tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64985229132505489652024-02-02T11:30:23.604-08:00KRISTIN JURIST HAAKENSONEndeavors and growth in painting.Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17159107461027877968noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498522913250548965.post-65677873274894659332012-02-23T15:22:00.003-08:002012-04-17T14:51:26.734-07:00Whiteout (Deer) - SOLD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17159107461027877968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498522913250548965.post-1697290258712591492012-02-17T14:00:00.000-08:002012-04-17T14:53:12.871-07:00Whiteout (Bison)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Seattle area experienced some record snowfall this season...we lost power for nearly a week, but that gave us an excuse to cozy up next to the fire, at least. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I experimented with Golden's <a href="http://www.goldenpaints.com/products/color/heavybody/interchart.php" target="_blank">interference</a> colors for several of these small paintings...these colors "flip between a bright opalescent color and its complement" depending upon the angle at which they're viewed. That effect doesn't translate to a photograph, unfortunately - but I've really been loving it!</span></div>
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<br />Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17159107461027877968noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498522913250548965.post-37559284677170628982012-02-01T12:56:00.000-08:002012-02-01T12:56:28.585-08:00Hunting by Starlight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We often hear the coyotes howling and yipping at night, and protecting our chickens from these intelligent hunters has been quite a process.</span></div>
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<br />Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17159107461027877968noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498522913250548965.post-87883538896925319282012-01-31T14:52:00.000-08:002012-04-17T14:52:35.861-07:00Patience - SOLD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The farm we're on has tons of beavers that are always busily building dams in the streams that run through the land. When a flood comes, they take advantage of their good fortune and acquire lots of good, high-up branches that they usually don't have access to when the water's low. We have a chewed-off branch sitting on our window sill - the bite marks from the beavers are so smooth and polished, and the branch is really quite beautiful.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17159107461027877968noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498522913250548965.post-89011732295452007762012-01-30T15:49:00.000-08:002012-01-30T15:49:00.846-08:00Steady On<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm finally catching up on photographing paintings that have been sitting in my studio for months and months. I've been super busy (in a good way!) and am really excited about some new painting projects that I've been working on...in the meantime, I'll continue to post some older paintings on the blog to get caught up here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of the fields on our farm tend to flood, bringing in huge flocks of geese (and even some truly stunning swans). They've been great for references when I'm painting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This painting is named after the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDqf-m2R0R0" target="_blank">Storyhill song</a> (they make great music to paint to).</span></div>
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<br />Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17159107461027877968noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498522913250548965.post-54353962853438598982011-05-30T14:45:00.001-07:002012-01-30T16:21:25.241-08:00Unfettered<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Available for purchase at <a href="http://www.freshwaterstudio.com/" target="_blank">Freshwater Studio & Gallery</a>, Dillon, MT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've always loved bighorn sheep and used to be stationed by the bighorn exhibit back when I was a volunteer at <a href="http://zoomontana.org/">ZooMontana</a>. They move with the same agility of a cat - it's truly impressive to watch them hop from boulder to boulder.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">I caught the rapt secret of being clothed by the Ineffable Name.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These three bison were inspired by Eadweard Muybridge's "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Muybridge_Buffalo_galloping.gif">buffalo cantering</a>" series of photos from the late 19th century - he used a series of photos of a buffalo running to create an animated sequence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They're intended to hang side-by-side horizontally, but I'm unfortunately not clever enough to make that happen on blogger. ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, I'm excited to now have some of my paintings hanging at <a href="http://www.revolutiongallery.com/">Revolution Gallery</a> in Issaquah, WA!</span></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17159107461027877968noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498522913250548965.post-62835933428215737512011-02-08T20:43:00.000-08:002011-02-08T20:43:53.298-08:00commissioned painting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnza5dy0ViWb_P8zKqSWktUzmDBnRwDJ1ScUPSAE4bD6NBmPbmvZOzufPWXqafNBGqCjLIQq7aiQ-N4VDdBVjmRhfukLUCPjcX4VQ7lIAyW5C09830dROboM-xnmtCyUiWXitHBuRI-Sk/s1600/commission1small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnza5dy0ViWb_P8zKqSWktUzmDBnRwDJ1ScUPSAE4bD6NBmPbmvZOzufPWXqafNBGqCjLIQq7aiQ-N4VDdBVjmRhfukLUCPjcX4VQ7lIAyW5C09830dROboM-xnmtCyUiWXitHBuRI-Sk/s400/commission1small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Hi friends! Many apologies for disappearing for a couple of months...it's amazing how busy life can get around the holidays. Proctor Art Gallery in Tacoma, WA had a lovely miniature show for the month of December, so that gave me a chance to try painting some smaller subjects:) I finished up my first commission for some absolutely amazing clients, and that was both a challenging and incredibly rewarding experience. I also dropped off some more paintings at Freshwater in Dillon, MT, and two of them found a home surprisingly quickly.<br />
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And, since 2010 was the inaugural year of my business license, I got to experience the added joy of learning how to do business taxes;)<br />
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I left the Proctor Art Gallery in January - my husband & I may be moving soon, so I unfortunately can't commit to a full year's work schedule at the gallery. I was sad to bid PAG a fond farewell, since it's filled with such lovely people...but I'm really thankful for having had the opportunity to show my work there this past year. Hanging my work at PAG was my first experience with showing at a gallery, and they've really opened up a lot of doors for me.<br />
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I'm a nostalgic person to my very core, so I feel like I ought to do a recap of 2010. :) It brought wonderful things...I was represented by a gallery for the first time, and the group of artists at PAG gave me an incredible wealth of experience and knowledge to draw from. Since PAG required that fresh paintings be brought in each month, I pushed myself harder and produced some paintings that I'm really proud of. I was also asked to give a painting demonstration to an art club, and that gave me an opportunity to not only work on my fear of speaking in front of large groups, but also my fear of creating an entire painting in front of a crowd. :) <br />
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I also started to branch out with my art in 2010. I stopped working exclusively with landscapes and started to paint animals. I stepped away from realism a bit by exploring texture and color in different ways, and that new freedom felt like a breath of fresh air. In August, Freshwater Studio & Gallery added me to their beautiful gallery, and that has been such an amazing experience. The minute I first stepped into Freshwater, I felt like my paintings were at home. They've really helped to encourage me to push my animal paintings forward.<br />
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As I mentioned above, I received my first commission in 2010. My clients hired me to create a 24" x 36" painting as a surprise Christmas present for their daughter and son-in-law, who had previously bought one of my paintings at PAG. The painting was of a sunset on the Oregon coast, and I painted my clients' kids and their dog into the scene.<br />
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All in all, it was a pretty amazing year! I'm so thankful for all of you who have been continuing to read my blog and follow my journey. :)<br />
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I'm looking forward to 2011!Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17159107461027877968noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498522913250548965.post-13434552154884733022010-11-20T15:10:00.000-08:002011-03-30T09:43:54.485-07:00"Self-Reliance"<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI9nQPVn5-uzHPWcPp7y6QxYHhSYaU6PJb_CeJ4hpMRd4mEZNA8nRdRKQpkRuX4xfKL0LfXY7qaKRduiacffPX5rhKAqbjrhrtOA8Ob289pDzRSbmwEfbWA4gFTINsksUB7RzoludRa8A/s1600/selfreliance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI9nQPVn5-uzHPWcPp7y6QxYHhSYaU6PJb_CeJ4hpMRd4mEZNA8nRdRKQpkRuX4xfKL0LfXY7qaKRduiacffPX5rhKAqbjrhrtOA8Ob289pDzRSbmwEfbWA4gFTINsksUB7RzoludRa8A/s400/selfreliance.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<strong>Self-Reliance</strong><br />
12" x 24" x 1.5"<br />
acrylic on canvas<br />
Available for purchase directly through the artist (<a href="mailto:kristinjurist@gmail.com">contact Kristin</a>)<br />
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I was inspired by Colorado artist <a href="http://katedardine.com/blog">Kate Dardine's</a> recent quest to revive half-finished, forgotten paintings that have been sitting around the studio. This buffalo painting was, for the most part, finished - but I wasn't happy with the final result, and it has since been collecting dust. I decided to use some leftover paint from recent pieces and try to work as loosely as possible (I save all of my extra mixed paint in tupperware containers...once I spray them with some water and close the lid, they can last for weeks).<br />
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I've also been reading an anthology of literature by the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/American-Transcendentalists-Essential-Writings-Classics/dp/081297509X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1290294039&sr=8-1">American Transcendentalists</a>. It has a lot of classic pieces that I could re-read time and time again, as well as some really fascinating journal entries, etc. that I've never read before. The Transcendentalists' writings have been a foundation in my life since I first delved into them...Ralph Waldo Emerson, in particular, really speaks to my soul. <br />
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I decided to choose a quote by Emerson (his work is in the public domain) to write on the sides of the canvas...the image of the lone bison really seemed to call out for something from "Self-Reliance". The left side of the canvas features the following text, handwritten in a Sharpie pen (which was surprisingly difficult): <br />
<blockquote><strong>"Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world." </strong></blockquote><blockquote><strong>RALPH WALDO EMERSON: Self-Reliance</strong></blockquote>...and the right side features this text:<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind." - Self-Reliance</strong></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>RALPH WALDO EMERSON</strong></div></blockquote> <br />
When I feel like I need to loosen up between other paintings, I might continue this trend and try my hand at creating some similar Transcendentalist-themed paintings.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Moment's Rest</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: center;">Available for purchase at </span><a href="http://www.revolutiongallery.com/index.asp" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Revolution Gallery</a><span style="text-align: center;">, Issaquah, WA</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been using a different method lately when I paint. To build up the impasto layers, I would normally mix pigments into an acrylic matte gel. I would then apply that wonderfully frosting-like paint to the canvas with palette knives, and, after letting the impasto layer of paint dry, I would add a bit of brushwork with thin glazes. I've been using more and more brushwork on top of the impasto layers over the past several months, so I've been accordingly changing the process a bit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For this painting, and for most of my other recent work, I've been starting off each piece by applying a thin layer of pigment to the canvas with a brush. I then apply acrylic matte gel only (no pigment added); I move it around on the canvas with palette knives, and my intent in doing so has been to create more motion in the image. Once the thick gel layer has dried, I apply thin washes of pigment. These washes interact with the original background color, which has been softened and muted by the semi-transparent matte gel. I don't go through pigment nearly as quickly as I used to, and playing with the matte gel in its non-colored state allows for a lot of creativity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Joni Mitchell's "<a href="http://jonimitchell.com/music/album.cfm?id=17">Night Ride Home</a>" album has been my painting music of choice, lately. I've been listening to it nonstop.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nature, I would be thy child,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sit and worship at thy feet;</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Read the truth upon thy face,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Wait upon thine accent sweet:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I would put my hand in thine,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bow my head upon thy knee,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Live upon thy love alone,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Fearless, trusting all to thee.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>-Mary Morgan, "To Nature"</b></span>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17159107461027877968noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498522913250548965.post-75789267467692050212010-11-08T08:50:00.000-08:002010-11-08T08:50:43.970-08:00Seattle show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarZGVTc9OJ2_xsK7U8voB6K4txIyVpgFdxKhmJDvua2gTqqdxPYXxHmIz2rQb8QbvTcUxHL1ZuyHHloxE7wbMYIU43God_fX-Dy7vYiJVVyqZqMG_ZDvxW4hJdd7i2zOGuecH-KOq2p0/s1600/alliesforaseason2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarZGVTc9OJ2_xsK7U8voB6K4txIyVpgFdxKhmJDvua2gTqqdxPYXxHmIz2rQb8QbvTcUxHL1ZuyHHloxE7wbMYIU43God_fX-Dy7vYiJVVyqZqMG_ZDvxW4hJdd7i2zOGuecH-KOq2p0/s320/alliesforaseason2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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I'm excited to be starting my month-long show at the Burk Gallery in Seattle, WA. We helped to hang the paintings last night, and the arrangement looks great. It's a mix of older and newer work, and the pieces flow really well together. <br />
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The official opening reception is on Thursday, November 11, and there will be an additional closing reception on Saturday, December 4. If you're in the area, I hope you can stop in & say hello and enjoy some art and refreshments! <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Burk Gallery</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">340 15th Avenue East, Suite #350</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">206.708.5880</span><br />
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<strong>Opening Reception:</strong> <br />
Thursday, November 11, 5 - 8 PM<br />
<em>(part of Capitol Hill's Second Thursday Blitz Art Walk)</em><br />
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<strong>Closing Reception:</strong><br />
Saturday, December 4, noon - 6 PM<br />
<em>(Holiday Show)</em><br />
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In other news, I will hopefully be posting a photo later today of a new painting, so stay tuned.<br />
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My portfolio encountered an unfortunate loss recently: <a href="http://kristinjuristart.blogspot.com/2010/10/crossing-yellowstone.html">Crossing the Yellowstone</a> is no more. It was damaged by the shipping company while it was en route to <a href="http://www.freshwaterstudio.com/">Freshwater Studio & Gallery</a>. Apparently, the poor painting was impaled by something while in transit. :(<br />
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It helped to put me in the right mindset for this painting. Originally featured in Klink's amazing book of poetry called <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Circadian-Poets-Penguin-Joanna-Klink/dp/0143038842/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b">Circadian</a></em>, I first came upon "Porch In Snow" in an absolutely <strong>outstanding</strong> anthology called <em><a href="http://www.farcountrypress.com/details.php?id=108">Montana Women Writers: A Geography of the Heart</a></em> (seriously...this is an amazing book. I highly recommend it). Klink is a professor of graduate creative writing at the University of Montana-Missoula.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >I just want to share a few lines here to give you an idea of how lovely it is...but you should read the full version via Google Books' preview of <em>Montana Women Writers</em> <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=P3IVCpEnQdwC&pg=PA239&lpg=PA239&dq=joanna+klink+%22porch+in+snow%22&source=bl&ots=-2SpyXdWrx&sig=djbtyXqAKR_gxI2aLsh8Qt8vOW8&hl=en&ei=mHXHTKD1H4GisQPM76zgDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=joanna%20klink%20%22porch%20in%20snow%22&f=false"><strong>here</strong></a>. I hate to excerpt from poetry, since the poetry gets so mangled as a result...it's especially hard to share a brief excerpt of Klink's poetry, since every line is so darn good. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >"There you are, snow filling the air, </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >in the midst of silence [...]</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Winter, there is no prayer but this, </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >to hold fast in the time of few choices.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >An animal moves through the backyards, its eyes</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >precise and lit, the premise of everything I believe"</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><strong>-Joanna Klink, excerpted from "Porch In Snow", from </strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Circadian-Poets-Penguin-Joanna-Klink/dp/0143038842/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b"><strong><em>Circadian</em></strong></a><strong> (Penguin: 2007)</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Isn't that just stunning? I hope you'll check out Klink's work and find as much inspiration in her poetry as I have.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17159107461027877968noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498522913250548965.post-39093624700746939522010-10-06T16:27:00.000-07:002011-02-04T10:41:53.881-08:00Crossing the Yellowstone - RIP<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVRniplwE3lzTnRU8MMfEYWLteb8dKJBUJZQfSJxnyrsdp50e6jcFP2as_mc3N4GZsU1eboasRAiv8AZUcEAfknL0zamG0QX-Z4BS0wA7GTjJHWmip-q0BFE3t1SImQ-qYtLJh2m9baoc/s1600/crossingyellowstone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVRniplwE3lzTnRU8MMfEYWLteb8dKJBUJZQfSJxnyrsdp50e6jcFP2as_mc3N4GZsU1eboasRAiv8AZUcEAfknL0zamG0QX-Z4BS0wA7GTjJHWmip-q0BFE3t1SImQ-qYtLJh2m9baoc/s400/crossingyellowstone.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Click to view larger image</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Crossing the Yellowstone</span></b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">acrylic on canvas</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">24" x 36" x 1.5"</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" >RIP - This painting was destroyed by its shipping carrier, UPS, en route to a gallery.<br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I tried loosening up a bit more for this painting...I wanted to focus on the colors and give a more surreal impression to the landscape.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FYI, Proctor Art Gallery (Tacoma, WA) will be having a lot of </span><a href="http://www.proctorartgallery.com/Events_Calendar.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">events</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> throughout the month of October...it's "Arts Crush" month in Tacoma.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fair river! in thy bright, clear flow </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of crystal, wandering water,</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thou art an emblem of the glow </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of beauty—the unhidden heart—</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The playful maziness of art</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In old Alberto's daughter</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Edgar Allen Poe, from "To the River"</span></b></span>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17159107461027877968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498522913250548965.post-60065884845229915772010-10-05T18:47:00.000-07:002011-02-04T10:30:31.847-08:00Morning Stroll - SOLD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ811Bj2jjWlOSm5kK_UcnlQOKuyiI2GvBAwvfMDBNV8bQzLaG_8DjGcXGHsPq-IVmkA1d1wLclqISFTgfGr-xdiZKNIKuEVH3AkneHLnIKX4VbjKKWGlqdEDfIZSd13HmcQ9ZaQ1r3fA/s1600/chickens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ811Bj2jjWlOSm5kK_UcnlQOKuyiI2GvBAwvfMDBNV8bQzLaG_8DjGcXGHsPq-IVmkA1d1wLclqISFTgfGr-xdiZKNIKuEVH3AkneHLnIKX4VbjKKWGlqdEDfIZSd13HmcQ9ZaQ1r3fA/s400/chickens.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning Stroll</span></b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">acrylic on canvas</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12" x 12" x 1.5"</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i><b>sold</b></i><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In preparation for an upcoming show at Jubilee Biodynamic Farm in Carnation, WA, I've been trying my hand at painting farm animals. I thought I'd start with this little family of chickens.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have a soft spot in my heart for chickens. We keep 4 hens in our backyard, and besides the delicious fresh eggs they provide, they also make surprisingly great pets. We've handled them since they were chicks, so they're incredibly tame and like to follow us around the yard when we let them out of their enclosure. David & I have even recently started a </span><a href="http://tacomachickens.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">blog</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> about our chickens, since we've been getting a surprising number of emails with questions about raising an urban flock.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, more farm animals - as well as a lot of new bison paintings - will be up shortly. </span></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17159107461027877968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498522913250548965.post-38133551410021920272010-09-26T20:27:00.000-07:002011-02-04T10:28:34.521-08:00Yellow-Headed Blackbird - SOLD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0NLGStORRSpTbK_hFk3Wzy1F7ylNuAiRe_1tmsp4vHKSbnn2E0jgdE03LxZoz18kZsz4OxNErr6r0n3Vje3SzmlKfMH_wVyYGc1KMNDgPEOKfTAfx1DFBawkqiGPCmBuGTVhDM2a1WKc/s1600/blackbird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0NLGStORRSpTbK_hFk3Wzy1F7ylNuAiRe_1tmsp4vHKSbnn2E0jgdE03LxZoz18kZsz4OxNErr6r0n3Vje3SzmlKfMH_wVyYGc1KMNDgPEOKfTAfx1DFBawkqiGPCmBuGTVhDM2a1WKc/s400/blackbird.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></strong><div><strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yellow-Headed Blackbird</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">acrylic on canvas</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12" x 6" x 1.5"</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>sold</i><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I decided to try something different and paint a small bird rather than the usual four-legged creatures that I focus on.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The beautiful yellow-headed blackbird makes a surprisingly </span><a href="http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow-headed_Blackbird/id"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">piercing squawk</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17159107461027877968noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498522913250548965.post-57012866942285689472010-09-26T20:18:00.000-07:002012-05-26T16:07:03.156-07:00Silent Witness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: center;">Available for purchase at </span><a href="http://carnationcorners.com/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Carnation Corners</a><span style="text-align: center;">, Carnation, WA</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm steadily catching up on my painting after a crazy couple of weeks. I'm working on a series of farm animals for an upcoming show at <a href="http://www.jubileefarm.org/">Jubilee Biodynamic Farm</a>.<br />
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Low and long and golden against<br />
The leaves, watching pensively,<br />
A damp sphinx of the woods. <br />
<strong>-Keith Holyoak, from "The Cougar"</strong></span></span>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17159107461027877968noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498522913250548965.post-19133706708591233312010-09-20T14:45:00.000-07:002011-03-30T09:51:59.781-07:00Where the Tall Grass Bends<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLRsIu_uHPi9IeHEm-B0daoHjgQwrP_Lj-Jc1jyrozdpYU5ZTsRWNxpkP6TQFf64eg0zRFZwPDVsvRZblXWB_l3HY2T6cvz5FDra-vNAdn04YI7Djh8E8tN6hfAL00t8SFIFvK5FVV9A/s1600/buffalostampede_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLRsIu_uHPi9IeHEm-B0daoHjgQwrP_Lj-Jc1jyrozdpYU5ZTsRWNxpkP6TQFf64eg0zRFZwPDVsvRZblXWB_l3HY2T6cvz5FDra-vNAdn04YI7Djh8E8tN6hfAL00t8SFIFvK5FVV9A/s400/buffalostampede_small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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I used isopropyl alcohol to dissolve droplets of paint on the canvas; I started by using the alcohol drops just on the rocks, then expanded them to the rest of the canvas.</span></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17159107461027877968noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498522913250548965.post-63227759808014383402010-08-28T16:43:00.001-07:002011-05-17T11:18:22.295-07:00Allies for a Season<p><em>(click to enlarge photos)</em></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3CMFSJ7BqGsEPm-ocY9_vvrgw6Ic9ija5QXsiJmdCuYCQlMjF3oH4cv2536rhTQxDq540AGqJgagecUmPBpb5u7gfp41a6x7sbu01KdLTfL2Vc8ShyG-75LTLB0DoYsuxeTtZ4PrEh6Q/s1600/alliesforaseason2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510610966520825410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3CMFSJ7BqGsEPm-ocY9_vvrgw6Ic9ija5QXsiJmdCuYCQlMjF3oH4cv2536rhTQxDq540AGqJgagecUmPBpb5u7gfp41a6x7sbu01KdLTfL2Vc8ShyG-75LTLB0DoYsuxeTtZ4PrEh6Q/s400/alliesforaseason2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 264px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqw-lK8Vf0ewW6vzm6RJsfIsuPaW7uWwEhfyO9nHpndh-sloJtIczHg94Ol6x_c1WtipcMriJfWVb72H9gq44enZEdACjTPw5VwazTPlqXtzqEr3JlLSY3iaj-3r2zJTHqbpQER2SI80w/s1600/allies_closeup2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510613560340933202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqw-lK8Vf0ewW6vzm6RJsfIsuPaW7uWwEhfyO9nHpndh-sloJtIczHg94Ol6x_c1WtipcMriJfWVb72H9gq44enZEdACjTPw5VwazTPlqXtzqEr3JlLSY3iaj-3r2zJTHqbpQER2SI80w/s200/allies_closeup2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 100px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqWyChy0mMb9IzmvXdh00lCFa-Ki4tALB78g5e02trrM0zuxsNKgva1B3Gb0pH68c8Hty795QHm24a6nZTFAgbd-eGj76NBz6nuAZLpFlI2VNDSJu_ccjDYtsZBBMx8I26W1xfLcOiVeM/s1600/allies_texture.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510612966887177106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqWyChy0mMb9IzmvXdh00lCFa-Ki4tALB78g5e02trrM0zuxsNKgva1B3Gb0pH68c8Hty795QHm24a6nZTFAgbd-eGj76NBz6nuAZLpFlI2VNDSJu_ccjDYtsZBBMx8I26W1xfLcOiVeM/s200/allies_texture.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><strong><style="font-family: helvetica=""><br /></style="font-family:></strong></p><p><strong><style="font-family: helvetica=""><br /></style="font-family:></strong></p><p><strong><style="font-family: helvetica=""><br /></style="font-family:></strong></p><p><strong><style="font-family: helvetica="">Allies for a Season<br /></style="font-family:></strong>acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas<br />24" x 36" x 1.5"<br />Available for purchase at <a href="http://carnationcorners.com/">Carnation Corners</a>, Carnation, WA</p><p>I came down with a head cold this week and fell behind on my painting. Nonetheless, I managed to produce this wintry painting, which definitely fit my under-the-weather mood. :)</p><p>The pigments have been mixed with incandescent pearl paint, and I laid the colors on layer by layer. A soft purple/magenta shows through the blue layers, but this unfortunately doesn't show up so well in the photographs.</p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 78%;">The snow whispers about me,And my wooden clogsLeave holes behind me in the snow.But no one will pass this waySeeking my footsteps,And when the temple bell rings againThey will be covered and gone. </span><span style="font-size: 78%;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Amy Lowell, "Falling Snow"</span></strong></span>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17159107461027877968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498522913250548965.post-75822399597955956432010-08-23T18:04:00.001-07:002011-02-04T10:32:05.074-08:00Grazing - SOLD<img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 198px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508777989852371314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQjF0umpKGMZjIeWz48xloV-lrwRjCcQuAMyTcufxErRk3ANCz92WW0haOmGYFIECZs7M34wT19skysY_zhS8poBwEIETZHq3_muX_b5zvlFNF_ZUVCrtONs1svCGWStRU-1Y5MfD6c8A/s200/grazing1.jpg" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8yaXYNYswthFSzBLSF4u_N0RBN0u2I8w9AU7K5aeGCYWbyYf7GQIzHIFvQI8LCFlJgbRuZHJKKvDrwgrcOnJfHOMDxqq9Ith50ggLsWIB8faKa8tZLut_SG-abnt4NpHbXIo7Pf1vVI/s1600/grazing2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 198px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508777267621799874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8yaXYNYswthFSzBLSF4u_N0RBN0u2I8w9AU7K5aeGCYWbyYf7GQIzHIFvQI8LCFlJgbRuZHJKKvDrwgrcOnJfHOMDxqq9Ith50ggLsWIB8faKa8tZLut_SG-abnt4NpHbXIo7Pf1vVI/s200/grazing2.jpg" /></a><div><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3rGVI8qr7MZucD4oki_BSbDTThNQQGxQVvHiLkJD1C61C-ngttIS54dI4YaPKP7ns8gwpqhZD2iPVuXlmyf7PIaY_bMswLtN7trHooil8JbUt31hBtf8tH1vMJpwnydXM8uIzQpr3ORQ/s1600/grazing2.jpg"></a><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><strong>Grazing I & Grazing II</strong></div><div>acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas</div><div>8" x 8" x 1.5"</div><div></div><div><b><i>sold</i></b></div><br /><br /><div>I bought some crackle paste awhile ago and finally decided to try it out. I combined it with a light molding paste so that the centers of the canvases wouldn't be as crackly.</div><div></div><div>These two can be hung individually or as a pair. Grazing I has more of a reddish tint to it, and Grazing II has a lighter tan tint.</div><div></div><div></div></div></div></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">I will leave in the hills a bit of myself--<br />The heat of my eyes which saw them bloom;<br />And cicadas, nesting on thorny branches,<br />Will sing out the shrill cry of my desire. </span><br /><strong><span style="font-size:78%;">-Anna de Noailles, from "The Imprint"</span></strong>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17159107461027877968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498522913250548965.post-17369215319578908552010-08-23T17:38:00.000-07:002012-05-26T16:07:48.605-07:00The Great Gray Ghost<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnO-HJMJNoP3zQ10tSAjPiUoSQe2bO_6tZESR1lHEeY44JnBOv7EwywVEth19ZD3Z8OGNkx84Bp5jHEm6wgnAviRUiP_7BACSOgNjJCdrpIi45oClVNSD8JLoFrZhK4xY14LuNEVee_yM/s1600/grayowl.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508769955324261074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnO-HJMJNoP3zQ10tSAjPiUoSQe2bO_6tZESR1lHEeY44JnBOv7EwywVEth19ZD3Z8OGNkx84Bp5jHEm6wgnAviRUiP_7BACSOgNjJCdrpIi45oClVNSD8JLoFrZhK4xY14LuNEVee_yM/s400/grayowl.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 400px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 311px;" /></a><br />
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The stream, the waterfall, the dell,<br />
The bird, the flowers, the meadow-bell--<br />
I felt that all of these<br />
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Were but the symbols of a soul<br />
Alive with hope or memory;<br />
The mind's immortal harmony<br />
That through its chambers stole.<br />
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And to the spirit's listening ear,<br />
Whilst slept the limbs and senses all,<br />
Made every thing seem musical;<br />
How could I cease to hear?</span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 78%;">-Christopher Pearch Cranch, from "The Music of Nature"</span></strong>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17159107461027877968noreply@blogger.com0