Paintings, stories, and unspecified additional things
Friday, April 2, 2010
Deer, summer 2009
This quickly put together deer, now standing in the front yard of our home in Magdalena, NM, is cut from Juniper trees on our ranch land. Jim and I searched for the just the right branch for the head and antlers. The eye was an lucky accident.
I spend most of my awake time "making things." I build houses, paint, work with tile, wood, and stone, knit, write stories -- I am constantly reshaping my environment with whatever tools and materials I have available. I get a picture in my head of a wall that needs to be moved, a portrait that must be painted, a fireplace that is blank without a mosaic, sweaters my grandchildren must have, a garden that isn't there, but will soothe someone's soul when I build a wall, haul in bricks for a path, construct a gazebo and, oh yes, select plants that won't outgrow their allotted space, which they always do. Do I make all these things for you or for me? The world does not need what I make, but I do think the tiny space that is my part of the world is a bit more gently molded than it was before I went to work on it.
1 comment:
I wish I could post the winter picture of your deer here! We love it and it looked especially picturesque in the snow.
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