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| "Pictographs" acrylic on canvas 24 x 30 |
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Visit from son.
Nice day but windy. Went for a walk with Doug, Christina and dogs, only I walk so slowly that I am fifty feet behind them.
The jazz jams are in Thomston at the cafe and i saw the hand prints in snow and got the idea to make this painting called Pictographs
Saturday, March 22, 2014
It is spring? It was snowing today.
Because the last post was spring I forgot how to do it. Doug refreshed my memory. He and Christine came up for my birthday.
Doug came up this winter when we had a storm. When we checked the barn studio the rain was leaking in the windows that the winter before had blown out and not fixed properly. While the rain was blowing in sideways into the studio Doug took out one window at a time and stapled plastic around the frame and as quicky as possible pushed each one back into the wall frame and nailed them in. It worked and so far has kept the water out. It was a miracle he showed up that weekend and handled a crisis I could't deal with.
Other than that winter was normal. I walked the dog, and kept the wood stove and pellet stove going. Because of the cold I had to buy more wood and pellets.The three chickens laid eggs all winter, two eggs a day. I am still eating vegatables fron the summer garden, carrots, cabbage and squash. I try to paint every day but have not painted as many paintings as usual. I self published two books, one on my abstracts and one on interiors. I am working on realism now. These books are a record of my work.
Because the last post was spring I forgot how to do it. Doug refreshed my memory. He and Christine came up for my birthday.
Doug came up this winter when we had a storm. When we checked the barn studio the rain was leaking in the windows that the winter before had blown out and not fixed properly. While the rain was blowing in sideways into the studio Doug took out one window at a time and stapled plastic around the frame and as quicky as possible pushed each one back into the wall frame and nailed them in. It worked and so far has kept the water out. It was a miracle he showed up that weekend and handled a crisis I could't deal with.
Other than that winter was normal. I walked the dog, and kept the wood stove and pellet stove going. Because of the cold I had to buy more wood and pellets.The three chickens laid eggs all winter, two eggs a day. I am still eating vegatables fron the summer garden, carrots, cabbage and squash. I try to paint every day but have not painted as many paintings as usual. I self published two books, one on my abstracts and one on interiors. I am working on realism now. These books are a record of my work.
Tidemark opening
PRESS RELEASE
February 21, 2014
Tidemark Open for a New Season
Waldoboro’s own Audrey Bechler is featured in Tidemark’s first show of 2014, opening Saturday, March 8, from 5 to 7pm. In addition to the soulful coastal landscapes for which she’s so well know, Audrey is bringing out some of her most powerful and vivid abstracts. Her “Sacred Geometry” series transcends time and place.
The gallery is both humbled and proud to present local artists of such caliber and dedication. www.tidemarkgallery.com contains this year’s calendar of artists and events sponsored by Tidemark.
Regular hours, Wednesday through Saturday, 10 to 5, begin on March 5. The gallery is located at 902 Main Street, Waldoboro Village, 832-5109.
February 21, 2014
Tidemark Gallery
902 Main Street
P. O. Box 374
Waldoboro, Maine 04572
Contact: Charlotte Davenhill
Tidemark Open for a New Season
Waldoboro’s own Audrey Bechler is featured in Tidemark’s first show of 2014, opening Saturday, March 8, from 5 to 7pm. In addition to the soulful coastal landscapes for which she’s so well know, Audrey is bringing out some of her most powerful and vivid abstracts. Her “Sacred Geometry” series transcends time and place.
The gallery is both humbled and proud to present local artists of such caliber and dedication. www.tidemarkgallery.com contains this year’s calendar of artists and events sponsored by Tidemark.
Regular hours, Wednesday through Saturday, 10 to 5, begin on March 5. The gallery is located at 902 Main Street, Waldoboro Village, 832-5109.
March 10, blog thoughts
Yesterday I was sick and spent the day sleeping. I sleep all day and all night. I feel better today. I don’t know why I don’t do that more often when I have no energy and don’t function well, like I am wasting time or something, or if I am not actively doing something. When I rest my body can heal.
The winter has been so cold I had to buy more wood which was delivered over the last week. Today the person that I bought the wood from came and covered it so it would stay dry. It is these acts of consideration that touch me. I am truly thankful and blessed to know people that act from the heart.
I live alone and I like it. I can do what I want and when I want. When I am painting I don’t want to clean the house or pay the bills, I want to spent all my time painting. Of course I stop to cook my meals but it might be 9 in the morning and 9 at night or whenever I feel like it. Thankfully I have an active dog that needs exercise so I also get exercise on our daily walks. I also have three chickens that need food and water and I go out in the morning and take the two eggs they have laid. I do waste a lot of time, but it may not be waisting time. It depends on how one views it. As long as I am happy in all the moments, all time is precious ,valuable and appreciated.
I still have belief systems that I haven’t changed that keep me financially poor and I would like to change that. I have stacks of paintings in my house that should be in other peoples homes to enjoy. I joyfully express my self through painting, but only a few of the paintings reach someone else. This makes me sad, frustrated, and some times feelings of unworthy because I am not communicating my feelings about how I feel about my subject.
I express this now and I know that I bring the energy down, but it is better not to keep it bottled up, just to let you know I am not happy all the time just most of the time.
I had another gift today. An email from Kathleen Mack from her face book. I went there and looked at all the images of her art, and found them inspirational and funny. She is one of those gifted artists who’s talent is rare and should be recognized and appreciated, and she is equally a beautiful person.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Garden timw can be intense so it is good to have a rainy day, be inside and write this blog. My sons came to visit the first week in May. The weather was perfect and cool enough to keep the black flies to a minimum. Most of the time was spent working on my garden. They made raised beds and rotated compost into the soil. The wood was rough hemlock 2x12x12, very heavy. I now have 4 beds, 4 feet wide and 24 feet long. Chris and I had a little time to paint together and we went to Rockland to see some art in the galleries. Pictires speak better then words so I have garden photoes . You see why I love my place so much. I love the dandilions. Haven't had time to mow the lawn.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Mother's Day
It is a beautiful spring day, cool and windy, a good day to work outside. As I sit here I hear lawn mowers and a chain saw. Mother's day was yesterday. Mothers think of their children and children think of their mothers, that is if they are loving families. I came from a loving family, a time when moms stayed home and raised a family. Formost I wanted a family. I am gifted as an artist and married a musician, composer. Charlie and I were blessed blessed with two creative sons. It is a joy to be a part of their lives. Charlie and I were not normal parants. I surpose we were dysfunctioal as we did not fit into whaat is considered a normal society. When one thinks of children being brought up in a dysfunctional family I think of alcoholic parients, children being beaten or not being cared for. Charlie and I loved our children as I still do.
Charlie and I did not know how to market our creations, paintings and music. Neither could we do sonething we did not like to do. Somehow we managed to make enough money to survive. It was cloths from thrift shops, lots of soups, and oranges for Christmas. It was cold winters living in a house that was like a barn, some times without electricity or hot water. This environment became normal for me . I was young and healthy. None of us got sick, maybe a cold once in a while. We lived day to day, living in the now as it is called in this age. This experience gave me a great appreciation for what I had and to this day when I take a shower I say thank you for this hot water, and when it is cold outside I say thank you for this warm house. What I am thankful for the most, is my children.
The environment the boys grew up in caused them to find work at a young age. Both had paper routes, Chris picked vegetables, washed dishes, and on to cooking chef, now artist and carpender. Doug fished and both boys dug clams
. Doug learned boat building in school which led him to carving, sculpture, carpenter and potter.They are loving caring generious adults, and are contributing greatly to this world. Yes the waves of a pebble continue to move out and on to infinity. If you believe in reincarnation and we choose our parents all by agreement then I am the luckest parent in the world. I am truly blessed.
Charlie and I did not know how to market our creations, paintings and music. Neither could we do sonething we did not like to do. Somehow we managed to make enough money to survive. It was cloths from thrift shops, lots of soups, and oranges for Christmas. It was cold winters living in a house that was like a barn, some times without electricity or hot water. This environment became normal for me . I was young and healthy. None of us got sick, maybe a cold once in a while. We lived day to day, living in the now as it is called in this age. This experience gave me a great appreciation for what I had and to this day when I take a shower I say thank you for this hot water, and when it is cold outside I say thank you for this warm house. What I am thankful for the most, is my children.
The environment the boys grew up in caused them to find work at a young age. Both had paper routes, Chris picked vegetables, washed dishes, and on to cooking chef, now artist and carpender. Doug fished and both boys dug clams
. Doug learned boat building in school which led him to carving, sculpture, carpenter and potter.They are loving caring generious adults, and are contributing greatly to this world. Yes the waves of a pebble continue to move out and on to infinity. If you believe in reincarnation and we choose our parents all by agreement then I am the luckest parent in the world. I am truly blessed.
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| Chris Drawing |
Sunday, April 14, 2013
April 14 2013
Crop circles have always fascinated me. I want to use the geometric shapes in my paintings but not in a mandala form of a circle. I want to combine the shapes, connect them or move them in a fibonacci series. I really can’t explain how I come up with these designs, a lot is trial and error. So far I have made 24 sacred geometry designs, most this winter. I have gone back and forth between abstract painting and realism for years. With abstraction i see something in reality that triggers a series of paintings, variations of a theme and that excitement goes on until something else attracts me. I am always turned on and see things things as shapes rather than objects which can sometimes lead to painting abstractly.
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