24 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS.

My interpretation of Henri Matisse painting " Dance " Who are you going to be THE NEXT TIME AROUND??

The top picture is of Henri Matisse's painting DANCE. It has been one of my favorite paintings and when I came across a needlepoint book "MUSEUM MASTERPIECES IN NEEDLEPOINT by Brande Ormond I did DANCE in counted cross stitch.
But I had my own idea of how the women would look, so I took a little liberty in the hues and shades of the women. I think that it made it more interesting. Hope Henri won't mind.
So now for many years I have been thinking about going the next step and doing them as Art Figures. They have been dancing in the back of my mind for a long . Till I meet Janice Anderson, a fellow artist . Her Art Figures are so strong! From her I have seen what can be done .



No matter how hard I tried to get the blond figure to look more like the original movment in the painting, she would not cooperate.

Halloween

I had the best time last Saturday sewing up this Halloween Costume. I got an email from my grand daugther Finna , she wanted to know if I could make a Halloween outfit for her American Doll. Told them let me see what I can do, went to to my stash of "this and that" came out with the one and only pattern for a 18' doll that I had and it happen to be a Halloween doll pattern. This is the finshed project. Sure hope that it fits the doll.

Beaded Chakra Art Fetish

I didn't set out to make a Chakra figure . She has been waiting patiently for me to understand what she wanted. Sometimes it takes me years to hear what the dolls tell me. Don't worry family I don't hear voices , but somehow the figures have a way of becoming what they want to be and not what I set out to make. She was a exercise in how to make a small human figure. One day we were doing some beading in our doll club and it all fell into place. I don't know much about Chakras but I made sure that I used the correct colored beads in the correct center of the body. Beside the bead work I have done embroidery with metallic thread .

Chakra means Wheel in Sanskrit.

Consciousness and energy move from one
frequency to another in spiraling fashion

End of summer

Just a few pictures to remember summer by. Peach picking was a fun day , I didn't know that our grandchildren didn't like peaches...More for us :) The watercolor in the back grown was painted by my Mother, Laura Stanick.



The Clear Water Festival in Asbury Park was a nice day out with the family.





The look on Kayla's face when she came across the poor stuffed wolf...

Bunny Goode - BIG Idea Studio

Last week I went to check out Bunny Goode's new art studio. "BIG Idea Studio". It is a fantastic set up, large space and good lighting. Her studio is at the Monmouth County Airport and while you are taking a class you have a wonderful view of airplanes as they are landing or taking off.
I wish her the best of luck in her new enterprise . If you have any questions for Bunny her web-page is on my favorites list .

Dragon Rider

The doll club that I am a member, "Garden State Doll Artisans" meets once a month in the Public Library in Neptune N.J. We decided that we would pick a children book and make a soft sculpture illustration that the library could put on display in November . I picked Cornella Funke's book "Dragon Rider" , since I enjoy the idea of dragons flying around . So here is my interpretation of the book cover.