My Frida series is ever evolving. Recall posts: 1. Woman-Artist-Pain-Power 2. 6 panels of my Frida series 3. The most popular piece of the night 4. A very private piece Today I drive the piece below west to east to a wedding shower- the way the crow flies- to give it to a very special young…
Category: Art inventory
Artwork inventory from collections and archives
A very private piece finished by you in a very public way. An artwork’s 4 year journey. #grief #Frida #Camille
Recall my March 5 post: This piece is a love letter to my dear dance partner and friend (dancer/artist/scientist) Claudia Camille, who died in 2007… Claudia and I are portrayed in our roles we played so often: me in grief as Frida Kahlo, Claudia stoic and determined as Camille Claudel… Her reasons for leaving were profound…
I am ready to tackle my graphic novel again, despite (or because of) the grief it triggers #arttherapy
I worked so closely with my mom on the research for my graphic novel. We LOVED working on it. LOVED IT. For years, we would explore all the nooks and crannies around Vancouver that the story covers. We would spend hours at Mountain View Cemetery. I cannot regret that mom did not live to see…
Love letter to my son (August 1987)
I found out I was pregnant with my son, Julian, on May 20, 1987. You gotta love journals with their details. I was 25 when I wrote and drew these images in my journal on August 10, 1987. I addressed every entry after that to the baby until he was born. I recall my daughter…
Love letter to my daughter (March 1985)
I was about to turn 23 when I drew and wrote this in my journal 26 years ago. I was 4.5 months pregnant with my daughter. I always referred to her as Felix. It wasn’t until the moment she was born and I saw her, that I yelled out, ANNA! I “recognized” her immediately. March…
There’s a blue bird in my heart… Charles Bukowski, poet
Henry Charles Bukowski (born Heinrich Karl Bukowski; August 16, 1920 — March 9, 1994) Coffee and Ink, 1999 From Bukowski’s AS THE SPARROW Dear child, I only did to you what the sparrow did to you; I am old when it is fashionable to be young; I cry when it is…
YOU will finish this piece @ the March 10th art event (love letter to Claudia)
My March 10th art event will have some interactive art stations. This piece is a love letter to my dear dance partner and friend (dancer/artist/scientist) Claudia Camille, who died in 2007. Her reasons for leaving were profound and heartbreaking. She played a HUGE part in directions my life took and I tried to process her…
Celebrate the old life (and the new) at the March 10th art event to a post punk soundtrack!
One week until the big event! Post punk playlist is being assembled by @BearFallsDead! Digging out old works from storage this weekend! And attacking the new portraits of Jocelyn Louise and Jay Fisher! Now the big question: What will Rebecca wear!?
Wood, olive oil, oil pastels, china marker- ultimate art medium!
Get a piece of wood board. Draw an image with china marker. Coat it with linseed oil or even olive oil. “Paint” the piece with oil pastels. Use your fingers. Recoat with oil. Let dry (for weeks). Varnish. Delish!
ART from the vault : my #ElizabethTheFirst studies (dedicated to Brad Toth)
This post is dedicated to my friend, Brad Toth, a fellow Elizabethan! To see my Elizabeth the First tapestry go to: POST STREET
“The Housewife Howled” – My 1994 #journal part 1: PREFACE
Preface: So here I sit about to embark on the great adventure: the writing of a book. My book. But where to begin? Here, I suppose. Just the intimate privacy of me, my hand, the pen and the paper. There is no audience. There are no readers- except my critical eye who has promised to…
Recalling my exhibit 1998 @thenordicmuseum- Ode to #Laxness #IcelandicLiterature
There is no more important novel to me than INDEPENDENT PEOPLE by Halldor Laxness (1902 – 1998), Icelandic novelist, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955. I own several copies of the book. Here is the dust jacket from my hardcover English edition (1946, Alfred A. Knopf, New York): The novel inspired a large…
Laundry day. Art from the vault.
You sometimes see a woman who would have made a Joan of Arc in another century and climate, threshing herself to pieces over all the mean worry of housekeeping. ~Rudyard Kipling Acrylic on canvas (unframed) Dedicated to my mother and all the women who came before me.
Pearl Hart, Wild West Woman. Portrait will be up for auction at my June 23 art event!
Years ago, I picked up the book The Old West- The Women, Time-Life, at a thrift store for 50¢. What a gem. I bought it during my Immigrant phase. I kept coming back to the photos of Pearl Hart and did the following portrait– one of the paintings I actually haven’t given away, trashed, or…
From the art vault: The letter “P”- #portfolio #Picasso #Page #placenta
Some items from my 1990’s portfolio:
Fave art piece recall of the day “Church and Wheatfield”
This old piece, Church and Wheatfield (acrylic on canvas), proudly belongs in the Where Are They Now category of my catalogue. Perhaps it will turn up when I empty the vault for the big art event/garage sale! I’ll keep you posted!
My immigrant saga through #portrait #journal #literature
My family’s story is an Immigrant Saga. I often wonder what life would have been like had my parents not taken the huge leap of faith and moved us from Sweden to Canada (and back to Sweden then back to Canada). I may soon return to my journal/painting series I worked on in the early…
Checking in with my mentor. She gave me homework #dreams #listen. I give you a small gift. #art
I chatted with my mentor, Solvig, tonight and we both are in agreement that something is “brewing.” She assured me that all is as it should be, and my anxiety is actually “ants in the pants” while the next chapter starts. Tonight I am to spray some of my angel-mom’s favorite perfume as I go…
Lost paintings, emptying the vault, clearing the mind for live #artevent
No idea if these pieces still exist! Even though I have a ton of stuff filling an expensive storage room, my moods and moves tend to purge artwork ruthlessly. It’s freeing to get rid of them, but then when I find them on an old CD, I get a twinge of regret. I’m preparing for…
Quick sketching on index cards of @RebeccaRaw for upcoming live portrait! #artevent
VISIT REBECCA’S BLOG! REBECCA RAWLINSON Looking at old pieces and thinking about how to do the live portrait: LIVE EVENT HAPPENING SOON: Live portrait of Rebecca by me, interactive art stations, new portraits of fabulous people in my life, food, drinks and silent-auction event of my art! YES- I’M CLEARING OUT THE VAULT! STAY TUNED!
Lost Elizabeth I studies
My love of Elizabeth I and all things Shakespearean led to LOTS of art in the early 2000’s. Here are some LOST pieces that only exist on CD now. Not sure where they are:
Saying goodbye by burning my art
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. – Maya Angelou In 2003 as I went through massive transitions in my personal life- that included both loss and gains, heartaches and liberation- I purged by burning old pieces in a bonfire. LIBERATING!!! These pieces…