humor in art
-
Figures Of Speech art and books
October begins my one-person art exhibit at the Caplan Art Designs Gallery! The opening reception is Oct the 5th from 6 to 9pm. In my recent email newsletters – here and here – I’ve been sharing some of the individual artworks in my exhibit Figures Of Speech. Tuesday’s email newsletter will have a 20 page…
-
Bugs books and Figures Of Speech
Art events are collaborative acts of community. I hold on to that thought whenever I’m tired as I am now prior to an art opening. I focus on the fact that while I might be a visible part of my upcoming art exhibit I am just one part: there’s the Burnt Bridge Cellars winery and…
A Creative Life, animals in art, art exhibit, art gallery, art supplies, artist book, artistic inspirations, books, creative thinking, email newsletter, Figures Of Speech, fine art, hopepunk, humor in art, mental health, public art, publications – publishing, published art, Sustainable creativity, visual thinking, whimsical art, words and pictures -
Of dogs, doodlebugs and damn good books
This week we took care of 2 dogs belonging to our extended family thus bringing our inhouse pet count up to 2 dachshunds 1 chihuahua Jack Russell mix and 1 cat. Everyone got along peacefully at “Camp Rusty” playing and sleeping together. Well, the cat did his own thing but wasn’t upset by the extra…
-
Touristing, a happy hippo, and a pink elephant
We went touristing and drove 20 minutes from our house to Camas WA independent bookstore called Its Bookish. It’s a delightful store focused on children’s books up to young adult with some adult books too. Here’s some views of what we saw on our way to Its Bookish. Not pictured, because I wasn’t able to…
-
Peanut Boater and PNW poetry prose bugs
“Quick! The poetry section!” I said when we entered Annie Bloom’s Books. We were meeting our great niece for dinner and drinks but we were 20 minutes early so we stopped at a nearby independent bookstore. The clerk in Annie Bloom’s pointed to the nicely handwritten sign. Below is a photo of what I grabbed…
-
Flying pigs, pastries and doodlebugs
One pig leads to another it seems. On my email newsletter I shared a flying pig and what inspired it. The finished painting was called “The Plot”. That in turn inspired another pig with wings to appear in my sketchbook. Which then became a painting titled “Higgledy-Piggledy” which I also shared in my email newsletter…
-
Author of the month because of a cow fart and other books
Turns out I’m author of the month at Storyberries! Wahoo! And all because of a farting cow and a bird who says “F”!! Actually it’s thanks to my readers!! And thanks to Storyberries itself of course! Here’s a link to the cow on Storyberries The printed book is available via the Storyberries bookstore or via…
A Creative Life, Alphapets Too, art gallery, art prints, art supplies, artist book, artistic inspirations, author illustrator, books, cat portrait, dog portrait, drawing as thinking, humor in art, illustrated recipe, Kim Cooks Sue Draws, published art, recipe illustration, sketchbook, Storyberries, words and pictures, Writing And Illustratingadvent calendar, art, art galleries, art prints, art supplies, artist books, artist/author, Aurora Gallery, author of the month, book lists, books, Chef Kim Mahan, children’s books, cookbook, dog portraits, holiday gift guide, holiday gifts, holidays, illustrated cookbook, Jolabokaflod, pet portraits, Storyberries, sweaters -
Hot times, cold tea, teaching and learning
I’ve been thinking about the process of teaching and learning lately as I plan upcoming drawing tutorials for Nil-tech. I don’t think I’m an authority on drawing. I’m just fascinated by the subject and have done drawings almost daily for a really long time. It seems that there’s interest in me showing more of how…
-
On using banned book lists as a buyer’s guide and other subversive activities
Book banning is a hot topic with me because I’ve been on the receiving end of bans. Those occurrences happened in Oklahoma over 10 years ago when I lived there. To name just one example, in 2008 I was to have a one person art exhibit at the Oklahoma State Capital. More than a few…
A Creative Life, animals in art, art gallery, Art Word Combinations, artist book, artistic inspirations, author illustrator, books, children’s book, creative thinking, ebook, fine art, gift books, greeting cards, handmade books, humor in art, illustrated poem, life of the mind, mental health, miniature art, Narrative Art, poetry, publications – publishing, published art, Storyberries, visual thinking, whimsical art, wordless story, words and pictures, Writing And Illustratinga creative life, art exhibits, artist book, artist/author, artistic freedom, banned art, banned books, books, buy banned books, caplan art designs, childhood books, diverse reading, fine art, freedom to read, gay friendly, Joseph Gierek Fine Art, libraries, library, Maus, Oklahoma. LGBTQ, publishing, quotes, read widely, reading, Storyberries, vegetarian chili
sue clancy - artist 