Mama's Spools

 

Mama's Spools, 2025, Oil on Cradled Panel, 5"x5"

Whenever I finish a piece and photograph it, I see things I would correct.  In this piece the top of the red spool is too big.  And the top of the center yellow spool is lopsided.  So...I will fix that but not post here again.  This subject is among those I mentioned in the last blog as an idea for the Marion Art Center show in May.  I like the idea of vintage objects arousing feelings of nostalgia and memories.  This remind me of my Mama and how she would sew and mend my clothes.  The are in fact her spools.  

Ibis

 

Ibis, 2025, oil on cradled panel, 20"x30"

This is off to a new home as soon as it drys enough to oil out.  It was a good exercise in working with whites and a somewhat unclear photograph.  The manner in which the photo captured the tail looks odd to me.  But, I don't know the Ibis.  

I've been invited to be a part of a 2 person show at The Marion Art Center around May 2026.  It's undetermined yet the guidelines for the show.  If it is thematic I may either do small works of vintage toys. Or, large pieces of cranberry bogs.  Whatever, I need to get busy.