i found this magic wand today, at the beach. i'm not sure what kind of powers it has but it's a really awful shade of beigey-pink. I wonder what that means. It looks multifunctional.
I live near an old amusement park that closes after Labor Day. An empty amusement park is a sort of bittersweet and beautiful thing. No more loud happy noises or mad shrieking, no more aromas of fried sugar waffles and french fries...just the rides, abandoned but still colorful and charming. The park I live near is called Sea Breeze but it used to be called Dreamland, which is what I named this painting.
Hey I just realized that this stoneware plate I painted makes for a great Halloween decoration..black cat, check. Ravens, check. Orange, check...
This is my Bubs Wubbles, otherwise known as Henwy....part Shar Pei, part Irish Terrier, Henwy comes from a broken Amish family from the dark backwoods of rural Pennsylvania. Rumor has it his kid brother was trampled by one of the cows there by mistake. Yep, life was hard back then. Henwy was three months old and beginning to starve to death when a kindly soul stepped in and got him and his remaining brothers out of there. Shortly after he came to live with me. He was small but already looked like an old man. One of my friends wanted to call him Benjamin Button, but my sister suggested Henry and it stuck, sort of, ya see, Henry is abnormally small for his age. His poor upbringing has stunted his growth and his Shar Pei features keep him looking quite youthful (well..he's only about 14 months as we speak) but...he's my little forever puppy. He's got a bad heart and some other tough issues but I gotta tell ya, this little guy is so full of life and personality and charm. And when he 'talks', he talks wike dis...whatrya gonna do?
Here's my latest in signs..well, they're kind of like signs, they are meant as wall art, this one is ironic (or apocalyptic depending on your faith). I've made some nice lyric ones as well. Sailing Heartships Through Broken Harbors is one. I also did: There's Nothing You Can Do That Can't Be Done and an Alphabet one and a Numbers one. It's really hard to show how cool these things are on the wall. They fit in tight spaces too, like above a door or window, or below a painting. In either case, they are a lot of fun. I'm thinking of offering house numbers (I did my own with a colorful painted stick or stick in the ground) or family name, or I can always do anyone's favorite lyric. If interested at all, let me know.
Wow, 15 dogs...all at once? Yup, all vying for your unmitigated attention but jeepers who has enough unmitigated attention to satisfy all these crazy pups? Not me that's for sure so I just put them all on this one painting and you can buy it and light a little candle under it and that'll be enough for a little bit at least, then you'll have to break out the scooby snacks..
I know I've been avoiding you dear blog, it's just that I'm trying to figure out how to unlink you from my facebook page, which is also linked to my flickr and etsy accounts...things are getting a little redundant and something's got to give. I am offering up this dogs taking a bath painting in hopes of appeasing you blog gods...in addition, I am testing to see if this shows up on my facebook account...
hey all try to copy one another, their creations are each uniquely their own. My favorite quote comes from Devin:
