I feel a bit antsy because as much as I want to start painting the new piece; it just wouldn’t make any sense since I’m in the middle of moving. This will be a larger than usual piece. I plan on going with a 6 feet width (at minimum). The reason for that is because I really want the piece to stand up against the viewer. Large enough so that the viewer could relate their own physical space with the imaginary space portrayed within the painting.

Acrylic on canvas
24″ x 24″
2006

Sometimes… Picking up the pieces behind us helps mend our past.

Either you choose to forget, or forget to remember… Hopefully all that you pick up will make you smile.

While riding the GO home this evening I got thinking about different ideas on ways to depict and teach children (for example) about fairy tales. How could something that’s so ingrained into our minds be even slightly influenced? Fairy tales especially are passed on through our parents, the educational system through both oral and written traditions. (more…)

• original writers of fairy tales : Grimm Brothers or Charles Perrault, and perhaps Hans Christian Andersen.
• In a time of political censorship, where women had few rights, fairy tales were one way that they could make their opinions known.
• As one of the best-known fairy tales, Cinderella has over 340 variations (more…)