collage

From Balance to Orange Seaweed

2012-02-02T06:54:00.000-08:00

5' x 4', oil on canvas

Balance

2012-01-19T08:39:00.000-08:00

Still Life Balance, 5' x 4', oil on canvas

Rocks and bones against a blue sky

The sound of the ocean behind me

Sea smells and white, porcelain bones in the shapes of wings and vessels

Found and old, pitted or rubbed smooth by years of salt and waves

Revealed and repeated spirals made in paper, wood and sand

Hematite Box

2012-01-16T10:53:00.000-08:00

acrylic and oil on papier mache/box armature

Beginning of a resolution, Box Show 2012

2012-01-15T12:49:00.000-08:00

oil paint on gessoed papier mache

Box Show Entry 2012 in progress...

2012-01-14T11:58:00.000-08:00

Torn acrylic on paper paintings applied as third layer of papier mache

(recycling)

The beginnings of my box show entry for Box Show 2012 coming to TAG in March...

2012-01-13T08:42:00.000-08:00

papier mache on box and foam armature

New Work in Progress, January 3, 2012

2012-01-03T15:49:00.000-08:00

5' x 4', oil on canvas

Put Up or Shut Up, December, 2011

2011-12-17T03:49:00.000-08:00

Winter and Spring Recycled, July 21, 2011

2011-07-21T14:39:00.000-07:00

Detail

3.5' x 3' x 2.5', charcoal and gesso on cut, torn and twisted paper.

News

2011-02-04T16:39:00.000-08:00

Self II Exhibition at The Artists' Gallery

At The Artists' Gallery, 1/11

2011-01-23T07:31:00.001-08:00

work by Linda Sherman, Nancy McLoughlin, Shelley Stevens and Lisa Tarkett Reed

At The Artists' Gallery, 1/11

2011-01-23T07:29:00.001-08:00

Work by Lisa Tarkett Reed and Nancy McLoughlin

1.12.11, Self Contained

2011-01-12T09:19:00.000-08:00

Sitting on the floor

Sifting through paper mountains

My past and present

1.10.11, Self Contained

2011-01-11T06:11:00.000-08:00

Pieces of movement

Brown, pink, dry, curled, cream, square, stitched

They are hours and days

10.28.10, mixed on paper, approx. 3' x 3'

2010-10-28T15:39:00.000-07:00

Grid Installation

10.28.10, mixed on panel, 12" x 12"

2010-10-28T15:30:00.000-07:00

Infantry

10.28.10, mixed on paper, 12" x 6"

2010-10-28T13:53:00.001-07:00

Coexist #1

10.28.10, mixed on paper, 12" x 6"

2010-10-28T13:47:00.000-07:00

Coexist #2

7.20.10, 5" x 7", mixed on paper

2010-07-20T20:16:00.001-07:00

listening to Blind Boy Fuller

Ziggurat, 7.20.10, 5" x 7", mixed on paper

2010-07-20T15:34:00.001-07:00

Pink for Patsy, Moleskine Exchange

7.19.10, 5" x 7", mixed on paper

2010-07-19T17:52:00.001-07:00

blue circles for Mekeel, Moleskine Exchange

Ziggurat, 7.19.10, 5" x 7", mixed on paper

2010-07-19T16:47:00.001-07:00

bloom, Moleskine Exchange

7.8.10, 5" x 7", mixed on paper

2010-07-08T11:42:00.000-07:00

blue cool in progress, 100 degrees outside,

Moleskine Exchange

6.30.10, Cairn, 5" x 7", mixed on paper

2010-07-03T13:22:00.001-07:00

circled and reassembled, blue crystal,

"Found" exhibition postcard

7.3.10, 5" x 7", mixed on paper

2010-07-02T15:55:00.001-07:00

quilted, red, karate star for Mekeel,

Moleskine Exchange

7.1.10, Seascape, 5" x 7", mixed on paper

2010-07-01T12:22:00.000-07:00

pieces of hybrids for Patsy,

Moleskine Exchange

6.30.10, 5" x 7", mixed on paper

2010-06-30T18:02:00.001-07:00

veiled landscape

New Ziggurat, 6.21.10, 5" x 7", mixed on paper

2010-05-31T12:39:00.002-07:00

painted pyramid, lights and stripes for Patsy,

Moleskine Exchange

5.30.10, 5" x 7", mixed on paper

2010-05-31T12:36:00.001-07:00

Blue Star, For Patsy, Moleskine Exchange

5.18.10, Only You, 5" x 7", mixed on paper

2010-05-18T17:40:00.001-07:00

5.9.10, Seeing Red #2, 5" x 7", mixed on paper

2010-05-09T20:08:00.000-07:00

3.16.10, Rice, 5" x 7", mixed on paper

2010-05-09T11:39:00.001-07:00

3.16.10, Black, 5" x 7", mixed on paper

2010-05-09T11:38:00.001-07:00

4.19.10, Blue, 5" x 7", mixed on paper

2010-04-19T12:33:00.000-07:00

4.19.10, Seeing Red, 5" x 7", mixed on paper

2010-04-19T12:19:00.000-07:00

4.17.10, Mother, 5" x 7", mixed on paper

2010-04-17T15:26:00.000-07:00

4.17.10, Gray Spring, 5" x 7", mixed on paper

2010-04-17T10:33:00.000-07:00

4.15.10, Rice and Bark, 5" x 7", mixed on paper

2010-04-16T17:58:00.001-07:00

4.16.10, 5" x 7", mixed on paper

2010-04-16T17:00:00.001-07:00

3.29.10, 5" x 7", mixed on paper

2010-04-16T14:49:00.001-07:00

Square Dancing

2010-04-15T09:55:00.000-07:00

I have been elated over the past year! I have been in the studio with a renewed sense of enthusiasm, commitment, and joy. At the same time, I feel like I'm flailing - trying this and that and a bit of this. It seems like I have a million ideas and I want to try them all. So, this year, my goal is to focus. I find I have to work in several directions at once because one type of working process nurtures another. So, I've chosen several directions to work in and I am commiting to these, for now, with the goal of creating a more cohesive body of work. The Collected Squares, with a format inspired by the 2009 Moleskine Project, is one of the processes I plan to explore in depth...

Daily Observance, January 15, 2010

2010-02-06T20:31:00.000-08:00

2010-02-05T16:55:00.000-08:00

Side by Side, 6' x 7', acrylic, pencil and coffee on canvas

2010-02-01T17:11:00.000-08:00

B&W, 12" x 12", mixed on paper

2010-01-30T22:10:00.000-08:00

Coming in March...

2010-01-22T14:33:00.001-08:00

2010-01-22T08:27:00.002-08:00

4" x 4" oil on wood

2010-01-20T21:54:00.001-08:00

Shroud

2010-01-20T21:32:00.001-08:00

2010-01-12T07:36:00.000-08:00

Trio

2010-01-11T10:44:00.001-08:00

Self Control

2010-01-10T18:06:00.001-08:00

Elegy

2010-01-02T16:27:00.001-08:00

Drawing/Collage Installation in progress...

2009-12-31T15:36:00.001-08:00

Drawing/Collage Installation in progress...

2009-12-31T14:38:00.000-08:00

2009-12-28T10:30:00.000-08:00

2009-12-27T08:31:00.000-08:00

four by fours in progress...

2009-12-26T10:29:00.000-08:00

Coming soon...

2009-12-25T15:28:00.000-08:00

Les Idees Gallery at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh (Sister MamaCita will show here with MamaCita in March 2010)

2009-12-18T11:34:00.001-08:00

Daily Observance continued...

2009-12-08T16:53:00.000-08:00

I believe my presentation of "Ritual" or "Daily Observance" is resolved:

I Love the Blue #2

2009-12-08T08:39:00.001-08:00

2009-12-07T13:17:00.000-08:00

really a learning process with this accordian book for my daily drawings. I bound two covers and attached them to the folio, but it seemed too heavey for the drawings so I cut the covers off. The piece seems to have more integrity without the covers.

Book Cover for Daily Observance project

2009-12-06T16:15:00.000-08:00

I Love the Blues

2009-12-06T07:42:00.000-08:00

2009-12-05T18:39:00.001-08:00

Daily Observance continued...

2009-12-05T17:12:00.000-08:00

At Patrick Henry Community College, Roanoke, VA

2009-12-03T18:54:00.000-08:00

Daily Observance:

2009-12-03T18:20:00.000-08:00

I've been experimenting with ideas for how to present my daily drawings. Here are the beginnings of an accordian book holding the 3" x 3" daily observations.

Opening night for "A Convivial Collection...New Creations" on November 6, 2009 at Gallery Chiz in Pittsburgh

2009-12-03T11:17:00.000-08:00

She Sell #1

2009-12-02T20:24:00.000-08:00

In this oil on wood painting I am beginning to play with some ideas for the Wholons exhibition with Mamacita coming up in 2010. The project requires that I create four pieces and that each piece be 4" x 4" and 1 and a half inches deep.

2009-11-21T19:03:00.000-08:00

Submarine Medical Research Laboratory's Technical Report #1219

2009-11-21T16:51:00.000-08:00

H2O Sketchbook

2009-11-18T19:08:00.001-08:00

H2O is the piece I've created for the Arthousecoop Sketchbook Project. I was given the theme My Life in a Yellow Submarine. After thinking through obvious references to the famous Beetles' song, I settled on a piece about water as I imagined that life on any sub, no matter what the color, would be a life surrounded by cold, salty, blue, green wetness.

Because of the project a story on Women Submariners on NPR caught my attention as I was making the piece so I did some internet research and came across the naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory's Technical Report #1219 entitled The Medical Implications of Women on Submarines. The calligraphic marks on one side of my accordian sketchbook are words from this report.

Sold

2009-11-17T22:12:00.000-08:00

Both Sacred Heart and Pet sold on opening night at Gallery Chiz.

2009-11-11T08:56:00.000-08:00

I am energized by the birth of a new project! Sister Mamacita is growing steadily. Our artist members' work can be seen on our temporary website: http://reedart.com/sister%20mamacita.htm

Group exhibitions coming soon...

Thank you, Melissa Tevere and all Mamacita members!

YOU ARE INVITED

2009-11-05T13:21:00.000-08:00

“A Convivial Collection …New Creations” by Philippe Paulin Derville • Ben Oddi • Joyce Werwie Perry •Carlos Sanchez-Vegas • Randie Snow with Anna Bloom • Kat Cole • Neil Dreibelbis • Ruth Frank • Patty Gallagher • Liz Goldberg • Ryder Henry • Maria Paul Kyros • Laura Jean McLaughlin • Ida Michaeli • Elaine Morris • Lisa Tarkett Reed • Artie Reitmeyer • Cory Rockwood • Marjorie Shipe • Alex Sutlic • Pearl Wu Opening Reception & FirstFriday ArtWalk…11.06.09, 6-9pm GALLERIE CHIZ 5831 Ellsworth Avenue • Shadyside • Pittsburgh, PA 15232 galleriechiz.com Ellen Chisdes Neuberg, owner/director New Winter Hours: Tue – Fri 11-5:30 • Sat 11-5 • closed Sun, Mon. or for appointment call 412.441.6005"

painting "Sacred Heart" (photos by Joe)

2009-11-03T22:05:00.000-08:00

Moleskine Exchange/Susan Savory's Book

2009-11-03T08:42:00.001-08:00

Moleskine Exchange 2009

2009-11-03T08:41:00.000-08:00

2009-11-03T08:40:00.000-08:00

Third Moleskine book complete and ready to be mailed.

2009-11-03T08:38:00.000-08:00

2009-11-03T07:17:00.000-08:00

"...stones, crystals, bones and beads hold personal history and meaning for me depending on where I found them or who gave them to me: a sea shell from a family trip to the ocean, a pyramid shaped rock I picked up on my wedding day, a pinch pot my older sister made when she was twelve, a crystal I received as a birthday gift, hematite given by a friend. Each of these resonates with me as both natural objects of profound beauty and as personal symbols. While the objects represent personal memories of times, places and people, the act of focusing on them and drawing them roots me firmly to the present."

2009-10-31T16:31:00.000-07:00

2009-10-31T16:25:00.000-07:00

The process of making...

2009-10-31T16:00:00.000-07:00

Moleskine Exchange 2009, The Art House Co-op Sketchbook Library Project, a solo exhibition of my Found series of paintings at The Turning Point, twelve pieces from my Painted Ladies series at Gallerie Chiz, a piece in January's FCAA member's exhibition at the Delaplaine and inclusion in a Mamacita group exhibition next year, these are the projects that I am either currently involved in or preparing for. Having so many and varied deadlines and goals is stimulating, challenging and fun.

I plan to use this blog as a way to document and share my studio and creative process as well as what inspires me.

2009-09-12T21:24:00.000-07:00