- Aug 6, 2020
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Covid Art 100: Completed August 6, 2020
On March 14, 2020, I wrote: I’ve been accumulating fragments of my art materials that were in different places around my home....
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- Aug 5, 2020
- 2 min
Covid Art 99: A postcard from the Mediterranean Sea
Are you curious about what is on the other side of this postcard? Another family member from my albums but I don’t remember which one. I...
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- Aug 4, 2020
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Covid Art 98: 100 years hence: as our descendants see us…
I love her scowl and her anger. I hope she became a fighter for the rest of her life. Her dad has to wear a face mask because social...
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- Aug 2, 2020
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Covid Art 97: Starry starry night
Yes, he is a dandy The photograph appears to be from 1911. I paired him with a multi media drawing on paper using charcoal, graphite,...
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- Aug 1, 2020
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Covid Art 96: EB 1895 Led astray by knowledge
As you have seen from previous examples, I loved tossing gesso, specifically, throwing it over the paper on the floor, having learned...
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- Aug 1, 2020
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Covid Art 95: A perfect dinner
I used to be a snob: a foodie, a wines, awrist watches, you name it. So it surprises me that a fresh and simple vegetarian dinner is so...
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- Jul 31, 2020
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Covid Art 94: Darling Darl
I’ve named this little girl Darla (Hood) from TV’s Our Gang, produced between 1935 – 1941 but I didn’t see any of them until I was a...
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- Jul 31, 2020
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Covid Art 93: Wicked Witch of the West
I grew up on the Wizard of Oz movie. It was a treat to watch it once per year on television. The scariest character was the Wicked Witch...
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- Jul 30, 2020
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Covid Art 92: EB 1895 Abstract Knowledge
One more example of the power and resilience of the Encyclopedia Britannica 125 years after it was published. The mixed media hides the...
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- Jul 30, 2020
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Covid Art 91: Clara’s Note
Another early work from 1997, this six inch square work includes a copper plate inked in pink beneath an index card used as letter...
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- Jul 29, 2020
- 2 min
Covid Art 89: Halcyon Days
This is the third work that has as its centerpiece 18th century prints of places my parents visited. I believe this is a Holland town...
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- Jul 29, 2020
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Covid Art 88: Church Portals
As long as I can remember I’ve been drawn to the doors and portals of churches throughout Europe. Their sculptures, columns, recessed...
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- Jul 29, 2020
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Covid Art 90: Lotus Root
Treehugger.com writes: The leaves of lotus are emergent, meaning that they rise above the water level whereas the leaves of water–lily...
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- Jul 28, 2020
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Covid Art 87: Lovers Beware
Someone in my extended family had a book about love and marriage published pre World War II and I saved a few pages. In formal language,...
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- Jul 27, 2020
- 1 min
Covid Art 85: With Child–at last
Dated 1992, this drawing celebrates my own pregnancy after years of trying to get pregnant. I was already 38 and facing the prospect of...
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- Jul 27, 2020
- 1 min
Covid Art 86: Churches under siege
A screen covers these two antique photos, not really mirror images but enough to fool the eye for a few seconds. The fires causing great...
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- Jul 26, 2020
- 1 min
Covid Art 84: Horizon Profiles
As a child, I used to thumb through my parents’ collection of Horizon Magazine filled with essays on art and culture. I had to give away...
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- Jul 26, 2020
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Covid Art 83: Ruby, Oregon
Distinctive stationery, clear handwriting, coffee stains: these letters from 1888 describe rural life – herding or farming. The antique...
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- Jul 26, 2020
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Covid Art 82: EB 1895 Knowledge Obfuscated – also
Unusual for me is this bright artificial marine green, the color of boat hulls before they fade? that I really don’t much like. But to...
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- Jul 26, 2020
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Covid Art 81: Plum and Pepper
This is one of the only watercolors from my summers in Provence I have not yet published. Looking at it brings back the freshness of the...
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