Coffeetable inspiration

I've lost my creative muse. I'm reaching to find inspiration, which I think is around every corner as long as my mind is quiet enough to see it. I googled one of my favorite artist and enjoyed 20 min. of his images online. I have a dvd and coffee table book of his work. The paitence and clarity this man posesses is beyond anything I can grasp right now. He has a family & bills just like the rest of us. He has found that magical space in his mind that when retreated to colossal works nascent.

Uncomplicated Attempt

My simple novice attempt at Andy Goldsworthy's style of art. When on hikes, camping or just wandering thru the forest (yes it happens from time to time) I create miniature rock arches with entry ways. I return to these sites eventually to find them mostly intact. The way the sun beams thru the foliage amazes my senses over and over again.

Wax on

I've used two photos I previously posted as my focal pieces for two new wax-boxes. I will be packaging them and weighing them to get shipping costs for www.dawnsartshop.etsy.com. I did learn when my pine resin and beeswax is melting, not to push down on the top layer of hardened wax thinking it's not all the way melted. I somehow ended up with two hands covered in the mixture and wax splattered all over my studio. I'm still rubbing it off door knobs throughout the house. Lesson learned. This is what kept me sane during that ridiculous escapade. click here.

Third grade & mosaic tiling

I have been asked to teach the third grade art, an artist in residence type of class. On my trusty 1999 flower power imac I have rendered to scale a mosaic tile and welded metal creation. In the main composition I have laid out a grid representing individual blocks of wood the children will be tiling. My design will be color coded onto the individual blocks for a pattern of color to follow. In the end they will have completed their individual works of art that will be puzzled into a group project framed in a black mosaic border. The welded arched metal frame will be done with a team of volunteers separately from the students. Welding and 68 third graders....ah no. It is scheduled to be completed this June. I will repost this rendering along with the completed piece at that time.

Prepare to dance!

In my recent quest to learn the piano I have discovered my brain strains. It takes intense focus for me to learn how to read music and transform the notes thru my brain and out my fingertips with the correct sounds and finger coordination. I never knew such a thing as "fingering" existed. After many many sets of practice sessions, it is quite rewarding when it all comes together. Just don't call me during the process, the setback is tenfold! I would love to bring as much joy as this man (click here) has brought to me thru music. Prepare to dance.

Electric blue

My second of my top two favorites. Forgot what it was labeled but it's unbelievably stunning. This electric blue (CLICK HERE & enjoy the mullets) cropping shows the detail. The piece was 6 or 7 feet in height and was suspended from a rusty steel support beam from an enormous metal screened canopy on the Garden grounds. Pure bliss.

Flashless

The tippy top of the "Mexican Hat" vibrant display. Having the camera settings as to not need a flash was a beautiful way to capture the intensity of his work against the evening sky.

A bright bit of the sun in the evening

A cropping of the "Sun" after sunset.

One of the top 2

The "Float Boat" was one of my top two favorite installations. The aged wooden boat was large enough to fit six adults comfortably and was overflowing with hand blown spheres ranging in sizes larger than the inflated exercise ball that sits in my closet supporting a stack of haphazardly tossed worn clothing.

Hand blown glass in the desert garden

The Desert Botanical Gardens has an exhibit on the incredible glass artist Dale chihuly. I am amazed at his talents and wish I could include all of the photos I had taken. Here are a few of my favorites. This one captured the desert terrain and is one of many entitled "ferns". CLICK HERE to view a snazzy youtube production with a happy tune (someone else had much more time than I to compile their photo treasures!)