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Saturday, September 20, 2008

Oooops


What was I thinking? I said the Paris lady was my picture on my blog, sorry. This lovely gal is my picture. I can not remember (isn't old age a *itch!) but I believe she is a cover of a composition book, too.
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Favorite Lady


Isn't she lovely? My first composition book cover and I use her as my picture on my blog. With autumn just days away, the moody look ties in with the season's change. Dusk comes so early now, the darkness, strange face and eyes, leafless trees and bright moons, and shadows on the sidewalk. Autumn in the lady's figure. Her parts are, of course, Tessha Moore, love her collage sheets!!!
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Autumn Art

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Monday, September 01, 2008

Friday, August 29, 2008

And then there is Angelo....


What a delightful 9 year old boy. We made pizzas one night. his request. Pizza in England is not like in the states, or for Chicago for that matter. That is his creation which he devoured. He ate corn dogs, Lucky Charms cereal, ice cream, potato chips and lots of pop on his visit, just can't get that stuff where he lives. And he has a charming English accent, sounds a bit like Harry Potter, I kept looking at him while he spoke, I didn't think he would have that much of an accent and it amazed me. I miss him already.
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Me and the Girls


I treasure the time I spent with the girls, Elena, in orange, and Kat, in yellow. Shopping, seeing the sights, more shopping and just getting to know them better. I am the one in blue, we were at Starbucks taking a break before we finish our trek around a amazing, huge discount mall in Charlotte. It was sad to leave them, each going their separate ways, one to Chicago, one to Rhode Island and the other to England. Oh, did I mentioned that Elena is an architect with a real interest in building and living "green." Go my darlings and live and dream big, the world is yours. I love you both so very much.
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Always Bragging..............


I do brag a lot about my goddaugther, Kat, can't help it. She is just a delightful young woman and on her way to Rhode Island School of Art and Design for her masters!!! Kat is the one in blue jeans, by the way. The gold lady is actually a large canvas hung gallery style. The other lady is contemplating life. Just 2 pieces of Kat's art. The canvas is magificent and huge, an art project from her studies at the Art Institute of Chicago. I am so proud of her.
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This is Charlotte, NC

You might be wondering where I have been, well, in fact I was away visiting family in Charlotte, NC. I don't have to say that it's a pretty place, warm and humid, sunny and friendly. Can you image that it will stay this way until at least January?? That's when it gets cold, about 50 degrees or so. Hard to believe when we are all looking forward to the change of season to Fall. I had a wonderful time there. One reason I went is because my niece Elena and her son, Angleo were visting from Southampton, England and I had not seen them in 3 years, so I took a deep breath and boarded a plane & in 90 minutes I was there to hug the stuffings out of them.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008


This is my latest creation, a circle board book. This is a fun medium to work on, you really have to think about placement working in a circle. This is the back cover of my book and the artwork of the Princess Kat and Queen Carol my first pages. Kat is my goddaughter and we are working on each other books, fun, fun. The cover is done and will show later. The hole at the top is for a ring and I will hang ribbons and charms from there. Just thought I would share. I love that wicked face and she is covering the Mona Lisa, Mona never looked so good.
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Thursday, July 10, 2008

So what are you doing this Summer?

Maybe spending time in a bookstore, looking for Manga to read for yourself, it's a new experience, try it. Or doing the best artwork you have ever done. Drinking lots of Starbuck's iced lattes and reading a bestseller. Outside with a camera, doodling in your art journal, reading all the special Somerset Studio publications. Share. Have a creative summer, friends.

P.S. You see that I have mentioned 'reading' alot, it's is one of my favorite ways to pass the time.

Manga Mystery


There is a little catch to reading Manga. The book's back cover is really the front cover and you read it back to front?!?!?! And you read it left to right, okay? By the little diagram above you are shown how to read the comics, you can bet that I kept my finger inside that cover while I was reading it because it was a bit confusing. There is so much going on with the characters and drawings that you need to check that diagram once and awhile. The way the characters are drawn - well - everyone has long hair and it is usually across their features so you can't tell the boys from the girls, their names might be nicknames or Japanese style, so the same character might be called by several names. But why get all bogged down with that? It's about a school academy for day students (humans) and night students (vampires) and the 2 main characters Zero and Yuri try to keep the peace between them. It's fun and light hearted and since scifi and fantasy are my middle names, well, I am hooked.
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Manga Mania


So what I am doing this summer?? Reading Manga, of course. Japanese comic books!! I never read any comics as a kid, not that I remember at least. My goddaughter, Kat, turned me on to this little gems of sheer fantasy. If you haven't heard about Manga just ask any one younger than you and they will tell you all about it. I do watch Anime, Japanese cartoons so this was not a stretch for me. I liked it. Of course, there are a number of books in the series, for this one, about 12 books, I think. Read the first 4 and I must know what happens to Zero and Yuri so I guess I will read the rest this summer.
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Sharing


I want to share with you just a piece of art that graces the cover of Esopus, a artful publication I found at Borders last week. Yes, the name is unusual but the inside is a work of art. In fact, this non-for profit group publishes Esopus twice a year. Each magazine costs $10 (a small price when you view the contents) but a subscription is only $18 for 2 issues. I am thinking ordering a subscription but my mail box is way too small and it will get crunched. And you know, how we hate to have any paper good crunched!!! The pages are glossy, next to veleum pages, next to graph and paper that feels like old note book pages!! There are artists and authors, sketches, drawings, collage, photos, believe me, it has everything. And I love their statement that "...provides an unmediated forum through which creative people can interact with the general public." Love that. So maybe you might want to treat yourself to an issue. The cover is of notes that the artist has been tucking into pockets, drawers, and lunch boxes of his 2 kids over the years. Some of the notes are published so that you can read them. Esopus, remember the name and check out your Borders for a copy. Who says treasures can't be found at your local book store? Not moi.
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Saturday, June 14, 2008

we tend to seek
happiness
when happiness is
actually a choice.

Friday, May 23, 2008


I challenge myself and you to be electic, eccentric and creative in ways that will surprise and delight you. Do it for yourself first. And then challenge all your friends and family to do the same. Shake things up, turn routine upside down and see what happens. A year of surprises to all. My birthday wish for the coming year. Oh, a lady never tells her age and no one should ask!!!
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Eclectic and Eccentric Me


Need I say more? Happy Birthday to me, the new and improved version for the next 7 years of adventure and beyond. I guess you can say that I won't be behaving the same anymore. I would so like to make history. You, too? I thought so.
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Birthday Musings.............

As my birthday nears (Monday 5/26/) I think that it isn't possible that all this time has past. I am of the generation that didn't trust anyone over 30 and now I am way past that, both in age and belief. If it is true that every 7 years the body goes through many changes then this must be the year when I muse about being eccentric (peculiar in manner or character) and eclectic (liberal and broad in taste or belief.) Tired of being normal and following the rules, I think I have earned the right to be - just me, which means I can be eccentric and eclectic for the next 7 years. What I will be after that I do not know right now, but I will think of something different and hopefully creative when that time comes. To those who share my birthday, have a happy one and change in ways that will surprise yourself.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

My 2 all time favorite spaces in Aruba...

Well, here it is. When I wasn't strolling the island, shopping, dining al fiasco, swimming in the ocean, sunning by the pool, or daydreaming, this is where you could find me. Each and every day I spent as much time as I could sitting on a lounge letting sand slip through my fingers and thanking my lucky stars that I was right where I was at that moment. The blue lounge is at our hotel, Radisson and the yellow lounge is at Eagle Beach. What a way to spend the day.
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My favorites places in Aruba

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Saturday, April 19, 2008


one happy island, Aruba
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