Works in progress--2015 DLP journal cover and black pages

the cover of my 2015 DLP journal (so far)

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The Black pages...

I  am in love with black Gesso!  It is SO black. so MATTE black that everything is just sucked in.

these are works in progress, you may see them again...

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three Muses--Playing with photos

the original photo here is of a sculpture of a mother and child, and stands at the entrance to Hadlock Field, a minor league baseball park in Portland.  There are many sculptures there, celebrating children, play and baseball.

Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.

Fred Rogers

Sunday Postcard Art--continuing thoughts for the new year

Images from Google and my stash, and the quote was found on Twitter, if all places.

something new, indeed!

Some thoughts on the turn of the year

It's been a rough one this year.  I won't bore you with details, because, compared to other lives, it feels like so much whining, but my stuff is as real as anyone's.

So looking ahead, I choose--

 Not to stress so much about what I can't change

To work on the changes I can make

To not want so much the things I can't have

To rejoice as often as I can for the things I do have

So I have chosen my word of intent for 2015, and it is

CELEBRATE

Happy Birthday, Jesus

SOSS Christmas

This year I made Christmas postcards for my mail friends
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