank">here</a>). But he was actually painted a few months back.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'd been hoarding this particular thrifted, cat-shaped plaque (sort-of-similar-yet-very-different <a href="http://art-of-patience.blogspot.com/2012/09/september-nibblefest-art-contest.html" target="_blank">to this cat-shaped plaque from a few years back</a>) for forever, waiting for another Nibblefest 'Cats' theme to come around again. I was happy to finally have my chance this past September, for "Feline Nation". Only unfortunately, I fished around so long for an actual concept to paint, during what was already a really busy month, that I ended up getting started so late in the game I couldn't quite finish in time to enter him properly (because One-Day Nibblefest auctions feel just too risky for me....!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Still, after posting him on social media, I was pleasantly surprised to receive a random invitation to display him for the month of October in a unique Halloween art show, called<a href="http://patch.com/new-jersey/mendham-chester/haunting-hive-art-exhibition" target="_blank"> "Haunting at the Hive", at the Hive Gallery in Chester, New Jersey.</a> So that's where he ended up for the month of October. Obviously I didn't make it to N.J. to see the exhibit myself, but oh, how I wished I could have -- if the photos and videos I saw of it were any indication, it looked really amazing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So as you can see, Mr. Poe has already covered some mileage under his belt (and soon I assume to cover even more).....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium;">Is there a Poe fan in your life...? </span></div>
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to the <span style="color: #000258;">esteemed</span> 19th century American author, <b>Edgar Allan Poe</b>. Painted in oils upon an old, found, 12" x 8" cat-shaped wooden
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><i>“Who has not, a hundred times, </i><br /><i>found himself committing a vile or a
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ago, my very first sale via the Etsy online art marketplace was a wee
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seen in my photos). As such I took this as my inspiration for this
month's Nibblefest theme of "Same Subject as First Art Sold Online".
Only not literally another portrait of Mr. Dali himself, but rather the
fact that the subject matter was of a famously known and revered, dead
artistic white male. This, my November Nibblefest entry, is of ANOTHER
famously known and revered, dead artistic white male, the venerable Mr.
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entitled, "The Black Cat" -- thus painting his portrait upon a
cat-shaped plaque felt fitting indeed. Here's hoping you enjoy my
little tribute and Nibblefest entry as much as I enjoyed painting it...!</span> </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy to say my "Poe's Black Cat" won the Big Chomp award in November's Nibblefest Art Contest -- a big shout out of thanks to all my lovely bidders...!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another "Freezer Dump Meal" cooking session! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(<a href="http://www.superhealthykids.com/10-quick-healthy-freezer-slow-cooker-meals-no-prep-cooking-needed/" target="_blank">Can you tell I'm having fun with these</a>?) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made an additional five minimal-prep, (mostly) no-cook, McDougall-friendly meals to add to my stockpile this afternoon -- now making a grand total of 19 ready-to-cook meals awaiting in my freezer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before starting my session today, I took inventory of the ingredients I already had on hand. I knew there were some batch-cooked chickpeas made last month that I'd thrown in the freezer thinking to use them somehow in the future. Well, the future is now, so these were put into service. I also had several butternut squash on hand, plus some frozen garden kale. I browsed and looked up various Freezer Dump recipes online, comparing ingredients and targeting the ones that called for stuff I either already had on hand, or could easily substitute.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I found four likely recipes featuring butternut squash (or in one case sweet potatoes, for which I subbed squash), and got to work. No shopping was required in the making of these meals (which is great because ever since my daughter went off to college with our 2nd car, my husband and I are sharing a vehicle between us so I'm not making it to the store as often). I was able to use what I already had at hand (and much of it from the garden) to save myself some money that way. Plus time as well, by doing all the chopping, measuring and 'dumping' all at once (with little pre-cooking) when putting these together, assembly-line style. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first two bags from the left are the same and hold <a href="http://www.superhealthykids.com/10-quick-healthy-freezer-slow-cooker-meals-no-prep-cooking-needed/" target="_blank">"Hearty Lentil Stew", by Super Health Kids.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The bag in the smack dab middle is <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2008/10/autumn-harvest-soup-with-butternut.html" target="_blank">"</a></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2008/10/autumn-harvest-soup-with-butternut.html" target="_blank">Autumn Harvest Soup with Butternut Squash, Kale, and Farro", by Kalyn's Kitchen.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The bag second from the right is <a href="http://newleafwellness.biz/2015/10/21/freezer-to-slow-cooker-thai-pineapple-curry/" target="_blank">"Freezer-to-Slow Cooker Thai Pineapple Curry", by New Leaf Wellness.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The <a href="http://www.superhealthykids.com/10-quick-healthy-freezer-slow-cooker-meals-no-prep-cooking-needed/" target="_blank">"Hearty Lentil Stew", by Super Healthy Kids</a> recipe was already plant-based (nice!), but I did end up subbing chopped butternut squash for the sweet potatoes, what with squash being the star Veggie of the Day. I also added a handful of chopped garden white potatoes the recipe *didn't* call for, since I have a tub of those and must make a concerted effort to use them before they go off. (I'll confess I'm a little nervous about freezing the white potatoes because it goes counter to everything I've always read about freezing produce -- still, the people who routinely make these 'dump' type of meals swear it's fine! Guess we'll find out). I also added in some frozen, unidentified zucchini-like veggie that was given to me by a Pakistani friend, that I'd chopped and thrown in the freezer earlier in the season. I reduced the salt significantly, plus I added a cup or so of some homemade veggie broth I had on hand (to cover the white potatoes in the bag -- better for their overall freezing process I believe. Fingers crossed!), and will add more on cooking day. With all this and my additions, I think this stew should be 'hearty' indeed. Planning to serve it with bread or biscuits, and salad. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2008/10/autumn-harvest-soup-with-butternut.html" target="_blank">"Autumn Harvest Soup with Butternut Squash, Kale and Farro", by Kalyn's Kitchen</a>, I subbed the farro with soaked wheatberries I had frozen (tried sprouting them a few weeks ago without success, and they ended up in the freezer. 'Waste not/Want not', I always say-- glad to have found a use for them!). I omitted the olive oil called for (avoiding oils), and used fresh chopped sage from my herb garden. I used less squash than the recipe called for. The kale was from what I'd previously harvested and processed earlier in the season (happy to find uses for that as well, because I have a bathtub full (<a href="http://art-of-patience.blogspot.com/2016/11/yes-i-can.html" target="_blank">see this post</a>). I added 3 cups of broth to the bag, and will add an additional 3 cups on cooking day (planning to serve this with bread, cornbread or biscuits).... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://newleafwellness.biz/2015/10/21/freezer-to-slow-cooker-thai-pineapple-curry/" target="_blank">"Freezer-to-Slow Cooker Thai Pineapple Curry", by New Leaf Wellness</a>, was also happily already plant-based. I used the previously batch-cooked chickpeas I had in my freezer, instead of canned. I used canned pineapple chunks instead of fresh. Instead of the coconut milk called for, I blended soy milk with a little dried coconut to hopefully get a little coconut-y flavor without a lot of added fat (definitely flying off the flight map here). I also added a little frozen garden kale just to punch up the greens content -- plus to use some of the kale/collard bounty I have in the freezer. Planning to serve this with brown rice. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> 10 more minimal-prep, plant-based/oil-free 'dump' meals for my freezer, for a total of 14 meals </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">(Freezer Dump, AKA as "Freezer-to-Slow Cooker", are meals that require minimal prep beyond peeling, chopping and measuring, with (mostly) raw ingredients 'dumped' into multiple bags assembly-line style, to be stacked and frozen until cooking day). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The theme this time around the theme was Black Beans. Being as that I like to be as cheap and health conscious as possible, I cooked up a huge batch from dry (rather than using canned) in my Instant Pot electric pressure cooker to use in all these meals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The <a href="http://newleafwellness.biz/2016/09/29/crockpot-vegetarian-black-bean-soup-panera-copycat/" target="_blank">'Crockpot Vegetarian Black Bean Soup"</a> recipe was already plant-based, which was nice. However </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g">I
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bit with my immersion blender. For the green onions called for, I
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the batch of beans cooked in bulk for all the meals. I also added some
chopped garden carrot to each bag that the recipe did not call for. I
plan to serve this on cooking day with either bread or cornbread, dumplings or polenta, plus a blob of homemade soy yogurt as a topping, and salad.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g">For the <a href="http://newleafwellness.biz/2015/02/11/salsa-verde-crockpot-chicken-recipe/" target="_blank">'Salsa Verde Chicken'</a>, </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g">I made a big batch of my own homemade Salsa Verde from my
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tofu cubes per meal, and bumping up the quantity
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earlier in the season. For the cream cheese called for in the original
recipe, I'm planning to either add some of my own homemade soy yogurt,
or make a batch of blogger C<a href="https://cookingwithplants.com/" target="_blank">ooking With Plants</a>
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at the very end after cooking (or depending on how it tastes I might
even omit it all together). Without the meat (and with the beans
pre-cooked) I figure this likely wont take nearly as long to cook as the recipe
suggests. In any case, I plan on serving this differently each time, with either
baked potatoes or baked sweet potatoes, rice or spanish rice.</span></span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g">For the </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text_exposed_show"><a href="http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2012/09/slow-cooker-freezer-meals-make-8-meals.html" target="_blank">"Cilantro Lime Chicken with Corn and Black Beans"</a>, I </span></span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span style="font-size: large;">obviously omitted the chicken, instead subbing a few
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day in and day out, homemaking, working part time/homeschooling/freelancing and raising a family, the chore of meal planning always fell to me. Which is fine, because in general I do enjoy cooking. Well, for the most part I do. Though it often feels like I'm trying to find a delicate balance between several factors when it comes to meal making. I'm a health-nut, so I gravitate towards Whole Foods. I'm naturally a cheap Frugalista, so I want to save costs and economize whenever and wherever I can. Plus as much as I do enjoy cooking, I'm a busy person, with, at any given time, dozens of other things I could or should also be doing. So I don't really want to be spending </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">*ALL* of my time chopping, hanging over the stove, washing dishes and cleaning up. Sure, there are days when I'm totally down with making long, drawn-out and complex meals, but others when I'm totally not. And yet we still need to eat, and eat healthfully (and cheaply). So it can be a quandary: Convenience food items may seem like tempting time-savers, yet they are significantly more expensive. Plus typically chock-full of chemicals and preservatives the more processing it goes through. Plain, whole foods are more wholesome, and generally less expensive, but cooking entirely from scratch can eat up huge chunks of time if you let it.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> My food budget, in addition to my time budget, are both limited. So what's the solution...?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, I think I may have found one with the meal planning method known as "Freezer Dump Meals". Which is a rather unfortunate moniker for a concept that is actually quite positive -- minimal-prep, mostly raw ingredients that are 'dumped' into freezer bags, which are then dumped into the freezer, to later be 'dumped' into the slow-cooker with little fuss on cooking day. These meals, AKA </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Freezer-to-Slow Cooker", </span>are prepared assembly-line style -- getting all the washing, peeling, chopping and measuring (and clean up) out of the way and done at once. With as little pre-cooking as possible. Genius!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The thing is, I'm whole foods/plant based, and not only that, but oil-free as well. When you look these particular 'Dump'-style recipes up online, you'll find a PLETHORA of icky animal ingredients, oils, or processed food items -- like canned soup, jarred sauces and dressings. I don't use any of these things, so it looks like I'm going to have to experiment heavily with altering existing Freezer Dump Meal recipes to suit my specific needs, and even make up some McDougall-friendly recipes of my own. But that's okay, I'm up to the challenge.</span></div>
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head red cabbage, washed and coarsely sliced<br />~2 onions, coarsely chopped<br />~6 tart apples, cored and quartered<br />~6 T bacon grease or butter (Nope!)<br />~2/3 cup cider vinegar<br />~2 tsp salt<br />~3 T Sugar<br /><br />Freezing directions:<br />Combine
all of the ingredients in a large mixing bowl until well mixed, then
transfer to a heavy-duty gallon-size freezer bag. Label with the name
of the recipe, the date prepared, and cooking instructions. Lay flat to
freeze.<br /><br />Cooking Directions:<br />Thaw the
frozen mixture. Spray the inside of the slow cooker with cooking spray
(nope again!). Empty the contents of the bag into the slow cooker. Add 2
cups of hot water. Cover and cook on low 8 hours or on high for 3
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measured amounts of vinegar, salt and sugar (I subbed some of the sugar
with a little grape juice) as required by the recipe, into each bag. It
didn't take that long to assemble these (wasn't that much harder to put
together 4 as opposed to 1. And most of the work was the chopping), plus only the one-time clean up. On cooking
day, weeks to months from now, I will throw a thawed bag into my slow
cooker, adding some veggie sausage (which I intend to batch-make at a
later date) -- to be served over wild rice and topped with a little
homemade soy yogurt, for a complete meal. </span></span></span></span><br />
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Freezer Dump Meals like this -- pretty easy to do and a pleasant
feeling knowing there is already something on hand all set and ready to go for
especially those busy days...!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As a person who tends to follow Voluntary Simplicity as just part and parcel of my own practical nature, when the opportunity arises to harvest an abundance of produce from a generous friend's big veggie garden, you most certainly take him up on it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As a self-proclaimed Frugality Nut, I get such a perverse charge out of the prospects of saving money.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not to mention I've also been doing my darndest this year to adhere to the Dr. John McDougall way of eating -- as in whole-foods/low-fat/no-oil/plant-based. Which generally translates into a very starch and veggie-heavy meal plan (for the win!). Thus, being able to have access to such lovely chemical-free (and FREE-free) veggies like this feels a little bit like manna from heaven....:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is always a certain trade off however. Because it will then mean a significant amount of effort to be spent processing all the bounty -- like a race against Time to get it all 'put up' and properly preserved, before it goes bad. As I've said before in this blog, if there is anything this <a href="http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/" target="_blank">"Non-consumer Advocate"</a> can't stand, it's waste. Especially after all the effort of my friend to plant and grow his garden -- plus after my own working so hard in the hot sun (and humdity, oy) to pick it all, carry it hither and yon over the vast garden beds to the car, then schlep it all home and into the house. So it really only makes sense to roll up one's sleeves..., and get to WORK. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In any case, I know this is primarily an art blog. However I do also practice the "art" of 'Voluntary Simplicity' as much as I am able -- not just in my artwork (<a href="http://art-of-patience.blogspot.com/2008/07/waste-not.html" target="_blank">in which I do try to Reduce/Reuse/Recycle whenever possible</a>), but in all aspects of my life. There are a number of blogs regarding the Non-Consumerist lifestyle that I am following and subscribe to (<a href="http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/" target="_blank">including this one</a>). Reading what everyone is doing in their attempts to simplify and streamline, while adding quality and meaning to their lives, is enjoyable, and I find it inspiring within my own life. Hence, in between featuring my artwork, I plan also to share my Frugal and Simple Living thoughts and actions, both hits and misses, in here....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>~<span style="font-size: small;">Henry David Thoreau</span> </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Several months have come and gone since I last entered the Nibblefest Art Contest. I never intentionally blow it off, and for so long -- but often time does just get the best of me, as it did this long (though it actually seemed so short!) and mega-busy summer. No matter, it's always there for me to come back to<b> </b>whenever I can...., which I finally did this month with its "Pumpkins" theme. What better way to celebrate 'Pumpkins' than with these wise words by the venerable Mr. Henry David Thoreau? As a person who tries to practice Voluntary Simplicity whenever I can in my own life, I can so relate to this quote. Thus we have here my little personal homage, as always painted in loving (if slightly irreverent) tribute:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had the perfect plaque for this, one that I dug deep out of storage -- an aged one, of slightly weathered wood. I had to scrape off some faded, generic print that was hopelessly stuck to it, sanding it down to a smooth finish. The slightly rough condition seemed most fitting for this project -- I wanted a folksy feel -- plus in the spirit of Simplicity I tried to use minimal paint and really let the grain show through.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Longtime readers might recall this portrait I painted from a few years back, for Nibblefest's "Forest Creatures" theme in August of 2014: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It's been nearly exactly two years since that one so I figured the time was nigh for another visit to that fascinating face. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So much expression in those expansive eyes....:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">June's Nibblefest Art Contest theme is "<i>Butterflies</i>". </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What comes to mind when you think about butterflies....? For me, it's the stately American Monarch. Or more specifically, the trouble that our lovely Monarch Butterflies are currently finding themselves in. They are at grave risk of becoming endangered. This once ubiquitous </span><span style="font-size: large;">Lepidoptera, which used to be EVERYWHERE when I was a kid....? How can this be?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I understand, the primary issue for their decreasing numbers, is their food source, the Milkweed. A once common prairie plant, the Milkweed is the ONE and ONLY food source for the Monarch Butterfly caterpillar. The adults lay their eggs on the underside of the leaves, and the larvae hatch and feast. Loss of habitat, in combination with uber-effective new-generation herbicides in the agricultural industry, have really done a number on this once-common 'weed'. It no longer grows in America in numerous, wide swaths as it once did. So it's simple math really -- no Milkweed, no Monarch Butterflies.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As such, Monarchs were heavily in my mind as I reflected upon this month's "Butterflies" theme. To help me flesh out my concept, I turned to some lines of poetry by one of my favorites, the legendary Emily Dickinson. She wrote a short poem entitled, "The Butterfly Upon the Sky". A tribute to a classic American butterfly should only be paired with a classic American poet, don't you agree...?</span></div>
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American poet, Emily Dickinson, it is also in tribute to a fabulous
American butterfly species, the Monarch. Which unfortunately, I'm very
sad to say, is decreasing in numbers, to the point of becoming alarming.
I can hardly wrap my mind around this, remembering as I do just how
ubiquitous they were in my youth. Monarch butterflies were EVERYWHERE
here in the Midwest when I was a kid. No longer common where I live (or
anywhere for that matter), it's actually becoming rare to see that
striking bold flash of orange and black Monarch wings, as they become
endangered. So sad. <br /><br />But all is not hopeless. The primary
reason for the Monarch's disappearing act is due to decreasing
availability of the Milkweed plant. Monarch butterflies need Milkweed
to survive, being as that it is the ONE and ONLY plant upon which they
can lay their eggs, for their caterpillars to feed. Loss of native
habitat and tracts of Milkweed plants are pushing our lovely Monarch to
extinction. But we have it in our power to help! How...??? Plant
Milkweed in your yard or garden for one. There are many varieties of
the plant, and while it doesn't exactly have the reputation for being
ornamental, it can actually be considerably more attractive than it's
given credit for. And if you plant it, they will come! I've planted it
for years and have had great luck....<br /><br />Back to the poet, Emily Dickinson. I was inspired here by her poem,</span><b><span style="font-size: large;"> <i>"The Butterfly Upon the Sky"</i> </span></b><span style="font-size: large;">(the first lines of which is written around the side/perimeter of the plaque)</span><b><span style="font-size: large;">:</span></b></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #007e46; font-family: "comic sans ms";"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Butterfly upon the Sky,<br />That doesn't know its Name<br />And hasn't any tax to pay<br />And hasn't any Home<br />Is just as high as you and I,<br />And higher, I believe,<br />So soar away and never sigh<br />And that's the way to grieve -</i></span></b></span><span style="color: #007e46; font-family: "comic sans ms";"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">~Emily Dickinson</span></span><br /><br />.........<br /><br />Interesting
last line of her poem, eh? I promise you I will be grieving indeed to
lose our lovely Monarch butterfly. But we will not let things get to
that point! Let's all do our share to help. Plant Milkweed. Donate.
Create awareness. </span></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> So there you have it. I painted my own version of a"Butterfly Upon the Sky", depicted as she is resting upon a Milkweed plant. This particular variety of Milkweed is known as Swamp Milkweed, a rather unfortunate moniker for what is actually one of the more "ornamental" varieties of Milkweed, with its showy pink blossoms and slim tapered leaves. I've been growing this particular variety for years with really great luck (and several generations of Monarchs!). Or, I should say I HAD been growing it. After many consecutive years of successful plantings, one season, after a particularly harsh winter I think, my milkweed didn't come up at all. That started a several-year stretch of no milkweed whatsoever in my yard, because I didn't have seeds, nor access to seedlings (plus this particular variety of 'weed' not actually being all that invasive). But I'm happy to say that last year, a wee volunteer milkweed seedling baby popped up -- what a pleasant little surprise! I had not deliberately planted it, so I figure it must have lain dormant for several years before finally deciding to sprout? The location was not ideal either -- a rather shady spot, and in the gravel along my driveway no less. I didn't want to disturb it though, so I left it be, and am happy to say it's grown and is doing well so far. This is what it looks like today...:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As you can see, no flowers yet (though buds are appearing at the top). But it doesn't need blossoms to attract Monarchs. Here's hoping they are able to find it this year! Come to think of it, I haven't actually seen any Monarchs in my yard yet this season, sadly they are actually that rare nowadays -- but let's hope in any case. And please further note that the winning bidder of this auction will have the option of my sending him or her some Swamp Milkweed seeds along with the painting. Throw the seeds in your yard and give them a try -- or, if you are renting, into an ugly vacant lot or something in your area. I intend to become the Johnny Appleseed of Milkweed, lol -- just spreading the loooooove....!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And so we have here a wee piece painted in loving tribute the spunky puppy-whupple, Toto, and his loving mistress, Dorothy Gale. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And so, if I was going to include a Rainbow..., I guess I figured I should also include two other highly iconic elements of the Oz tale: A Tornado, and the Yellow Brick Road (as seen in Dorothy's background)....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now, being as that I was recycling this plaque (which originally had a small cluster of tole-painted daisies on it), I found it interesting how the original owner had herself recycled a pop can tab to fashion some hanging hardware on the back. Highly functional, so I left it alone -- and heck, might even start doing this myself (if I can get my hands on a supply of used pop can tabs that is -- being as that we're non-pop drinkers!)....: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In any case, the film Wizard of Oz does hold such a fond place in my heart. In my youth, before the magic of of the internet, or heck, even VCR players, The Wizard of Oz would only broadcast on TV once a year. As I recall it was always on Easter. My siblings and I would count the days..., then on The Day it was to air, we would count the hours, and then the minutes...! So, so much excitement in our house over 'just' a movie. Those were the days!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Toto, Too" won First Place in May's Nibblefest Art Contest! Thanks to all my lovely bidders...! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So how serendipitous is it that I just happened to have three small 'mason-jar' shaped wooden plaques in my stash...??? I picked these little guys up last year at a second hand shop for practically pennies. I thought they were cute enough, and had the potential to be interesting -- but with no particular plans for them, they've been sitting around taking up space. Upon hearing of April's theme however, I just knew I *HAD* to somehow use them to enter this month, come hell or high water. It was meant to be!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It did still take a little while for me to come up an idea as to what my actual <i>"things"</i>, for "<i>Things in Jars",</i> were to be exactly. I ruminated for quite some time. I needed three 'things' that related to each other. And which would somehow be suitable painted upon a mason-jar. It took awhile, but once I had the whisper of a concept in my head, I decided to just run with it. Thus we have here what ended up to be a little 3-way portrait series, painting in loving tribute to a trio of female Country Music legends, my chosen STARS(-n-Jars...!).</span></div>
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perhaps a fun trio of celebrity portraits? But which celebrities
exactly??? That's when it hit me: What Stars could possibly be more
fitting featured upon "Mason Jars", than Dolly, Loretta and Tammy --
three beloved classic country music Divas, all of whom rising from
extraordinarily humble, hard-scrabble beginnings to become beloved,
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<span style="font-size: large;">So ok, here's the thing. While I can't say I've ever personally been a <b>huge</b> fan of the country music genre (particularly the contemporary stuff)...? I did grow up in the 70's listening to the country-western classics, thanks to my dad. His radio was (and still is) permanently tuned to the local country-western station. He just loved it. Always a project of some kind going on in the garage or basement, I have strong memories growing up of the music playing while he was working on his hobbies, with him whistling cheerily along. There was also the weekly Saturday night "Hee-Haw" </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">watching ritual </span>(who remembers that old program...?), that went on for years and years in my youth. Like everyone else, we had only the one TV back then -- and at 6:00 p.m. every Saturday night my dad claimed it for his own. Without fail. He would always pop corn on the stovetop for the occasion. And of course I was bored enough from the little else to do back then than to just watch "Hee-Haw" too. But as much as I told myself that I didn't like it, or protested about having to listen to the Country station on car trips, those old melodies got seared into my brain -- exposure that ended up giving me a real soft spot for the Country Music classics, in spite of myself, lol.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And so, yes, while there may be a certain small element of 'tongue in cheek' within my entry here, please know that I really do have deep respect for these accomplished women -- Dolly, Loretta and Tammy. I've read Loretta Lynn's autobiographical book, "Coal Miner's Daughter", and have seen the film several times, documentaries, as well as having read the histories of Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette through the years. All three of these ladies were challenged from such hardscrabble backgrounds -- isloation, inadequate education, poverty (and thus I believe a canning jar to be a quite reasonable symbol of such shared humble beginnings! (In fact Loretta Lynn was an expert canner as a young wife and mother before her career took off, having won numerous Country Fair blue ribbons)). And yet, thanks to their amazing musical talents, all three overcame tremendous obstacles (including but no limited to, at least in the case of Loretta and Tammy, teen motherhood and troubled relationships) to rise to such astonishing heights of fame -- especially remarkable given the male-dominance of their industry back in the '60's and '70's. But, they were all trail blazers -- doing their own thing while going on to set a standard for the role of women within their genre. And it's not simply that they all had such strong, beautiful singing voices -- which of course they did. But they also wrote most of their own material -- the melodies and the lyrics, hundreds of albums between them. That takes a truly special talent. And they all had it, in spades (with Dolly and Loretta still having it...!). </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/152028046067" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">(click to see my entry/auction here <span style="font-size: medium;">(ends 2/27)</span>)</span></a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh, <a href="http://nibblefest.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Nibblefest Art Contest</a>. That lovely-and-lively, fun-and-friendly art competition which rolls around ever so faithfully each and every single month. Did you think I'd forgotten about you...?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No indeed. Happy to report I'm back in the Nibblefest saddle again this month after a wee hiatus while I was off and busy doing other things. And now here we are in March. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Having sat out several contests in a row, I unfortunately missed out on some really neat themes I would have otherwise been quite inspired by, like "Creatures of the Night" and "Fruits and Veggies". So when I found myself with time to finally put something together THIS month, I crossed my fingers for what I hoped would be a really juicy, inspiring Theme...., </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well...? I certainly love farms, and I of course I adore animals. But I still admit my very first reaction to this was... <i>bleh</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> That is, until one second later I flip-flopped the words giving me <i>"Animal Farm"</i>..., and then it was off to the races, yee haw! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I recall reading 'Animal Farm' way back in middle school English. We also watched the animated film in class. I'm positive most of the political allegory of the story, Orwell's telling of the rise of Communism after the Russian Revolution, likely went WAY over my head at the time, though I remember I did find the tale of the trials and tribulations of these assorted squabbling, intrepid farm critters interesting. It wasn't until high school however, when I read the book, "1984", that I found myself really sucked into Orwell's Dystopian writing (with"1984" still being my favorite of Orwell's tomes, and in fact among favorite books in general. <a href="http://art-of-patience.blogspot.com/2012/05/face-14-of-29-faces-challenge-art.html" target="_blank">Note that I did do a small tribute to '1984' years ago as part of the 2012 '29 Faces' Art Challenge</a> -- hope to do another, more thorough dedication again one of these days, when the stars align!). However 'Animal Farm' is fascinating too, and so I set out to do a little fangirl tribute....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thus I had my concept, which I knew would incorporate a portrait of the handsome author in some manner.., but what next? I'm sure I could have argued my way into making a straight-forward, simple portrait of George fit the theme -- but I wanted to do more than that. Yet how to visually reference his book "Animal Farm" in a way to be instantly recognizable....?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> With what has to be probably the most iconic farmers art history, that's how: Grant Wood's gorgeous 1935 classic, "American Gothic". It's only been parodied bazillions of times already, so why not another.....? I do love my 'mash-ups' after all...!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And so here we have the venerable author, George Orwell, posed a la "American Gothic" iconic fame, along with a main character of his story, the pig named Napoleon. In his political allegory, "Animal Farm", the ambitious and power-hungry Napoleon is a stand-in for the tyrannical Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin. To portray Napoleon from the book, I featured him here in full Empire regalia (though he doesn't actually wear such in the book), to refer to exactly which pig character of the several in 'Animal Farm' I am representing.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course, it can't very well be a loving spoof of the painting "American Gothic", without including the famous, American Gothic-style window of the house Grant Wood's farmers stand before, from which indeed the painting got its name (and which I've actually visited in person, in Eldon, Iowa). With George and Napoleoan standing in front of a house of American Gothic-style architecture making little sense however, instead I took liberties (lots and lots of liberties) and turned the structure into the windmill which features so prominently in the book (the Windmill being Orwell's symbolizing for the massive infrastructure projects the Communists embarked upon after the Russian Revolution, which the animals of the farm take to building and re-building.). </span></div>
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"Animal Farm" tale, the commanding and power-hungry pig named Napoleon.
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Wood, of the 1935 masterpiece, "American Gothic"!) )<br /><br />Here's hoping you enjoy my little tribute as much as I did painting it...! </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In addition to the <a href="http://art-of-patience.blogspot.com/2016/02/paper-mache-boars-head-redux.html" target="_blank">Papier Mache Vegetarian Boar's Head I just previously wrote about</a>, there was also some recent mask-makery on my end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back in 2009, I was asked to create some special costuming elements for our local production of 'The Nutcracker Ballet"...:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Still in use today, in fact the ballet company's cast list has grown and they now needed an additional children's "Soldier" mask for this past Nutcracker season....:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(especially with an old one to borrow as an example (because to be honest I kind of forgot how I went about it the first time 'round) )...:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Been a wee bit quiet in here as of late I know. Despite my lack of recent posts I'm glad to say I've still been creating stuff -- it's just that these last few months were busy with several lovely private commissions that had me up to my eyeballs in elbow grease (besides, as you know me, even though I may come and go out of here at times.., I always, <b>always</b> come back. Eventually.). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There's quite a story behind this one.... Without going into too much detail for privacy's sake, suffice it to say the lovely mama pictured here is facing terminal illness. Though a stranger to me, a thousand miles away and in another country, I put as much love and compassion into this one as I could. I'm hoping it shows. And I'm so happy and thrilled to be able to say it was really well received by the recipient (the mama), and well on its way to becoming the precious family keepsake I'd hoped for as I was painting it....</span></div>
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