A break from making art to use the last of my 5 fig trees bounty. So easy to make jam. No chemicals . Fruit, sugar, lemon juice and a few drops of vanilla.
Something Different!
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the Art Odyssey 2024 is this weekend
I think I’m ready to receive attendees in my studio. You will find original oil paintings, mixed media cards, art assemblages and even a few pieces of textile art.
This was a huge undertaking of destashing fabrics I had no plans for. Many car loads went to the Salvation Army. Rather than try to sell thousands of yards of fabric, it was donated in hopes that the SA sales would feed some families. A much better use for it rather sitting in bins on shelves in my studio.
Just a Girl and Her Parrot
I struggled with the birth of this Steam punk girl. She changed a few times and lived on my work table for a few weeks. I was to the point of shit canning her. Really. But boy I hate to be bested by a pile of throw away junk. I sat down one final time to try to make her behave. Ta-Da! I give you just a girl and her parrot.
Shake Rattle and Roll
The as yet to be named newest Steampunk in the family was very misbehaved! They simply would not do what I wanted them to do. So Ron stepped in and in his best dad voice read them the riot act. Success! Here are some closeups showing their northern light, iceberg collar, equator belt buckle and ocean of fish. In addition, They are a rattler, another Steampunk rolls and the shake is on the worktable.
the Blue Flower
The temperatures have been brutally hot. My studio is cool with it’s own air conditioner. There is a north window so lots of light without turning on overheads. So today in the studio it seemed that working with the cool color of blue was a good plan.
I had an old clock case that was begging to become. I backed it with an antique ceiling tile. After a blue tinted white wash on the wood I started to build the composition. I included the spine from an antique book, a tiny metal birdhouse and stars, a hand carved bird on a stump, a real bird nest with a wooden egg in it. I painted brass flowers in shades of blue. the finished piece is 14 1/2 inches tall and 9 inches wide.
JP Dawes Contemporary Artist 