Thursday, January 21, 2016

FUN and GAMES 
January 21, 2016 

Inspired by the snow...
Hi Dear Ones,
It's finally winter here in Central New York. It's beyond beautiful...school was cancelled for a couple of days and slopes for sledding, snowboarding and skiing are very busy! Rosy cheeks prevail! :)
I've played with some art challenges over the last few days...
For THE THREE MUSES, I tried to show what scares me in my life... PUBLIC SPEAKING has always been a fear (which is strange since I produced TV documentaries and conducted interviews on camera for the length of my career,)
and a more recent fear is thinking how many more years I'll be fit and able to do the kind of adventure travel that my husband and I love...aging is NOT for the weak of heart or limb!!
I think this piece of art also qualifies for TAKE A WORD's challenge for the use of an unusual frame.
 DEZINAWORLD15 is a new art challenge blog for me. They asked for a piece of art with wildflowers...a nice change from the white blanket I see outside.
SUNDAY POSTCARD ART was looking for the man in the moon...my man in the moon is on his way home!
The man in the moon is also appropriate for this week's DIGITALMANIA challenge where we were introduced to Irish surrealist, quirky artist, Jimmy Lawlor. Here are couple of his pieces...

and here are my pieces inspired by Lawlor...

That's it for now. Hope you have a restful and happy weekend coming up, ready and refreshed for the week that follows!!

Thanks for stopping by.
Big Hugs,
abbyj
  

Sunday, January 17, 2016

VINTAGE ART and FIRE 
JANUARY 17, 2016 

It's a gray weekend with large snow-blanket patches scattered throughout the visible landscape. We surely could use a fresh carpet of snow...but this way, our squirrel visitors can find their food more easily!


SUNDAY POSTCARD ART's challenge group named "flames or fire" as its theme for the week... 

TAKE A WORD wanted to know what we think of when we think "art..."  Here are my thoughts...


I love the image of the little boy with the camera...a vintage image... to me, photography is art!

...and here's one more definition that I loved...it was online!
Finally, THE THREE MUSES requested the creation of a vintage collage...

Thank you for checking out this posting... hope to see you for the next!

Big Hugs,
abbyj