Left Brain Artists
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 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 […]
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 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 Where are we marching towards – as individuals and society? What awaits us at the end of the path we travel, intentionally or accidentally, the path so difficult to divert from? The question is both existential and philosophical. We all carry the burden of that path, as well as its joys. Do […]
Mixed media art One of our fellow studio artists, speaking of her art process, said once: ‘..I start by splashing some inks onto the paper to see what happens…’ ..and then, a background, a serendipity, inspires the rest… How many incredible artworks have emerged from a splashed-on backgrounds? A foundation, beginning, an insinuation, a subtle […]
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 […]
Irresistible attraction Curiously, most of us are cat lovers. Animal lovers, rather. Living with cats, it is impossible not to rejoice in their elegance, posture, curiosity, playfulness, hunting instincts. Cats, often depicted in art pieces, as a sole subject, as a companion of people, women (revisit here some of woman/cat companion paintings), participants in domestic […]
Monoprints of original drawings Sometimes, triggered by an impulse or a detail on an emerging work, I get overwhelmed with an urge to go back to my old paintings or sketches – there must be some kind of a continuity of thought, a thread linking past and present despite the evolution of the artistic style or […]
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 […]
Left Brain Artists