Giraffe Base Coat
Posted: November 16, 2011 Filed under: Art & Healing 3 CommentsI’m mixing multi-surface acrylic paints for the base coat. 
Work-in-progress
Posted: November 15, 2011 Filed under: Art & Healing, Gallery - Visual 1 CommentI am turning a Japanese Maple tree into a sculpture, spraying it with Chinese Red oil paint, with lacquer to follow. The piece will be mounted on a metal bracket attached to the wall. The roots will be left unpainted and dipped in thinned out lacquer. While painting, the tree hangs from the roots to allow me easily to turn it while I spray the color. These photos show the tree after three coats of primer, and then two successive coats of color. I anticipate several more coats will be needed to reach full color.
Prepping Surface
Posted: November 10, 2011 Filed under: Art & Healing 3 CommentsApplying a varnish to help seal the tape. 
“Confrontation with the Unconscious”
Posted: November 7, 2011 Filed under: Art & Healing 4 CommentsC.G. Jung’s Liber Novus or the Red Book is a recently published documentation of his “self experiment” from 1913-1930 where he attempted to translate his emotions into images. It is believed that this nearly two decades of inquiry, became the basis of his later works. After his death, the book was considered by the family to be private until a new committee of executives decided (due to the way in which Jung was addressing the reader) it was in fact intended to be shared.
The book itself is oversized, must weigh 5 lbs and is not by any means a quick, light read! It is however a beautifully rendered account of his quest for insight, both visually and through text. Sonu Shamdasani, Mark Kyburz and John Peck provide notes and translation. The below photos are from this 2009, Foundation of the Works of C.G. Jung text.
Snake Sculptures
Posted: November 5, 2011 Filed under: Art & Healing, Child Centered Activities 4 Comments
Giraffe Sculptures Continued
Posted: November 3, 2011 Filed under: Art & Healing, Child Centered Activities 4 Comments
Giraffes in Progress
Posted: November 1, 2011 Filed under: Art & Healing, Child Centered Activities 2 CommentsMore than a decade ago, my School of the Art Institute mentor, Don Seiden (you can find his link on our blogroll), introduced me to the world of foil and masking tape sculpture. It is an additive process which I expect to complete using acrylic paints.
Pillow Lovey
Posted: October 27, 2011 Filed under: Art & Healing, Child Centered Activities 2 Comments
“It’s OK Bunny, It’s OK.”
Posted: October 21, 2011 Filed under: Art & Healing, Child Centered Activities 2 CommentsDr’s appt and new cast for me yesterday brings another round of lovies w/”boo-boos”.
We took photos of my casting process and shared with my daughter. 
Using her own methods, she repeated process with her babies, gently telling them “it is OK” over and over again.
an Art Farm 