tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51958205681952322362024-03-05T01:50:04.226-08:00Solidago StudioSherry Ashby http://www.blogger.com/profile/05418460542670297587noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195820568195232236.post-33464516265166510482017-11-10T18:09:00.001-08:002017-11-10T18:10:41.434-08:00StockFord Park Mural 2016/17/ part 1<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stockford Park, 2016 , the bare canvas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some practice notes and we gear up to get started. It is Bike Maine</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little concert from Bike Maine. Duanne Ingalls happened to wear a shirt matching the color blue of the sky.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drawing notes for Fred to show proof I was working on the idea</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original water color sketch with a tentative plan for the stage walls.<br />
Working the ideas first out on paper really more to create the vibe. I knew I wanted the sky to be big and Crows flying. We had a magical summer of rainbows here in Lubec that summer, specifically over The Narrows. It was magical.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some inspiration. This is a certain vantage point in Lubec on Water Street I often take note of. Really there are so many. I took a few of my favorite snippets and wanted to put them into the mural, so I deviated from the original drawing. I like to paint that way, start with an idea and then let what wants to come out be born.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First day on the site. THE mural is under way!! It all begins here, with this little bit of charcoal. Of the ashes something will be born. I love starting my work in charcoal...what could be more magical than burnt stick to unlock the curtain, black like Crows the messengers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and so it begins</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have my notes spread out, reference drawings, big jugs o paint to mix. These paints were from Sherry Evers at the Clutter Shop. Before that the paints had been Claudia Malhmons, a local accomplished artist that recently passed. She is well missed in the art community here so I was super happy that she got to partake in this project in some way. Her legacy carried on by her materials. I had the basic colors only so it was a fun test in my skill for color theory mixing. I love the nitty gritty stuff. Thalo Blue as opposed to Aqua marine blue.... yum yum my mouth is watering. If she was still alive she would be down here checking on me by now.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this wild west down east crazy little town. THE DODGE building shall be mine one day!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First scratches. I had music...and was dancing and painting a lot with my finger in the air mentally crafting. The neighbor dude had to come over to find out what the heck was going on.... I was off in my own little world, just where I want to be.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">End of day one. <br />
I have decided the building must live and abandon the original watercolor idea. What is gonna fly is gonna fly.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finding my perfect sky blue was a pretty fun era in time for me. I spent weeks thinking about what my perfect shade of blue would be.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I came to the mural every day for a long time to get the foundation of the painting built. Each day I came this little spider had cast a web some place a new. Each visit I would just paint around her. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this is what the Moon and Venus were doing when the project was first being born.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course the Crows had to come and keep a good eye on me. As well as many town folk stopping by to say "hey". People are super happy to inquire about the project. People start to stop and ask me about it everywhere I go....As an introvert this kind of attention makes me uncomfortable so I apologize to those that have had socially awkward encounters with me.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I get totally into the painting...it is all I can think about. Quinn is my little helper. He goes days with me and rides his bike around the park. He hangs out with the seagulls and walks on the beach. He helps lug shit and can mix paints for me by instruction. What ever I need he's my man. He's got his Moms back. We get the idea to pull an all nighter, We are bike riding adventuring loving dirty Hobos. We bring fire wood and lamps, the radio, an electrical chord and plenty o snacks and drink, light a fire in the grill and get to work. We paint until 2 am then sleep in the car. It is a goal of Quinn's to stay the full night..."No matter what Mom!!" It has become an epic memory for Q now.</td></tr>
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<br />Sherry Ashby http://www.blogger.com/profile/05418460542670297587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195820568195232236.post-79928640400795275582017-05-21T16:24:00.000-07:002017-05-21T16:24:36.307-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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when old age sets </div>
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white haired and amber eyed all aglow </div>
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A Woman who enjoyed her youth</div>
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Who savored every step</div>
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like it was the last bit of the gravy on the plate</div>
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I fought hard</div>
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to make it sing</div>
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to find my voice</div>
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to stand tall</div>
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I pray my children fly stronger on their own wings</div>
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I want to be - that woman with peace in her eyes</div>
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I fought hard for love she says . . . and won.</div>
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Sherry Ashby http://www.blogger.com/profile/05418460542670297587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195820568195232236.post-60545459363155358522016-10-23T20:23:00.003-07:002016-10-24T06:39:41.072-07:00Finding a Mob Boss<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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It is always a pleasure to work with author J.D. Rule. This is the finished art I recently completed for his latest book entitled <br />
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" Voices: O<i>f The American Muse</i>"<br />
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This is the third book I have been commissioned by JD to do work for. He came this time with an exact scene to capture that was utterly appealing to me. The scene as he spelled out is that of a mob boss, sitting in a dark corner and out onto the stage walks a stripper. He has immediate designs on her. She is unaware of his presence and has yet to meet him. JD's instructions for me are to give her a face to fall in love with and to make the make the mob boss very much in the shadows. The strippers pole must be prominent. All else is up to me in design and medium. And so the journey begins to climb inside another persons head and to bring their vision to life.<br />
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As an artist this kind of work is much different from gallery work or making art for myself. I am on a deadline and I have a guide line, it does not flow the same way as if I am connected with my own vision. I am trying to do right by someone else's idea and work more with in a structure. I can't get too lost... I have to stay on the path to get to where I have been hired to be.<br />
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So it begins with a million rough sketches, playing with paper choice or substrate depending on the medium, which medium will create the atmosphere I am going for?, and playing with design..this is illustration not gallery work, the rules are different. What do I want these characters to look like? How can I translate this? So begins the process of finding my own vision and for me all else stops. The children fend for themselves to be fed, the dishes pile up and the laundry is not done. I dive into a project like this with full focus. . . and that is one of the things I love about art.</td></tr>
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GETTING STARTED<br />
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I love detail. So putting the mob boss in the shadows was a bit of a challenge for me. I chose to work on a cotton rag creme colored paper to push the high lights and make the darks dark, What is more shadowy than charcoal? Burnt sticks....awesome. A chunk of burnt wood to push around freely on paper, I forgot how much I loved this medium until this project. I often use it as sort of an under painting as a tool, but rarely do I use it alone for a full drawing. It is a wonderful free medium to use, but a bit of a challenge to photograph, it picks up the layers one can not see with the naked eye. I used white charcoal on the lady and outlined her in ink, one simple layer of ink with a dip pen to keep the line solid...she is supposed to be seen after all. Charcoal has a way of floating away from you, so the ink anchored her.<br />
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EVOLUTION OF A MOB BOSS<br />
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For the lady she is drawn out of my head with no reference. I draw women all the time, but rarely draw men. I tend to focus on the divine feminine. But it was clear I needed a dude for reference for this project. The most Mob Bossy guy I know goes by the name of CrowsNeck Boutin and he graciously allowed me to "borrow" his face for this assignment. Like me, Crow is a native Lubecer. And growing up in Lubec presents some unique challenges. We live in an economically starved area, but the land here is rich in so many ways, for the ones like us that took root here, it is a powerful place to have been born and raised.<br />
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Crowsneck is a Professional Prize Fighter and now lives in Southern Maine. He says, "A prize fighter is what I am. I battle for money. I battle to evolve as a spirit and a man."<br />
Crow is a fierce, kind and intelligent man, very layered and very disciplined. He is in tune with the force within himself and within the world around him....all pretty mob bossy qualities.<br />
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I would imagine going into battle in a cage fight to have similar attributes to a man setting out to win a woman he has designs on, that primal part of the human race we are derived from..... And it makes a woman like me who so often contemplates the divine feminine contemplate what it means to be of the divine masculine, especially as a mother of two boys as I am. The evolution of spirit and the conquering of past demons. Living an authentic life has no gender.<br />
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People often ask me how long a painting or drawing takes. I tend to just make stuff and don't think about the time, it seems to take away from the process for me. And really, there is no way to answer that question in a concrete way. When involved in any kind of a project I eat, sleep, and pray it. The hours spent on it are much more than the hours spent putting charcoal to paper. On this project I spent a good solid 7 days ....if not more.<br />
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JD Rule<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I saw you today- with your crooked smile</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">and your heart on your sleeve.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I saw you there in the garden, next to the forget -me- nots </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">and the "my love lies bleeding". I knew your head was the clouds and a conversation with dragons was pasings through the ethers. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">You don't live with feet firmly planted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Just before I saw you...in the garden- I was driving along Water Street </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">a "Love Song" came on the radio.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">a parked car had a license</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> plate that read "LOVE". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">My attention was pulled to the very next parked car with a licence</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> plate that read " TRAP".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">with your head and heart in the Clouds</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">resting among the flowers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">-the wildest of flowers</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> She sits on a chair that has roots reaching to the earth and limbs growing towards the sky. The roots of the growing chair gather nourishment from the water for now, until they can find higher ground to take root in, but they are roots that needed to be soaked. The Woman rests upon the chair gathering the golden light from below in the earth and harvesting the white light from above. The element of air, water and the grounding of earth energy are all present here. She has been through a powerful storm and now takes a moment to recharge. There is a need for solitary time and introspection as she taps into collective energy to heal a psychic wound. </span><br />
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You Were My Fish<br />
swimming up stream<br />
always against the tide<br />
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you were my angel, my lover, my demon<br />
you filled it all with toxic venom and sweet sweet love<br />
wide awake in a house of mirrors<br />
you beckoned- I came and came and came again<br />
juice poured through every crack, every crevice<br />
until I was barren.<br />
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concubine<br />
my addiction- I bled for you and you alone<br />
you were mine but never mine<br />
I was yours, always yours<br />
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You filled me to the brim and it over ran<br />
slurped it up and came back for more<br />
never satiated<br />
the cycle- spinning<br />
lost and empty and full<br />
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dancing in the moon<br />
though never roaming always still<br />
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you gave it away<br />
you gave it all away<br />
~s.a.cunningham<br />
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<br />Sherry Ashby http://www.blogger.com/profile/05418460542670297587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195820568195232236.post-38945164077102786922014-10-03T15:19:00.000-07:002014-10-03T15:19:29.808-07:00New Birth<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">" Silkie Returning to the Sea" mixed media on BFK Rives paper, Sherry Ashby Cunningham</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">" Sailing Home", mixed media on BFK Rives paper, Sherry Ashby Cunningham</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">" Waiting To Be Born" mixed media on BFK Rives paper, SherryAshby Cunningham</td></tr>
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New Journeys start....but the past is not erased. Try as you may to forget, it is a part of you. Embrace. So much beauty...I saw in you. Finding that same beauty in myself is part of the new journey. As I see beauty in me I see beauty in you. Forgiveness, letting go of anger and bitterness. You will forever be part of my soul, my life...no one can take that away. We are connected, why not be connected in love? The dark and the light is equal in it's importance. No matter the outcome....love will always lie in the foundation of how we were born and it is how we will die...united in love in loves embrace.<br />
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Sherry Ashby http://www.blogger.com/profile/05418460542670297587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195820568195232236.post-87748980117497347142014-09-25T09:32:00.000-07:002014-09-25T09:32:22.370-07:00Wild in the Woods<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Where does your soul go...your heart, your mind?...it wanders sometimes in the dark. And that is ok. Without the dark we can not have the light...balance they say...but it swings........<br />
<br />Sherry Ashby http://www.blogger.com/profile/05418460542670297587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195820568195232236.post-26960705283453794112014-09-25T06:32:00.000-07:002014-09-25T06:32:04.850-07:00Spirits in the Wood<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Some times ....we all feel a little naked....a little exposed.</div>
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We bare our souls to another...and the journey in life happens....it is not easy to be human.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">" Sacrifice" acrylic on canvas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">" A Tangled Path in the Tangled Wood" mixed media on BFK Rives paper</td></tr>
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<br />Sherry Ashby http://www.blogger.com/profile/05418460542670297587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195820568195232236.post-49253390572492264392014-09-23T10:55:00.002-07:002014-09-23T11:01:22.526-07:00Buildings and Environment studies, mixed medias 2013-14<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Eastport House", mixed media on BFK Rives paper</td></tr>
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I have been playing with houses for about a year.<br />
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Straight lines sometimes scare me...but come to find quite often the lines are not as straight as you think they are gonna be....kinda like the path we are all on...it rarely is on the straight and narrow and a direct path....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">" House on Spring Street-Lubec" mixed media on BFK Rives paper.</td></tr>
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Full Harvest Moon in Pisces September 2014<br />
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Quinn showing Mama how to find some of her kid magic on this Harvest Moon.</td></tr>
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<br />Sherry Ashby http://www.blogger.com/profile/05418460542670297587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195820568195232236.post-40747373766223992332013-08-13T14:40:00.000-07:002013-08-13T14:40:58.059-07:00Wee Little Bird<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What the heck!? Autumn is in the air...so very soon. The first of August the smell of Fall was in the air. Don't get me wrong I love Autumn, the pumpkins, Halloween, the feel of it all....the light that carries the day. But with Fall comes a certain sense of panic...Do I have the fire wood ready, do the kids have enough warm clothes?...The schedule changes and I am not ready for the change to come quite yet....we wait so long for summer and this one has been fleeting. Spring was late and Fall is early....</td></tr>
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<br />Sherry Ashby http://www.blogger.com/profile/05418460542670297587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195820568195232236.post-5342053948157550772013-06-04T12:50:00.001-07:002013-06-04T12:50:14.907-07:00Waking up from Winter<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from Water Street, Lubec. Me., mixed media,woodcut on cotton rag</td></tr>
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Well...it was a long cold Winter..and Spring. Here is some of the work I got done. Will be moving it from my living space out into the world soon. Always bittersweet. I hope they find good homes. Busy getting some images ready to drop off tomorrow for the Eastport Gallery. The opening reception is Sat. June 8th at 5pm. the public is invited. Here are some snippets of images I am getting ready for the gallery and beyond. Some will be going to the Red Sleigh in Perry and some I will be taking with me to the Machias First Friday artwalk...I will be somewhere about town with them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Portrait of a chicken" woodcut, mixed media on Indian paper</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"McCurdy Smoke House, Lubec", view of Campobello International bridge- mixed media wood cut on BFK paper</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Owl Baby", mixed media wood cut on Japanese paper</td></tr>
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This piece is for the Member show at the Eastport Gallery called Interpretations of Space.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is some jewelry for the Red Sleigh in Perry. Sewn glass seed beads, porcupine quill, bone skull and antique African trade beads.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Up-cycled earrings, reclaimed necklace and antique Czech AB crystal. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Mother", dissected wood cut, collage</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And then it is gardening time....Thank Goddess!</td></tr>
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<br />Sherry Ashby http://www.blogger.com/profile/05418460542670297587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195820568195232236.post-39094506062930021242013-02-17T11:56:00.003-08:002013-02-18T08:58:18.240-08:00Portraits <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frank's Grammie...graphite.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Conner....graphite.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Sherry Ashby http://www.blogger.com/profile/05418460542670297587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195820568195232236.post-71887235562725977042012-12-06T16:52:00.000-08:002012-12-06T16:52:11.801-08:00Mother and Child<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mother and Child mixed media wood cut on paper s.a. cunningham</td></tr>
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<br />Sherry Ashby http://www.blogger.com/profile/05418460542670297587noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195820568195232236.post-59468329888013032852012-12-06T15:52:00.000-08:002012-12-06T15:52:14.618-08:00Bones of Winter<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Bones of Winter", wood cut on paper, s.a. cunningham</td></tr>
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winter bones...bare beneath...creaking swaying...aging...another cycle, waiting to be born again...darkness falls....off to the warmth of the wood stove...secrets told....winter bones.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Bones of Winter", wood cut on paper, s.a. cunningham </td></tr>
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<br />Sherry Ashby http://www.blogger.com/profile/05418460542670297587noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195820568195232236.post-33773624184044539022012-08-22T14:57:00.000-07:002012-08-22T15:01:53.895-07:00Dissected prints- Variations on a theme<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCl7VBmm2F9XoN8K7QmHUD5xmEUP_4UxrKds6iIuwahqYbShw-bCBPboIIe0KqQacxZNeEM68B-arSPawsbH3UogdJQWy0Pa5DkYBoEtKYgaeDuRAC66zK1C_W7HJfvAQdd-SvK2RSYO4/s1600/img051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCl7VBmm2F9XoN8K7QmHUD5xmEUP_4UxrKds6iIuwahqYbShw-bCBPboIIe0KqQacxZNeEM68B-arSPawsbH3UogdJQWy0Pa5DkYBoEtKYgaeDuRAC66zK1C_W7HJfvAQdd-SvK2RSYO4/s400/img051.jpg" width="332" /> </a></td><td style="text-align: center;"> This image was created as an homage to the iconic image of a an Angel guiding two children lost in the woods to safety.</td><td style="text-align: center;"></td><td style="text-align: center;"></td><td style="text-align: center;"></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Guardian Angel" woodcut on paper.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Here I have started to take apart the print, and replaced the female image with a stylized print, then applied color.<br />
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In "UFO" I have taken the same print and dissected it. I cut the image, then created a mirror image and attached them to a paper substrate. What happened was a unique image that created it's very story. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Guardian Angel III- UFO", woodcut, mixed media</td></tr>
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Here, the same image is used again, but the Guardian Angel was dissected, mirrored and put back together, creating what I think is a fascinating depiction of a female form.<br />
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So here is what happens when a print is taken apart and put back together again...I love the endless realm of what can happen with woodcuts. The same Image Four Ways...a part exactly the same, yet as a whole uniquely different.Sherry Ashby http://www.blogger.com/profile/05418460542670297587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195820568195232236.post-4285409084563815192012-07-17T16:20:00.001-07:002012-07-17T16:20:25.976-07:00Anthropomorphic Universe<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This image is taken from a hike my son, husband and I went on this summer. It was a foggy day in Cutler, Maine and we hiked through the forest to arrive at what seemed like the end of the Universe. It was so Foggy and so high, I got vertigo, but my son loved it...he had seen nothing like it until that day...it felt like we were on a different plane. The sky seemed to kiss the earth and hug the water.Sherry Ashby http://www.blogger.com/profile/05418460542670297587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195820568195232236.post-88981843732523293112012-06-27T17:36:00.000-07:002012-06-27T17:36:37.663-07:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I have garden chairs and Pope's Folly on my mind.Sherry Ashby http://www.blogger.com/profile/05418460542670297587noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195820568195232236.post-25520296618960858522012-06-24T19:38:00.000-07:002012-06-24T19:38:13.107-07:00The SummerKeys Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the SummerKeys Garden looking out over Popes Folly. Of the many Islands beyond lies Eastport, Me. and Campobello, N.B. I watch the eagles fly about the nests on Popes Folly...they ride the air currents and hunt for fish...so peaceful here.</td></tr>
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Art openings, art to be done, deadlines. The gardens to be tended and planted. A busy and productive time. The art and the gardens are feeding off of one another this year. It is hard sometimes to change head-space when the other needs to be done.Sherry Ashby http://www.blogger.com/profile/05418460542670297587noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195820568195232236.post-11299308404197900882012-06-07T06:55:00.001-07:002012-06-07T06:55:23.571-07:00Into The Calm<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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I am so fascinated by winged things. It is the symbolism behind it; taking to the air, thought, mental activity. Thoughts are energy....energy easily manifests itself. Positive thoughts help to create a positive environment. Clearing out negative thoughts as one would clear cobwebs by early morning meditation helps to set the tone for a positive day. What a gift. Finding that center helps to face difficult situations with more clarity and peace of mind. Staying calm gives one so much strength. Taking the time to transmute.......I wish for you all Simple Love.Sherry Ashby http://www.blogger.com/profile/05418460542670297587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195820568195232236.post-32144342942458813102012-05-13T09:00:00.002-07:002012-05-13T09:00:53.610-07:00Happy Mothers Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy Mothers Day. This is a portrait of my Great Grandmother done in graphite. I did this for my Mother a few years back. Grammie as we all called her, was the epitome of grace. She was pure love. Her strength was gentle and kind. She was effortlessly patient. In her presence one felt loved beyond all measure...words were not necessary. She has been gone from my life for 31 years now but her spirit is still felt. The comfort of sitting on her lap wrapped snug in a blanket in her rocking chair and watching the birds out of her window still remains a vivid example of what safety and home means.Sherry Ashby http://www.blogger.com/profile/05418460542670297587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195820568195232236.post-18668871066322410472012-05-12T07:53:00.000-07:002012-05-12T07:53:12.009-07:00Finding Grace<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Where does strength come from? Maybe for some the meaning of the word is completely different from mine. What do you think of when you visualize someone that embodies the word strength? In this phase of my life strength comes from a gentle quiet space within. One that is calm and can navigate the world gracefully. It is not always easy.<br />
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