Finishing this one
This is a painting in graphite and watercolor, just completed. It is one of my “Faces of the Women” series.
This series of paintings honors all the women who have come forward to describe the abuse they have suffered, and all the women who will never find the voice or the safe space to tell their own stories.
#MeToo
Portrait Photography by Ken Bleyer
Artist at Work: Portrait
Holiday Cheer
Artisan Well
Twelve Labors
This is a 9?x12? page divided into 12 squares, each representing difficult achievements in my life! The inspiration is the Twelve Labors of Hercules, the media are water soluble graphite, watercolor pencil, & watercolor paint on paper, draft 1 is on the left, draft 2 in the center, with the digital version of draft #1 at right.
The events are not in chronological order. Captions for the squares/events, left to right, top to bottom:
- early rebellion, childhood success stopping ballet lessons,
- prison like boredom #1,
- grey boring sensory deprivation (career at Boeing) from which I …
- escape into a more colorful world (Port Townsend),
- growing a garden, in more ways than one,
- angst, anger, dysfunctional personal dynamics learned as a child,
- from which I extract myself (mostly),
- house #1 (building the straw-bale home in Port Townsend),
- appreciation & awareness of nature,
- making art, my own studio, etc.
- making art: expanding into sculpture, casting, & learning to carve rock,
- house #2, my current home & studio.
Twelve Labors (minus 2)
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- Twelve (- 2) Labors
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- Foiled!
A small exercise from last night, incomplete: this is a 9″x12″ page divided into 12 squares, each intended to represent a difficult achievement in my life! The inspiration is the Twelve Labors of Hercules, the media are water soluble graphite, watercolor pencil, & watercolor paint on paper.
Two more to go, probably involving art!
The storyline, left to right, top to bottom:
- early rebellion, success stopping ballet lessons,
- prison like boredom #1
- grey boring sensory deprivation (career at Boeing) from which I …
- escape into a more colorful world (Port Townsend)
- growing a garden, in more ways than one.
- angst, anger, disfunctional personal dynamics learned as a child,
- from which I extract myself.
- house #1 (building the strawbale home in Port Townsend)
- appreciating nature
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- house #2, my current home & studio.
