It has been a while since Oola and I traveled on any “plane”. That foolishness dealt with, I would like you to meet — if you haven’t already — one of my fellow travelers at Blue Mountain Center. Paul Farinacci is an artist with whom I spent a few whiles in pleasant discussion of the… Continue reading Paul Farinacci, artist of social commentary
Category: Blue Mountain Center
A trip to an artist retreat in Upstate New York.
More Art from Blue Mountain Center Residency
The idea to pay homage to the water and the land here in the Adirondacks lead me to a second installation (in addition to the Waterbook in the last post). Here she is as installed in the woods outside my studio,, She is an artist book of 16 panels with the image sections of Earth… Continue reading More Art from Blue Mountain Center Residency
Work at Blue Mountain Center
Today was the day. When I came to Blue Mountain Center three weeks ago, I thought I would like to try to create two books, one that pays homage to the water here, and one that pays homage to the land. The water book has been finished for a while, but rain has kept me… Continue reading Work at Blue Mountain Center
Some of the Pleasures of Blue Mountain Center
The pleasures of Blue Mountain Center are many and some can be organized by water, land, the mind, and….drum roll….the kitchen. All images can be clicked on for an enlargement. The lake is the place for exercise after those hours working on the manuscript OR a place for working on the manuscript. Or it is… Continue reading Some of the Pleasures of Blue Mountain Center
Artist’s Studio at Blue Mountain
To make art you need time and a place. I have been given the gift of a month of unobstructed time by Blue Mountain Center. Staff here bends over backward to make my time here as productive as I want to make it. As for a place, that could be a prison cell, a dining… Continue reading Artist’s Studio at Blue Mountain
Going to Blue Mountain
If anything could teach one the cost of attachment to worldly goods, a backpack containing a 17” laptop, 2 professional cameras, plus all necessary peripherals will do it…or at least it will slow you down. On the other hand, an artist needs her tools. Did Georgia have to pack her stuff around? Then again, I’m… Continue reading Going to Blue Mountain
Another Trip to Blue
Once again Oola dons her celebratory prom dress. We have been awarded an artist residency at Blue Mountain Center in upstate New York this summer. Oola is practicing her imaginary canoe to get in shape. This time we won’t forget the swim suits! I am planning to do something of an artist book/installation in the… Continue reading Another Trip to Blue
Oola vs the Forces of Evil and Dismay
Click on the card to see a larger version. Following on the chicken/egg question – and along the lines of “Does language express our concepts, or does language create our concepts” – in this body of art and tomfoolery Jan asks “Are images the result of our perceptions, hopes, and fears, or do images create… Continue reading Oola vs the Forces of Evil and Dismay
Back to work
After recovering from her refreshing jaunt to Blue Mountain, Oola undertook an assignment to revisit Goya and his Maja. You can see a larger version at http://www.jandove.com/digitalprints/pages/oolaasmaja.html. By the way — MANY CHEERS for Photoshop’s new Mixer Brush tool!!!!
Home again, Jiggity Jog
As they say, all good things must. I got home after much airport stress (no flights into or out of Chicago). Was I going to be stranded in O’hare? The Boarding official in Albany said there was a tiny chance that I might make my connection. Mirabile dictu, the connecting plane was late, and after… Continue reading Home again, Jiggity Jog
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