August 22, 2008

Moving my daughter into her first apartment. Hope to post something tomorrow.

August 20, 2008

Photo by Sharon Lee
August 2008

A small window of opportunity presented itself today in the hottest part of the day so I took advantage and painted a bit. I worked a touch on circle one and two.

I changed the third disk to be "Lou Gramm goes head to head with the
Unpleasant Frog" (Still a working Title for that section).

The first circle on the left of the middle row is to be "After the Fall" which I skipped over for now to the middle circle which is a portrait of a woman masturbating.

August 18, 2008

Okay so today I have nothing artistic or thought worthy to share. I feel like I'm five hours behind and not sure what I've done or not done today could it be just random chores?. I did manage to paint a bit after dark. Don't love painting with artificial light but it is sometimes necessary. Not sure what is happening to current circle-story. Original it was the troll and the three billy goats but it appears to be an old drag queen and a crazy green monster. Have no idea where this will go. As I did when I painted "The Big Gulp" not so long ago I have no intention for this painting. Just sit down with some brushes, paints and music and see what comes up. Nothing seem to be cohesive yet hopefully a thread will be found.

Peace Always

Sharon

August 18, 2008

Sitting at my long cherry kitchen table today, as usual was my neighbor friend, Ben, me and our two dogs (Sophie and Bela). We have a sort of morning tea cloche almost daily where we talk about the previous night's occurrences and hopes for the upcoming day. Today Ben was noticing all the paintings of mine that have been shuffled into the living room/common area in preparation of an upcoming show. (Pein Art Gallery, Pittsburgh) Since he is part of my daily life he knows all the inside stories of many of the paintings, his dad, a common character. He thought he would like to come to my opening and tell people the back stories of the paintings he was familiar with. As kind as it is I declined the offer and explained that I was planning a separate viewing of this show for friends and family after the first public one.

I have attended a fair amount of openings with and with out family and friends. No mater how well briefed the kids are they get hungry and bored, the male adults are anxious to go and grab a bite to eat and the adult female wants to get back to lounging at the hotel and ordering room service. So this opening it will be all business for me with a glass of wine and yummy vegan dinner afterwards alone.

August 17, 2008

Although the weather today was an absolutely fabulous summer day with blue skies and fluffy white clouds, warm sun and now cool mountain night air I did manage to pull myself from outside and paint a bit. The new painting that I have started is comprised of 9 circles, all of which may or may not exist when I finish this piece. I have worked a bit on the first two circles and rough gesture painted the third.

The first circle is "Fall from Grace" which depicts Eve collecting apples from the "garden". The Second circle is the tale of Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. Portrayed is Santa lying in bed, full Santa get-up with a remote control in one hand and a beverage in the other. The third circle is of a troll and three billy goats clip clapping over a bridge, inspired by watching an "after his prime" musician perform with difficulty a concert.

August 16, 2008

I have been listening to Todd Rundgren faithfully since 1977. Last night was the first time/opportunity I have had to photograph Todd while playing on stage. Until recently cameras were strictly forbidden at concert venues but since the advent of cell phones that can take photos and cameras the size of a key case the banning of photography equipment is impossible to enforce.

Todd Rundgren along with several people he frequently tours with (Jesse Gress (guitar), Prairie Prince (drums) and John Ferenzik (keyboard), with Bo Brice (American Idol), Lou Graham (Foreigner) Denny Lane (Wings and Moody Blues), Christopher Cross, a small string and horn group and a remarkable bass player and keyboardist (Sorry don't remember their names) played the album Sg. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in it's entirety.

We arrived at the venue a minute before the band came on stage and I noticed that there was a small group of people standing at the security gate a few feet from the stage. No one seemed to be getting chased away and I had my digital camera in my purse. I seized the opportunity and took a hundred of so photos.

Above are just a few.

August 14, 2008

Jesus And His Band Of Pseudo Hippy Trash Go To Ma Mary's For Lunch
2000
acrylic on linen
24" x 16"

In the year 2000 I painted "Jesus And His Band Of Pseudo Hippy Trash Go To Ma Mary's For Lunch". The idea behind this piece was that ultimate women get stuck with food preparation for meals and if Jesus was wandering the desert with his band of friends eventually they would stop off at Ma Mary's to get bite to eat.

I updated Jesus' friends to look more like contemporary hippie types plus my daughter, Meagan, a contemporary hooker and myself. My daughter is in the long sleeve blue dress which was a blue dress that I made her so she could dress like Anne of Green Gables (there was a scene in one of the Anne books where Matthew bought Anne a long sleeve puffy shoulder dress that she wanted).

The woman hanging down in Carhardts carrying two heavy buckets is me weighted down by responsibility. Next to me is my deceased dog Jackson, and in the far distance is Meagan's dad with his computer.

The top left of the painting is the table being set by Mary and the bottom left has Joseph cashed out enjoying an afternoon nap.