“C” is for Cat
Alicia Felicia von Trapp
that über inquisitive cat,
she lurked, then she spied
“satisfaction” her prize —
and she lived quite curious, intact.
c. 2023
Serial Number 110723.2 Limerick
“C” is for Cat
Alicia Felicia von Trapp
that über inquisitive cat,
she lurked, then she spied
“satisfaction” her prize —
and she lived quite curious, intact.
c. 2023
Serial Number 110723.2 Limerick
A few Art folks and I cast about for ways to break a few old art habits while no one is watching, and to try to do something ‘different’ to get over our creative blocks, and maybe to have some shared laughs, always a great way to get motivated. “Them that suffer together with friends, still suffer. Together. Mightily.” I think that’s a rough translation of an old Viking saying.
We’re scattered across our continent of North America but we get together often at the events we all love, and have a meal, and show off our wretched portfolios or gnarly sketch books. We are a varied lot of Makers, a collective mix of medias, with high toleration for the humans in the human condition we all swim in… Maybe that’s a repetition. Maybe I ended a sentence in a preposition. That’s one part and why we get along so well. We ‘get it’ most of the time.
So, enter a third-party instigator Keri Smith. Wreck This Journal (WTJ) is a self-contained, universal, and just wacky enough to entice harried Artists with a love of fun that can yield other serious benefits. Together.
I am not sponsored by the creator of WTJ or any of the outlets that offer the book for sale.
Here are a few of my pages. The instructions are clear (no Narrator voice-over) so see for yourself if fun is or isn’t my goal. More later, probably.
“Dowser of Lost Things”, an automatic drawing
Graphite on paper, ~23 x 30.5cm, ~ 9 x 12 in.
Thanks for hanging out.
c. 2023
No NFT’s.
No commissions.
See profile for freelance contact info.
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“Sol”, an automatic drawing
Graphite on paper, ~23 x 30.5cm, ~ 9 x 12 in.
Thanks for hanging out.
c. 2023
No NFT’s.
No commissions.
See profile for freelance contact info.
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Serial Number 15052023.06, Twain Cinquain
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the breeze
before a storm
launches dandelion seeds
over the wall and through the fence
some fly
almost
invisible
to find new soil to grow
from land to air, to land again
renewed
Lemuel
c. 2023
“Dancing on a Rain Drop”, sketch
Graphite on paper, ~14 x 16.5 cm, ~ 5.5 x 6.5 in.
Thanks for hanging out.
c. 2023
“MerMay, No. 1”, Harpy of the Sea, Side “B”.
Mixed media, 9 x12 in., 23 x 30.5 cm., 160gsm, 110lb. watercolor paper.
c. 2023
Many thanks for hanging out here.
No NFT’s. No commissions available at this time.
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Mermaid No. 1, “Harpy of the Sea”
“MerMay, No. 1”, Harpy of the Sea.
Water color & pigment ink, 9 x12 in., 23 x 30.5 cm., 160gsm, 110lb. watercolor paper.
c. 2023
Many thanks for hanging out here.
No NFT’s. No commissions available at this time.
I got time for…
other people.
baby animals.
saturday morning cereal & cartoons.
that scent of new school supplies on the last day of summer break
love found & lost at a summer camp & found & lost at school…found again, then lost once more.
baseball games on am radio.
reading, art, & cooking material.
fresh sheets on my bed.
fench fries at the bottom of my bag & cheese paper from the burger wrapper.
sharing last night’s pizza.
beer from a pitcher with friends.
muscle cars and vw bugs.
bicycles and skateboards.
clean water.
some clothes.
the am radio frequencies.
a nice, well-stocked first aid kit.
hand tools and fasteners.
a place to hang my hat & overalls.
LP records and cool stereo rigs.
crickets’ droning in the dark as the car whizzes off into the night on back roads.
the smell of rain.
a cluster of dictionaries & word books.
the last glory of sun at dusk.
tree frogs, owls, & whip-poor-wills.
swiss army knife.
rain, mist, fog, storms, winds, calm, bright, 10,000 foot ceiling &10 miles visibility.
magnet & magnifying glass.
the moon in its phases.
the first snow, the last snow, and springtime.
your lists too.
~23 x 30.5 cm, ~ 9 x 12 in graphite on paper, collection of the Artist.
I enjoy reading the Little Prince. And the part which hooks me where Little Prince says, ‘Draw me a sheep.”