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| WPA Art Opening (2/26): Tonight there is a special opening, for educators, of the new exhibit: "For the Greater Good: New Deal Art in New Mexico, 1933-1943." Because this is the 75th Anniversary of the New Deal, the Art Museum at UNM has a major exhibition of art created by New Mexico artists from 1933 to 1943. Artists were paid by the federal government to produce murals, paintings, prints, sculptures, weavings, etc. The New Deal was established by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1933 to support American workers, including artists, who were paid to create art for their communities. This was true everywhere in the union, not just New Mexico. The display of New Deal Art in New Mexico will continue until May 25th.  Raymond Jonson Cycle of Science-Astronomy, 1934 |
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Landscape Collage (2/24): I discovered snow when I drove up to the base of the Sandia this morning. It's only 1500 foot higher in altitude than where we live - but it sure looks different with the snow. In Kansas City, I took my students on lots of field trips. But, these are really brave teachers - to take 13 middle school students out for several nights in a cabin. The kids were great. Still I only need to do this once a year to get my fix. We did torn paper collages - over a sketch the students did of the mountains in front of the cabin. Then they painted watercolor over the collages.
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| Hiding Out Today (2/23): I picked up a mild cold on Thursday, so I'm hiding out at home. I didn't show for my painting groups either Friday or today. I hope to be up to teaching watercolor, tomorrow, for the middle school students coming down from Taos. I did finish cutting my larger mats. Then I framed two of my newest watercolors.  click on watercolors for a larger image |
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| Cutting More Mats (2/21): I spent the morning cutting mats for my watercolors. I paint to certain sizes to save money on framing. I perfer 22 x 28 inch frames so I cut those mats first. With the mat board that's left over, I cut more mats to fit into 16 x 20 inch frames. There are still smaller scraps, so I cut those for printing plates for my collograph workshop I'm doing for the NAEA in New Orleans. I also spent part of the morning packing supplies I'll need for my workshops in New Orleans. Since we are driving to the Big Easy, I won't have to ship anything. But NAEA will reimburse me for materials, like the ink and paper I ordered from Dick Blick - which arrived yesterday. I'm also preparing material for a 1/2 day watercolor workshop I'm doing for middle school students this Sunday. Their teacher is bringing them down from Taos for a retreat. Since we will be working in a cabin at the base of the Sandia mountains, we will do landscapes. I'll try getting them into torn paper collages using the shapes they see - mountains, trees, rocks, etc. Then we will paint over the collaged shapes. Once a year I get my fix teaching seventh graders. Of course in a couple of weeks I'm teaching watercolor to adults in Las Cruces. I'll be doing a two day workshop (Friday and Saturday) for members of the NMWS Southern Chapter. Then on Sunday I'll do a demo on texture in watercolor for their monthly meeting. I'm looking forward to my first watercolor workshop with adults. |
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Exploring in a Museum: In my class at UNM (The Art of Teaching in a Museum) we read "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler". It was a new book to me even thought it was first published in 1967. I bought my copy on Amazon. The story was written for children. It's about a girl name Claudia who runs away from home to New York City. She and her younger brother Jamie spend a whole week in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They sleep in the museum, they attend tours there, they bathe in the fountain at night, and they discover a statue named "Angel" which may, or may not, have been created by Michelangelo. James and Claudia search for clues to prove that the statue was really created by Michelangelo. Here is one of several resources on the web about the book. A few students in our class had read the book as children. It's been made into a stage play, a musical and even a movie called "The Hideaways" staring Ingrid Bergman. There was a newer movie version staring Lauren Bacall made in 1995 for TV. For some reason I missed knowing about this book or either movie. Now, I'm passing on my copy of the book to my nine year old grand-daughters Tess and Tiffanie. They like reading about girls just a bit older than they are. |
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Travel Committee (2/19): This morning the Docent Travel Committee is meeting to work on plans for an overnight trip to Taos. We are making the trip to learn more about Ernest L. Blumenschein, of the famous Taos Society of Artists. From June 8 to September 7, 2008 the Albuquerque Museum is having a retrospective exhibit of Blumenschein's paintings. A major stop on our trip will be the Blumenschein Museum which is housed in the home where the artist and his family lived. The home was purchased in 1919. It was historic even then, being within walls dating to an early Taos fortification of 1797. Just down Ledoux street is the Harwood Museum, where we will tour as well. We plan to stay at the Best Western Kachina Lodge in Taos. Other planned tours include: the Martinez Hacienda, the Millicent Rogers Museum, the Mable Dodge Luhan House, and of course the Taos Art Museum housed in the home that artist Nicolai Fechin built for his family between 1927 and 1933. There might even be time to shop in the many Art Galleries in Taos. We are traveling to Taos via bus on the 16th of April. On the way we plan to stop off at the Pueblo of Pojoaque’s "Poeh Center" to tour their museum. Just next door is the Tower Gallery displaying the art of Roxanne Swentzell. Her sculptured female figures represent a full range of emotions and irrepressible moods. Any excuse to visit Taos is OK with me especially if I can stop at Michael's Kitchen for lunch. |
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Watercolor Meeting Tonight (2/18): I'm putting together the agenda for tonight's watercolor society meeting. Several sticky issues will be discussed by the board. As president, my job is to steer us away from the rocks. Who knew that watercolor and politics would mix - or not - much like oil and water. Jerry Brown use to say the job of a politician was akin to paddling a canoe: you paddle a little on the right and then a little on the left - trying to stay in the middle of the stream. The program, at tonight's NMWS meeting, will be Frank Fuchs demo of his approach to pet portraits. This will come in handy since I do want to paint Blossom. Next months meeting will be a members critique. Each member is requested to bring one matted painting for the critique. It can be a masterpiece or an unfinished watercolor they are struggling with and just want some advice. |
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Texture Demo (2/17): I'm working on a series of demo paintings to use in my watercolor workshop in Las Cruces. I've traced my original drawing of a single "mudder" and transfered it to three additional sheets of Arches. That way I can show, in four steps, how the painting might develop. I'm using Golden's light molding paste, applied with a pallet knife, to achieve the texture of adobe prior to painting. Below is my start of painting the examples. The first step will be left as just a drawing, with some frisket and just a bit of the molding paste texture.
Studio Tour: I stopped by the Artists Studios today in Hoffmantown for their Annual Open House. The first artist to stop me said, "I'm really sorry about your mailbox." I didn't even understand that she was referring to my rejection notices. Then she said, "I'm not even going near my mailbox. I just don't have the nerve." Later another artist stopped me, saying "It take a lot of courage to put your rejections out there for the whole world to see." Well - I guess a few people do read what I put on my blog. At Hoffmantown - Thirteen local artists opened their studios to the public to display recent works in watercolor, oil, pastel, acrylic, colored pencil and mixed media. The artists include Bud Edmondson, Jae Drummond, Fred Miller, Lauren Johnson, Lyle Brown, Marilyn Drake, Vera Russell, Julie Hopkins, Betty Giles, Bob Gutchen, Sheila Richmond, Barbara Nahler and Ann Jeffries. If you've never visited their studios, you definitely should. The quality of the work is super - but the quality of the people creating it is even better. It's at the corner of Wyoming and Menual. Artist Studio 8200 A & B Menaul NE (Hoffmantown Center) |
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| Taos Barn Finished (2/16): This evening, I finished my watercolor of my "Taos Barn". What first drew me to the subject was the intensely lit side contrasted to the dark side which seemed to have a greenish glow to it. I wonder, do people leave buildings to age just so artists will have something to paint ?
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| More Rejections Today: Today's mail brought my notice from MasterWorks. All three of my entries were rejected. It's a tough show to get into - only 47 watercolors were accepted this year. So, I simply rolled two of them over to be displayed in our next Alternate Spaces exhibit starting March 7th at Albuquerque's Little Theater. For my watercolors being accepted into juried exhibits - I'm batting a big fat zero, so far, this year. |
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| All My Workshops Are Full (2/15): As I was completing my registration for NAEA in New Orleans, March 26 - 30. I noticed that both of the hands-on workshops I'm presenting there are full. I hope New Orleans is ready for thousands of art teachers. Earlier in March I'm conducting a two day watercolor workshop in Las Cruces, New Mexico. I heard that workshop is full as well. As I read somewhere - we retire from our teaching position - but, not from the profession of teaching. Once a teacher - always a teacher. |
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| Progress on Two Small Paintings: For me, a watercolor that fits a 16 x 20 inch frame is a small painting. It's a nice size when it's finished, I'm just more comfortable working larger. But since I cut eight mats that size and I've got the frames - why not ? Smaller seems to sell better. It's not just cheaper - but, people have space in their homes for smaller paintings. Perhaps, I'll even give miniatures a try.
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Clinton Wins New Mexico: The TV just reported that Hillary Clinton carried New Mexico in our February 5th caucus/primary. She ended up ahead by under 2000 votes statewide. The counting went very slow but was completed today. The county by county results should be posted soon on the New Mexico democratic party's website. It was reported that Clinton would get 14 delegates and that Obama would receive 12. The total elected delegates is 26. There are also 12 super delegates from New Mexico. |
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Three More Solid Wins (2/13): With the three victories last night, Barack Obama increases his wins to eight in a row. He now has a decent lead in elected delegates as well moving ahead of Clinton in total delegates (including pledged super delegates). Next comes Wisconsin and Hawaii next Tuesday. After those additional wins the message will become clear that this is real momentum. Time for real change has arrived. |
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 Luis Jimenez Sculpture on UNM Campus |
Creating Discussions in Museums: Today in my class at UNM we explored methods of stimulating discussions by museum visitors. Our recourses were a collection of photos taken during the relocation of as many as 120,000 japanese-americans into camps during WW II. The excersice was very productive. How would visitors respond to unorganized materials without direction or any label copy to guide them. Of course each of us had a store of knowledge about the event to draw upon. Still the experience was valuable. We each choose a photo and in round-robin fashion explained why we choose it and what sort of story it told. Most of the photos were taken by Dorothea Lange or Ansel Adams starting in 1942. Each photographer was restricted by the US government as to what should and what should not be photographed. But each of them managed to include their own viewpoint in their work. Lange wanted to show the public how wrong the camps were. Adams had a different objective. Knowing these people would be released in time, he tried to show how much they were just like everyone else in US society. How do we get visitors to truly "look" at objects in a museum ? More importantly, how do we get visitors to inner act with the exhibits so that they go away enriched by the experience ? Because of today's experience - I'm reconsidering how I will present Bill Brant's photos when I talk to Albuquerque docents next month. Click here for powerpoint of relocation photos. Musical Diversion on UNM Campus  Playing Rock n Roll Among Betty Sabo's Sculptures As
I walked across the UNM campus, after class today, I shot a few pics of
the sculptures. Both artists displayed are New Mexico artists. Betty Sabo also did the Onate sculptures in front of the Albuquerque museum. Luis Jimenez
died, in June of 2006, when a sculpture he was working on fell on him.
The Albuquerque docents were fortunate to visited Jimenez at his studio
in Hondo a couple of years ago.
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Latte Liberals: The media has name for everything and everybody. They need to put everyone into some sort of box. Now the white democratic voters supporting Barack Obama are referred to as "Latte Liberals". That's suppose to describe the highly educated upwardly mobile whites who support Obama. Isn't that cute, I suppose it's better than some labels they could have tacked on. I suppose they all drive Volvo's and BMW's as well. I really feel that I'm more of a "Dunkin Donut Democrat" and I support Obama. It's those apple fritters at Dunkin Donuts that I go for. I also prefer a regular cup of black coffee over the fancy stuff. |
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| While We Were Out (2/11): We were up in Santa Fe yesterday looking at art. While we were out - Obama won the Maine caucus giving him 15 of Maine's 24 delegates. The contest is getting closer each day. On Tuesday - Virginia, Maryland and DC cast their votes. Most likely Obama will pull ahead by then. Including the super delegates, who have declared, Clinton is presently 27 delegates ahead. That's todays count, after Tuesday it will change. About the math: 2,025 delegate votes are needed to secure the nomination. Obama has 1121 so far (including some super delegates). He only needs 904 more delegates to reach the magic number of 2,025. There are still 21 states and territories that have not voted - they comprise 1549 delegates yet to be selected. Michigan and Florida voted early against democratic party rules. Those two states will receive zero delegates because of holding early primaries. They are not factored into the delegate math formula. If those two states can be convinced to hold caucuses before the convention - then their delegates will be seated and the total needed to gain the nomination will increase. It's going to be a very interesting year for political junkies. click here for names of the super delegates who are backing a candidate click here for the names of the super delegates who have not declared yet |
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Photography  Opening Sunday March 2, 2008 Albuquerque Museum |
Docents Love Food: After our training session on the history of photography - the Albuquerque museum docents held our annual friendship luncheon. Of course all the staff of the museum were invited to join us in our feast. It's great to be working with people who like each other and who love food. Tomorrow - the docent team I'm on will have lunch together - right after we take 60 fourth graders through the history portion of our museum.  click on photo for a larger image It
was proudly announced today that the "albuquerque museum docents
program" was selected to receive a praised Bravos Award for 2008. Our
docent program won the Arts Alliance's Bravos Award
for Outstanding Arts Education. This award will be presented
Saturday, April 26th at the Arts Alliance awards ceremony at the Embassy Suites Hotel.
The award will be presented as part of the 24th Annual Bravos Awards
Banquet at 6:00 pm on April 26th. This is a nice treat to receive
on the 40th birthday of our museum.
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| Fred Harris a real populist  he was my candidate in 1976 |
Obama Wins All Three (2/10): Barack Obama won all three of yesterdays democratic contests. Three very different states in very different sections of the country. He won easily in the states of Washington, Nebraska and in Louisiana. He has shown that he can win in the North, in the South and in the Middle. Obama is also winning in the US Virgin Islands. They only have nine delegates but each delegate counts. As long as Obama continues to win like this, widely across the country, it will be hard for the super delegates to deny him the nomination. And, I'm sure the decision will need be made by those super delegates when the party convenes in Denver. Does "super" mean wise ? These super delegates were part of the reforms after 1968. I twice testified before the McGovern-Fraser Commission about needed changes, like proportional representation, back then. The commission was appointed by the democratic party chairman Fred Harris. The reforms were to insure that party leaders could no longer handpick the convention delegates in secret - but, now it seems they my be allowed to choose in public. In New Mexico we are still counting provisional ballots. Clinton is about 1000 votes ahead state wide - even though Obama is winning two of our three congressional districts. The delegates in New Mexico will be split fairly evenly no matter what the final count. But one super delegate from New Mexico, Fred Harris, is voting for Obama. He was my candidate back in 1976. Fred Harris is a true "Populist". Presently Harris is teaching at UNM here in Albuquerque. Harris is a supporter of Barack Obama. Fred has always been right on the issues. There is a new book out - Fred Harris: His Journey from Liberalism to Populism By Richard Lowitt. Lowitt traces the political career of Fred Harris and provides new insight into one senator's search for answers to the many perplexing issues facing us today. |
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 Marsden Hartley |
Off to Santa Fe: On Sundays, most museums in Santa Fe are free for New Mexico residents. So - we are off to Santa Fe to look at art. The O'Keeffe museum has an exhibit called - Marsden Hartley and the West: The Search for an American Modernism. Hartley is a favorite of mine. He was a member of the circle of artists around Alfred Stieglitz. Hartley painted the New Mexico landscape between 1918 and 1924. He first came to Taos in June of 1918 at the invitation of arts patron Mabel Dodge Luhan as did so many other artists at that time. Hartley died in 1943 - the same year I was born. He was born in 1877 so he was in his 40's when he painted in New Mexico. Time Magazine critic Robert Hughes wrote that Hartley was “the most brilliantly gifted of the early generation of American modernists.” This is an exhibition I do not want to miss. |
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Blossom Loves Toys Click on Blossom |
Saturday Painters Critique (2/9): I matted my two newest watercolors for today's critique. I find that my painting is improving the more I paint - duh !! I give that advice to others all the time. Why don't I follow it ? Practice makes perfect - blah, blah, blah. Now perhaps I'll do more thumbnail sketches - or even a value study or two - I doubt that will happen. But - I will keep painting. |
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| Painting Smaller Today: Because I've already got the mats, frames and plexi in 16 x 20 inch sizes - I decided to begin a series of smaller watercolors. I prefer painting to fill a 22 x 28 inch frame - it's just a comfortable size to work in. That's a bit larger than 1/2 a sheet. The one's I started today are closer to a quarter sheet. I'm also doing subjects that I can take greater liberty with - like trees and old barns. The painting of Tia (Young Beader) was too tedious. Perhaps someday I'll take liberties with the figure - just not yet.  <<< click on painting Again,
I'm working from photos I took last October in Taos. These two were
shot in the late afternoon - more long shadows and dramatic light.
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| Fence Shadows in progress  click on watercolor to view finished painting |
Ann Coulter is Right (2/8): The words of Ms Coulter ring true to me: "If Hillary is elected president, we'll have a four-year disaster,
with Republicans ferociously opposing her, followed by Republicans zooming back into power, as we did in 1980 and 1994, and 2000." It's those very words - "with Republicans ferociously opposing her"
that I believe. I'll support Hillary if she gets the nomination. But I
can't see her getting much cooperation across the aisle to get
legislation through. I do believe that Obama has the ability to bring
about changes with some republican help. There are so many Clinton
haters on the other side that will come back to haunt her in any
attempt to bring about sorely needed changes.
You can read Coulter's full text - read her Feb 6, 2008 at: http://www.anncoulter.com/ I'd like to believe that a Hillary Clinton administration would be a success - but using her husband's words, I think it would be a "Fairy Tale." That's a major reason for my decision to support Obama. I believe he is truly a fresh start and has the ability to reach across the aisle to bring support for needed changes. Barack Obama also seems to have those unique skills which are necessary to move the American public to get behind those changes. Yesterday, I e-mailed my comments from my 2/7 blog to
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Painting at Home Today Click On Painting for a Larger View of finished watercolor |
Dems Still Counting in NM (2/7): The press (TV, Radio and Printed) is making a big deal over the democratic party not being prepared for the large turnout for Tuesdays vote here in New Mexico. The media complains about not enough voting sites, not enough ballots printed, not, not, etc. Yes there were problems, and yes we are still counting, but that's how democracy works. If the election was not so very, very close - the press would ignore all the little problems. My objection is that we democrats call it a caucus - when it's really just the democratic party holding it's own election. I say - lets have a real caucus in New Mexico where democrats meet, discuss issues and candidates, then divide up and pick our own delegates at the local level. Then those selected delegates can meet again in Congressional District conventions to choose the actual delegates to the national convention. That's how a real caucus system is suppose to operate. Now - in New Mexico - after the all the votes are counted, and the number of delegates each candidate will get is decided - then the party officials choose who the delegates will be. I think that's how it's done. It's not really clear to the public how they are really selected - but it's not the rank and file democrats who went to the so called "caucus" who get to decide who will become delegates. We democrats who attended what is called a "caucus" only decided how many delegates each candidate will receive. There are already too many "Super Delegates" It's time to change this system and make it truly democratic.   Why Not ? Have a Real Caucus System |
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SCOPOPHILIA (2/6): From my class at UNM - a new term (Scopophilia) - Literally, the love of looking. The term refers to the predominantly male gaze of Hollywood cinema, which enjoys objectifying women into mere objects to be looked at (rather than subjects with their own voice and subjectivity). Voyeurism is a synonym for scopophilia. Perhaps it's correct to use this term for people who love to look at museums - perhaps not. If you like to look - this may apply to me or you. I love to watch politics too - does that fit the definition scopophilia as well. We voted at 2:00 pm yesterday in the NM Democratic Party caucus/election. There was a full parking lot and a long line of voters. But, it went quite smoothly because you only had to mark one candidate and leave. It's a paper ballot - I don't know if they are counted by hand or machine. |
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| Split Vote in New Mexico: Winning a state makes for good headlines - but since the Democratic party requires that delegates be awarded in a proportional manner, the delegates in New Mexico will be shared fairly equally between Clinton and Obama. Perhaps by Thursday all the votes will be counted. With the party still counting (98 % and counting) - the latest results show Hillary with about a 200 vote lead. Nation wide CNN estimates Obama with a 4 delegate lead (834 to 838). That does not count the Super Delegates. It would be sad if the party officials and elected officials decide our nominee. My old home state of Kansas went solidly for Obama with him getting 73% of the caucus vote state wide. Obama carried every congressional district with at least 71%. The news made me feel good to be an expatriate Kansan. I hope my Kansas friends have fun at the national convention in Denver. |
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Remember to Vote Today (2/5): It's election day today for the Democratic Party in New Mexico and in many states across the country. I hope today's turn out is large - I'd love to see Obama get a big chunk of delegates out of New Mexico. Our caucus/polling sites open at noon and close at 7 pm. These are not your usual election sites. To find your caucus/polling site go to: http://www.nmdemocrats.org/ You need to know your county and precinct number to locate your caucus/polling site. The Obama organization has a web site that will locate your caucus site by imputing your home address http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/nmlookupsem that works better for those who do not know their precinct number. Only registered Democrats may vote in the New Mexico Democratic Party Caucus. |
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| New Website for NMWS: Marcela completely redesigned the web site for the New Mexico Watercolor Society. It's got selections of paintings by our members in a slide show on the home page. Please take time to check it out at: http://www.nmwatercolorsociety.org/ It's really a clean design which should get us lots of attention. Mar is one super web mistress. Already she has photos up from our Alternate Spaces exhibition at the Jewish Community Center which opened only three days ago. Thank You Mar |
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Quality Art Lessons (2/4): Last night I burned over 50 new CD's of my "Quality Art Lessons". Saturday I got an order in my PO Box - only to discover that I had run completely out of CD's. There are more than 30 lessons in Powerpoint format on my CD. I plan to take 50 of the CD's, with me, to New Orleans to sell in my workshops. That might cover the cost of gas between here and New Orleans. <<< click on photo to see list of lessons |
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Remember to Vote Tomorrow: In at least 22 states - Democrats will be voting tomorrow. In caucus states like Kansas and New Mexico and in primaries across the country we will help decide the future of our country. Since my candidate (John Edwards) has stepped aside, I had to make a decision. Tomorrow, I'll vote for Barack Obama. I do believe, like Caroline Kennedy said in her OP-ED piece "A President Like My Father" - he has the ability to inspire the nation to it's better nature. Not since Robert Kennedy announced his candidatecy in Lawrence, Kansas (March 18th, 1968) have I felt that progressive ideas have had a real chance. The pundits complain that Obama talks in generalities - but that's OK with me - he has to get elected in order to make changes. New Mexico calls it a caucus - but in reality we just drop by one of 180 Democratic Party voting sites around the state and cast a paper ballot and go home. If the artists and docents I have spoken to of late are any indication, Obama should do very well here. Tonight I will relax as I get to watch KU play Missouri on ESPN - then on Tuesday I can sit home and watch the game I enjoy even more (the Political Game). Obama does not need to win every game like my Jayhawks should do - He needs to win some and gather enough delegates here and there to remain viable. Why KU ? - Look Here |
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| Successful Exhibition (2/3): Yesterday, our opening reception at the Jewish Community Center was a real success. We had a good crowd and lots of praise for the artist's work. We had plenty of goodies to munch on plus wine to quench your thirst. The JCC staff was very helpful, even manning the sales table. It's an added bonus that eight watercolors were sold at the opening. The exhibition continues through Feburary 28th. Do take time to stop by and check it out.
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| Progress on Young Beader  click on painting for a larger image |
JCC Opening Today (2/2): We are looking forward to a well attended opening today at the Jewish Community Center. This is the first of many Alternate Spaces exhibitions by a committee of the NMWS. With all the exhibits coming up this year - I'd better get busy and paint more and more. When I charged my pallet with fresh paint, last night, I made a list of colors that were used up. So I had to go on line with Daniel Smith to place my order for more tubes of paint. Frani says that's good because it means I'm painting more now. Yesterday morning, in our Friday painters group I put the background on one new painting and started another new one. It's of early morning shadows being cast by a fence up in Taos. It's looser than my normal paintings. I'm working from a photo I took last October. I might even finish up my newest painting today when our Saturday morning painters group resumes this morning at the La Mesa church. I'm taking my new Ranchos Mudders painting for our critique this morning. Getting input from my friends is very important.
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| Beautiful Painting: My friend Ming Franz did a demo, of her Splash Ink Painting technique, last night at the Arts Alliance. The Arts Alliance is exhibiting Ming's work along with her students creations for the month. Before Ming's demo, her invited guest, Master Yeh Fei Pai showed the audience his mastery of painting Celestial Horse's. Fei Pai's beautiful horses are also part of this months exhibition. There was a packed house to see the demos - another of the many reasons to live in Albuquerque.
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February Blog (2/1): Yesterday, we hung more than 80 of our watercolors at the Jewish Community Center. The show looks great and the facility is wonderful. We should have a great opening reception tomorrow - Saturday from 3 to 5 pm - refreshments - come and meet the artists. |
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