busted organ

busted organ out by the trash in west chester... i love you.

What an amazing woman!

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. "
Helen Keller

Annapolis

"Rapt" in the "Strokes of Genius" exhibition at the Maryland Federation of Art in Annapolis, MD.

A rather humbling exhibition title to be involved in!

Horrace Pippin

"Pippin's artistic talent appeared early; as a ten-year-old he won a box of crayons in an art contest. 'When I was a boy I loved to make pictures,' he later wrote, but it was the war 'that brought out all the art in me. . . . I can never forget suffering and I will never forget sunsets. So I came home with all of it in my mind and I paint from it today. ' Most of Pippin's earliest work is lost. Only one sketchbook remains from his numerous wartime drawings, which may be examined in his papers at the Archives of American Art in Washington, D. C."


Shame on me for not noticing it sooner! The person talked about in the above quote lived a stone's throw from my studio. I finally discovered this when I went to paint "Ode to West Chester" about a year and a half ago. I aimed to feature text from particularly moving historical placards in my town- only to find that one of the most poignant was so close all along. Please read about this great man and artist here:
http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-1A0
(quote from http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-1A0)

along the way...

photos of things that i've stumbled upon that inspire me right now in their own way....

 

this week's events

 

 

also...

 

 

"Strokes of Genius"

The Maryland Federation of Art

The Circle Gallery

Exhibition runs 11/1-11/24

Reception is this Sunday, November 11th 3pm-6pm

18 State Circle, Annapolis, Maryland, 21401

 

Please note, that it is a honor to be included in the exhibition, but i only have one piece there.

"Rapt" is included in this exhibition.

 

 

 

 

On a lighter note- my precious one..