Calm quiet stillness
Run like crazy up to then
Now move forward, choose.
Art Prescription: Months of planning for Surtex…and now time for follow-up. The calm and quiet of my garden calls.
Haiku May 28,2012 Gardenia
White gardenia
Sweet fragrant flower, silky
Fills a room with scent.
Art Prescription: There is a lot going on in my garden. I cut a small arrangement of fragrant gardenias to bring in and enjoy. No wonder the bees and butterflies are romanced. Bring a little sunshine inside!! A toast to nature…
Haiku May 27, 2012 Wide Country
Vast flat fields, new crops
Red barns, white houses, horses
Sky meets horizon.
Art Prescription: Took a road trip to Clinton, NC today. A relatively short ride from Chapel Hill lands us in farm country and field after field of fresh green crops. In NC farmers grow tobacco, soybean, cotton, corn, wheat, tomatoes, cows, pigs, and families. What a total juxtaposition from New York City! Joy to be able to see and experience both. Where you are is where you are, and if you enjoy the scenery it makes life sweet.
Haiku May 26, 2012 Yard Work
Sure euphoria
All day in the yard, flowers
Green, pink, and purple.
Art Prescription: A far cry from Times Square, we spent an entire day working in our yard. Total bliss! Planted new vinca, inpatients, cosmos, purple petunias, basil, and two cherry tomatoes. May just snip that basil for a pasta and tomato dinner. Sam would not let me “play” until I had all my follow-up emails sent. I’m still processing the show…wow! If you have a dream, be persistent, follow your heart!
Haiku May 25, 2012 Song Birds
Song birds with fledglings
Chatter about in the trees
Fluffy heads, new wings!
Art Prescription: Extremely happy to be watering my flowers and watching back-yard action. Chickadees, Titmice, and Cardinals call out to their mates and fledglings, giving them direction about their next move. Uncoordinated, fluffy-feathered babies land on our deck seeking food. A new generation of song birds, and fodder for new art!! My surroundings inspire my muse!!
Haiku May 24, 2012 Hydrangea
Big, bold, lacy, blue
Composite globes of color
Hydrangea blooms!
Art Prescription: This time of year everything is busting out! With lots of “April Showers Brings May Flowers,” we have a garden to delight the senses. Today I cut a big vase full of blue hydrangea blossoms, some as big as a football. Hydrangeas are composite flowers, which means each big blossom is made up of hundreds of small flowers, all coming together in color and shape to make a bold statement. Here is a hydrangea I painted a couple of years ago. Tomorrow I will paint a BIG BOLD LOOSE WATERCOLOR! Stay tuned…
Surtex 2012 New York City!!
Sam and I arrived in New York by 10 am Saturday. Took a frantic taxi ride to the Jacob Javits Center to set the booth up.
When you first get there the isles are filled with crates and cases, the beep, beep, beep of cranes and other industrial machines sound off against bare walls. As exhibitors file in the booths begin to shine with art and design.
You walk out of an industrial zone and the next morning the carpet is down and the show is open for business!!
We spent the next full three days meeting other exhibitors (this is awesome!), art directors, creative directors, product design and development directors, publishers, buyers, retailers, merchandise managers, CEO’s, presidents, licensing directors, fine art companies, poster companies, manufacturers, and new artists walking the show to learn about the industry. Also we took turns walking The National Stationery Show.
Now the work begins! Follow-up Follow-up Follow-up
I have to say I’m most excited about the opportunity to have my art licensed for stamps, fabric, and kits to encourage creativity in others. To share the joy of art-making is part of my mission via The Art Prescription!! Cheers! Beverly
Haiku May 23, 2012 Home versus Travel
The horn is culture
Gray and brick and neon flash
Land in sea of green.
Art Prescription: Home from New York City; YEA! Surtex was a blast and I’ve got lots and lots of following up to do; YEA!
I’m thrilled with the contacts I made and I need to vent…be patient…I’ll get back to the positive.
Top Ten Reasons I Don’t Like To Travel
1. sitting, which to me means wasting time
2. taxis, buses, trains, airplanes
3. lugging too much stuff and going through security
4. packing
5. miss my cats
6. eating out
7. waiting in lines
8. noise overload
9. not my routine a.k.a. OCD
10. definitely don’t have my stuff – a.k.a. really like home!!
Okay – now let’s be positive!!
Top Ten Reasons Surtex Was Worth It!!
1. lots of clean white towels
2. room-service and/or take-out and eating in bed
3. meeting other artists
4. walking the National Stationery Show
5. walking Surtex
6. meeting art directors and creative directors
7. talking with people about my art and the story of my art
8. Spending time with my one and only husband, best-friend, and business partner Sam Dyer
9.Feeling proud that 6 months of planning all came together
10. The total excitement about the future and new product!!!
Haiku May 22, 2012 Crowd
Like a New Yorker
We weave in and out of crowd
Everyone on go!
Art Prescription: New York city is not for the slow and methodical. Not for the wanderer who wishes to pause and take it all in…do that and someone will run you over…maybe a bus!! Walking the streets I heard not one word of English, except for the highly accented personnel selling tickets to shows, comedy, bus rides, psychics, weed, or a photo with Spiderman, the Naked Cowboy – hmmmm, or the folks just flat out begging for money. “The Melting Pot.” How extremely lucky are we to be able to drop in and visit this magnificent city and fly out again to the green, green, grass of NC. Knowing where you belong is worth a life-time of wants!!
Haiku May 21, 2012 Times Square
Brown-eyed gentle horse
Stands confident, guards Times Square
Officer sits proud.
Art Prescription: These horses amaze me. Amid the millions of people, honking horns and sirens, they stand calm and sure. Just beautiful. Not surprising that they themselves land in the photos of tourist from all over the world. Guess brown eyes speak a universal language!
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