WATERCOLORS AND WORDS
by R H (Rhonda) CARPENTER
Friday, February 7, 2025
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Sunday, January 19, 2025
STRANGE ART FOR MORE STRANGE DAYS
The tech bros and the overcompensating and down-right criminal men are telling us we need more “masculine energy” in corporate America. I say no, we don’t. We’ve had that all our lives and whenever we get a foothold in the patriarchy, the little men start whining and banging their fists on things, showing what big boys they can be.
Strange Art #7 - Shelly
It probably doesn’t show well here, but the hair and the shell-like bits on the sides of her head are irridescent and so is the lighter color in her top.
Friday, January 10, 2025
STRANGE ART #6
Not a combination of animal and woman…but a sad little clown woman.
From a photo found on the Sktchy Museum app (lots of free to use photos there, mostly portraits).
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
DIGGING OUT BUT GETTING THERE
Sweetie and I are still taking shifts in digging out his car (mine is a lost cause, sitting in a very slanted driveway covered in snow and with a dead battery). We limit ourselves to 1/2 hour shifts so we don’t injure ourselves. We still have about an hour or more to go.
But after the shoveling yesterday I hadn’t started feeling much pain in my back (yet!) so went down to my little art room to clear my head and thought I’d try to rework this bizarre sheep girl with gouache over the wool. So I did. I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea but I guess I need to make something strange right now…and maybe all month.
I have a lovely amaryllis blooming and another that will be blooming in a week or so saying, “Why don’t you paint us?” But, like I said, need to make strange things right now. I don’t hate the little sheep girl.