All Blog Posts Tagged 'Lesley Magwood Fraser' (12)

A fold-out artful yet beautifully ordinary "boekie" of drawings (with a touch of color) arrived from Les two days ago. (With a wonderful note, inked on a recipe book page that gives instruction for Bohemian Sauce and Genoa Sauce, which may be in serious and dire competition for all we know.) 

With her art she expresses moment-to-moment life, its pain and hope and…

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At the end of 2012 Magwood sent a little folded boekie of recent drawings with collage elements: 

Her portrayals are usually immediate and often poignant. These works plus the note she enclosed are both. All of her work is unfailingly expressive and…

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Lesley has to deal with so many things in her life right now, I can't believe how good her art is even in those busy-difficult days, and I can't believe I got TWO great envelopes from her. A chopped up painting, a drawing, very delicate paper, and a small envelope that does or does not contain the answer. Is my life folding or unfolding. Very interesting…

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GOTIJ, INDEED!!  Some lovely women of South Africa have sent me enough art to roll around in!  No; I wouldn't roll around on it!  But it's plentiful enugh to make me feel spoiled!  Some solo work, and some collaborative...  And amazingly it all of it arrived on the same exact day.  It must have been a plot to overwhelm my ocular senses with artistic delight...

First to suffer the blow of my letter opener was a nice thick envelope from Lesley Magwood Fraser:…

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Lesley has been going through a rough patch for several weeks already and we miss her at IUOMA. In the middle of life's turmoil she took the time to make this beautiful card, with the word "fine", and this is very touching as well as reassuring. The layering is beautiful, as usual, it is Lesley as we know her. I hope things will get better very soon, Lesley,…

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Lesley is sending me a very precious little book. A book full of Wisdom. I keep turning its pages, I keep asking questions with the hope of a Revelation. Who knows. It looks like this boekie could tell me a few things indeed. Each page unique, minimal (minimalist? I never know the difference), full of treasures. I'll let you appreciate it's beauty through the…

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Sometimes you hold a book in your hands and you don't understand a word of it, and strangely, it makes it even better! 

Lesley is sending me this gorgeous little book based on Sir Gowain and the Green Knight, a 14th century poem relating the adventures of a knight of King Arthur's Round Table. 

I am copy-pasting a piece from Google because I…

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Lesley is sending me a wonderful bookie, her Heart Matters, which shows again all her talent of drawer and book artist.

The book can be flipped and viewed horizontally or vertically, depending on the page and your mood.

Lesley's Heart is a truly physical and palpable organ. Just like any other organ, it has its own physiology and rules, no way around…

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The most beautiful envelope and card arrived yesterday. Handmade paper with an amazing texture. Did you make this paper yourself Lesley? The dried flowers seem to be partly embedded in it, and the print of the feather looks like a petroglyph, a precious archaeological finding. The rough/smooth textures are all kinds of wow, I wonder how she printed the feather to get this…

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Chapters from the Windmills of Your Mind are rolling in. This is Lesley's part, her drawings and paintings on beautiful thick paper. The tones are earthy and soft with great texture. Her drawings and text layered on painted windmills are an intimate journey into a peaceful mind. Eyes open, eyes closed, nothing can stop our windmills from turning.

Thank you Lesley, this is another amazing chapter of what is going to be a great book!

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The South African connection is growing, and I'm very happy about this. I saw this beautiful lino print on Chery'l blog a couple of weeks ago, and one comment was enough to bring it to my mailbox. Lucky me! This is one of my favorite colors, and I really like the way the denser parts of the ink melt into the brighter areas. You can't really see it on the picture but the thick… Continue