THINKING SPRING YET?

April 14, 2014

 

Despite another snow storm and piles of snow standing taller than me,

some are thinking about spring...wishin' and hopin' for it... like these robin redbreasts, waiting patiently.

This is for INSPIRATION AVENUE (green),
TAKE A WORD (green) 
and THE THREE MUSES (spring)

 

Over at Flicker's art group, DIGITALMANIA, the inspiration for the week is mixed media collage artist, CHRISTINE PELOQUIN. Here are some pieces I created in her style...



 Finally, because my dear husband and daughter took off for a week of scuba diving, when COLLAGE OBSESSION requested participants create a piece of art describing the word  "under," I immediately thought of under...water!

I look forward to seeing all their underwater photos when they return... they always get some extraordinary images of a world most of us only dream of!

 

That's it for this week...going to take a short break and catch up on other activities. Will see you in a few weeks...

 

Thanks for stopping in. Happy St. Patrick's Day to all those with an Irish Heart!!

 

Big Green Hugs,

abbyj

ANOTHER MIXED BAG

February 26, 2014

 

Arrabal, the tango dancer
for DIGITALMANIA's* Florian Nicolle inspired challenge

Meet ARRABAL (check out this YouTube* link!) We met her in her coming-of-age story, as she entered the underground world of Buenos Aires's tango clubs and discovered the violent history that took her father and disrupted her nation.  In an explosive story told entirely through dance and music, we learned about the political violence that threatened to destroy Argentina in the 1970's... as well as a bit about the tango, born in the working class neighborhoods of Buenos Aires at the end of the 19th century. Although the music was very loud, it was beautiful, sensual... and the dancing was exciting and unique! If you're in Toronto, it's playing at the PANASONIC Theater.

 

A second piece, inspired by Florian Nicolle* (a 25 year old French graphic designer and illustrator,)  for Flicker's DIGITALMANIA* is this piece I created in Nicolle's style...I call it BLIND...

INSPIRATION AVENUE* declared its challenge to be CHANGE... my thoughts immediately flashed to 9/11 and how much the world has changed since then. Remember when air travel was fun?

THE THREE MUSES* wanted to see some art about ARCHITECTURE. I've always loved the romance of castles...

TAKE A WORD*simply requested something with BLUE...

 That's it for this week's challenges. Enjoy the rest of your week...especially the weekend!! See you for my next posting?

 

Thanks for stopping in!

Big Hugs,

abbyj

* please click on the titles in this color for further information