Category Archives: Daily meanderings

Summer eatin’ and southern history

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Victoria

See these apples? You’d never buy them in the store- they look wormy, scarred with whatever diseases the poor Liberty tree got this year, and they’re blackened in places. They even have weird protusions that must have something to do … Continue reading →

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Garden paintings

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Victoria

I worked on the smaller of these last week and am just getting around to posting it. The second painting is an older one that I’m now offering as archival limited edition (50) print at the shops I sell in … Continue reading →

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Southern Spaces

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Victoria

Very pleased to see Tom Zarrilli’s Roadside Memorials make it into Emory University’s scholarly journal, ‘Southern Spaces’ this month. The series is called ‘Documentary Expression and the American South’. My interview with Tom here on May 23 was also posted … Continue reading →

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Dog and cat days

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Victoria

August is here in full blazing heat. I haven’t painted in a week and need to stretch more canvas panels. The garden, with a little weeding to give everything some air, is bountiful after all the rains of early spring … Continue reading →

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Midnight Mood

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Victoria

…inspired by a full moon and Joe Zawinul’s ‘Midnight Mood’. I seem to gravitate towards titling my work after tunes I love. Bill Evans plays this on his 1968 ‘Alone’ CD and it’s an exquisite interpretation.  I saw Zawinul play … Continue reading →

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Pleasant Pastures, an Amish farm

Posted on August 1, 2009 by Victoria

I spent the morning and early afternoon at an Amish farm in Honeybrook, PA, which should be 25 minutes from me, but ended up being a 40 minute circular goose chase. I found the place with no help from Google … Continue reading →

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Unusual spaces

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Victoria

I’ve written about Lloyd Kahn’s blog before, and thought I’d offer a few gems from his own collection of handmade houses and spaces, across the world. Kahn is the founding editor-in-chief of Shelter Publications and former shelter editor for the … Continue reading →

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Weekly paintings

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Victoria

Garden, 9″x12″ on canvas panel.   I began this during a late snowfall this winter. House in Snow, 9″x12″, oil on canvas board.

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Art and war

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Victoria

Two films that were made with war as unusual backdrops for their narratives were Joseph Losey’s 1948 ‘Boy with Green Hair’, and ten years later, an adaptation of Joyce Cary’s 1944 book, ‘The Horse’s Mouth’. I first saw ‘The Boy with Green Hair’ … Continue reading →

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July paintings

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Victoria

More new work from my series on handmade canvas panels. ‘July’ – is the month for celebration, color and heat. 9″x12″.   The one below is titled ‘Besamé Mucho’, oil on canvas panel 12″x12″. Literal translation: Kisses me a lot. … Continue reading →

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