Found these two broad-headed skinks in the compost area today. Wikipedia says that the males of this species get red heads during mating season.
Enough said.
Paula Kovarik, 2012
green
This Spring has been so full, so resplendent with growth it brings joy to my eyes. I want to wrap myself up in it. When I visited Longwoood Gardens earlier this month I found this luscious hallway to the bathrooms in the conservatory. This is how I feel today, my skin sprouting green.
Paula Kovarik, 2012
chopped
I have wrestled with a piece for over 8 months and this past weekend I decided that enough was enough. The piece was titled an apt name: Uncomfortable in her own skin. No matter what I did to this black and white landscape of the psyche the message was not coming across. I stitched and tore out stitches. Redrew and reassembled her, stitched and tore out more stitches. Added hand stitching... Tore out hand stitching. The fabric has so many stitching holes in it I thought maybe that was the message so I started to distress it further. She just didn't want to be born. So this weekend I used my handy dandy blade and chopped her into pieces. What a relief. This frees me to pursue other visions. And maybe in the future when I can forget the torturous journey this one took me on, I will try again. I once had an art instructor who said that within each unsuccessful painting there are numerous smaller pieces waiting to be born. So here they are. I think the head was the most successful. Don't you?
Uncomfortable in her own skin, deconstructed. 2012, Paula Kovarik
Uncomfortable in her own skin, head. 2012, Paula Kovarik
my garden companions
These two newbies spend their time on our garden fence all day. Mom and Dad usually show up around dusk. I think they are doves. Very friendly, I can get within two feet of them. One is a bit more wary than the other as you can see in the pic.
@2012, Paula Kovarik
from centered to chaos
Here's a warm up exercise I did over the weekend on one of Leigh Ann's tangerine napkins. It is based on the previous post's doodle that was done at the SAQA conference. Starting in the center it was an interesting way to create a new texture. And fun to do too. one line moving toward chaos.
from center to chaos, Paula Kovarik, ©2012