Monthly Archives: August 2010

Youth and Age, Choices and History

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Elaine

This is a detail from the same painting as yesterday’s post, this one focusing on youth and fashion, and “looking to the past” before making choices. In a society such as ours where youth is revered and elderly people are … Continue reading →

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Summers Gone By: Grandmother’s Pocket Book

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Elaine

Remembering summers when Grandma’s wore high heals and gloves, carried pocket books and had permed hair. There were distinct roles people played, and they had clothes that went along with those roles. Grandmas wore floral dresses or something signaling “Matriarch”, … Continue reading →

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Moose Hunt to Lac Laverty

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Elaine

We were in Fundy National Park in Canada, camping, and all wanted to see a moose. There were several places you could possibly see one in the wild. One was a deep and delicate forest which had a meandering trail … Continue reading →

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Jane Eyre (again!): Part 3: Mystery at Marsh-End

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Elaine

I’m smitten with Jane Eyre film-making, and after making the first half of the novel into a kitschy film using dolls, I could not resist making Part 2 and now Part 3 (and yes, there will be many more until … Continue reading →

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Longshore’s Birthday

Posted on August 11, 2010 by admin

I was delighted to receive a call at the studio a few days ago asking if I’d like to put Westport Sketchbook drawings I’ve made in Longshore Club Park available on the Longshore 50th Birthday website. I feel honored to … Continue reading →

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JANE EYRE: Misery on the Moors

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Elaine

Now that I’ve made the first half of the film adaptation of my favorite novel, JANE EYRE by Charolotte Brontë (wow, that is the FIRST time it worked for me trying to put the dots above the “e”!) I have … Continue reading →

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Spirit Painting: Fountain of Love

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Elaine

I had the most spiritual experience working on this Spirit Painting. What happened is I had flashes of images of ancestral, native and tribal women showing me fountains (the Spanish kind) and found out later that the person who commissioned … Continue reading →

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Home Movies: JANE EYRE: SCENES FROM MY LIFE

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Elaine

I used to read Jane Eyre every summer. Something about the summer thunderstorms, the drama of thunder and rain made me want to get back into Jane Eyre’s world.  She’s a good heroine for anyone, and for me, I loved … Continue reading →

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When Woman is a Tree and Tree is Water

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Elaine

I was meditating for a Spirit Painting for someone recently, and was surprised at what came through. In this meditation, I saw fountains and knew I would need to paint water fountains, red terra cotta fountains.  But when I began, … Continue reading →

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Westport Sketchbook: Main Street Scene

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Elaine

The weather was so pleasant when I went out to draw. I sat down and watched people move in and out of shops around the historic buildings on Main Street. I felt like getting to know each brick and every … Continue reading →

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