Pissarro Exhibit, Baltimore Museum of Art

I went to the BMA today, with my friend Ruth, to see the Pissarro exhibit. It focused on his landscapes throughout his career. It's an exhibit that's really worth seeing. Impressionism is not my favorite artistic period/style, but the impact these people had on the course of modern art is unarguable.

Ruth had asked me to make a postcard for her to hang near her desk at home. She had specific colors she wanted me to use. They were lime green, dark green, purple and yellow. Not the dark and somber pallette of browns and deep purple that I've used recently. It was fun to use such bright colors again. Maybe it's a mistake to veer away from a pallette that I so obviously enjoy. Anyway, here's what I took for her to choose from:

She bought this one:
and this one
But not this
or this (well, this one doesn't really have the color scheme, so it hardly counts.)

I have to say I agree with her choices. She had a hard time choosing between the first two, so I said "Flip a coin, and see how you feel about the outcome." I do that a lot, and if I'm sad at the result of the coin toss, well, I choose the other one. It's another piece of information to help in decision making. So she did, and was happy at the outcome, but decided to buy both anyway. A good outcome for both of us!

Show Photos

I mentioned the other day that I, and two others, have work on display in the lobby gallery of RTKL, a Baltimore architectural firm. Here are photos of the show. The lighting in the lobby is really odd, so you'll have to forgive me.

These are by Adrien Dawson.


This is Cathy Kleeman's work.


And these are mine.

Weekend travails

We drove to Virginia yesterday to my brother's to watch Virginia play Tennessee in the basketball tournament. There was no joy in Mudville, as Virginia lost a close game. Oh, well, it was great to be there, and it was a really lovely day for a drive.

Here is today's photo: my brother's dog, Bama, looking for a scratch behind the ears.


And to make this art related, here is a small piece (12 x 12) that I've been fiddling with.


I like the bright spring colors. It's far from finished; I'll add some stitching of some sort in places, and trim the edges. Finishing it is today's goal (I don't want to aim too high!) and then I'll finish cleaning the studio.

TV Update

Lately, my life has seemed way to boring to inflict it on the blogging public. But here I am, back again. However, an update on the tv problem: after a period during which it did not turn itself on at 8PM, it has begun again. Maybe I need an exorcist.

I have some work exhibited in the lobby gallery of RTKL Associates, a Baltimore architectural firm. The other artists exhibiting now are Cathy Kleeman and Adrien Dawson. We are members of a local fiber group, Fiber Artists of Baltimore. RTKL's Art in the Workplace committee found the group on the web and asked us to submit slides, and Cathy, Adrien and I were chosen to exhibit. We each have one wall in the lobby, and we share a wall in one of the conference rooms. Since I have a series of small (8 x 10) pieces, I was able to show them in another conference room.

I have photos, but the new google-blogger won't let me upload. Great first impression of the new blogger.