Sunday, July 22, 2012

Maybe

'Hemingway' sterling silver, paper, ink, mica;
Kathleen Faulkner;  photo:  David Scherrer

I look out my window at the school playground.  It is empty except for the girl.  I watch her swing in the hard rain,  singing

Another day I work in my garden. Evening approaches and I hear the girl singing as she swings,  alone

She is there often, most every day, for long periods.

I hear the swing as I write this.  I look.  She is there.  It is getting dark now.  It rains hard.

Something about it makes me sad.

I wonder.


Friday, July 13, 2012

a musing

'Re-visit'  oil pastel;  Kathleen Faulkner

Thunder.

I'm grateful for the down vest that I wear over my long sleeved flannel shirt which I wear over my t-shirt and, of course,  the wool socks under sturdy pants.

Time for a hot cup of tea.




Saturday, July 7, 2012

A mental picture

'Flood Tide'  oil pastel;  Kathleen Faulkner


Memory is such a slippery slope.

Hiking up the trail, we couldn't help but talk about the beauty of the place, the abundance of green,
 the smells,  the sounds
  
I remembered the day and the conversation 
but not as it was.  

I remembered it as I was.





Monday, July 2, 2012

What IS on top?

'Memory'  oil pastel;  Kathleen Faulkner


This is the piece I started as a demonstration during the MoNA Auction Preview Party.  I didn't get very far with it that night so finished it at home.  From this,  two others were later done as part of the series, 'Seasonal Pattern'.  

Below are the three together.  I'm putting one of them in the Edison Eye Show coming up  in July: 

'The Permanence of Pattern: What is on Top?'
July 21st through August 5th, 2012
Opening July 21st, 5-10pm
Edison, WA



'Heading West' oil pastel;
Kathleen Faulkner






'Looking East' oil pastel;
Kathleen Faulkner






'Memory' oil pastel;  Kathleen Faulkner