Rock Arrangements
Arranging (and painting!) rocks is a fine activity for wet days! Here are some titles for these rock arrangements: “Have a (hole in your) Heart” rock, “Cannonball Balance”, “White Yolk, Soft Boiled”.
This is all a little silly, but maybe a bit more than that, too; I may develop a couple of these further, into permanent pieces!
Waving
Green Daze
Still Facing Problems
Patterns again
Making Changes
Sketching People
Faces of the Women
Kirkcudbright, Scotland
When my mother was young, my artist grandfather Robert Sivell moved his home and art studio to the small harbor town of Kirkcudbright, on the River Dee, on the Scottish side of the Solway Firth. Kirkcudbright was then known as an artist’s town, with quite a colony of artists living or visiting regularly.
Recently residents of Kirkcudbright have expanded the local historical museum, opened a new art gallery to show works by local artists, and created this video honoring past Kirkcudbright artists:
The following is a lovely video that honors one specific artist, Johh Halliday: