Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Pastel paintings en famille


There's some glare and perspective distortion and whatnot, but you get the idea. Here's the framed-up pastels hanging and ready for the weekend (Open Studios). I realized all my frames were black and the same size (11" x 14"), but not all were the same kind of frame. Oh well. I still think they look pretty great.

It makes me greedy--wishing I could see all my pastels framed, not just a small percentage.

Art is weird, though, no? in the sense that here I've chosen what I think are some of my best works, that I love, and now I have to hope they go out the door, never to return--in order to be able to afford frames for the next round.




And now here's a random assortment of recent pastels, just to give an idea of how they look in a group:














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 Fennec contemplates whether it's worth the effort to get fully back onto the couch...


Apparently not.
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In India, at the government weavers' center.

More art on my website: jalapfaff.com

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Night moon


Pastel on Sennelier LaCarte, approx. 4" x 9".

Been a while since I did a moon. This is called "Night Moon"--redundant title? Not really, because the last couple of moons I did were Day Moons. Oh, and there was a Solstice Eclipse one too.
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I love the special bond between Rumi and Gadjo. From the moment they met, they were two peas in a pod. And they still are.


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In India, at the weaving cooperative.

Don't forget, these next two weekends are Open Studios here in Boulder. Come visit me if you're in town. I'm Studio #92 this year.

This Friday night is the reception at the Boulder Public Library, 6 -8 pm--see one piece from each of the 129 participating artists.


More art on my website: jalapfaff.com

Monday, September 26, 2011

Untitled 162


Pastel on UArt, approx. 4" x 5".
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I had some dreadful problem with my iPhoto library. I still don't understand what happened or how The Husband patched up the problem or if the problem is fixed now for sure. But I am happy to be able to blog again today finally!


Coy boy on the couch.



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In India. 

I thought this was some sort of tombstone. The Husband said it's something to do with telephone cables. Or electricity. Something like that.

More art on my website: jalapfaff.com