Nancy Bell Scott's Blog – October 2011 Archive (26)

Theresa Williams and James Ensor

...on the way to the 1st Annual IUOMA Hallowe'en Ball:

Very nice and graceful rendering of Ensor...covered with bats and hiding behind a nearly Pinocchio-type mask, poor guy. Theresa knows her subjects very well, though, and so she knows what she is doing here. Ensor would appreciate it, and I do too. Thank you so much for this, Theresa, and especially for the epistolary poem on… Continue

Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 3, 2011 at 10:39pm — 4 Comments

Received from arttower

A head! And great envelope, it had to be included:

Thank you, Gunter, I enjoy your work and fanciful envelope--and am impressed that you knew my town can be officially abbreviated as OOB and recognized by the postal system. Nice going! He also includes a flier about "The Head Project Phase 3," which looks to have taken place on September 9. Congratulations, and thank you also for… Continue

Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 3, 2011 at 10:29pm — No Comments

Cheryl Penn's "Transgressing the Page" pages

Am I lucky to be on the transgressor list: …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 3, 2011 at 10:11pm — No Comments

Judith Heartsong's modern take on the classic still-life

That's why she includes the label on a pair:

I mean a pear! Judith sent this lovely watercolor as a pair--cut in two--separately, on the same day. One half arrived a couple of days later, and the other arrived 10 days later. So the message Judith wrote, which was cut in half, was quite a puzzle for a little while--as was the whereabouts of the second half, on the part of both of… Continue

Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 3, 2011 at 9:59pm — 1 Comment

Trashpo Snooky from Angie

Well, Snooky himself is clean as always:

But I think Snooky is becoming more haptic? That's for the experts to decide. Angie questioned in her note to me whether this is truly trashpo, but it IS art. Yes, and I'd say it's both, because there is proof that some trash is included in this piece by Angie. Not tons, but it doesn't take tons. It's an excellent haptic trashpo collage… Continue

Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 3, 2011 at 9:48pm — 4 Comments

FRIEDER SPECK's Beautiful Art Joke On Me

10 linocut prints arrived, each on its own napkin: These 6 are shown photographed laid out carefully on a wooden floor. The following 4 I scanned individually: …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 1, 2011 at 8:27pm — 5 Comments

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