This is a copy of my latest blog at
http://oksilver.wordpress.com.
I have been spending so much time learning about blogging and social networking, I have been neglecting the production of art. I am trying to understand why I have gotten into this new time-consuming activity.
I am reminded of what happened to my husband during the late 1980s. Prior to the advent of personal computers in the work-place, managers had support people_secretaries, receptionists, assistants. When a manager was given his very own desktop computer, he was suddenly expected to compose on it (no more need to dictate) and that composing required typing (no more typists). It did not matter that this highly-paid executive had never learned touch typing…
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"Welcoming Mountain Woman to the Blogging World", an article profiling Silver appeared November 28, 2009 on the blog, My Wintersong (
http://wintersong.wordpress.com). The author has known Silver since 1994 and publishes some illustrating photographs with the article
I have just discovered an abstract painter (new to me) who is not only an exciting visual artist but also a writer. His name is Andrew Polk, of Arizona.
http://www.andrewpolk.com/index.htm and on his website is a category called Statements. In this category, he has written several statements each associated with a particular painting. I found his writing both inspirational and instructive. Statements are often difficult to write, especially for us visually oriented people. I do hope you will check his site out although it appears it is only up to 2004. I tried finding more current information on him but was unsuccessful. I do know he is still a practicing artist because he will be teaching a one-day workshop in Oklahoma City in March, 2010
On my blog site (
http://oksilver.wordpress.com), I have posted a long blog called How Did Silver Become Mountain Woman? In my Wordpress blog header is this image. These mountains are near Coyote, New Mexico. I took artistic liberty in adding the cattle and watering hole which are near Oklahoma City. In my blog, I also included another mural I painted of the Rio Chama west of Abiquii, New Mexcio and east of Ghost Ranch. Living in Oklahoma with only small mountains, I needed something to feed my soul, so I painted these to surround myself with mountain views. I hope you will check out the blog site
As an artist, I have followed a path similar to that of many others, especially women. A degree in art, dreams of making it as a "real" artist, trying to integrate adult responsibilities like family and day jobs with creativity. I recall the head of my art department telling a class, "If a woman wants to make it in the art world, she should not get married." At times I have agreed with him. Now, I say, it all depends on your spouse.
I spent four years in a university where art professors believed in grounding a student in basics like drawing, design, and color. My first two years began each day with a two-hour drawing class five days a week. The rest of each day and the weekend, we carried around sketchbooks filling them with images wherever we happened to be…
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