Carpet is in! Painting is finished! And we’re on the verge of getting the living room, bath room, and dining room back together again.
(clockwise from upper left) living room with new ceiling, carpet, lighting, and paint; bathroom with new carpet, paint; new ceiling fan; new carpet on the stairs.
After a month of having workers coming and going, it is such a relief to have our home back. Doors and fixtures are still being re-attached and furniture still yet to be moved back in place, but wow, it’s looking good.
Our home is our gallery, our show place for our work. We hold 2 open studio shows/year, so we continue to work on improvements that will provide a better showcase for each successive show. These latest updates will mean better lighting in the living room gallery space, and some fun new color surprises in the studio and bathroom “vestibule” area (more pictures to come on that).
LineScape #20 (in progress) © Ayn Hanna, Textile Painting (breakdown screen-printed cotton fabrics, cotton batting, cotton stitching)
In the studio, I’m continuing work in my LineScape series. LineScape #20 is nearly finished. It’s a whole cloth piece of cotton that I screen-printed with dyes using the deconstructed (or breakdown) screen-printing process. It reminds me of the colors and marks I’ve seen in the land while flying over the mid-west in late summer/early fall. I added straight line stitching in multiple sympathetic colors, to both unify the “fields” and reference the furrows.
The meditative stitching filled 2 roles – it helped complete this piece and gave me some peace (of mind), a retreat from the remodel distraction. I find I can solve a lot of the world’s problems (in my mind at least) while stitching and ironing.
New work in the ‘Scapes Show, opening March 1st
I’m excited to have 2 of my textile paintings included in this show at Studio 12 Gallery in Denver. Barbara and I both have work in this show (see her “cutout city” pieces in the top photo on the postcard below). The opening for the show is Friday, March 1, 5-9 pm.
We are not going to be able to attend the opening due to another event we have here in town that same evening. But, the show is up through April 12th and there is going to be an Artists’ reception during “first Friday” gallery walk night on April 5th and we plan to attend that evening.
Lots more great ART work, ART-related events, and ART career development going on in my world right now. And more colorful, powerful dreams. I’m in the flow and trying to stay there. Color. Texture. Line quality. Drawing it all together in art and life.
I think 2013 is the year of Color, and Dreams for me.
What is it for you?
