A strange plant in a foreign land.
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A sweet delight in the midst of January.
so pretty. and so much to learn from this little beauty! i’m very much looking forward to 2012 and all it has to offer.
I’ve lived in the same town now for nearly 30 years. Crazy, right? I know. This group of trees/shrubs have caught my eye for at least 25 of these years and it recently deserved a photo. They’re quirky, neglected little greens that I’ve grown to love.
Happy New Year friends.
I’m having my first ever GIVEAWAY! If you go to my facebook page, Art by amberperrodin, “like” it and leave a comment, you will be entered to win a super cute, handmade OWL PILLOW of your choice!
BONUS: Get an extra entry for every friend you refer! Just have them state your name when they leave a comment on the page somewhere.
Winner will be announced Wednesday August 10th!
GOOD LUCK!
porcelain ornaments made from crepe myrtle branches!
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i have fallen in love with this process of dipping anything that burns into slip (wet clay) and then firing it out. Here is my latest concoction. quite beautiful just how they are. if these turn out half as beautiful as i anticipate, you should look forward to seeing them in my soon to be etsy shop!
here are a few shots i took before and after our perrodin potluck last saturday. i have been terrible about getting my camera out at our parties lately…..i need to work on that. i thought these were pretty enough to share though. i took a ton of photos with this blanket my mom made from the 70′s….its such a great splash of color!
our friends jonathan and valerie griesse harvested a beautiful garden this past summer, included in that was a surplus of watermelon. we were lucky enough to share in the opening of the “best” one last week while raine partook in her own mini-melon.
a line drawing created in nature. i found this hanging cord on the horizontal lines simply beautiful.
…assuming they like peanut butter and croutons.
another new print. again, this is an intaglio etching with chine colle. im sending images of three of my prints (including this one) off today to a gallery in Louisiana for an upcoming exhibition. cross your fingers that my work is accepted!
here is a watercolor study of warm and cool colors i recently did.
our trees can only dream of looking like this again….[someday]
these flowers want to say something, and i cant quite understand what that is. though im sure it is gentle and kind-hearted like their friends (im guessing).
i love these two. they seem to have such a wonderful and kind personality. i would love to hear what they had to say if it were possible…
im not sure why unusual objects; or heads in this case, growing from a plant fascinates me so much. i wonder what these seeds would have looked like. hm.
i found this one morning while walking raine to school. im not sure what it is, or where it came from, but it was beautiful. raine was just dying to break it open…
i found this seemingly live butterfly a few weeks ago in my backyard under our butterfly bush. it wasnt until i carefully snuck up on it and caught it that i realized it was dead. its beauty and perfectly preserved dead body seems somehow symbolic of something that i havent quite yet put my finger on. its tragic beauty brought much convenience to me as i was able to take a plethora of photographs of its body. also, raine was able to take it to school in a jar to show her classmates…thank you little flutter-by.
as a side note that has nothing to do with my flutter by butterfly, i am currently enjoying an over indulgence of the moment that i am in. mason jennings on the stereo, ezmah by my side, dasien with a bone, my husband being home, cold-wetness outside, and a single bird chirping something important to another fellow bird…mmm…fall
Here is the “after” photo of our sunflower commune that jonathan and raine planted. And some blackberries from our backyard. Delicious!!
Raine and Zeit releasing her fireflies from the night before. Unfortunately it was rainy and they had no where to go…Raine didnt mind so much. *Note the soccer cleats, pink dress, winter coat (in summer) and gloves…sometimes i wish i was 5 again*
Lately I have felt a twinge of Fall in the air….its probably just wishful thinking as its been nearly 90 degrees this entire week, but I’m still patiently (or not so patiently) awaiting my favorite season. This picture is of course from last year and seeing it only fed my Fall-infested thoughts. This picture reminds me of the great day that Jonathan and I had walking around Fayetteville. He wound up at the Dickson St. Book Store, while I stayed at the Walton Arts Center’s rose garden to catch up on Jonathan’s recommended reading of Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five”….cant you just taste the peppermint and feel the cool breeze?