Sunday, June 14, 2015

Treasures on the coffee table - and beyond










Two recent additions to the piles of books on my coffee table - John got me these after I showed him this short film, which he loved as much as I do (especially the bit about Lincoln's pocket watch).

There is so much to discover in these books, down to wonderful details such as the endpaper (third photo above). The endpaper of the book I am illustrating at the moment will have a repetitive pattern of elements from the illustrations, and I am looking forward to adding these little touches. Kalman's work always acts as a reminder of the utter joy and delight of drawing and painting, looking and noticing, for me (among lots of other things), and I would buy her books for the endpaper alone.

On Monday morning I set up office on the wooden deck in the garden, and it was the start of a productive week. Just like sleeping with your head on the foot end of the bed, shaking things up this way seemed to trigger a flood of new ideas and different approaches in my brain. My outdoor "desk" then turned into a picnic table when my friend arrived with her children. This place is paradise when the sun is out. This week we also discovered a new-to-us walk in Spiddal and a new hidden beach. We listened and sang along to a cover of Tom Waits's "Ol' 55" in a lovely pub, which prompted me to play Closing Time in my class yesterday, and just when "Martha" finished the band downstairs in the College Bar started playing that very song in preparation for a wedding, the afters of which we attended in the evening. And today is Sunday.



2 comments:

  1. Hello Marina. So good to know you thorugh your profile on the blogger and the blog post. I was to make use of your email id id to wrtie my comment but since your blog post is recent I just felt that i should make use of it for my comment and some thing more to share on the post. This is beautiful painting and i love painting but do not have that talent. May the Lord Jesus help you to excel in your art and painting work. Well I am from Mumbai, India and have been in the Pastoral ministry for last 37yrs in this great city of Mumbai a city great contrast where richet of rich and the poorest of poor live. We reach out to the poorest of poor with the love of Christ to bring healing to the broken hearted. We also encourage young and the adults from the west to come to Mumbai to work with us during their vacation time. We would love to have you come with your friends to work with us during your vacation time. I am sure you will have a life changing experience. My email id is:dhwankhede(at)gmail(dot)com and my name is Diwakar Wankhede. Looking forward to hear from you very soon. God's richest blessings on you.

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  2. Hello Marina. So good to know you thorugh your profile on the blogger and the blog post. I was to make use of your email id id to wrtie my comment but since your blog post is recent I just felt that i should make use of it for my comment and some thing more to share on the post. This is beautiful painting and i love painting but do not have that talent. May the Lord Jesus help you to excel in your art and painting work. Well I am from Mumbai, India and have been in the Pastoral ministry for last 37yrs in this great city of Mumbai a city great contrast where richet of rich and the poorest of poor live. We reach out to the poorest of poor with the love of Christ to bring healing to the broken hearted. We also encourage young and the adults from the west to come to Mumbai to work with us during their vacation time. We would love to have you come with your friends to work with us during your vacation time. I am sure you will have a life changing experience. My email id is:dhwankhede(at)gmail(dot)com and my name is Diwakar Wankhede. Looking forward to hear from you very soon. God's richest blessings on you.

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