Saturday, December 29, 2012
Changed My Mind:)
Changed my mind. I will be here until the weather gets out of hand:)!
Looks like snow again so we won't be open after a 11:30 AM today!!!!
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December 2012 Heminway Pond |
I caught a glimpse of one of our little friends utilizing the convenience store they have constructed in front of their lodge. On the warmer days I've seen them out adding to this apron of sticks. I think there is about seven residents living in these winter digs. Four youngsters and two ginormous parents.
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Beaver version of a 7-11 |
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I imagine they will be hunkering down for impending storm.
Monday, December 10, 2012
Sketch Jam Pics!
Thank you!!!to everyone who came to JFoster Music's Sketch Jam this past Sunday! Thank You Eric, Frank, and Rich of "RiverJack" for Playing! And Laura Webb too! Applause to those who got into the creative spirit and did a little drawing and painting!
Here's some pic's. Hope to see you at the next one in January!
Here's some pic's. Hope to see you at the next one in January!
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RIVER JACK |
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JAMMERS AND SKETCHERS |
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Laura Webb- Jammer |
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Jammers |
FATHER AND DAUGHTER SKETCH TIME!
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Fellow Cookie Monsters! |
FATHER ENGROSSED IN ART HISTORY RESEARCH
Grateful Dead Fan Art Publication
donated to the
Blue Horse Arts Library
by
Patroness of the Arts
KELLIE LAMBERT-MAGUIRE
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Thank You!
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Tracey O' Shaughnessy |
To Tracey O' Shaughnessy for generously sharing her time to present a really great lecture.
To Caroline Harman and Marc Chabot for exhibiting their really great works!
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Blue Horse Arts and Jay Foster Music |
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Blue Horse Arts and Jay Foster Music |
Many,many Thanks to our amazing sponsors of the feast, Gayle of Gayle's Farm Shoppe (not a cookie left!),Heiu's homemade chocolate confections, Mrs. D'Ambruoso's Italian cookies,and Cavallo's Italian Treats!
This event was also made possible by our secret Santa, Bob Grady!!!
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CAME OUT!
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Sneak Peek and Goodies
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Drawing Conversations - Caroline Harman and Marc Chabot- Field Projects |
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Cookies by Gayle's Farm Shoppe |
She is taking orders for pies and cookies until December 15th at bargain prices. 9.99 for Apple, Blueberry, Peach, Pumpkin, Chocolate Cream, Coconut Cream, Pecan, Minced Meat, and Cherry! 860-274-7353
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Xavier trying out the Art Horse |
Dick Marty of Brookside Cabinetry, located in Bethlehem Connecticut, brought over a couple of his "Art Horses" for us to use at our SketchJam on Sunday. These are really ingenious.They are made of birch,very strong and light, and can be quickly dis-assembled for storage. They come with a canvas carrying tote.Great gift for the artist's studio!!! You can contact Dick at 203-266-6990.
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Tracey O'Shaughnessy |
The SketchJam is on Sunday, December 9th, from 3PM-5PM.
See you there!!!!!!!
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Monday, December 3, 2012
CAROLINE HARMAN: DRAWING CONVERSATIONS
CAROLINE HARMAN DRAWINGS
CAROLINE HARMAN
ARTIST"S STATEMENT
Tracey O' Shaughnessy Interview on the Faith Middleton Show
The Death of Post- Modernism and Beyond
Tracey O' Shaughnessy Lecture and Book Signing
Drawing Conversations: An exhibition of Drawing by Caroline Harman and Marc Chabot
December 8th, 2012 Lecture and Reception 1PM-4PM
(Lecture by Tracey O' Shaughnessy begins at 1PM)
The "Field Project"s gallery at Blue Horse Arts and JFoster Music Studios
250 Porter Street, Watertown, CT. 06795
860-417-3243
Cover Art for "Every Little Thing"
by Danielle Mailer
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"the day will need to be climbed, vertically"
charcoal,
graphite & pastel on paper
43” x 29-1/8”
2012
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citizens of nothing
charcoal,
graphite & pastel on paper
43” x 29-1/8”
2012
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The
exhibition title "Drawing Conversations" has its roots in wildly
tangential chats on art and meaning, between myself and my friend and fellow
artist, Anne Flynn. Anne is an artist, art therapist, Jungian Psycho-Analytical
candidate, and student of art history. Her base of knowledge is broad and
multivalent. These informal dialogues have spanned over years and oceans.
Anne possesses talent both in her visual work and her ability to weave into words the often difficult translation of visual language. She gifts us with tangible connections to the seemingly intangible.
Anne possesses talent both in her visual work and her ability to weave into words the often difficult translation of visual language. She gifts us with tangible connections to the seemingly intangible.
When in referring to the connections between
author Tracey O' Shaughnessy’s work, "Every Little Thing" and the
work of the two visual artists, Anne points out that what Tracey articulates
in her essays is that "what endures is what is found in
the deeply personal, and what endears us to people are their unique
foibles rather than their perfection. This premise ties into the visual
artist's work as a deeply personal unvarnished expression and that is why we
are intrigued or moved by it. In an era of high technology, when the means of
production have become so sophisticated, something as simple as
handwritten letter or a personal story, as told by Tracy, become connections to
the reality of the lived experience and therefore profoundly meaningful. These
drawings reveal something deeply personal that touches a place of feeling that
is universally relatable. This relatedness is the antidote to the irony of post
modernism and the disassociation of pseudo modernism.”
(see links below post)
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"the pressure of moving air keeps the fragile lung inflated"
charcoal,
graphite & pastel on paper
33-1/8” x
28-5/8”
2012
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ARTIST"S STATEMENT
At the heart of my work is a
candid examination of personal vulnerability and genuine tenderness, and an
attempt to render a private experience in which the dropping of the
self-protective stance has been a pressing matter of survival. I have attempted
to make drawings that reach for a certain kind of freedom from concept or
metaphor, allowing a new type of language to arise that describes my own
personal confusion and struggle in the face of uncontrollability, dissolution and
loss. This inquiry moves beyond the artist as creator, or player, or relative
witness, which touches only a part of the overall picture, and drops headlong
into the unconscious – into a deep crevasse of uncertainty that echoes the
current collective cultural psychological state.
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"a queer, when-did-that-happen metamorphosis"
charcoal,
graphite & pastel on paper
33-1/8” x
28-5/8”
2012
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In the dense weave of space
and forms within the drawings, an avalanche of shapes is flimsily held in place
by ropes, nets, fences and compressed space. Upward spirals strain away from the
downward momentum with the compression-expansion action of a lung, or a
ventilator. Most attempts to pin down the verifiably concrete are scrambled. Marks
of graphite and charcoal coalesce into gnarled webs. Large expanses heave and
twist before mutating into fascinatingly dense and knotty terrain. It is a
world where boundaries are fluid and planes are deliberately tipped and upended.
The only elements that remain absolute are space and the oscillating energy of
a breath.
The intimate, detailed
language of drawing forces me to step out of the river of fast time, slowing
down so much that I move beyond concept to a place of exposure. The drawing
process simultaneously mimics and determines the content of each piece, where
nothing is certain, and no outcome is clear. With this type of alchemy, as with
any creation mythology, when structures break down, the new forms do not come
forth immediately. They emerge out of the chaos as a result of holding the tension
of opposites. It is the space where everything previously believed true has
begun to disintegrate and become ash. Gradually the remains re-form into deeper,
more complex patterns, evolving into a new reality,
something as yet unknown.
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"scuttling in vectors"
charcoal,
graphite & pastel on paper
43” x 29-1/8”
2012
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The Death of Post- Modernism and Beyond
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"Every Little Thing" by Tracey O' Shaughnessy |
Drawing Conversations: An exhibition of Drawing by Caroline Harman and Marc Chabot
December 8th, 2012 Lecture and Reception 1PM-4PM
(Lecture by Tracey O' Shaughnessy begins at 1PM)
The "Field Project"s gallery at Blue Horse Arts and JFoster Music Studios
250 Porter Street, Watertown, CT. 06795
860-417-3243
Cover Art for "Every Little Thing"
by Danielle Mailer
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