Left Brain Artists
Gel plate prints of drawings Recently, while browsing through the Museum of Archeology in Montreal, we stumbled upon the book ‘..of Horses and Man’ – much about warriors and conquerors and art representations of their glory. Mounted on horses, swords thrusting victoriously… It was a cunning coincidence, as we were in the process of assembling a […]
Gel plate monoprints The life spinning in unexpected ways, there is much on my mind, usually adaptable and efficient, yet vulnerable. Verbalizing feelings helps, but true listeners are rare…and there is always a sense of empowerment in ‘dealing with issues’ on your own, a false comfort in shielding others from a bother. Thus, I speak […]
Mind filler story The series ‘Identity’ illustrates a search for one’s recognizable identity, personal, ethnic, and racial. The search is arduous, looking into mirrors and fighting blind spots. The path is uncertain and convoluted. Could you define your own identity in a sentence or two – with clarity and precision? Perhaps words are not sufficient…are […]
Mind filler story Imprints impressed in our core come from an ancient past, origins of the species, as well as from more recent and vivid, ethnic and cultural histories. What is it about this elusive memory of the collective past, ancient or historical, imprinted in our brains and reflexes that define us individually? Why is […]
Mind filler story ‘Observers’ are moral authorities that channel or control our behavior, freedom of thought, and actions. They carry a carrot of belonging (to a beleif structure) and a stick of reprimand. They guide us and limit us, our freedoms. Observers could morph into an image of a strict father, religious leader, authoritarian philosophy, […]
Mind-filler story I came to experience a period of flirting with sexual ‘fluidity’ in my teenage years, sneaking out of control, parental and educational, to watch (then highly controversial) ‘Emmanuelle‘. Although I was firmly ‘she’, I did not shy away from experimenting kisses with girls or dressing in ‘man’s’ clothes. It was definitely an experimental, […]
Mind filler story I have a friend who is losing her faculties to Alzheimer’s, slowly but visibly – each time we meet, a distance of a few months, an inevitability of her decline sets in, sadly; she is fading away… Fading away…recent memories thinning out, clinging to the past, emotions flat or irritated, pinning time […]
Sculptures, garden, prints Summer is sneaking in shyly, garden awakening, busy with critters and birds, blooms emerging. Yet, few ‘inhabitants’ of my garden remain sleepy in their dreaming reverie amongst chirping, breezes, and fragrances of nature. These are my garden sculptures that I sprinkled around over time; now an integral fabric of the garden. Several […]
Botanical prints Planting in Canada is ‘scheduled’ for Victoria Day – second half of May. Anything planted before that ‘turn of the season’ is in danger! Just a week before the ‘right planting date’, I rushed to cover my bougainvillea, recently moved from the winter indoors to the patio, to protect it from a sudden […]
A monoprint assembly Can a monochromatic ‘pallete’ replace the expressive and emotional impacts of colored paintings? I automatically reach for paint tubes, rarely thinking of ‘other ways’, my inner impulse. Yet, I stand in owe before Natasha’s and Hung’s black and white photos, moved, drawn in, mesmerized… I am who I am, have to listen […]
Left Brain Artists