tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37454331991203811042024-02-20T23:29:44.936-08:00Patricia Scarborough ArtFiguring out the world one brush stroke at a time.Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661455216172719noreply@blogger.comBlogger341125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3745433199120381104.post-45744115220397752382016-07-17T09:26:00.005-07:002016-07-17T09:26:59.712-07:00ReLoFrom here on out my blogs will be posted to a <a href="http://www.pscarborougharts.com/blog" target="_blank">page on my website.</a><br />
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I'll keep this blog open for a good long while, there's some good stuff written here and I'd hate to lose it. Peruse the past, or hop on over and keep track of me at <a href="http://pscarborougharts.com/">PScarborougharts.com</a><br />
<br />Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661455216172719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3745433199120381104.post-51991252719815912282016-07-17T07:00:00.000-07:002016-07-17T07:00:08.008-07:00On Becoming an Artist<div class="MsoNormal">
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Years ago my 7<sup>th</sup> grade class was assigned
the task of creating a painting, with the addition of a story or poem to round
out the project. The details escape me; I was a determined out-the-window-starer and it was not unusual for me to miss the fine points.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.prang.com/art/paints/watercolors/oval-sets" target="_blank">Prang Oval 8’s</a> appeared and I went to work. My only memory
of the written half of the assignment was that the movement of pigment on paper
inspired me to write something about “…watercolor skies…” I’m sure it was earnest
and sappy. And then I promptly forgot about the whole thing, windows nearby grabbing my attention with interesting shapes and shadows.</div>
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Weeks later our teacher smiled and moved slowly to my desk,
a packet in her hand. Not used to being singled out, my thoughts were something like “Why you lookin’ at me like that?” Excuses began to form quickly in
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“Congratulations,” She said smoothly. “We’re proud of you!” <o:p></o:p></div>
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There in the packet was my painting, the poem, and a purple
ribbon. Seeing the painting now, I have the feeling the poem carried the day.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On that day I became an artist. Eleventy-hundred years later I’m still painting. I’m still
staring out windows, too. My poetry has slipped by the wayside, having peaked
in 7<sup>th</sup> grade. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661455216172719noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3745433199120381104.post-17909208698501982792016-07-10T07:00:00.000-07:002016-07-10T07:00:01.308-07:00Making Hay<div class="MsoNormal">
The heat has abated – slightly. Humidity is high, rubbing
the edges off the shapes and sounds that come with early morning.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2016 Patricia Scarborough First Cut 6x9 pastel</td></tr>
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The bales are fresh, maybe just a day or two old, still light on their feet and
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This is the first cut. Another will be made in the fall. This field will give me sustenance for many paintings I think.</div>
Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661455216172719noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3745433199120381104.post-2421403126493204952016-07-02T11:22:00.000-07:002016-07-03T06:01:26.271-07:00It's Just the Idea<div class="MsoNormal">
Like so very many things, I love the <i>idea</i> of activities more
than the actual <i>doing</i> of them. Plein air
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A year or so ago I took an outdoor painting class. We students
anticipated receiving the holy grail of plein air painting; the magic that
transforms simple rolling hills into slashes of paint strokes in brilliant hues
balanced against the subtleties of color found only while standing in high
grass early in the day. Our instructor made it all sound so worthy. So very artistic.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We met early, 7 am, ready to paint. No sun came creeping over the
horizon to light the hills and lift autumn shadows from their moorings. In place of the anticipated fiery ball of orange and pink, heavy grey clouds full of drizzle wrapped themselves around us. And then the wind picked up. And because
we all paid for the privilege, and by golly we were plein air artists, we began
painting.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On a high hill, the calm before the storm.</td></tr>
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The game of “IF” began. <b>If </b>the sun were to break through, said our instructor, it
would look like <i>this</i>. And <i><b>if</b></i> the sky were blue, it would be <i>this </i>color. And <b><i>if</i></b>
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And <b><i>if</i></b> there were a coffee pot nearby it would smell and
taste like heaven. And if we'd had any sense we'd have retired indoors and painted from sketches or memory. As it is all I accomplished that morning was to lose 2 good brushes when I got tangled in wet grass on my way to a higher, dryer spot.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And yet the allure of out door painting is strong. Just a few days ago I was so taken by the lovely colors and textures in my garden I gathered my gear and hauled it all into the yard. In the few moments it took me to set up the temperature had risen 15 degrees and a swarm of no-see-ums had claimed my space. Handsome Husband came home for lunch and wondered aloud about my sanity.</div>
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Ain’t it grand to paint outdoors? </div>
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I’m not always very smart, but I’m also not stoopid. If I am to stand on a hill under heavy skies
in a stiff wind pretending the sky is blue, then I can certainly stand in my
studio pretending the air from a fan is a breeze wafting over me. My spotlights are a fine replacement for the sun's warmth. The average temp in my studio is 75 degrees. I can see my garden from the window.</div>
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Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661455216172719noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3745433199120381104.post-76276800082656024932016-06-26T08:08:00.000-07:002016-06-26T09:59:08.385-07:00Paint Like Superman<div class="MsoNormal">
I’m constantly surprised by the number of people who paint
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I’ve tried it. Sore feet, knees and hips notwithstanding, sitting
seems to restrain creativity. It’s hard to feel expansive sitting down. Unless
you’ve had a rod inserted in your spine, it doesn’t take long to begin to slide
and slump, getting lower and lower as the day goes on. It’s hard to paint
grandeur with your chin on your knees.<o:p></o:p></div>
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During workshops, when a student comes to a point where
they’re not comfortable with progress, we usually have a little talk. “Stand up
straight”, I say. “Pull your shoulders back. You’re the boss, you own this. You
own your ideas. They’re<i> good.</i> Take a deep breath and make it yours!” My
cheerful exhortation echoes across the room. Inevitably said student grins awkwardly, peeks
over their shoulder to see who’s watching, and adopts a pose similar to the man
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And weird as it may sound, things go better after that.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Now, after reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Presence-Bringing-Boldest-Biggest-Challenges/dp/0316256579" target="_blank">“Presence, Bringing your Boldest Self toyour Biggest Challenges”</a>, by <a href="http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=491042">Amy Cuddy</a> , I am gobsmacked. Amy Cuddy, <a href="https://www.ted.com/speakers/amy_cuddy" target="_blank">TED Talk</a> darling, Harvard Business School professor and now bestselling author, shares
actual scientific studies that show that – drum roll - I’m right. Mark your
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“Presence” is a book about how nonverbal behavior, the way
we stand or sit, influences us and others. Cuddy’s studies show without a doubt
that our bodies, the way we carry ourselves <i>literally</i>, allows us to be the best version of ourselves.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Expansive postures also reduce anxiety and help us deal
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“Expanding your body frees you to approach, act, and
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In other words, stand up in your workspace. Pull your shoulders back. Lift that chin,
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Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661455216172719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3745433199120381104.post-70135505560928546482016-06-19T07:30:00.000-07:002016-06-19T07:30:04.311-07:00Thank You Mr. Rand<br />
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For artists who use acrylic, w/c, oil, gouache, anything that squeezes from a tube; we owe a debt of gratitude to a fellow who has received far too little appreciation.<br />
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Few things have changed the way we artists work than a sweet little doohickey created by <a href="http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/items/detail/john-goffe-rand-patent-improvement-construction-vessels-or-apparatus-preserving-paint--c-460">John Goffe Rand</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Without his clever invention we would not have had a little
group called the <a href="http://www.theartstory.org/movement-impressionism.htm">Impressionists</a>. Abstract
art would have been a mere glimmer in <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/first-abstract-artist-and-its-not-kandinsky">Hilma Af Klint’s</a> eye. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kilma Af Klint 1907 The Ten Biggest No. 2, Tate Etc. Issue 27, Spring 2013, courtesy <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/first-abstract-artist-and-its-not-kandinsky">Tate.org.uk</a></td></tr>
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windows. <a href="https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/historyculture/thomasmoransdiary.htm">Yellowstone </a>would still be waiting for <a href="http://www.nga.gov/feature/moran/west1.shtm">Thomas Moran.</a> </div>
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Most recently, <a href="http://www.dailypaintworks.com/">daily painters</a> would find it impossible to make their quota.</div>
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For centuries artists would grind their own pigment, mixing it
with oil to make just enough paint to get them through the day. More recently clever
artists would use <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/ophelia/materials-and-techniques/oil-paints-and-bladders">pig bladders,</a> stuffing them full of pre-mixed pigment, and
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No longer were painters restricted to interior images or creating landscapes from memory. Easels were set out right smack dab out in fields, gardens and beaches. Light itself was the subject.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mr. Rand, thank you. This deceptively simple gadget has allowed me access to a way of life that has been fulfilling, and I am deeply grateful.</span></div>
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As a visual person, that is, an individual who gets, keeps and dispenses most experience and knowledge via images in my brain, the reaction I felt this morning upon wandering into our yard was one of utter, sheer delight.<br />
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If you'll excuse me from my intellectual pursuit, I'm going to sit on the patio with my Handsome Husband. It's a good day to turn off the theory and enjoy the here and now, and simply...enjoy.Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661455216172719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3745433199120381104.post-78886623149000175482016-05-22T08:28:00.002-07:002016-05-22T08:28:47.385-07:00WildflowersWildflower gardens are the best. That's the flat out truth.<br />
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A goal of mine for years has been to paint flowers, either in their natural setting or in jars, vases and whatever else I can find to put them in. (sorry Mrs. Gallant. "In which to put them".) <br />
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Who knew that these delicate lovelies would be such a challenge to harness in paint?<br />
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The textures, colors and tangles are harder for me to keep track of than the acres of blue sky and flat horizon that has been my stock in trade for the last many years.<br />
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The painting started out so beautifully. Peonies holding up pink heads full of promise, caressed by delicate catmint...oh!</div>
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Sadly my skills were not up to the task. Yet. It'll come. </div>
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That's my mantra. It'll come, be patient. It'll come. Be patient. It'llcome, bepatient. It'llcomebepatient...it'llcomebepatientit'llcomebepatient.........</div>
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<br />Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661455216172719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3745433199120381104.post-13090758758412218452016-05-14T14:03:00.000-07:002016-05-14T14:16:04.714-07:00Vacation DestinationHandsome Husband and I have traveled a fair amount, visiting interesting and enlightening destinations.<br />
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We've seen the <a href="https://www.kansassampler.org/8wonders/8wondersofkansas-view.php?id=19" target="_blank">biggest ball of twine</a>, and <a href="http://www.nelson-atkins.org/monets-water-lilies/" target="_blank">Monet's Agapanthus Tryptich</a> at the <a href="http://www.nelson-atkins.org/" target="_blank">Nelson Atkins Museum in KCMO. </a>While we were there we happened upon J<a href="http://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/james-naismith/12154" target="_blank">ames Naismith's</a> hand written list of <a href="http://www.nelson-atkins.org/art/exhibitions/basketball/" target="_blank">basketball rules</a> and paused long enough to play a little badminton.<br />
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We've stared into the faces of <a href="https://www.nps.gov/moru/index.htm" target="_blank">Mt. Rushmore</a>, dipped our toes into the Pacific Ocean. While HH was otherwise occupied, I cruised a few graveyards in <a href="http://www.saveourcemeteries.org/st-louis-cemetery-no-1/" target="_blank">New Orleans</a> and watched a <a href="http://www.crescentcircus.com/living-statue/" target="_blank">fellow stand still</a> for a good long time.<br />
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I just found my next destination.<br />
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For us art geeks, this is just the coolest thing ever:<br />
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I'll send you a postcard.Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661455216172719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3745433199120381104.post-31053928879404186902016-04-30T16:54:00.000-07:002016-04-30T17:08:50.853-07:00Re-re-start<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Good golly. I’m coming up on my 8<sup>th</sup> anniversary
of writing this blog. Eight?? Can that be write, er, right? Correct?</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whaddya mean it's time for another post?</td></tr>
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As I peruse the list of posts from so many months I come
away with a feeling of self-contentment I didn’t expect. Some of my posts are
pretty darned decent. </div>
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This knowledge makes me a little sad that I’ve not written
regularly the last 12 or so months.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not that there
aren’t lots of things to write about. For instance:</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>There’s the time I
dropped my exact-o knife off the table and into my calf, miraculously landing
so as to merely separate the skin from the muscle underneath. (More blood was
shed when the Dr pulled the wound apart to see what the heck I did.)</div>
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Or the day I crashed my pastels all over the floor in my
studio. No, not <a href="http://www.skartz.blogspot.com/2016/02/its-just-name.html" target="_blank"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">this</i> time</a>, another
time. (Yeah, there have been several crashes over the years. Some are more
blog-worthy than others.)</div>
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Or the day a dear sweet gallery employee apologized for
dropping a painting, and made up for it by Super-gluing the corners back
together…<i>almost</i> square. Now that I think of it, there are several stories to be
told of wayward gallery employees knocking my artwork off the walls. A little
paranoia may be in order.</div>
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Or the day a gallerist I admire told me she hated the
painting that was the centerpiece of an exhibit I was in the process of hanging in her shop. </div>
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In fact, I’ve got a whole list of things to write about,
having written a page or so of items for consideration…last February.</div>
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<br /></div>
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So what gives? </div>
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<br /></div>
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Laundry needed doing; a window needed staring out of. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I fell off the wagon, lost my mojo, ran out of
ink.</div>
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<br /></div>
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It appears the world did not slip off its axis, nor did
the polar ice cap turn to mush on account of my absence. And neither will
either of those things happen if I continue to write – maybe that’s why it was
so easy to let another day…week…month slip by.</div>
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<br /></div>
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And yet…</div>
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like broccoli, writing regularly is good for me. Reading my posts is good for you. I’ll get back into a proper routine again and write more
often. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Laundry can wait. I reserve the right to continue staring out the window.</div>
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Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661455216172719noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3745433199120381104.post-25740668291309374112016-04-03T19:44:00.000-07:002016-04-03T19:44:51.626-07:00Spirit at the MuseumIt's been an amazing busy weekend, and about all the energy I've got left is to poke the 'upload' button to share some photos with you.<br />
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Every couple of years the <a href="https://mona.unk.edu/mona/" target="_blank">Museum of Nebraska Art</a> in Kearney, Nebraska (where else?) hosts a very classy fundraising event.<br />
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Over <a href="https://mona.unk.edu/mona/education-events/special-events/" target="_blank">50 artists from Nebraska</a> are invited to participate by making a few pieces of their artwork available through either a silent or public auction. Two things make this event pretty great. The first is that at least half of the invited artists are women, thankyew very much, and the other is that the artist is offered a respectable percent of the final price. This puts the <a href="https://mona.unk.edu/mona/education-events/special-events/" target="_blank">Museum of Nebraska Art</a> in the forefront of classy fundraising events.<br />
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A few highlights of the weekend:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The museum itself was decked out beautifully</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A gourmet dinner was provided in the big tent outside.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Handsome Husband and I clean up pretty good in anticipation of the evening's event.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cherry County pastel Sold!</td></tr>
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Proceeds will help continue the great work of this gem of the plains. Do I have to tell you how proud and delighted I am to be a part of such an event?</div>
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Huge thanks and appreciation to the entire staff of the museum. It must have taken many dozens of dedicated people to keep track of the millions of details required to keep the evening running smoothly. Every one of them was kind, patient and very helpful.</div>
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Here's to the next two years of magnificent exhibits and outreach from the <a href="https://mona.unk.edu/mona/" target="_blank">Museum of Nebraska Art</a>.</div>
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<b>“Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” </b></div>
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― <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/mary-shelley-9481497" target="_blank">Mary Shelley</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein" target="_blank">Frankenstein</a></div>
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This quote came to mind recently. As you may know, I experienced a great and sudden change last week when my <a href="http://skartz.blogspot.com/2016/02/its-just-name.html" target="_blank">carefully laid-out trays</a> of pastel sticks leapt off the table and scattered themselves across my studio floor.<br />
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Imagine confetti during a parade down 5th Avenue in New York City, only not nearly as much fun.<br />
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I’m usually fairly careful about the way my pastel trays are organized; like hues in one area, arranged lightest to darkest. That way I know that if I’m looking for a dark dull warm red, it’s going to be in one small area, maybe 20 square inches. If it’s not there, I don’t own it. No time is wasted pawing through blues or yellows; lights or brights, scouring acres of potential for just the right color.<br />
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Locating a particular stick of pigment became automatic, just the way I like it. No time for distraction, there’s a painting waiting for attention.<br />
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It has been proven that the brain loves patterns and habits. Over time certain movements are hard wired into the circuitry of our grey matter so that no time is lost thinking about, well, everything.
This explains why Frankenstein’s monster walked so oddly. Where your brain and mine take over the complex task of placing one foot in front of the other, balancing and coordinating hundreds of muscles, the monster had to figure it out on the go, so to speak. If he’d had a chance to practice just a little longer before his official debut to the public, things might have turned out differently.<br />
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A hundred years or so later, <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/henry-ford-9298747" target="_blank">Henry Ford</a>, industrialist and car collector, said, “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.”<br />
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Since Doctor Frankenstein made a monster and that didn’t go so well, I’ll listen to Ford and accept some change.
My pastels are now, rather brazenly I think, arranged in a manner that has my brain saying, “huh?”<br />
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Look out Madame Frankenstein. There’s a new bride in town.<br />
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My brain’s circuits are humming with change. I reach for a habitual warm blue and find a brighter, greener color in its place. A tangy scarlet has replaced a more humble red - why not grab it and see what happens? What, am I going to create a monster?<br />
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Well, sometimes yes, but more often than not, my brain is pleased with the new activity.<br />
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I'm not suggesting that you go all Doctor Frankenstein and start making great and sudden changes, but a little tweak to the usual can get you to new and interesting places.Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661455216172719noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3745433199120381104.post-47739368234326182382016-02-17T15:33:00.000-08:002016-02-17T15:33:23.791-08:00Me and My TownChannel 10/11 News stopped by a few weeks ago to hang out in Geneva and see what makes this community so special.
I was privileged to spend a couple of hours with Lance Schwartz and yak a little about my life here as an artist.<br />
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This is the final painting, started while Lance was breathing over my shoulder.
To see what else happens in the life of Geneva Nebraska, check out <a href="http://www.1011now.com/features/ourtown">Our Town Geneva</a> on <a href="http://www.1011now.com/" target="_blank">10/11 Now!</a>Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661455216172719noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3745433199120381104.post-15922853325156047472016-02-14T09:04:00.000-08:002016-02-14T09:07:19.622-08:00It's Just a Name<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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earth shifted to the left, or maybe my studio is haunted. At any rate, 2 entire
trays of pastel sticks leapt off the table and crashed to the floor. That would
be maybe 250 pieces of pigment ranging from palest to darkest in blues, greens and violets.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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luck would have it, a friend had recently sold me the last of her high-quality
stash of pastels, and I knew that someday, somehow they would be integrated
into my already full trays. What better time than the moment I am ankle deep –
literally – in sticks already strewn hither and yon?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Is “aerial yellow” yellow-er than “atmosphere”?
And what about “#106”? Is it warmer than, say, “B712”? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm an equal-opportunity pastel purchaser. Great American, Diane Townsend, Art Spectrum - if its the right color, I'll buy it.</span></span></div>
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paints are mostly labeled according to a historical system using clarifying
words like ultramarine blue. This is a warm blue, always a warmer than prussian
blue, which is always a very cool blue. Always. Cadmium red is an established
color that varies only slightly from brand to brand. It is <b>red</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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sticks are numbered and named according to whomever owns the label. Is “dead head” warmer than “sinopia”? P12 lighter
than 782.10? Compare 106 to orange, please.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Is it warmer than "<a href="http://skartz.blogspot.com/2016/01/hunting-purange.html" target="_blank">purange"</a>? For those of you who keep up with my meanderings, as it turns out, purange is most likely dead head. Or sinopia. Caput mortuum, maybe. One of those. </span></div>
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Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661455216172719noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3745433199120381104.post-65938004498719224302016-01-31T08:47:00.001-08:002016-02-01T05:35:00.379-08:00Hunting Purange<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Stalking the elusive<i> purange</i> ...<br />
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...I’m looking for a purple-y orange – or an orange-y purple.”<br />
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I'm looking for <i>purange</i>!</div>
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Those Francophiles among you might pronounce it puhr-ahnj. </div>
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"<i>Purange</i>" is what I'm calling that mysterious stick of pastel I grabbed to indicate "road" in this piece. The name will have to do; over time the paper wrapping has fallen off - that would be the wrapping that indicates manufacturer, pigment and other helpful tidbits that are useful for identifying and reordering. </div>
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"First Light", the painting I created using <i>purange</i>, is nearly done. It may indeed be one of a kind, the identity of that pastel stick used to create that gorgeous orangey purple area toward the bottom of the road that I find so lovely is unkown. </div>
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Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661455216172719noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3745433199120381104.post-21306697603433476592016-01-23T16:10:00.000-08:002016-01-23T16:13:18.697-08:00Bid on a Warm Breeze<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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Just east of town a few miles sits a short bridge over a dusty creek. I don't know if the creek even has a name, or if it travels very far. I do know that in the early spring, warm breezes pass over the dry grass and through the trees to warm the sand and melt ice in the creek bed. <br />
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In the spirit of <a href="http://skartz.blogspot.com/2016/01/a-year-of-generosity.html" target="_blank">generosity</a>, this painting will be sold at silent auction on February 13th during the <a href="http://www.myfch.org/pdf/Gala/Gala.html" target="_blank">Fillmore County Hospital Foundation's</a> Charitable Gala event.<br />
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Bidding starts at $200. Here's how to jump in:<br />
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Email <a href="mailto:clovegrove@hotmail.com" target="_blank">Christin</a> and let you know you're very very very interested in owning this lovely little painting.<br />
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The gala and auction will be held February 13th, just in time for Valentine's Day. A beautiful oil painting beats a box of chocolates any day of the week.<br />
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Bid high, and bid often.<br />
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<br />Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661455216172719noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3745433199120381104.post-83146990477152072162016-01-17T16:23:00.000-08:002016-01-17T16:23:43.022-08:00Generosity 2.0<div class="MsoNormal">
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It has held a surprising kind of energy and there have been pleasant
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for<i>ever</i>. Why buy one pair of awesome fitting brightly colored adorable fashion pants that will make me happy for a short time when I can own a dozen pairs of uncomfortable, stiff-legged but inexpensive britches that will never – <i>ever</i> – wear out? Verrry practical.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2016 Patricia Scarborough A Warming Breeze, 12x16 oil This painting has been donated to the Fillmore County Hospital Foundation for auction on February 13th. Generous, eh?</td></tr>
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When the word <b>generosity</b> was whispered gently in my ear I imagined selfless giving, donating gallons of blood or showering crowds of people with dollar bills. It never once occurred to me that I would be the recipient of my own new found benevolence. </div>
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I usually spend more time charging forward with my head down and my eyes closed than I do considering if I'm headed in the right direction. The first few weeks of the year it has occurred to me that personal generosity allows for time to consider which path, if any, is worthy of my bull-in-a-china-shop-ness.</div>
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There has also been a new-found charitableness toward my own shortcomings. Suddenly I am
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liberally. My ear catches the whisper of generosity as I prepare my palette.<o:p></o:p></div>
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These weren’t planned events. I’m as surprised as anyone. As my own private stash of generosity builds, I find there
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Speaking of generosity, I really am donating the above painting to the <a href="http://www.myfch.org/" target="_blank">Fillmore County Hospital</a> Foundation. Show a little generosity yourself and call Christin at 402-759-2426 to place your bid.</div>
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Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661455216172719noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3745433199120381104.post-5611492967143726252016-01-03T13:24:00.001-08:002016-01-03T13:25:15.069-08:00A Year of Generosity Our first, second (and third) snows of the year have been cleared away, the calendar pages have been flipped over, and a stack of brand new shiny resolutions wait like little puppies, hopeful against all common sense to be adopted.<br />
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I've shared this many times before: resolutions and I have never gotten along. In my mind a resolution requires a powdered wig and a gavel, a Robert's Rules kind of vote complete with a second, and two-thirds vote for approval. Resolutions seem to be stamped with an expiration date, which means you either did it - or you didn't. Once you've done it, well, what next? And if you didn't do it? Then what?<br />
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Rather than resoluteness as an improvement plan, I have used <a href="http://www.christinekane.com/" target="_blank">Christine Kane's Word for the Year tool</a> to challenge and encourage myself toward goals and general self betterment.<br />
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The point is to select a word that will lead you into and through the next 350-some odd days ahead.<br />
I've used <a href="http://skartz.blogspot.com/2013/01/up-ness.html" target="_blank">Up</a>, <a href="http://skartz.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-word-2012.html" target="_blank">Engage</a> and <a href="http://skartz.blogspot.com/2013/12/another-word-for-year.html" target="_blank">Allow</a>, which have been instructional and very useful. I'll also admit that I had totally forgotten one year's word. Maybe that year's word was "resolution".<br />
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This year's word came to me unexpectedly but quite clearly, like a Eureka! moment in the shower.<br />
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<b>Generosity</b>. <br />
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Before long it became clear that it was <i>meant</i> to be my word, as over the course of the morning I had multiple opportunities to give it a workout. Evidently the universe believes I need some schooling.<br />
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Generosity is about amounts of things; time, kindness, patience, help, and yes, money. Generosity toward others, and perhaps even especially, toward myself. Generosity in spirit and from my pocketbook.<br />
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I'm anxious to experience how the thread of generosity will weave its way through my life in the year.<br />
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How about you? What word works for you?<br />
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Just as I was beginning to focus on the itty-bitty but <i>very</i>
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No amount of resuscitation on my part made one iota of
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Chest clenching <i>a g o n y</i>. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The <a href="http://www.pscarborougharts.com/" target="_blank">Patricia Scarborough Arts</a> website was up, it was viewable and clear and lovely to
behold, but there was a ton of behind the scenes tech-type stuff to do that I
was just beginning to get a handle on. And what if someone actually contacted me about it? Could they? Would they? How would I know?? All of that came to a screeching halt. Some
of the screeching was coming from me.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Not to be deterred, I headed to the public library. After waiting in line for one of a dozen computers, I found myself wedged in between two
youngsters intent on saving the world from video game monsters and other extra-terrestrials. Having raised two fine sons I’ve heard about every kind of noise a human boy can make. Even at that, this was a little disconcerting, especially at a
library. (As an aside, I have actually been shushed before in this very same
library while <i>whispering</i> to a friend as we compared <i>books</i>. That we had <i>read</i>.
<i>Quietly</i>, to ourselves.) <o:p></o:p></div>
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After one particularly startling snort I packed it in. This ol' gal needs space and a calm environment to talk her way through Search Engine Optimization and other foreign languages. Space monsters will have to get shot somewhere else.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This week I’ll take a deep cleansing breath, decipher my pile
of notes and try to find that technological groove that carried me through the
first seven-eighths of this monumental change. If that doesn’t work, I can always go to the library
and hire an 8-year old.<o:p></o:p></div>
Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661455216172719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3745433199120381104.post-16697788916822187812015-12-06T10:43:00.002-08:002015-12-06T10:43:43.435-08:00New Site Opening Ceremony<div class="MsoNormal">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pscarborougharts.com/" target="_blank">P Scarborough Fine Arts Website</a></td></tr>
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A website is essential these days for artists. I’ve had one
for a good long while, having been prodded into creating one after taking an <a href="http://www.artbizblog.com/" target="_blank">Alyson Stanfield Art Business </a>class. Sometimes I even enjoyed maneuvering through the steps of
uploading, re-sizing and categorizing the “behind the scenes” elements of website construction.</div>
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You know that favorite sweatshirt or pair of shoes that
we love and just won't give up? They’re comfortable. Dependable. Steady. We convince ourselves that little hole is actually
useful as a heat vent, or maybe a place to reach in and scratch an itch, perhaps a scar
that marks the memory of an heroic moment.</div>
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Or maybe it’s just an old, worn out raggedy clothing item that
is no longer the awesome fashion statement it was back in the day.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Awesome comfy sweatshirt or awesome absorbent paint rag?</td></tr>
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So it was with my former web platform.<br />
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Rather than spend time doing what I really love, which is
moving pigment around, I gathered up my wits and my patience and started
filling boxes of pixels for the move to a fresh new look.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Come on in and look around the brand spanking new <a href="http://www.pscarborougharts.com/" target="_blank">P. Scarborough Fine Arts Website</a>. <o:p></o:p></div>
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There is still progress to be made, I know that. I've compiled a notebook of new passwords and a pile of definitions and directions that, between you and me, I'll probably ignore in favor of poking buttons until something interesting happens. So far I haven't deleted anything permanently. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everything I ever wanted to know, and more.</td></tr>
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Its time for a break from computer-land. My trusty easel is calling for some attention and I'm more than willing to heed the call. Perhaps when I'm out of awesome paint rags I'll set up shop again in the world wide webs and remodel something else.</div>
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Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661455216172719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3745433199120381104.post-33109397593731112922015-11-15T10:11:00.000-08:002015-11-15T10:11:27.019-08:00Kaleidoscope 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another great Kaleidoscope of Art event has been safely tucked in for the year. The <a href="https://mona.unk.edu/mona/" target="_blank">Museum of Nebraska Art </a>in Kearney, Ne. celebrates artists and art patrons by hosting 30 artists for their annual holiday fundraiser.<br />
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<a href="https://mona.unk.edu/mona/" target="_blank">MONA</a> was in its infancy when I was growing up in Kearney. It has developed into a first class museum celebrating artists who have ties to Nebraska through heritage or subject matter. This year nearly 700 visitors passed through the front doors to see what area artists have been working on for this special weekend.<br />
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Rick Brown of the <a href="http://www.kearneyhub.com/news/local/artists-at-mona-guild-s-annual-fundraiser-sell-their-wares/article_11a11d60-02b0-5a93-ab83-e2051e8259f9.html" target="_blank">Kearney Hub newspaper</a> and I enjoyed a fun and <a href="http://www.kearneyhub.com/news/local/artists-at-mona-guild-s-annual-fundraiser-sell-their-wares/article_11a11d60-02b0-5a93-ab83-e2051e8259f9.html" target="_blank">wide-ranging conversation</a> while visitors browsed through the halls of the museum making their purchases. My answer to a toss-off question he asked surprised us both.<br />
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Had this been a successful event, and why?<br />
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Evidently others had responded in the usual way; art work had sold, money had changed hands, or at the very least hopeful contacts had been made for future reference.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">©2015 Patricia Scarborough Autumn Garden 6x8 oil Sold</span></td></tr>
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Those are, of course, excellent markers of success. Mine was slightly different. The words that popped out of my mouth were, "Yes it has been successful, because I want to come back next year."<br />
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Yes. Yes I do.<br />
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These events are a challenge, at least for me. There's the unique preparation for an event of this kind, as well as overnight arrangements, hauling in and setting up, taking down and hauling out. I'm pooped before the doors open for business. Plus I'm a little (or a lot) introverted, and engaging in 2 days of conversations can leave me feeling a little drained. Often times I leave these affairs thinking, "...never again...".<br />
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Yet the answer to Rick's question was, "I'll be back. Why? I made some new friends, caught up with others, and actually had a really terrific time. MONA is a great place to share art and conversation. Plus they provide really good cookies. Oh, and yes, there were sales. That too."<br />
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I'll tuck the Kaleidoscope of Arts event in the scrapbook for another year, and mark it on my calendar for the first weekend in November, 2016. You should too.<br />
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<br />Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661455216172719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3745433199120381104.post-5993025789037749592015-11-01T08:27:00.002-08:002015-11-01T08:31:00.752-08:00Mapping it Out<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When I was a child my family would load up the old station wagon, the one minus seat belts and airbags, pack it full of children and suitcases and head out of town to visit relatives. In preparation my mother would show me the plan; carefully unfolding a map
of the United States, she used her finger to follow a line as it wandered and
wiggled around and through little towns, big cities and the gaps in between
until we bumped into the little dot which was our destination.<br />
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I can still feel my confusion when we crossed the
great Missouri River as planned and found that Iowa was not at all what I
expected. On our map, the guide my family used to plot our trip and keep us from getting lost in the jungle or falling off the edge of the world, the map that was printed by a
respectable publishing company and was, by all accounts, the best representation of
our country’s roads that could be found, Iowa was pink. Nebraska was green, of course. South Dakota was yellow. Iowa was <i>pink</i>.</div>
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Only when we got there, it wasn't. I’m still living that one down.</div>
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Regardless of their flaws, I still love maps. I love the
idea of starting out at Point A, and through a series of decisions that have
been thoughtfully considered, the relative assurance of landing at Point B. I’m no stranger to detours and side roads. Highways
in Nebraska are under construction all the time. Even so, there is still a
general understanding that if I am lost, all I have to do is drive south on a
paved road. Eventually I’ll end up in Kansas. And from there I’ll know, sort
of, where I am in the world. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I love moving through my day that way too. In general, I know what the plan is.</div>
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The art world could use a map maker, even it they get some of the wrong color. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Like my family’s vacation map, it doesn’t have to be perfect.
It would be nice to know in general terms where you might end up if you don’t
know where you’re going exactly. Iowa can still be pink.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Finding a consistent route to success in this art business on your own is next to
impossible. I’ve interviewed gallery owners, successful artists in all media,
patrons and museum curators in an effort to find, not necessarily the indisputable <i>only</i> way but simply <i>a</i> way. Or even a few <i>possible </i>ways (excluding of course those routes which most certainly will take you into No Man's Land). It would be helpful to know of a route that is at least within a hundred mile radius of your destination, and will be the same tomorrow as it was today. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Want guidelines for finding a gallery? A way to make a sell
reproductions of your work? A surefire road to success? For every website,
artist, how-to book and monthly newsletter there are a ridiculously wide
variety of side-roads, subways and super highways to take with no assurance they're going to the same place you are. </div>
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In other words, there is no certain map for you to use. </div>
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Maybe it’s not uncharted territory, but your path is your own. You’ve got
to be <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Morton_Stanley" target="_blank">Sir Stanley</a> to your own <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Livingstone" target="_blank">Dr. Livingstone</a>, I presume.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My advice, dear reader. Grab a paper map. Put your finger down on a
spot. This is <i>you</i>, right now, in this place.
Notice all the various routes spider-webbing out from this spot? These
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A few will take a little longer than others. You may find out
that your destination, like Iowa, is not what you expected. At any time you can
turn off the route you’ve chosen and try another squiggly line. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661455216172719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3745433199120381104.post-22224522219851924792015-10-04T10:38:00.000-07:002015-10-04T10:38:28.199-07:00Small WondersOne just never knows, does one?<br />
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As you recall, <a href="https://www.willacather.org/willa-cather-foundation-events" target="_blank">The Cather Foundation</a> in <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Red+Cloud,+NE+68970/@40.085201,-98.5219683,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x8798f67b65133fbf:0xc1e0a81f52eb3d60" target="_blank">Red Cloud, Nebraska</a> invited me to exhibit my work in their beautiful gallery space from September 1 through October 30, 2015. Last night we enjoyed a really lovely reception, which was a series of unexpected delights.<br />
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The foundation building itself is lovely; updated, yet with the flavor of the past and the influences on Cather's life carefully preserved.<br />
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Despite the distance between towns in this part of the world there is a sincere appreciation for the fine arts. Take that, Big City.<br />
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During the evening a smooth, on-the-ball collector quietly purchased Windswept, a lovely pastel of mine that expresses the chill beauty of open space in rural Nebraska after a brutally cold snow storm. Gentleman Collector has a discerning eye, so I was doubly pleased. As I related this purchase to Handsome Husband, a friend listening in whispered with great regret, "No kidding? But I wanted that one." His disappointment was both gratifying and charming.<br />
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In an equally surprising and gratifying turn, Handsome Husband, whose taste runs more to rubber dinosaur and shoot'em up movies, purchased "<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48196.Collected_Stories" target="_blank">Willa Cather Collected Stories</a>" for his personal library. HH credits his 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Griffin, for planting the seed. He recounted her dedication and love for Cather's work all these years later which was of course lost on a 4th grade boy. In the shadow of <a href="https://www.willacather.org/learn/about-willa-cather-test" target="_blank">Cather's presence</a>, as an adult he was intrigued. May wonders never cease.<br />
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We left Red Cloud last night with a sense of deep appreciation for so much; for the work of Willa Cather herself; for those who work to preserve her legacy; for those who appreciate the artistic efforts of others; and for a certain 4th grade teacher who planted a small seed so many years ago.<br />
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The mosaic of brilliant blue and green divided by twigs and
lithe branches is gone, undone in a roaring 60 minutes of flying sawdust. Forty
seasons of baby birds and squirrels scrabbling up and down have come to a
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Part of the rhythm of my life is to check the tree for a weather report or just to see what shapes and colors it will share.</div>
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Handsome Husband, always the optimist, ventures that this change will bring opportunity, and he is right, of course. Games of catch were outgrown anyway and there will be one less tree-full of leaves to rake this fall. Next year we'll start over with sun-loving flowers and saplings that hold the promise of shade and decades of reaching for the sky.</div>
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Is anxiety getting the best of you? Are the walls pushing in,
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<a href="http://dirt.asla.org/about/" target="_blank">Jared Green</a> gets it. He’s a writer and editor for a really
interesting landscape architecture blog titled <a href="http://dirt.asla.org/" target="_blank">The Dirt</a>. A few years ago he
wrote several articles on stress as it relates to our inside living spaces. Go ahead and browse if you'd like. I'll wait.</div>
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Green is good. Grass is great. Trees are terrific. Flowers
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I understand that not everyone can leave their desk for a walk on a dirt path in a field
of clover. Sometimes finding the time to gaze across a hay field and listen to the cattle
munching is impossible. Or maybe you live in one of those places where cement has covered what
used to be green and fertile. <o:p></o:p><br />
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The answer is surprisingly easy. Get yourself some art. Plunk it on your desk between the
pencil cup and stapler so you can see it easily. Better yet, really invest in your well-being and acquire a
larger piece. Hang it on the wall, right over the chair where your boss
plants herself. You can pretend to pay attention while gazing at something
really important – like an image of the great big beautiful world around you. And feel your stress melt away.</div>
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