Nature’s Art…

Since my last post, we actually just had another snowfall~~this time with 10 1/2″ of the fluffy white stuff! So………I was forced to slow down once again and just embrace it……..no power for a few days………no machines or computers to do studio work……….no television or radio (well, a bit of music from my smartphone!)……….but it was a gift of time to focus and catch up on other things.

Nature’s Art

 

 

So a couple of new inspirations from nature…

  

 

 

 

and what I call “nature’s art“. 

Winter’s Beauty!

 

 

Winter Visitor…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 So, even though it doesn’t look or act like Spring around here yet, last Monday was the studio’s Celebrate Spring Giveaway”.  The Art Lover & e-newsletter Subscriber who received an Open Edition, Signed and Matted Art Print of the latest art quilt from the Studio, Fractured Fish #2, was…Drum roll please…………….. Diane!  Congratulations to her! 🙂                                                         

Open Edition Art Print~~Fractured Fish #2 (2017)

All other members are receiving a Bonus good for 15% off of all Art Prints in the Studio’s online Shop until April 1(March 31st is the last day, so only a few days left to order!)

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Change Is Not Always a Smooth Transition!

Once again the weather is the inspiration for a post…This year the weather has just been so dramatic around here!

The days became unusually warm a week or so ago, with signs of Spring barely beginning to appear…Change was in the air!

Signs of Spring

There was a struggle between Winter and Spring…

Winter Won!

And this week Winter won!

But, we are still looking forward to welcoming Spring very soon, along with new happenings and events!  My art quilt, “Flamenco Swirl #2” was accepted into the PAQA-South’s juried, art exhibit. If you are in the Raleigh/Cary area of North Carolina,  be sure to check out this piece from my studio, along with @ 25 other works from Contemporary Textile Artists!

PAQA-South Passions Exhibit.

And remember…

Change is just not Always a Smooth Transition!

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**Celebrate Spring Giveaway!**

This Week is the last chance to Sign-up for the Studio NewsNotes e-newsletter and have a chance to win a wonderful, 8 1/2″ x 11″, Signed & Matted Studio Art Print!

Next Monday, March 19th, one Subscriber will be selected by random number from the List, before the March Newsletter is sent!!

Everyone  receiving Studio NewsNotes will get a “Bonus” that can be used in the studio’s on-line Shop!

Join other Art Lovers, Art Collectors, and Creatives in Life!

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Behind the Scenes~Artists Working in a Series

Many times artists will create several works of art, or a series, related to the same subject or theme. This can be the result of their creative process, where an artist experiments with different materials…explores one idea in several ways, or tries out many ways to design one idea…or takes one concept and builds upon it, revising it as they work. So, there are many ways to create in the studio with no one “right” method…

Some artists work on one piece or series at a time, while others may have many projects and series being developed and created at the same time…working on several at various stages of the design process. So, it can look like this!  🙂

I currently work on a few different series, which I’d like to introduce to you one at a time. Today’s series is called, “Child’s Play”…Because for children their play is actually their work…the way they learn, develop, and understand the world around them!

In “Playtime Games” (2012), the games of children are depicted~~Pin-the-Tail-on-the-Donkey, sparkling marbles, decorated flip-flops, the swirls of a turning top! For from the lessons learned in playing these games, they learn the lessons of life. 

“Playtime Games”, Rayon, beads, and clothespins on cotton, ©2012 Joni Beach

In “Meow, Mr. Whiskers”, saying hello in cat language is a specialty of children who know their pets well. Not only is he a cat, he is a friend who just happens to love to play with a ball of fabric yarn. And, from this they learn to better communicate and interact with other living beings…including people!

Meow, Mr. Whiskers, rayon on cotton, 7 1/4″ x 10″, © 2013 Joni Beach.

In this series, I have fun exploring ways children learn, grow, and develop through fun and games, colors and crayons, animals and bugs, friends and family, and other wild, wonderful, awe-inspiring things, using brightly colored, quirky prints, vivid colored threads, and fun found objects!

Stay tuned for more…! 🙂

(These designs are Available Now as wonderful, Open Edition Art Prints in the Art Shop.)