The Concrete Lady

So a few weeks ago I was at my very first art exhibition(the first one that had MY art in it) and a great thing happened. No, nobody bought any of my pieces--it was something else entirely. Two separate people came up to me and said "oh, your the concrete lady".  Why would I find this title so pleasurable you might ask. I couldn't put my finger on it for a while but then I realized it was because I was being singled out for something. Don't we all want to be singled out in some way or another? Be unique, or special?  That's how I felt that night (plus it sure beats being called "the drunk lady" or "the cat lady" for gosh sakes)
peace and love,

amy

Art as Therapy

 I had a really, really, really bad day yesterday. Nothing horrendous or life shattering happened--just a series of one stupid thing after another steamrolling over me (although looking back over the days events I think much of my cursing might have been excessive).  That it why I wisely chose not to write anything yesterday.  Instead I came home from work(cursing excessively) walked into the garage(still cursing) and proceeded to beat the daylights out of a block of cement. This might not sound like a good thing for most people but it works for me. I'm being slightly over-dramatic when I use the word "beat"--by that I mean carve, chisel, sand the concrete until I like what I see. Yesterday all the days "crappiness" for lack of a better word, disappeared as I immersed myself in creating something--all I can say is : Thank you Art
Peace and Love,
Amy

The Best Kept Secret in Art (shhh! don't tell anyone--it's concrete)

              Texture

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writing a blog Naked

Yes, that post title is a shameless attempt to garner attention (my attempt at a 'shock blog')
I am in fact fully clothed while I'm writing this. Speaking of clothes--every single piece of clothing I own has some art-related stain on it, ie. concrete stain, paint, glue, brake cleaner(don't ask)....am I the only quote unquote artist out there that has this problem?(please tell me I'm not the only one)--and sometimes I wonder if I'm using the "artist" title to justify these stains when in reality I might just be a real slob.

I promise to be more serious and even philosophical in the next installment of  "The Trials and Tribulations of a NAKED Concrete Artist (there I go again)
peace and love,
amy

First Blog EVER (drum roll please)

I decided to borrow(steal) an idea from an artist I greatly admire for my first blog ever. I hope she doesn't mind, and I plan on giving her credit at the end of my first blog ever. So here's her idea: she makes a list of all her favorite things in life(simple idea but beautiful nonetheless). The beauty of this list is that you really feel like you know the person after you read it(I know after I read her list I was nodding and smiling)(have I mentioned that I use parentheses way too much)(I'm pretty sure parentheses will be on the "things I love list"). Anyway, so without further ado here is my

THINGS I LOVE LIST: (by the way--no people are mentioned on this list--wouldn't want to hurt any feelings by order of appearance or no mention entirely)
*Coffee in the morning when nobody's around 
*Any food that looks, smells or tastes like chocolate
*The sound and smell of rain
*The texture of stone
*Strange rock formations
*Acoustic guitar
*Fog
*Watching my cats do just about anything
*Watching my husband sleep(broke my no people in the list rule--but it's my blog, I can do what I want)
*(parentheses)
*Wine
*Wine with chocolate
*Wine with chocolate,listening to the rain
*Wine with chocolate, listening to the rain and acoustic guitar(I think you get the point--everything's good with wine)
So there you have it--my first foray into the blog scene and my first Things I Love List.
I'm very tired after all of that so I'll sign off now(what is the proper way to close a blog post I wonder)
Catch ya next time?, Thanks for listening?, And that's the way it is(reference for the older crowd)?
how bout,
Peace and Love,
amy
almost forgot--here's that great artist I was talking about earlier--her name is Amy Komar and here's her blog
  (she creates these beautiful abstract paintings on stones she finds in her travels--and she lives in Alaska--which makes her doubly cool(is 'doubly' a word--don't know but I'll use it)
http://artistinthearctic.blogspot.com/