An Eclectic Collection of Recent Art Influenced by These Strange Times

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1.  Pencil Drawing "Doomsday Clock" influenced by Laurie Lipton's much more fabulous pencil drawings.  Done in an art Zoom session with 11 year old grandson. 9"H x 12"W
2.  Paper collage in my on going series of "Strange Journey" works 11"x14"
3.  Small ink and watercolor "Apple Nose."  Not sure what to draw, I picked an apple from the backyard and the rest just happened.  6"w x 9"H
4.  Cradled paper collage on board:  "Big and Little Fish" "9"H x 12" w x 1 1/2"
5.  Small cradled paper collage on Stretched canvas "Little Fish" "4"H x 5"w x 1 1/2"

From the Known Past to the Uncertain Future

Creating Great Art With Grandsons Cole and Wilson Taylor

Art projects done this past weekend in Seattle with twins Cole and Wilson, age 4 years and 5 months
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First:  Wilson's original drawing of his stuffed bunny.  After making a few pictures, he folded them up and put them in his backpack.  "I can take them out and look at them later and they will make me happy,"  Wilson explained.  And, at the farmer's market, he did just that!
Second:  A pencil drawing I did of the stuffed bunny for Cole to color.  This version was rejected when the colored pencil made a slight hole in the paper.  Another, completed version, stayed in Seattle.
Third:  A picture Cole drew of himself with his Grandma Lucy.
Fourth:  A sketch I drew of Cole
Fifth:  A sketch I drew of Cole's blue eye
Sixth:  A sketch I drew of Wilson eating his cereal.  He might look like this in another 6 years.

Seattle Art

Art created in Seattle on my latest visit to see twin grandsons Cole and Wilson Taylor.

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Face, mixed media painting by Wilson Taylor, age 3 1/2
Color Gradation, finger painting by Cole Taylor, age 3 1/2
Farmer's Market, pencil sketch by Lucy Autrey Wilson (age withheld)
Cow, finger painting  and ink by Lucy Autrey Wilson

The Circus - Perspective Study

Shoes and Skulls

New drawings October and November, 2012.

Music and Art

Listening to the piano and violin in Arvo Part's Tabula Rasa was the inspiration for the sunflower close-up, an assignment in art class to create a drawing based on another medium.  The quicker drawings of live models, done in class, were aided by a great selection of CDs playing in the background.  Art can be inspired by music and music can be inspired by art, in a beautiful synchronicity.

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