Tiara, only because I have paintings, photographs, and quilts. Hammer from a finger painting my oldest granddaughter did before she was one. A collectible for sure!
Your post reminded me a teal moving dolly in the garage. It’s horribly banged up and chipped, but the color is pure magic. My husband is forbidden from painting it.
Hammer for sure. I have a stylized cat drawing my mom did hanging up all the time and I love it. She has a kind of wary, at-arms-length relationship with cats and I feel her drawing embodies that mystique. She thinks it was a throwaway and I simply love it. Maybe beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Imogen Cunningham wants to hammer my dotty, sky blue tiara! Oh no!
When I was in graduate school, we frequently traded art with each other. I enjoy seeing those pieces on the walls. They remind me of a time that was exhilarating, inspiring, and also traumatizing.
One of them, a painting of hello kitty in her alien form, always makes me smile. Tar and mobile home paint were involved in its creation, and the surface is starting to flake off. If anything, this adds to the painting. Instead of being a static work, it is slowly evolving over time.
I have a box of art and and frames under my desk, waiting to be sorted out, and decisions made about what to hang.
Hammer, tiara, Benjamin Knox (local artist I’ve talked with in his gallery a couple years ago and have a piece of his displayed), dot, and black---it’s 9pm! 😂
This Substack made me think a lot about how much of my art is still hanging in my parents’ house. Stuff that’s not really very good imo. I should paint something nice for them now, I guess! Mom put up a beautiful teal/turquoise in their living room, and made one wall darker, as was the trend a while back. But it’s a great backdrop for family photos.
This was a wonderful, wonderful post. It reminded me of when both my daughters left home. I felt empty and sad for so long.
Your son’s art is amazing. I love both of those paintings.
Hammer, tiara, my sister, Peggy is a favorite artist whose art is on my walls. I have my grandkids art and my daughter’s as well. I do move them around but then I used to move a lot. Midnight blue sky here too.
Placed on shelves rather than on the walls - still not ready to commit to permanent mounts :) hammer, tiara (reluctantly), light grey-white skies this morning.
I can very much relate to your thininf about what palette “belongs” to you and how the fit might feel different for creating the current season of art pieces versus lifestyle design choices.
I also contend with bouts of decluttering or reorganization... and what to keep (art and objects) versus get rid of if it isn’t serving our needs this season... sometimes wondering if there will be regret for throwing it out/recycling it. This includes creations and more functional objects like accent furniture or lesser played musical instruments.
Hammer, tiara, Maurice Sendak, and beautiful light blue with wispy clouds. Thank you for sharing this post. Your voice and words are always very nice company each week.
This post makes me glad my art is tied up in writing and quilting. Words, ideas and essays pile up, but they are all folded onto my hard drive. When I pass on, all of it will die with me.
Mostly I have quilt blocks on my walls, but I’m going to replace them soon with smaller quilts.
Bed-size quilts are becoming problematical. The family can only absorb so many. I’m going to start making smaller, way smaller ones to give away. When I have time to quilt again.
I haven’t been following you through the years, so I’m confused whether the paintings in your son’s room are yours or his. Sorry to have to ask.
I do hope there is longevity in the words, at least among family, Fran. I, too, have quilts out and in sight, though not on the walls. Smaller pieces will be wonderful as well. Placemats are always a good idea (an idea borrowed from a friend). All the paintings mentioned (and two shown in one of the photos) are my son’s…. And everything he took and hung was his, too.
Hammer, tiara, Chagall, midnight blue. Thank you for another beautiful post.
Hammer, Tiara, and grey! 🤗
Tiara, only because I have paintings, photographs, and quilts. Hammer from a finger painting my oldest granddaughter did before she was one. A collectible for sure!
Your post reminded me a teal moving dolly in the garage. It’s horribly banged up and chipped, but the color is pure magic. My husband is forbidden from painting it.
Hammer for sure. I have a stylized cat drawing my mom did hanging up all the time and I love it. She has a kind of wary, at-arms-length relationship with cats and I feel her drawing embodies that mystique. She thinks it was a throwaway and I simply love it. Maybe beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Imogen Cunningham wants to hammer my dotty, sky blue tiara! Oh no!
When I was in graduate school, we frequently traded art with each other. I enjoy seeing those pieces on the walls. They remind me of a time that was exhilarating, inspiring, and also traumatizing.
One of them, a painting of hello kitty in her alien form, always makes me smile. Tar and mobile home paint were involved in its creation, and the surface is starting to flake off. If anything, this adds to the painting. Instead of being a static work, it is slowly evolving over time.
I have a box of art and and frames under my desk, waiting to be sorted out, and decisions made about what to hang.
Hammer, tiara (3 rooms have my murals, so the art is the wall), O’Keefe, Monet, Wm. Harnett, azure field under tufts of fluffy white flowers.
Hammer and tiara. I love both of your son’s paintings! The Victorian especially! I used to paint old buildings.
Hammer, tiara, Benjamin Knox (local artist I’ve talked with in his gallery a couple years ago and have a piece of his displayed), dot, and black---it’s 9pm! 😂
This Substack made me think a lot about how much of my art is still hanging in my parents’ house. Stuff that’s not really very good imo. I should paint something nice for them now, I guess! Mom put up a beautiful teal/turquoise in their living room, and made one wall darker, as was the trend a while back. But it’s a great backdrop for family photos.
This was a wonderful, wonderful post. It reminded me of when both my daughters left home. I felt empty and sad for so long.
Your son’s art is amazing. I love both of those paintings.
Hammer, tiara, my sister, Peggy is a favorite artist whose art is on my walls. I have my grandkids art and my daughter’s as well. I do move them around but then I used to move a lot. Midnight blue sky here too.
Placed on shelves rather than on the walls - still not ready to commit to permanent mounts :) hammer, tiara (reluctantly), light grey-white skies this morning.
I can very much relate to your thininf about what palette “belongs” to you and how the fit might feel different for creating the current season of art pieces versus lifestyle design choices.
I also contend with bouts of decluttering or reorganization... and what to keep (art and objects) versus get rid of if it isn’t serving our needs this season... sometimes wondering if there will be regret for throwing it out/recycling it. This includes creations and more functional objects like accent furniture or lesser played musical instruments.
Hammer, tiara, Maurice Sendak, and beautiful light blue with wispy clouds. Thank you for sharing this post. Your voice and words are always very nice company each week.
Hammer Kinkade blue!!
Hammer, Tiara. 💕❤️
This post makes me glad my art is tied up in writing and quilting. Words, ideas and essays pile up, but they are all folded onto my hard drive. When I pass on, all of it will die with me.
Mostly I have quilt blocks on my walls, but I’m going to replace them soon with smaller quilts.
Bed-size quilts are becoming problematical. The family can only absorb so many. I’m going to start making smaller, way smaller ones to give away. When I have time to quilt again.
I haven’t been following you through the years, so I’m confused whether the paintings in your son’s room are yours or his. Sorry to have to ask.
I do hope there is longevity in the words, at least among family, Fran. I, too, have quilts out and in sight, though not on the walls. Smaller pieces will be wonderful as well. Placemats are always a good idea (an idea borrowed from a friend). All the paintings mentioned (and two shown in one of the photos) are my son’s…. And everything he took and hung was his, too.