Lunch

This guy and I were having lunch together yesterday. Unfortunately I was eating Burger King, in the car, rushing between teaching jobs. This guy was preparing for a healthier snack of crow. The other crows were not happy about this and were screaming and diving all around him/her. I can't tell for sure if this guy's an eagle or some kind of hawk.

Proposals

I'm a little out of my element these days, making illustrations for proposals. I like these better this way then inserted into the photo. I do love my printer and scanner.

Busy Week

This week was very busy. Lots of teaching, planning, and then a portrait for a friend's birthday.

Bird Drawings

I love Olivia's bird drawings. Ornithologist has replace vet for career choice. Why are so few people familiar with that word? When I was checking the spelling I discovered that there's an Ornithologist's Union. Seems like they need to work on name recognition. Ha. I guess the thing about being interested in birds is that it's difficult to understand that anyone isn't interested. It's a fascinating world people-join in.

Sunday in the City

Coffee

This morning I'm trying to explain to my husband that the computer is my coffee. Don't think he's buying it. Maybe I should say it's my newspaper. Blogs are so much fun to read, especially with Firefox's "open all in tabs" feature. Anyway, every morning I read several blogs and post on this one. During the week that's at 6am. Last week my early morning language skills were escaping me so my post were primarily images. But it has been a great week for images. Here are two more from my trip to Baltimore last weekend. A very beautiful church and a Frankenthaler.

Rhododendron

Apparently endless rain is great for rhododendron. I, on the other hand, am solar powered. Bring back the sun!! But in the mean time these bushes are amazing.

The Latest Studio Notes

I don’t have a title for this one yet. In fact I still have to sew several of those rows onto the whole, but this is what it’s going to look like. There’s a line drawn on the wall that is visible when you look at the piece but is not really visible in the photos. I love the idea of drawing on the wall. Ok, I guess I love ACTUALLY drawing on the wall. I’ve got an idea I might do more of it. Anyway, I’ve been working on this one for so long I might miss working on it. On the other hand I’ve got quite a few other ideas I want to work on.

Roses in the City

More Inspiration from the BMA

Baltimore Museum of Art

These Pre-Columbian dogs always make me smile.

Grace Hartigan

We went to the Baltimore Museum of Art this weekend. I was sorry to see that Grace Hartigan died last year. They had a room full of her paintings set up as a memorial to her. I hope we'll get to see a big retrospective soon.

Loving the Homemade Gift

Juxtaposition

I went back to the Eastern State Penitentiary in the morning when the light was much brighter than on my first visit. I took quite a lot of beautiful images of the the decrepit, decaying structure. I love the light in these two.



And from today, the mirrored walls of the American Visionary Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. Sadly they don't allow photos inside so you'll have to visit to enjoy it. On the other hand, this is more than enough fun!


And then this. What's better than one of me? Lots of me!

Box Buildings

Eastern State Penitentiary

Olivia and I went to an opening last Friday at the Eastern State Penitentiary. It's an amazing place. Olivia was fascinated so don't forget to bring your kids here if you visit Philadelphia.


View inside one of the cells.


Video piece by Johanna Inman and Anna Norton. There were several of these set into the windows of the cell doors. They document the movement of the light inside the Penitentiary. The pieces are beautifully set up and interesting to watch.


Susan Hagan's sculptures were especially fun to photograph. I love the way they seem to glow.

While we were in Charlottesville we visited the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection. We saw an exhibit of bark paintings, some of which were really great. I tried to capture the names of the artists but unfortunately most of those photos are too blurry to read.

Wisteria, the plant not the lane

I know I promised to post some art. And you may think you’ve seen enough wisteria. You’re wrong. You just can’t get enough. Or rather I can’t. But look at these trees. This stuff is amazing. Oh, and check out the blue sky! Sunshine rules!






And for good measure, another Philadelphia purple tree. Can someone please tell me what these are called?


And maybe tomorrow I'll post some art but after two weeks of gray and rain this crazy sunshine might overwhelm me again.