Sweets of Talents from Sirce Kwai
Depression and sadness are my constant companions. Being the daughter of a slave and being imprinted with her losses birthed me with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Yet I have a sunny disposition. Color seduces me but songs nurture me. Continue Reading …
I did this one all wrong. A normal approach to a pastel is to start with the drawing in linear exploration. Not me with this one: I rushed in where fools tremble pastels to powder…that’s what I did….I grabbed Continue Reading …
Plucked from my garden, this Florida rose is a tea-rose size. I picked it to pose for the Rose pastel for ChiChi. ChiChi is not her full name nor do I know it. But I know this lovely lady from Continue Reading …
Going into my last relationship, I knew he was a misogynist. I wasn’t afraid of that; the great Degas was a renown misogynist and yet had the best friendship with Mary Cassatt. There seems to be some normalcy to men Continue Reading …
After a relationship breakup, what is left to do but get to the beach?! This sketch is my first crop of summer paintings. That’s a relationship I can rely upon. My pastels for this sketch are the Nupastels set of Continue Reading …
The Universe is based on mathematics. Many theoretical scientists say so. The infamous magician, Aleister Crowley said so. So why did Neil Sedaka say “Breaking Up is Hard to Do”? Was he a bad math student? I broke up my Continue Reading …
She is a beauty. This antique treasure is 92 years old. I’m not talking about the pastel drawing which is under 24 hours old. I’m referring to the woman in the pastel: Toby. Cultures that care for their elderly are Continue Reading …
Seventy years ago, Mom smiled for this photo. She was in Sweden in the early Spring. This was one of her better smiles. Just months before, she was dying in Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Gangrene ate out her thigh. Her usefulness Continue Reading …
The Annual “Animal Naming Contest” concluded last night. “Gatorela” is the name of the baby alligator living at DaggerWing Nature Center. I have been in the volunteer service to this wonderful spec of wildlife left in south Florida. Once upon Continue Reading …