I've always been somewhat creative... I love to draw, paint, play music...
When I went to Santa Fe back in August, I visited the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Her work is beautiful...
Georgia O'Keeffe
For most of her Life, she lived in and around Sante Fe, New Mexico... among my favorites of her are her 'Cloud' series...
The clouds in the skies in New Mexico really do look like this.
Some of her work in her later years became more sexual in nature...
Another one of my favorite artists is Walter Anderson... he was a Mississippi Gulf Coast Artist...
Walter Anderson
He may well be my most favorite artists... you all know how I am about declaring 'favorites'... I tend to be all over the place when it comes to 'favorites'... His most favorite subject seemed to be that of Horn Island... a barrier island about 9 miles off the Mississippi Gulf Coast... He had this small boat, and he would row/sail out... spend several weeks at a time there drawing and painting. He also liked to make linoleum block prints. He would go to Ingalls Shipyards at Pascagoula, MS... they would give him the linoleum that came off the floors of the naval vessels that they were over-hauling.
Linoleum Print...
He loved painting watercolors of his environment...
He suffered from emotional issues... He was quite difficult to live with... he would go away for weeks at a time to work... and at times, he would lock himself away in a room at his home in Ocean Springs... and wouldn't allow anyone to enter... he always kept the door locked... and no one entered the room until after his death...
I remember once upon a time when I was married, we had traveled down to visit "Shear Water Pottery"... a business owned and operated by his family... and this little woman asked us if we would like to see his house... "Of COURSE!!"... and she led us next door to this...
Of course, it didn't look like this when he lived there... one could see his boat still tucked up under the far side of the house... and the little woman opened this one door and showed us this...
... and this...
... and this...
... and this...
He had painted the ceiling... the floor, the walls... the doors... it was his "home"... this is where he spent most of his time... in his "place"... I remember we were taken aback by all of this...
I asked the little woman... how do you know so much about all of this? All of his history?? and she replied...
"... child, I was married to him..."
WOW! We had just been given a tour through this man's Life by his wife!!!!
If you like art, and aren't familiar with these artists... look them up... I think you will be pleasantly surprised...
On another note, I found another artist who's work I like... her name is Kacie... and this has this fabulous site, Pistols and Cupcakes ... I was browsing through her site and found this...
... and thought... "I'VE GOT TO HAVE THAT!!!"
It now currently resides at the Casa de Red Shoes... anyhoo... there is some great talent here in blogland... and I encourage you to check it out!!!
A special word to my Mom... Thank you for what you did for me a bunch of years ago today... I love you so!!!
~shoes~
