. the organic artist
What is art? Nature concentrated. -Honore de Balzac Recently I was so, so lucky to tag a long with my very dear friend, Aggelige, who runs the inspiring shop in the airstream trailer-Organic Designs by Aggelige-at The Camp in Costa Mesa. She is moving her planting space to a greenhouse so she can continue to [...]
photography is [the home of faith and love]
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It is such an honor to have my photographs hanging near beautiful artwork in the Farrell home.
photography is [an artist at play]
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As an artist, I love to play. I have always loved to push the photographic medium because I’m so familiar with it. If I knew painting or ceramics better, then those are the mediums I would probably tend to play in. When I worked in the darkroom, I would mix my own chemistry and coat [...]
life of a designer
This is a beautiful movie I just came across about the life of an artist/designer. Milton Glaser is a graphic designer who has created some of the most famous visuals in history. His latest interview about Shepard Fairey’s Obama posters brings to light some critical points for all artists. I see the fair use issue [...]
happy face
Merrik called me to see the happy face he had drawn for me on the chalkboard and there was Maliea climbing up the slide toy box! I couldn’t believe how balanced and dexterous she seemed. Uh oh, look out. Merrik’s awesome happy face: Maliea’s amazing “milestone”
colorforms
When I decided not to go to Disneyland because Merrik’s friend, Marley who we were going to go with is sick, then I decided it was a good day to get out some new games. Merrik loved it. We pulled out the “new” old Chinese Checkers that are probably 30 years old. A game that [...]
gap: garden party
Aggelige’s Garden Party was a grand success. Everyone had a fabulous time and many people took home her beautiful designs to add a little piece of yummy art + nature to their lives.
gap: village play
We visited with Aggelige on the grass near the library today waiting for Merrik’s classes to start. Here are a few images of him having fun running and a picture of his beautiful “octopus” windsock that he created. He used his hands to paint the body of the octopus while everyone else used paintbrushes. Usually [...]
thought gap: fossils and fish
Merrik had fun at his new classes today. He is in Dinosaur Discovery and Ocean Exploration. They are a perfect fit for him-kind of like a summer preschool. Art, music, story time all focused around some of his favorite things-whales, sharks, dinosaurs et al. Grandma Hallie came with him today and she had a ball [...]