Mixed Media ◑ A Simpler Shape
Workshop ◑ Your Data Portrait
Paint Making ◑ Handmade Watercolor
Photography ◑ A Quieter Tale
Art Show ◑ A Shape Series One
Video ◑ Rubik’s Cube
Keep or Part?
Oh, dear used cookie paper cups, what possible second life can I create for you? 🤷♀️
It has become harder and harder for me to discard things, especially after August 7, 2021. My mom was always aware of her environment, she reduced, reused and recycled. After her passing, I realize I'm constantly looking for possible ways to reuse materials that are not needed. I certainly don’t want to be wasteful but I also don’t want to hoard stuff.
Bye bye, cookie paper cups.
My Sunday
Raid my own art drawer, spend the entire day experiment with colors, mediums & textures, and loving every minute of it.
☁ A proud member of Emma Carlisle's Process Club on Patreon.
Surprise
I don't feel well. After all these years, I assume I have learned to be better at listening to my own body, yet she just shocked me by showing me otherwise.
Usually, we have our good and bad days, but this week has been especially rough. It feels like we're in the middle of the ocean trying to stay afloat and have yet to find the rhythm to paddle in sync. Though we are both exhausted and frustrated, I still believe we will get through this together.
The Great Adventure of Momo
Mixed media, 2020 ⊙ Watercolor with found paper collage on paper. 24 x 34 cm. ⊙ Various earth pigments.
Minor Secrets
I have a well-used pruning scissors with rusted tip and a grey plastic grip. It was a hand-me-down from Nancy for harvesting her vegetable patch in return for a few cat-sitting favors
Over the years, I have taken a liking to this pair of scissors and found myself many times on a walk or hike wishing I had brought it with me. Finally this summer, I decided that it should have a spot among the keys, the iPhone, and the hand sanitizer in my everyday bag.
I believe we sometimes do carry one or two unusual items with us, and mine is this pair of down to earth pruning scissors.
Change
The truth is, I can write and I can't write. I discover Moon List when looking to start a project for myself in hope of learning to write again. And, What better way to start my voice finding process than by writing about things that I'm drawn to. With sets of questions, prompts and lists, "The Moon Lists is a tool for noticing the mosaic of objects, thoughts, and feelings that make up everyday existence."
To my future self, I can't wait to read stories with honest words by me.
There are a lot more cloudy days, most trees at peaks, I guess we are deep into Autumn.
It feels right to start a new piece.
My mom is 81. Today is her birthday. Being thousands of miles apart from each other, during the lockdown, we made a notion to FaceTime each other every day. She is 12 hours ahead, hence 8pm my night will be 8am her next morning. It has been 3 months since we started and this piece of artwork is inspired by our daily virtual gathering. It is made for her and by her.
Leaving very little behind ⊙ Mixed media, 2020 ⊙ Watercolor with found paper collage on paper. 8 x 10 in. ⊙ Various earth pigments
10th Solar Term: Summer Solstice, June 21. The longest daytime of the year, where sun altitude arrives the highest in the north.
第十節氣：夏至。「夏至到、鹿角解、蟬始鳴、半夏生、木槿榮。」是北半球一年中白昼最長的一天。炎熱之始在夏至。
Summer Solstice
Mixed media, 2020 ⊙ Watercolor with found paper collage on paper. 5 x 7 in. ⊙ Various green earth pigments.
Happy Earth Day!
Mixed media, 2020 ⊙ Watercolor with found paper collage on paper. 5 x 7 in. ⊙ Various earth pigments.
6th Solar Term: Grain Rain, April 20. This marks the end of spring with a rapid rise in temperature and rainfall. It is a significant time for agriculture.
第六節氣：穀雨。「雨水生百穀」、是春季的最後一個節氣。
Soaking up some vitamin d and finishing up a new piece.
5th Solar Term: Pure Brightness, April 4. As temperatures begin to rise and rainfall increases, trees turn green, flowers blossom, and the sun shines brightly, everything returns to life.
第五節氣：清明。「清明、乃天清地明之意。」
The left piece of a diptych.
Mixed media, 2020 ⊙ Watercolor with found paper collage on paper. 5 x 7 in. ⊙ Various earth pigments.
The right piece of a diptych.
Mixed media, 2020 ⊙ Watercolor with found paper collage on paper. 5 x 7 in. ⊙ Various earth pigments.
From the earth for the earth.
Mixed media, 2020 ⊙ Watercolor with found paper collage on paper. 10 x 7.5 in. ⊙ Various earth pigments.
4th Solar Term: Spring equinox, March 21. This marks the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere.
第四節氣：春分。「春分者、陰陽相伴也。故晝夜均而寒暑平。」
It's nice to be back home but I do miss Santa Fe's where I can spend all day in the field working with my hands to unearth and discover their beautiful sand and dirt.
Stay safe, everyone 🙏.
3rd Solar Term: Insects Waken, Mar 6. Insects are being awakened by spring thunder and the earth begins to come back to life.
第三節氣：驚蟄。「斗指丁為驚蟄、雷鳴動、蟄蟲皆震起而出、故名驚蟄。」
Series — Where fast lives slow down.
Mixed media, 2020 ⊙ Handmade watercolor with found paper collage. 6 x 9 in ⊙ Green earth, pale yellowish pigment ⊙ French ochre SAHARA pigment ⊙ Raw umber, greenish dark pigment.
This is one of many vacant homes in Yoshino, Japan. I walked past it every day during my four days stay in town. Unsure of what memories it once filled, I was drawn to its wabi-sabi aging facade of various striped patterns and the natural color of white to rust.
Series — Where fast lives slow down.
Mixed media, 2020 ⊙ Handmade watercolor with found paper collage. 6 x 9 in ⊙ Gold ochre light pigment.
Series — Where fast lives slow down.
Mixed media, 2020 ⊙ Handmade watercolor with found paper collage. 6 x 9 in ⊙ Cobalt bottle green pigment.
Some nights at home, there will be no reading, browsing, or gaming. Just me carefully working a pair of scissors creating lots and lots of shapes.
