tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46663987365430010552024-03-15T21:09:36.131-04:00MetamorphosisSilke Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.comBlogger1181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666398736543001055.post-66919470784935171072020-01-26T13:43:00.002-05:002020-01-26T13:43:54.127-05:00Georgia Road Trip, Part 1Last weekend was a long weekend for us with a holiday on Monday. Daniel and I used the opportunity for a road trip in Georgia. We wanted to explore an area we hadn't been to and decided to stay in Americus, GA as our base for exploration.<br />
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As I researched hotels in Americus, I discovered the historic victorian <a href="http://www.windsor-americus.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Windsor Hotel</span></b></a> right downtown and we decided we simply had to stay here. <br />
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It is run by Best Western and we found it quite affordable.<br />
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The lobby alone was worth the visit.<br />
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Such a magnificent building and so nicely restored and maintained.<br />
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At some point during the weekend, we saw all the hotel guests taking their picture in this huge mirror. We thought we were so clever...<br />
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Our room was on the second floor, but of course we had to explore the entire hotel. </div>
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The hotel has two restaurants, one for fine dining and the other a pub, which is where we ate. The food we had was really good. <br />
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Of course, an old hotel like this has to have a haunting or two. We read all about it after the shutters in our room kept closing and opening by themselves. We found it interesting, but other than that, we had no ghostly visitors.<br />
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As legend has it, there is a mother and child and an old porter who still roam the hotel and try to interact with the guests.<br />
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Breakfast was served in the elegantly restored dining room. <br />
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That was a little more breakfast than I had thought it would be, but since we ended up skipping lunch, it served us well.<br />
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If you zoom in and look at the floor, it is a mosaic of tiny tiles. <br />
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That was only the hotel part of our trip. We were so surprised by everything we saw and visited that I am going to overwhelm you with photos in my next few posts. </div>
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It's too much to put in one post alone. Plus, the four places we visited in the vicinity of Americus were all completely different from one another.<br />
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One thing I can say for sure, Georgia keeps surprising us. Stay tuned...<br />
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Silke Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666398736543001055.post-67944461714792072012020-01-11T13:30:00.000-05:002020-01-11T13:31:46.011-05:00Work!Happy weekend, friends!<br />
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I was going to post a blog post last week, but I should have known that that wasn't going to happen. Last week was add/drop week at SCAD (<a href="https://www.scad.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Savannah College of Art and Design</span></a>), when student can add and drop classes without any financial consequences.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the building where I work</td></tr>
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What that means is that it is REALLY busy. We have walk-in hours all day every day during that week when students can see us without appointments.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Student work in one of the buildings - it's huge!</td></tr>
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It's also the week when most of the departments have student orientations and faculty meetings, which we try to go to.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the School of Design buildings decorated with clown shoes</td></tr>
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I advise all graduate students in Design for Sustainability, Industrial Design, Design Management, Service Design, Creative Business Leadership, Writing and Dramatic Writing (for theater, movies or television).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From an exhibit at the SCAD Museum of Art</td></tr>
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Altogether, I advise about 450 students. It was so fun to see many of them again after winter break, as well as the professors. Yes, we are busy but for me it is incredibly fulfilling work.<br />
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As an added bonus, I get to be around art and creativity all day long and work smack-dab in the middle of historic downtown Savannah (although it's a little dangerous that I work only a block from the main shopping street).<br />
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Next week will be a lot calmer and I won't have evening meetings to go to, so hopefully I'll check in a little more often.<br />
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I wish you all a beautiful Saturday!<br />
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The Faberge flowers were exquisite.<br />
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Ancient art from east and west.<br />
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This was a huge piece of art "painted" entirely with pins. I would not have the patience!<br />
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This painting was equally large and painted in layers with resin in between, which gave it a lot of depth.<br />
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The details in this piece were stunning as well!<br />
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As we were eating lunch we watched this bridal party taking photos. They must have been freezing as it was not a warm day!<br />
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We were lucky in the timing of our trip. Just three days before, this statue was moved from Times Square in New York City to it's new permanent location at the VMFA.<br />
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A magnificent work of art!<br />
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Hopefully you enjoyed this little stroll through the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. It's definitely worth a visit! I know we'll be back...<br />
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I wish you all a relaxing Sunday! We are getting ready for the start of school tomorrow. Let the fun begin! :)<br />
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While I was at work yesterday helping incoming graduate students with all their many questions - it was fun having all the students trickle back into town - Daniel was enjoying his last vacation day on Pinckney Island. <br />
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Pinckney Island is located on the way to Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. As the crow flies, it's not very far from where we live. However, by car it takes about an hour to get there as you have to drive west through Savannah along the Savannah River and then back on the other side of the river toward the Atlantic ocean again.<br />
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Daniel kept sending me photos throughout the day and I thought they were too beautiful not to share with you all.<br />
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My next post will take us back to Richmond, Virginia. In the meantime, have a wonderful Saturday!<br />
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Silke Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666398736543001055.post-69902455485027830472020-01-02T19:55:00.000-05:002020-01-02T19:55:14.478-05:00Edward Hopper ExhibitA few weeks ago we drove to Richmond, VA especially to see this Edward Hopper exhibit. We are both great fans of this magnificent artist.<br />
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I have much more to share of Richmond, but first I wanted to show you some photos I took at the exhibit.<br />
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They aren't the best photos. Even though it was allowed to photograph the art, I always feel like I'm doing something I shouldn't be doing.<br />
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What I found most fascinating were seeing some of his preliminary sketches next to the final artwork and the changes he ended up making. <br />
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Now, here we have an actual hotel room (below) that was recreated from the painting above. <br />
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What we found out just this morning from a radio interview, you could book this hotel room for $150 a night. There would be guards around at night, but we could have slept in a Hopper painting! If only we had known...<br />
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Silke Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666398736543001055.post-20789489517787285682020-01-01T14:40:00.004-05:002020-01-01T14:40:43.993-05:00Happy New Year! I still remember when we were all worried the world might end with January 1, 2000 because of Y2K. Our neighbors back then stocked up on firewood just in case, which they gave to us after midnight came and went and nothing happened. We didn't have to buy firewood for years!<br />
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And now it's 2020. Hard to believe that 20 years have passed. Especially since none of us are getting any older, right?!<br />
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This last year has been really wonderful at my new job. I really, really love what I do and I finally feel settled enough with working full-time after so many years of not working in a "regular" job that I am finding time and the frame of mind for other things. </div>
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The Christmas season was cozy and quiet for us. We both seemed to want to cocoon rather than entertain or be out and about. We did travel to Richmond, Virginia one weekend to see a fantastic Edward Hopper exhibit, which was so inspiring!<br />
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Speaking of cocooning ... our year ended with this minor miracle in our garden. We got to watch a monarch butterfly transform from a caterpillar to butterfly in five weeks. I think it took so long because it's not so warm at the moment.<br />
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Isn't the cocoon gorgeous? A little work of art!<br />
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And then one day you can see the butterfly through the now translucent cocoon and you know it will hatch that night.<br />
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The next morning, I got to watch it unfold. Nature is nothing short of amazing! <br />
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Even though I haven't been in my studio yet (there's still hope I will get back there... :)), I have been doing a lot of knitting. Right now I am finishing up another entrelac scarf with gorgeous Noro yarn. It's such a fun pattern and I finally don't have to look at the instructions anymore while knitting!<br />
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I found a link on another blog of a site in Scandinavia, where you can create your own calendar/planner and use your own photo/artwork on the front cover. It arrived just in time for 2020! Let the planning begin! </div>
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On Monday, the quarter starts for our students and things will get much busier at work. It's been nice to have it a little quieter to get caught up on a few things, but I'm looking forward to seeing the students and professors again.<br />
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I hope your 2020 is starting out well and wish you health, joy and happy surprises for the next year!<br />
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Silke Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666398736543001055.post-80662504484174087752019-11-02T10:05:00.002-04:002019-11-02T10:05:19.981-04:00Checking in... <br />
Hi there! I just wanted to drop in and say that I'm still here. Working full-time really has not allowed me much time for blogging and even my art! However, we've done some traveling since I last wrote. During the summer we went to Germany and a couple of weeks ago to Washington, DC (that's where this photo was taken).<br />
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I'm going to get my photos organized and post them soon. Especially those from Germany - we visited some new and beautiful places!<br />
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For now, I've committed to getting my studio set up to make more art. I've been at my job now for a year and LOVE it! I've also become familiar with it enough to free up mental space to get back to my art. Luckily I work in an art and design university, which has me surrounded by art and creativity all day long. Still, I miss my own art!<br />
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I hope you have all been doing well!<br />
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Silke Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666398736543001055.post-78556101239165505432019-03-31T10:21:00.001-04:002019-03-31T10:21:48.329-04:00Big ChangesFriends, I have not blogged in soooo long. The reason is that I started working full-time again. A position opened up at the same art school (Savannah College of Art and Design), where Daniel teaches and it sounded too perfect for me to not go for it. I'm now an academic adviser for graduate students and I have thoroughly enjoyed every minute so far.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Poster-sized color pencil drawing for Norm's, a restaurant in Yakima, WA. </td></tr>
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I work with a fantastic team of women, am surrounded by art and get to work with students, administrators and professors. I feel like I'm completely in my element!<br />
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At the same time when I started working last fall, I had a solo exhibit for which I created some bigger piece of art. It was a very busy time!<br />
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The bear painting is older, but I changed it some for the exhibit and like it much better now. During the opening, I sold quite a few pieces, so I created these three to take their place.<br />
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During the months of November and December, Daniel and I had three deaths in the family, all in our generation, which was very hard on both of us and our families. Two of them had been seriously ill for a short period of time and the third death was completely unexpected. It derailed both of us for some time, always waiting for more bad news, but the arrival of spring with it's new growth has helped put life in perspective again.<br />
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Because of all of this change, I haven't spent a lot of time in my studio, nor have I blogged at all. I've thought about deleting my blog, but somehow that doesn't feel right at all. So, I'll just go with the flow and see where life, my art and my connection to you takes me.<br />
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I hope you are all doing well, my friends!<br />
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With love and gratitude,<br />
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Silke Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666398736543001055.post-28807063242148089972018-08-28T08:35:00.000-04:002018-08-28T08:35:36.240-04:00May and JuneIt's been so long since I last wrote that I thought I'd break things up into months to let you know what we've been up to!<br />
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May was all about the end of the school year for Daniel and me working on commissions, some of which I can't show yet. <br />
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However, Lola growing up was a big part of our summer. We all graduated from puppy school (and by now have forgotten much of what we learned). Lola is such a good dog - she loves to play with her toys, she doesn't chew on anything she isn't supposed to and she is the snuggliest dog we've ever had.<br />
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By now, she and Winslow are best buddies and love to hang out together. We have to make sure she doesn't get too wild with old Winslow, but other than that they get along wonderfully!<br />
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Other than that, May was all about the garden being at its most beautiful! <br />
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Our fruit trees were coming along nicely as well. The kumquat tree has been blooming all summer and is full of fruit that will be ripe in the winter. <br />
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Our quince tree, which had two quince last year, is full of slowly ripening fruit. We are looking forward to the winter when we can hopefully make a good bit of quince jam.<br />
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Which brings me to our fig tree and the month of June. <br />
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In June, the figs started to ripen and we picked several pounds of figs every day, which had to be processed immediately. Luckily, they don't all get ripe at once!<br />
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We dried many pounds of them and made jam to last all year. My favorite jam from this batch was with added orange blossom water. So good! The dried figs we use in Muesli and a rye sourdough bread I make that is amazing!<br />
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We also gave many figs to friends and I baked a few of these gorgeous fig frangipani tarts. By the end of the month - and about 90 pounds of figs later - we were glad it would be a whole year before the next harvest!<br />
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And of course, there has to be some art in my post. These were two commissioned paintings I finished and sent off to France at the end of June.<br />
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I'm working on one more large one for this client, which should be done in the next few days. <br />
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I hope you have all been well this summer and have enjoyed a slower pace, the joys of longer days and maybe a vacation. I visited Germany in July and will tell you all about that in my next post!<br />
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Silke Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666398736543001055.post-34151096499521488912018-04-15T10:25:00.002-04:002018-04-15T10:25:59.423-04:00Life keeps on moving...I'm not sure anyone even looks at my blog anymore - it's been so neglected! I was going to post all the photos from the cruise, but it seems so long ago. Life just keeps on moving at great speed, doesn't it?<br />
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In the meantime, I finished another dog portrait using watercolor pencils, colored pencils and soft pastels. I'm very pleased with the way it turned out!<br />
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Lola keeps growing at warp speed. Just six weeks ago she was still a tiny puppy.<br />
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Now she's at least twice the size and is starting to lose her very sharp puppy teeth, which we are grateful for! </div>
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Also, my sister, her husband and their two fantastic boys (12 and 13 years old) came to visit during their spring break. We had so much fun together and it was wonderful to spend so much quality time with all of them. When we visit them in Germany, our time is always so limited because we are trying to see everyone, so when they visit here it's quite different!<br />
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It's been a strange spring - much cooler than normal, which we are grateful for. The cats (peabody in this picture) are happy though that its finally warming up some. They love to just lounge around in the garden.<br />
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So now that taxes are behind me and my time is my own again, I am hoping to spend much more time in my studio again (if Lola lets me...). I have several commissioned paintings and drawings to work on and hope to show you progress as I go along. I hope you are all doing well!! </div>
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Silke Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666398736543001055.post-61389396047840478212018-02-28T04:00:00.000-05:002018-02-28T04:00:07.879-05:00Cruise 2017 - San Juan, Puerto Rico (Part 1)We have so many photos from San Juan that I'm showing them in two blog posts. Our arrival started with a cloudy and very windy morning. It looked like we might have to take the umbrellas.<br />
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Can you see me by the railing? I was holding on because the wind was unreal. <br />
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As we got closer, the weather improved and we were eager to get a good look at San Juan. <br />
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It had been hit so hard by Hurricane Maria (who also hit us as a strong tropical storm) that it devastated parts of the island. And they still haven't fully recovered.<br />
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However, San Juan was ready for tourists again, which is great for the revenue of the island. <br />
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A view of the beautiful fort El Morro. <br />
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Once off the ship, we just walked around town and took in the sights. <br />
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There were places we could see some of the effects of the hurricane, but in general the town was as beautiful as I remember it from last time!<br />
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Another big cruise ship that was in town that day. I think there were three altogether. <br />
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Finally it was time for a libation and for cooling down in the beautiful Convento, an old convent turned into a gorgeous hotel. <br />
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After this, we wandered some more and had lunch in a local restaurant. Daniel then went on to explore El Morro and I went back to the ship with the rest of our party. I don't do well with heat and humidity, so often Daniel explores more then I do. I'll show the photos he took in my next post! <br />
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Silke Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666398736543001055.post-89290903233248574462018-02-27T06:27:00.000-05:002018-02-28T09:02:34.506-05:00Soooo....this happend!Meet Lola, the latest addition to the Powers family. She adopted us about 10 days ago and is keeping us busy, busy, busy!<br />
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But she also keeps us laughing and playing, which is always good.<br />
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Winslow was not so sure at first about this little thing trying to play with him.<br />
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But then he quickly moved into the roll of the big brother and is teaching her everything good and also a little bit of mischief. As it should be!<br />
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Even though Lola sleeps in her crate at night, she tries to catch as many naps with Winslow as she can.<br />
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She is a retriever/American bulldog mix and we think she'll get to be a midsize dog. She's met all of the cats and they are surprisingly sweet with her, only bringing out the claws when she gets too wild.<br />
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Silke Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666398736543001055.post-31798335660223781502018-01-11T07:46:00.000-05:002018-01-11T07:53:29.350-05:002017 Cruise - Tampa & Key WestI'm finally getting around to posting some of our photos from the last cruise. I've noticed that I often use my blog like a photo album. Since we don't print our photos out anymore, it's really nice for us to have a record. So I'm doing this as much for us as for you. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHKCAOABfVG4xkGtyYcM8pT5iPtfEEz8sDq9l9BtOdM4fW36reQmv3Dt5oCo1y4_TwWMGHH4KaNFAMM7keE4WZkjfp1pGe22VuLS1w-NGHyo8xe9_0b1i9oRvvk8MiStOOKHNpXc6o/s1600/IMG_0198.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHKCAOABfVG4xkGtyYcM8pT5iPtfEEz8sDq9l9BtOdM4fW36reQmv3Dt5oCo1y4_TwWMGHH4KaNFAMM7keE4WZkjfp1pGe22VuLS1w-NGHyo8xe9_0b1i9oRvvk8MiStOOKHNpXc6o/s640/IMG_0198.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
This cruise left from Tampa, which is one of our favorite ports to leave from. The path to the Gulf of Mexico is a long one and there is much to see on the way.<br />
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I love this little light house.<br />
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The next morning after breakfast,<br />
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We spent some time on deck. Daniel was painting,<br />
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and I may have been staring out at the ocean without doing anything. It's one of my favorite past times on the ship...<br />
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When we got close to Key West, the pilot came on board<br />
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and a short while later, we were at the dock.<br />
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We didn't know what to expect in Key West after they were almost hit directly by Hurricane Irma, but to our delight, it had recovered well and the island looked as beautiful as the last time we were there.<br />
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On our last visit we didn't go into the Hemingway house and we decided that this time it was a must!<br />
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Of course, being the cat lady that I am, I loved seeing all the six-toed cats everywhere! I think there are 54 of them on the property.<br />
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Aren't the colors great?<br />
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Cats everywhere - even on the curtains...<br />
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and in the gift shop on all the shelves.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daniel did a painting of this street. You can see it<span style="color: #38761d;"> <a href="http://www.powers-studio.com/blog/2018/1/10/off-the-beaten-path" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">here on his blog</span></a>.</span> </td></tr>
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We even put our feet into the water, which was quite refreshing.<br />
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I remembered this old theater that is now a Walgreens. Isn't it a beautiful building?<br />
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Then it was time to get back on board to leave for our next destination: Puerto Rico, another island hit hard by a hurricane and still not fully recovered.<br />
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I'll have pictures of that in my next blog post.<br />
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Winlsow was in his element. He loved the snow! <br />
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I got to wear some of my knitted winter accessories! That also doesn't happen very often here... Can you see our cat Tucker in the background? He loves to go on walks with us, but he wasn't so sure about the snow...<br />
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Before it snowed, we had freezing rain which left beautiful icicle designs everywhere. It also left most of the roads with a dangerous layer of ice, which closed down most bridges and some major roads in our area for a couple of days. <br />
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And because everything (flowers in our yard and oranges on our neighbor's tree) was frozen, the Baltimore oriole came to our feeder instead. It stayed for a long time and showed off all it's beautiful color.<br />
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It took five days for the snow and ice to melt (this is unheard of for us) and temperatures to return to normal for our area. Now that it's milder again, we put all our more delicate plants outside again. The Christmas cacti in particular are happy and in full bloom!<br />
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I hope this was the last of really cold temperatures for us. Much of our yard froze back, but we are hoping everything will come back in the spring.<br />
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Silke Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666398736543001055.post-6242130723424087592018-01-09T06:45:00.000-05:002018-01-09T12:12:45.497-05:00Our Ramses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
After 22 healthy and happy years, our Ramses died this last Friday. He was one of a kind and we are so lucky he stayed with us for so long! </div>
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Born in New Mexico, he fully embraced our move to hot and humid Savannah. In fact, he loved the weather here more than anyone, always outside basking in the sun. The warmer the better.<br />
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Ramses loved our two previous dogs (Moe and Puna), but Winslow was his special buddy. After all, he raised Winslow from a puppy! Almost every night he would clean Winslow's eyes and make sure his eyebrows were in good shape. We never quite understood what the eyebrow thing was about, but Winslow loved it.<br />
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And often Winslow would return the favor and lick Ramses' head until his ears were inside out and he looked like he had plunged his head into water. Tucker, Louie and Peabody (our other cats) have rallied around Winslow and keep him company. Winslow loves all "his" cats and luckily they love him.<br />
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Of course Ramses was also quite sophisticated and an avid art critic. I never knew if sitting on one of my paintings meant approval or disapproval.<br />
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As I looked through all our photos, I realized how few of them show Ramses from the front.<br />
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Most of the photos are like these. Wherever we sat, he tried to get onto one of our laps. He helped with computer work (this was the last photo I took of him),<br />
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keeping us warm,<br />
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helping us relax,<br />
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and he always supervised my knitting.<br />
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You were a special cat, Ramses. My lap feels quite cold without you here to warm it. And our house is strangely quiet without your constant chatter.<br />
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Until we meet again...<br />
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Silke Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666398736543001055.post-44962579252540651332017-12-29T11:23:00.000-05:002017-12-29T11:23:56.260-05:00Last Art of 20172017 is coming to a close and we've had a few busy months! I'm still making art right now that is much more realistic than my colorful paintings and I am so enjoying it! I got to draw this beautiful dog as a Christmas gift commission. I used watercolor pencils on Pastelmat paper as a first layer, followed by several layers of colored pencil, a technique I really like.<br />
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After I got this finished we went on a cruise to the Caribbean and had the best time! It's such a perfect way to relax and still see a part of the world. <br />
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This time we both took art supplies. Daniel took watercolors and I took watercolor pencils, which I really haven't used very much at all. Daniel painted almost every day and I got two small drawings finished. <br />
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This one is of one of the six-toed cats at the Hemingway House in Key West. I think it turned out alright.<br />
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In San Juan, Puerto Rico, Daniel took a photo of a large hermit crab that I found so fascinating that I had to draw it. Such great colors and fun detail. </div>
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Before I started the commission of the dog above, I was following along on a tutorial about drawing with colored pencils. It takes a good long time, but it's quite relaxing actually.<br />
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Now that we are back I want to finish this. It should take me a few more days to get it done. After that I have another pencil drawing lined up, which I can't wait to start.<br />
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I'll be posting a few photos from our cruise after I've gone through them all. It truly was a beautiful trip!<br />
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I hope you are all doing well as we head into 2018. Our weather has become very cold for the South and is supposed to stay that way for a little while. Other parts of the country are going into deep freeze it seems. And many places are seeing a good bit of snow. I just looked at the <a href="http://www.stadt-muenster.de/medien/webcams.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">webcams in my hometown of Münster in Germany</span></a> and it was snowing quite heavily.<br />
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Wherever you are, I wish you cozy and warm winter days!<br />
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Our June and part of July was definitely dominated by our fig harvest. Our little tree was producing like never before! When we planted it 11 years ago, it was a merely a little stick, maybe a foot tall.<br />
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Every day for a few weeks we picked a couple of bowls of figs. Luckly they don't all ripen at the same time.<br />
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I bought a food dehydrator and dried what I thought where huge amounts of figs.<br />
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We indeed had a couple of big containers filled with dried figs and then Daniel discovered a recipe for a rye sourdough bread with dried figs, which is excellent and freezes really well. So, we've already used most of the dried figs and have decided that next year, we'll dry even more of them. <br />
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Of course, we also made a lot of fig jam, some with lavender, another batch with thyme and also a few jars with orange blossom water.<br />
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All of them delicious! <br />
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We made a rustic fig tart, <br />
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fig pizza with goat cheese, caramelized onion and pine nuts, <br />
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but the best recipe that Daniel found this year is for <a href="https://www.tastingtable.com/cook/recipes/roasted-fig-agrodolce-recipe-how-to-make-fig-jam" target="_blank"><span style="color: #741b47;">Roasted Fig Agrodolce</span></a>. We made several batches for the freezer and it is delicious just on crackers or - like in the photo below - as an appetizer on toasted baguette with goat cheese or cream cheese. Next year, I'll definitely make more of that to freeze!<br />
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To be honest, I was glad when the fig season was finally over, but I'm happy we get to enjoy the jams, the dried figs and agrodolce in the freezer yet for some time to come.<br />
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Silke Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666398736543001055.post-28380344915844447872017-10-16T07:10:00.000-04:002017-10-17T06:45:00.538-04:00A Long Overdue Update!Wow, this was a long break from blogging! I was going to start again in September, but then we were preparing for a hurricane evacuation and Daniel's start of school. We ended up being able to stay home during Hurricane Irma as it had weakened to a tropical storm, but we didn't know until the last day. Luckily, we had no damage at all except no power for four days, which was nothing compared to what others experienced and are still experiencing.<br />
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I also spent the summer trying to understand the mind-boggling political situation in this country and the world. I will continue to keep my blog free of politics, but I did want to mention it here since it defined my summer to a large extent.<br />
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<i>The paintings above and below were really fun commissions I worked on during the summer.</i><br />
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It made me feel quite powerless and so sad and angry to read about what this current US administration is doing and undoing. And then came the unbelievable natural disasters that were happening too fast and were too destructive to fully comprehend: incredibly strong hurricanes, earthquakes and now the deadly fires in California.<br />
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There was and is so much suffering so close to home and all in places we have visited. They are all places we love. And I have to say, this year's hurricane season was so unbelievable and so much more stressful as we often didn't know if we were going to be directly in the path. I'm so glad the season is finally winding down and the communities affected can heal and rebuild.<br />
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I noticed over the summer how my art was changing. At the beginning of the summer I still liked working loosely with acrylic inks and acrylic paint. I liked the element of surprise. Not so much later in the summer. There had been too many surprises that I had no control over and I noticed how I craved taking my time with my art and drawing more intentionally and realistically.<br />
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I found a wonderful young British artist on Patreon whose tutorials have taught me so much. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/kirstypartridge" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Here's the link</span></a> if you are interested. The golden retriever above I drew with charcoal pencils and my nephew I rendered with graphite and charcoal.<br />
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What I really want to learn is how to draw realistically with colored pencils. I followed Kirsty's tutorial for this kingfisher bird using colored pencils and solvent and absolutely loved it.<br />
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I used to think I wasn't patient, but that's not true. I am so enjoying these drawings that take me many hours to complete. I'm working on one right now that's going to take me a few more days until it's done. Again with colored pencils.<br />
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Thank you for sticking with me. I have missed our interactions. I'll do a few more blog posts with all the photos I've taking over the summer in our garden and a few knitting projects I've finished or am still working on.<br />
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In the meantime, I hope you are all doing well!!<br />
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Silke Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666398736543001055.post-43885131683991740692017-06-11T11:19:00.000-04:002017-06-11T11:19:07.916-04:00Art!!!Wow! I can't believe a month has passed since my last blog post. It's been a busy few weeks with life and art and friends visiting.<br />
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All the abstract experimenting has led me to changes in my art. In this piece I worked with many, many layers of high flow acrylics and also using some of my stencils.<br />
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What you can't see very well in the photos is the gold I used.<br />
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Not just as paint with the stencils, but also gold-colored metal leaf at the end.<br />
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The result is a beautiful 9 x 12 inch portrait, somewhat mysterious and quite layered. This painting has sold.<br />
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The following painting is quite a bit larger (16 x 20 inches) and here I again worked with stencils, but this time using them with light molding paste to add texture and structure to the painting.<br />
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If you look in the lower right corner, those flower shapes are raised. <br />
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As are the flowers in the photo below. Such gorgeous texture! <br />
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I'm really enjoying working larger even though it takes much longer. And I love painting human portraits again in addition to my animal paintings. <br />
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I hope you are having a wonderful June! I'm spending much of it painting and I'll have more to show you soon!<br />
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Silke Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666398736543001055.post-43438017707475953202017-05-11T10:16:00.000-04:002017-05-11T10:16:05.501-04:00Mama RaccoonAs I already mentioned in a previous post, we have a raccoon nest high up in a tree next to our house and I take a peek to see what mama raccoon is up to as often as I can. Yesterday, I didn't see her all day. But this morning she was active and posed for my camera.<br />
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After being outside the nest for a while, she went back in head first. <br />
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She turned around on the inside and for a while all I could see was her ear. <br />
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And then she stuck her head out and looked left...<br />
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and right...<br />
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and got ready to leave once again. <br />
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She always stays close, but it looks like she needs a break from the babies once in a while. Especially as the temperatures heat up, it must get quite warm in the nest.<br />
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We've lived here for 11 years and see raccoons almost every day and we've never had an issue with them, which we are very grateful for. Can't wait to catch a glimpse of the babies! <br />
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Silke Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666398736543001055.post-90918389176438487462017-05-09T08:02:00.000-04:002017-05-09T08:02:08.338-04:00Stencils and Molding PasteA couple of years ago I bought a handful of stencils ... and I keep forgetting that I have them! The other day I came across them while looking for something else and decided to experiment using molding paste with them.<br />
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One result you can see in <a href="https://silkepowers.blogspot.com/2017/05/abstract-painting-with-texture.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">this blog post</span></a> from a few days ago. And now again. I used the first stencil with molding paste and it worked beautifully.<br />
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After applying some paint I worked light molding paste (which I had tinted with acrylic paint) into two additional stencils. <br />
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The result is really fun and rather busy. It needs something else. Maybe a focal point. <br />
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I'm just not sure yet. Hopefully today will reveal the next step...<br />
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Silke Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666398736543001055.post-40453828745592649652017-05-08T07:37:00.002-04:002017-05-08T09:17:02.949-04:00Evolution of an Abstract PaintingAbstract painting is an interesting thing for me. It requires much more patience than painting an animal or a human portrait. And knowing when it's "done" is a feeling rather than a conscious decision. For me it's the ultimate practice in letting go and surrendering to the process. And it's playful and FUN!<br />
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Here's where I started out. I applied light molding paste to the entire surface and then started with three colors plus white. <br />
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I could have stopped there, but it just didn't feel complete. And then I started playing. I wanted more color and more mark making. The following photo shows the "almost finished" stage. I was almost there, but it needed more.<br />
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And then I arrived here. This feels balanced to me. I look at it and my eyes roam and observe and don't want more or less. It has depth and light and gorgeous color (much more stunning than the camera was able to capture)!<br />
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I wish you a colorful and playful start to your week!!<br />
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Silke Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666398736543001055.post-79712826411560297942017-05-03T08:29:00.001-04:002017-05-03T08:29:27.516-04:00Around the GardenThis is such an exciting time of the year because so much is happening in our garden every day! And the weather is still cool enough, which means I spend a good bit of time outside looking at everything. Later in the summer I basically hide in the air conditioning...<br />
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Last year, we planted a quince tree. It was just a stick, really, that then grew branches and leaves. This year, we had a few flowers and it looks like we are getting two quinces to grow, which is probably enough for the tree as it grows and gets established.<br />
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The oleander is blooming already and will hopefully continue to do so throughout the summer.<br />
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It's such a beautiful splash of color!<br />
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A few days ago, our jasmine started blooming and because it's cool enough to have the windows open, we can even smell its wonderful fragrance inside the house. <br />
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While our "normal" hydrangeas aren't blooming yet, one of our oak leaf hydrangeas is sporting gorgeous flowers. The other two are in a different part of our yard and were really affected by the hurricane winds last fall. While they are growing and leafing out, they don't have flowers this year. We are happy they survived the storm! <br />
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Every year, Daniel plants a good number of annuals in pots which we have around our back porch and patios. One of my favorites this year is this impatiens with the filled flowers. They look like little roses.<br />
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Ahhhhh, the figs are growing! Our tree is loaded and I need to start collecting recipes! I'm sure we'll be making lots of jam and chutney again. <br />
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Mama raccoon has been fun to watch. Most of the time, we just see her ears. <br />
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But sometimes she will look out and stretch. Can't wait for the babies to get bigger and start peeking out of their nest. <br />
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The other day, I looked up to see what the raccoon was doing and saw a green heron sitting nearby. We hear them all the time, but they are usually well camouflaged in the leafy branches.<br />
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Tomorrow we are expecting storms but the weekend promises to be gorgeous again. Maybe I'll take some more photos then...<br />
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Happy Thursday, everyone!!<br />
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Silke Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666398736543001055.post-82422966612480857672017-05-02T04:44:00.000-04:002017-05-02T06:57:49.757-04:00Three Paintings in the WorksI'm always working on more than one painting at a time. Actually that goes for anything, really: knitting, crocheting, reading, etc.<br />
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The following painting is one I started a while ago. It's rather large and it has been sitting on my easel waiting for me to finish it. Sometimes I get intimidated at this stage in the painting when it's clear what I want to paint and I don't want to mess it up. One of these days, I'll get going again!<br />
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Yesterday, I played with more molding paste applied through a stencil, which turned out so beautifully. I am not quite sure where to go from here, but maybe today that'll become clear.<br />
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And here is the third piece in progress. Here I applied light molding paste, which has a more porous quality than the regular molding paste. Again, I'm not sure where this is going to go. Abstract pieces are so much harder than anything representational. At least for me. But also lots of fun because there are no rules. <br />
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I hope you will have a beautiful Tuesday! <br />
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Silke Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666398736543001055.post-63902553157683423202017-05-01T06:45:00.000-04:002017-05-01T06:45:02.278-04:00Abstract Painting with TextureI'm still painting in an abstract style and doing a lot of experimenting. Here, I first prepared the canvas with molding paste applied through a stencil.<br />
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As you can see, it gave me a lot of raised texture! Once dry, it was really fun to work on with high-flow acrylics.<br />
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Again, I limited my palette to three colors: phthalo turquoise, quinacridone magenta, and green gold - probably my three favorite colors! At the end I also added a tiny bit of iridescent pearl in some of the textured areas.<br />
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The result is a very vibrant and interesting painting.<br />
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I hope your start to the week is beautiful!<br />
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<span style="color: #863964; font-family: "zapf dingbats"; font-size: 28pt;">❧</span><span style="color: #863964; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 28pt;"> Silke</span><span style="font-size: 28pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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