Virginia A. Spiegel

Stitching, stitching, stitching.  One stitch at a time.  It is slow going on Discarded, but I’m thinking as I’m doing the stitching how long this is taking and how short a time the Tyvek jacket was worn.  I”m thinking that the time spent handstitching this artwork is as important of a statement as the artwork itself;  a balancing in the universe.

This photo in the Boundary Waters of a “double” moon inspired the two following pieces.  Plus I just wanted to work with a circular form; it’s so organic and holds so many connotations. These are works in progress.

Boundary Waters ?:  Double Moon

Boundary Waters ?:  Double Moon (detail)

Boundary Waters ?:  Double Moon 2

Boundary Waters ?:  Double Moon 2 (detail)

Go With the Flow #18

October is my favorite month. Besides always being fired up about returning to the studio, I’m celebrating my birthday month and that can only mean my annual special offer for patrons and art friends.  It’s my once-a-year thank-you to all of you for another great year.

This year, I will let you decide what you would like to be on sale.  On October 17, you may choose any one piece of art at a 25% discount.  AND I finally have a personal PayPal account, so shopping is even easier. Shipping is, as always, free for current patrons.

Visit my website and browse through my galleries of artwork, then mark your calendar for the Make-Your-Own-Sale celebration on Friday, October 17.

Time

Have you ever started cleaning out your junk drawer and the next thing you know you are standing on a ladder painting your kitchen?  

That’s what happened here.  I started doing detail photos for the Third Thoughts series and I realized they were the perfect size for Collage Mania.  So I mounted them on 10×8″ Bristol board – done!  

You can see them here at the bottom of the page.

As you can probably tell if you went to look at the Third Thoughts series, it really wasn’t such a linear process.  Instead I started looking at details and then found myself purposely avoiding certain areas. That’s never good.  

So I took a serious look at all the Third Thoughts artworks and started ripping away and modifying parts that were bothering me. Progress! Then I very judiciously added a few things; suddenly I had a whole new set of stories. Perhaps it should now be the Fourth Thoughts series.

In any case, five collages are set aside for Collage Mania and now the new and improved Third Thoughts series with, oh, yes, that’s right, detail shots, are up and available.

Collage Mania will be May 5-7 with a goal of raising of $20,000 in three days.  

Deadline for submission of artwork is April 1, 2009. Guidelines for submissions are here.