Mud Hound Studio: March 2009

Saturday, March 14, 2009

TIME TO MOVE ON

often it's difficult to decide when a piece is finished...

especially when it is a collage or an art quilt.

call me crazy...this morning I found myself asking my husband,

an attorney for a design opinion...

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when i was a student i had an instructor who would advise against

"putting everything in Hollywood" into one work of art.

-though sometimes it's a lot of fun-

i am confident that i have achieved all that and more

with this quilt...

it's time to move on...

quilt inspiration from Beryl Taylor

driftwood from Maine

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tomorrow we leave for Florida for a vacation

maybe take the kids to Disney

i am so ready for some sunny, warm weather

as it is still freezing here at night and

darn cold during the day!

Sunday, March 8, 2009

"Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction"

-Pablo Picasso

Last night we attended the Baltimore School for the Arts gala

where we saw an amazing performance by the most talented groups

of high school kids ever. The hour long show was more fabulous

than any show I've ever watched!

The school encompasses four arts disciplines: music, theatre,

dance and visual arts. Admission is highly competitive with

approximately 70 kids out of 1200 auditioning receiving admission

each year. Each school day is about 12 hours long

including academics and arts...

We won the ballet shoes at the silent auction...the worn toe shoes are placed in the five basic positions of ballet. When I spotted this I knew I had to have this remarkable, unique work of art...a story of tenacity and dedication. As we were leaving with the piece some of the dance students remarked how the shoes weren't really that

worn out and who had they belonged to anyway?