You’ve Got Mail—5
Artist MaryAnn Shupe recently wrote a blog post about her need to start somewhere, which led me to remember and share with her a painting I did nearly a decade ago with an embedded declaration that the point is to start!, which sparked questions and email conversation about the hand-lettering I’d incorporated, which took me back to memories of reading David Shannon’s children’s picture book No, David! to my then much younger granddaughters, which made me mindful of the artistic inspiration and delighted lightbulb moments I experienced while taking in Shannon’s illustrations, all of which in turn coalesced last week to point me serendipitously toward a decision about how I would hand-letter the messages on my current series of postcards to granddaughters at Camp Takodah!
3.5 x 5″ postcards; acrylic and ink on card stock
abstract neurographica
2023
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8 responses to “You’ve Got Mail—5”
LOL—just commented at your blog about the synchronicity of our posts today before discovering your comment above!
Back story: I spent some thoughtful time composing this post … only to lose it to cyberspace and have to begin all over again, a task that INFURIATES me! I find it frustratingly difficult to recreate something that I’ve already composed and brought to just where I want it—my creative brain kinda shuts down and my logical brain can’t let go of wanting back EXACTLY what I lost.
Thanks for your ongoing cheerleading with this project : )
Thanks for this comment, Sheila. I’ve been wanting to get back to some neuro-art with painted ‘chaos layer’ starts I created back in June, but I’ve been paralyzed. Maybe a video vortex will spin me into action.
These are gorgeous! I love the messiness, and the lovely palette. I got lost in a neuro video tutorial vortex the other day. So interesting to watch. :)d Have fun, Dotty!
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