tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46470810104178202192024-02-19T00:47:25.435-05:00whitney peckman: art & languageAbout the process of translating language/thought into color/texture on page, pedestal, and wall.<br>
To love both the material and the process is to be lost joyfully in each day.<br><br>whitney peckmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15575743823246285808noreply@blogger.comBlogger179125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647081010417820219.post-25595914793775367462014-02-01T01:25:00.000-05:002014-02-01T01:25:39.527-05:00Collaboration: Creating A New ArtistHow does the artist find fresh inspiration? When and where do artists have the opportunity to be inspired? Often the answer is in nature or music, in the smiles of children, the caress of a lover, in poetry or dreams. And sometimes it arrives in another artist's work. Such is the case here. I first met <a href="http://www.tomradca.com/" target="_blank">Tom Radca</a> at a show in Idaho last summer. He introduced himself and told me he would be showing at the <a href="http://www.celebrateart.com/" target="_blank">Celebration of Fine Art</a> come January. When Tom got his display ready for the opening of CoFA, I was immediately drawn to the earthy, rich quality of his ceramics, particularly the rougher glazes which have a wood-fire feel, and a slightly Japanese aesthetic. The large "tile walls", rounds and rectangles, intrigued me. I loved that the tiles are not flat and perfect. Their random curved corners and slightly bumpy surfaces made me want to touch them. The glaze designs felt spontaneous, organic, suggestive, and led me to imagining desert plants in the moonlight, soft, dark, a bit mysterious - like the desert, itself.<br />
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Tom, who in 35 years of throwing pots and making tiles, has never collaborated with anyone, chose to put his trust in me to bring my idea to amplify what I already saw in his work, but with my own style. This is the result - both a<a href="http://www.tomradca.com/" target="_blank"> <span id="goog_672233769"></span>Radca</a><span id="goog_672233770"></span> and a <a href="http://www.whitneypeckman.com/" target="_blank">Peckman </a>- yet something entirely new, something neither, by ourselves, would have done - something by a "new artist."</div>
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We invite you to come to the <a href="http://www.celebrateart.com/" target="_blank">Celebration of Fine Art</a> and see for yourself. We'll be here till March 16, but I don't think Warm Desert Night will be here that long! (If it's gone, we'd love to speak with you about designing a collaboration right for your space.)<br />
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whitney peckmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15575743823246285808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647081010417820219.post-69136042777980965342013-08-11T02:01:00.002-04:002013-08-11T02:01:34.060-04:00The Language of GoalsThis long summer day trails out of sight in a wash of persimmon with a wink of yellow flame, and now the milky pale aqua sky dulls. A chill sends me inside to the Arctic white of my computer screen, a harsh reminder that my 250 words for today are not yet written (unless I count the 62 I have just put down). Goals. A word full of promise and enthusiasm when uttered, untested - a word ponderous, demanding acknowledgment and attention if I dare fold my screen downwards. My goals seem always to be attached to numbers - 20 lbs by such and such... in 30 days...by Mar 15...250 words a day...<br />
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Sixteen months ago (is that a goal in reverse?) I began writing a novel. I set a goal. The first draft would be complete by July 1, 2013 in time for the Iowa Summer Writing Festival in Iowa City. The first day I pounded out 15 pages. And, amazingly, I kept at it. Some days I didn't write at all. Others dragged through quicksand. Some fairly flew off the page into some adjacent unseen universe. I finished the draft with 2 weeks to spare, though, of course I knew too well that there was much left unwritten (or merely running loose, amok in that aforementioned universe), characters keeping me awake at night, turing me into a rudely distracted friend and mate who seemed (and was) less than interested in whatever conversation I was expected to take part in. But, the goal had been reached.<br />
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The euphoria lasted for about a week. No problem. The workshop created its own exhilaration and that lived on for a good 10 days after I left Iowa. Then the nagging rose up in my head. So, I thought, not too bad. I'll just cruise for a bit and then I'll get right down to work again - get that pesky rewrite done in short order. I set a goal. January 1, 2014. Better get on with that 250 words. And that's not including this post.<br />
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<br />whitney peckmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15575743823246285808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647081010417820219.post-89959125737229912262013-04-27T08:40:00.000-04:002013-04-27T08:40:46.948-04:00Malaysia As MuseMalaysia, my muse this season, has worked her magic, and now I hurry home to open my mind's eye, let the sights and sounds pour forth as a waterfall through the landscape of my memory, carrying the flow of tropical wonders into paint and clay, paper and silk. The sights and sounds of the jungle, never far away in Malaysia, weave dense patterns in vine threads, tangles of ropey roots, hiding flashes of electric color, the buzzing, clicking, warbling living things watching me as I look, futilely, for them in the canopy that surrounds me. Air, pregnant with humidity, covers every surface of my skin, weighting my eyelids for sleep though I have just awoken. Insects, seen and not, search for purchase, and some fortunate ones work their way through my shirt, my pants, the multiple applications of insect repellent. Nothing to be done. I let my eyes rescue me. I swipe my lids with the saturated wad of tissue balled up in my hand, and open them wide, to see the poetry in the undulating rhythms of palm forest, rubber plantation, pineapple fields, all whispering beneath a sky full of stories-high thunder clouds. <br />
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<br />whitney peckmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15575743823246285808noreply@blogger.com1George Town, Penang, Malaysia5.41792 100.329597000000045.2914565 100.16823550000004 5.5443834999999995 100.49095850000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647081010417820219.post-31900886255691275562013-01-10T00:08:00.002-05:002013-01-10T00:08:28.557-05:00In, As and For Community Through ArtHere we are again in AZ, preparing for our 15th year at the <a href="http://www.celebrateart.com/" target="_blank">Celebration of Fine Art</a>, and re-united with our community of artists. We spend three full months every year with these people - that's more time than some of us spend with our own families.<br />
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As we hundred or so artists, plus mates and helpers, hustle and bustle around the big tents, hammers and paint brushes in hand, building individual studio spaces which reflect our personalities and our approaches to presentation, we holler our hellos across the aisles - "<a href="http://www.kennewmansculptures.com/" target="_blank">Hey Ken! Deb!</a> So glad you got here safe and sound! Talk later!" - "<a href="http://www.judgefineart.com/" target="_blank">Heather! </a> I'm so glad you're back this year! Can't wait to see the new work!" - and we each continue on pounding and measuring, cutting and painting. <br />
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We are excited to see old friends, anxious to get our work hung - will it look as good on this color wall as I imagined it? Are there too many pedestals in my space? Oh no! I forgot my sign! - We are one hundred souls focused on one thing - coming together <b>in </b>a community of artists, <b>as</b> a community who makes art, <b>for</b> a community who loves art.<br />
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So, what does all this mean - this very special way of communicating our passion? In all this rapidly shrinking world that often seems to be escalating in violence and divisiveness, it means that there are still people in the world who care deeply about conveying beauty as a means toward peace and understanding. When artist and audience stand before a work of beauty, whether it is <a href="http://www.brycepettit.com/" target="_blank">a monumental bronze capturing the grace and strength of a mountain lion</a>, or an <a href="http://www.syedartglass.com/" target="_blank">abstract forest of falling leaves in glass,</a> an<a href="http://www.lucianobortone.com/" target="_blank"> exquisite opal ring,</a> <a href="http://www.whitneypeckman.com/" target="_blank">gardens sculpted from gourds</a>, <a href="http://www.artadolfo.com/" target="_blank">paintings of abstract color fields</a> or ones of <a href="http://www.beckyjoy.com/" target="_blank">delicately rendered real fields</a> - it doesn't matter, because in that space of time, we do not argue to defend or attack, we merely come together and know a moment of calm. We don't do it to prove that it can be done. We do it because that is what art does.<br />
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So, come and see what this art business is all about. Experience for yourself how it can open possibilities for something for not just your wall, but your soul.<br />
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P.S. Visit me again. I'll be posting pictures as soon as the show opens on Saturday, Jan 11.whitney peckmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15575743823246285808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647081010417820219.post-89257832501952515742012-07-24T00:50:00.000-04:002012-07-24T00:53:22.658-04:00Holiday In Oregon or Recovering From An ArtFest<br />
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What a great day our friend Donna gave us today in and about Wilsonville, OR. The Monday following an art festival is always our "hangover" day - sleeping off the effects of standing on our feet for 10-12 hours, chatting with prospective clients, smiling, smiling and more smiling. The idea of course is to give the art festival goers the impression that we are completely relaxed, happy to be there, ready to explain our techniques and styles to the inquisitive, even if it's someone's five year old or a would-be artist wanting some info about tools, colors, how did you get this or that effect. So, by Monday we are shot. No two ways about it. Mostly we don't have the energy to research the area we are showing in so we don't know that there is a terrific museum or a trail to a swimming hole or a collection of antique sculptures of miniature crab apples (just kidding - don't think I would go out of my way for that). So, when we stay with Donna and she plans the Monday for us, makes omelets for breakfast, does the driving, AND takes us to wonderful places to just "be"with the natural beauty that is Oregon, it's pretty special. <br />
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Here is a place that was not only nature at its best but an artist at his best, as well. <br />
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This is Jim Barton's Pudding River Studios, Aurora, OR...but we didn't know that we were doing anything but walking down a forest path....until we began to come upon these beautiful wood sculptures, mostly done from fire damaged wood. They stood as guardians of the forest, sentinels, plates of a sort of Buddhist armor on healthy trees, silent prayers of Quan Yin, invitations to wander further...and then there he was, standing at the edge of a large fork lift which held the rough beginnings of a long table bench, filling a small crack. Tall and skinny, shaded by the canopy above him, he smiled and gestured for me to come closer so he could hear me.<br />
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Jim is open and sharing, at home with both trees and people. Read some more about him in this article from <a href="http://www.conversations.org/story.php?sid=183" target="_blank">Conversations</a>. From his property we walked on through his neighbor's (with her permission) only to be delighted by a different kind of nature - acres of mown pasture that was home to many sheep until a flash flood of the Pudding River p them. No signs of the misfortune remain except the water line high up in the trees. Today the pasture was alive with singing birds, dandelions, and about a half mile of wild blackberry bushes grown high above our heads.<br />
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I think I picked (and ate) enough berries for a large pie! There were no cell phones there, no iPads, no ear phones...just blackberries, sun, the river and a good friend who wanted to give us a special day. Thanks, Donna.</div>
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Summer, glorious in all its steamy heat and languid nights, is full upon us. Greens in deepest shade are darkly purple, midnight blue, cooling our sun-shot eyes and bringing a moment's respite of breeze through the leafy canopies. Salmon pinks, coral reds, butter yellows, cadmium orange with lemon and glaze of alizarin in riots of poppies, hibiscus, roses, honeysuckle, daisies, and lilies in a myriad of variety fill us with love for this season of endless visual delights. We breath in the perfume of summer wishing we could store it to warm ourselves come those cold November nights. I am compelled by blooming Nature.<br />
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<br />whitney peckmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15575743823246285808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647081010417820219.post-47212944286839150592012-06-29T12:29:00.000-04:002012-06-29T12:29:00.287-04:00Artists & Health Care<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">People often ask me if the dust and particulate from the gourds I work on is toxic. Do I wear a mask, they ask. Yes and yes. I am self-employed and have been for many decades. I work in a field that is woefully unsupported by the corporate luxuries most people have experience with in their work-a-day worlds. Though I am now old enough to be on Medicare, and grateful to be so, I was totally responsible for my health insurance until Medicare. I take good care of my health but my insurance was still over $600/month pre-Medicare. I bring this up because I opted to carry insurance regardless of the cost. I have collected Unemployment Insurance once in my life in my twenties. I pay my taxes. So, yes, I am thrilled by yesterday's confirmation of the Affordable Care Act by the Supreme Court. Below is a link to an article about artists and insurance. </span><br />
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The thing is, and why you are seeing this on my blog, is that we have stalled out on the donations, and we have a little ways more to go to finish the treatments. So, I am asking all of you reading this, all of you who have loved my work, supported me with your purchases, taken classes from me, been inspired by my work or my words, to please show that today by clicking Pam's picture, and making a donation to this <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">wonderful team effort </span></b>to get Pam well. I know we all get asked all the time to donate, donate, donate. But, if you will make a donation of $10 to Pam, I will send you a packet of greeting cards with pictures of my gourd sculptures as a huge thank you for joining our team (that's a $20 value for your donation of $10 - not a bad deal). Just leave a comment here on my post or email me through my website and I will get the cards in the mail to you. <br />
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This piece of cut paper was in many ways, the most beautiful and the most thought provoking for me. I am always struggling with the question of what beauty is and what makes it so. The artist has created a seemingly simple cut paper work, but asks the question, "what draws us more? The image/absence (<i>in other words, the living position of the colorless negative shape</i>) or the presence/specter (<i>the living color of the dead positioning of the poppies</i>)?" (Italics are my words.) I kept returning to this piece, aware each time that the upright position felt more alive to me, though somehow sad. I liked that what appears to be simple and beautiful was not just so. <br />
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What does an artist do when she is not going to art shows or festivals? Go to a music festival - what else? Along with 16,999 other people on Sunday, we spent a gorgeous NC day in Wilkesboro at <a href="http://merlefest.org/" target="_blank">MerleFest</a> listening to Alison Krauss and Union Station. See that tiny bldg way at the back of the picutre? That's the stage. Fortunately someone in the reserved seating up front didn't show up to exit me from their seat that I borrowed, and I could actually see the group, and see them close up on the big screen. Which begs the question, why would a huge festival like MerleFest not have a screen on both sides and perhaps one mid-way back as well? Woulda been nice. Nevertheless, hearing them live, and seeing Jerry on the dobro was too good!<br />
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Music - the great meditational, mind bending, universal touch of muse - the way IN, the way up and the way down - the road to sin and salvation. For those times when I'm stuck in a rut, too bogged down by the relentless sadbad news spewed out of any media source one picks, stuck in the pressurized kettle of show deadlines, I turn to music for a quick exit. Doesn't matter it it's <a href="http://alisonkrauss.com/" target="_blank">Union Station</a>,<a href="http://www.classicalarchives.com/bach.html" target="_blank"> Bach</a>, <a href="http://heardmusic.net/" target="_blank">Elizabeth Kasius & Heard</a>, Motown, or <a href="http://www.pbs.org/theblues/songsartists/songsbioalpha.html" target="_blank">Mississippi blues</a> - it's all good, it all transports me somewhere, it all ignites the spark. My profound thanks to all musicians, players and writers, anywhere and everywhere for adding to the sound of the universal muse.<br />
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And, by the way, check out <a href="http://www.themim.org/" target="_blank">MIM</a> in Scottsdale, AZ for a remarkably memorable museum experience!<a href="http://www.classicalarchives.com/bach.html" target="_blank">www.classicalarchives.com/bach.html</a>whitney peckmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15575743823246285808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647081010417820219.post-77817141621012179592012-04-17T22:53:00.002-04:002012-04-17T22:53:53.043-04:00Couch Surfing in Denton, Texas<a href="http://www.CouchSurfing.org/" target="_blank">Couch surfing</a> has become our new way of traveling across the country, meeting new people, sharing what we do and learning about what they do. CS has been around for about 30 years, bigger, I think, in Europe than here in the States. Syed got us started on it last year by trying it out in Nashville. With no small amount of skills of persuasion, he got me to agree to host our first couch surfer in our home in NC. Our guest was 50-something, about to get married, and on business here in Salisbury. In the morning he made us omelets and fruit for breakfast. Our next guest was a lovely woman on a driving adventure throughout the southeast. She was 60-something and a wonderful conversationalist. We got so engaged in conversation that after a few hours we were surprised when her phone rang...it was her son, worried that she hadn't called to say that her host family (us) was safe and ok! <br />
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It was, therefore, no surprise to find that we were enjoying ourselves immensely with our hosts Chuck and Ginger in Denton. They had opened their home, a small apartment, not only to us, but to another guest, <a href="http://www.lichtensteinmedia.com/" target="_blank">Anne, a journalist from Sweden</a>. And of course there was Ruby (almost 3) and her brother Enzo (almost 2) who clearly loved having the company. <br />
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<a href="http://www.CouchSurfing.org/" target="_blank">Couch surfing</a> is a casual B 'n B (breakfast being optional on the part of the hosts) type of hosting travelers. No money is exchanged. It's a pay-it-forward kind of deal. One's bed may be a real guest room with bath, or as basic as the couch. It's up to the guest and the host, via the website, to come to an agreement regarding the stay. Everyone puts up their profile and both guests and hosts write reviews of their experiences on the site. <br />
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Our conversation in Denton ranged from school systems in the States and in Sweden, our respective jobs, learning Spanish, living in Amsterdam, photography, music, raising kids in a foreign country, GMOs, organic food, the Midwest, and so on. Chuck and Ginger are about 30 and their enthusiasm for living a simple life, spending lots of time with the children, and for the work ethic made me feel fortunate to have met them, and hopeful that we will again cross paths. We'd like to count this family in our circle of friends because it feels like knowing them would add immeasurably to our own lives.<br />
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<a href="http://www.lichtensteinmedia.com/" target="_blank">Anne is traveling around the States,</a> interviewing folks on a whole range of topics, taking photos, getting a feel for America. To be both outspoken and light hearted is a magical combination and so I hope she will take up my offer to contribute to this blog while she is here. She expressed disappointment in how little many people seem to know about President Obama's accomplishments, or how well he is viewed in Europe. And to hear her speaking about paying her share of taxes in Sweden as being part of her community made me wonder (not for the first time) why Americans are always complaining about high taxes while they scream about all the good roads, good schools, good parks, good postal service, etc. that they want their government to pay for. We can seem a selfish lot to those looking in. She isn't criticizing us, merely observing. <br />
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Here are a few pics of our trip home - bicycle wheels decorating a tree in one Couch Surfing host's back yard, Syed changing a flat on the way to Denton, the Denton town hall, Syed with our new Couch Surfing friends in Birmingham (lovely breakfast!). Now we're here in Salisbury and ready to start working but wondering if we'll get a request for hosting a Couch Surfer soon. <a href="http://www.CouchSurfing.org/" target="_blank"> Check out CouchSurfing.com.</a><br />
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Check out the slideshow (in the column to the left) to see the entire process. We'll have this beautiful piece here at the <a href="http://www.celebrateart.com/" target="_blank">Celebration of Fine Art</a> today and tomorrow. Find us at the corner of exit 35 off the 101, on Hayden Rd, in the Big White Tents. Let us know you saw this on my blog! Thanks!<br />
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<br />whitney peckmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15575743823246285808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647081010417820219.post-2179799876408955752012-03-13T11:35:00.000-04:002012-03-13T11:42:07.334-04:00Sculptures Completed At Celebration of Fine ArtCompleted at the show and on the floor now! Only two weeks left in this year's show, so come and see this work first hand. We'd love to chat with you.<a href="http://www.celebrateart.com/" target="_blank"> Don't forget that the show has moved to the corner of Hayden and the 101 loop, one mile east of the old location on Scottsdale Rd. </a> Easiest way to get there is from the 101 - exit 35. Both pieces on mounted on revolving stands and so are meant to be viewed from all angles and sides.<br />
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<b>Sense 1:</b> a type of large fruit, or the plant on which it grows.</td></tr>
<tr style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px;"><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"> gourd in Afrikaans: <b>komkommer, karkoer<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> gourd in Arabic: <b>يَقْطين، قَرع</b></span></b></td><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"><br /></td></tr>
<tr style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px;"><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"> gourd in Bulgarian: <b>кратуна<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> gourd in Brazilian: <b>cabaça</b></span></b><br />
gourd in Chinese: <b>葫芦</b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><br /></b></span></b> gourd in Croatian: <b>sušena tikva</b></td><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"><br /></td></tr>
<tr style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px;"><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"> gourd in Czech: <b>tykev</b></td><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"><br /></td></tr>
<tr style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px;"><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"> gourd in Danish: <b>græskar</b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> gourd in Dutch: <b>pompoen</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> gourd in Estonian: <b>pudelkõrvits</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> gourd in Finnish: <b>kurkkukasvi</b></span></td><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"><br /></td></tr>
<tr style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px;"><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"> gourd in Farsi: <b>هر گیاهی از تیره کدو</b></td><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"></td></tr>
<tr style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px;"><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"> gourd in French: <b>gourde<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> gourd in German: <b>der </b></span></b></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Flaschenkürbis</b></span></b></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><br /></b></span></b> gourd in Greek: <b>(νερο)κολοκύθα</b></span></b><br />
gourd in Hebrew: <b>דְלַעַת</b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></b></td><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px;"><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"> gourd in Hungarian: <b>(dísz)tök</b></td><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"><br /></td></tr>
<tr style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px;"><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"> gourd in Icelandic: <b>grasker<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> gourd in Indonesian: <b>labu</b></span></b><br />
gourd in Italian: <b>(frutto delle cucurbitace</b></td><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"></td></tr>
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gourd in Latvian: <b>(pudeļveida) ķirbis</b></td><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px;"><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"> gourd in Norwegian: <b>gresskar<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> gourd in Pashto: <b>اونورو شيانو په حيث كار ځ</b></span></b></td><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px;"><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"> gourd in Portuguese: <b>cabaça<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> gourd in Romanian: <b>tigvă</b></span></b></td><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"><br /></td></tr>
<tr style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px;"><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"> gourd in Russian: <b>тыква бутылочная<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> gourd in Serbian: <b>tikva</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> gourd in Slovak: <b>tekvica</b></span></b></td><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"><br /></td></tr>
<tr style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px;"><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"> gourd in Slovenian: <b>buča<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> gourd in Spanish: <b>calabaza</b></span></b></td><td class="dsc2" style="font-family: georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; padding-left: 10px;"><br /></td></tr>
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Inspiration is a full and varied thing, sometimes young and twitching, other times a vibrational note struck on a crystal glass. It is a muse dancing in your dreams, a wood nymph catching your eye from behind the twilight lit forest. It is shattered light from a glass clad urban high rise tossing itself across the candy apple red of your car hood. It may be a grand philosophical book, read in fits and starts, embedding something unforgettable in your brain, or something inconsequential – a scrap of paper caught on the breeze, landing in your lap like a message from a parallel world.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Last fall I was reading <a href="http://bit.ly/fPr6h9">Maya Angelou’s poem, I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings</a>. I had, at the time, been struggling with unresolved ideas for a series of large paintings about women and the patterns of their lives. The original idea was not coming clear for me. About to abandon the whole concept and taking a few days to get away from what I was feeling was a stuck spot, I closed the jars of paint, cleaned my tools and left the studio. Landing on the sofa with a pile of books, I settled in for some quiet time. Maya showed up. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The measure of a good metaphor is how well it connects to the human condition. The caged bird seems nearly limitless, as does the meaning of “singing” or voicing what is within. The voice of inspiration nearly deafened me. Books fell from the sofa in my rush to the studio.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Who knows why the Universe graces us with taps on the shoulder? Not I. But I do know, after 30 odd years of being an artist, that these gracious or raucous or accidental taps are better acknowledged and noted than ignored.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Begin. The surface lies before me – <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman Italic';"><i>the caged bird sings of freedom</i></span> - I scoop texture paste onto the board and with the largest trowel I have, spread it in quick broad strokes, leaving trepidation behind – <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman Italic';"><i>the free bird leaps on the back of the wind</i></span> – trails and rivers, paths and raindrops show up under the tool, taking me somewhere, bringing someone to me – I feel a door opening – light? Quickly I mix a wash in creamy pale yellow – pour it on, catching it in the river/paths/raindrops – <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman Italic';"><i>the free bird thinks of another breeze</i></span> – and warm lemon curd yellow floats into my world. Are you there?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Waiting. Slow drying, but surprises appear. I tape the poem to the wall, print big enough to make out as I work. So many images surface in my mind’s eye, call to me, then drift only to be replaced, crowded out by others. Returning to my work, I see a delicate head wrap, in tiny pattern, and then a sleeve, richly embroidered. She’s here. Waiting for me to give her voice. Where is the window from which you watch? A swallow brings you an offering of berries. You gaze at me, Madonna of the Swallows. I hear your voice.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The universe sends <a href="http://bit.ly/fUx1cX">Muse</a> and Inspiration to whisper in your ear that there are fantastic things for you to do – soulful songs to write, luscious colors to mix into unpredictable combinations, elements and molecules to construct the never before seen. There are birds to be let free and voices to hear calling. </div>
</div>whitney peckmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15575743823246285808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647081010417820219.post-25676976883034393962012-02-04T22:49:00.000-05:002012-02-04T22:49:42.190-05:00Husband/Wife CollaborationAfter 23 years of marriage, Syed and I have finally collaborated on four artworks! Amazing! Not that we've actually been negotiating all these years...just that we finally got it together and figured out how to make two very divergent styles work. And we did it without arguing...at least he did it without arguing... I, of course, had to argue a little.<br />
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So, this is how it went. After a couple of years of trying to figure out how to actually mix our media (glass, metal, gourds, painting), we moved on. Mixing all those things just seemed ridiculously forced and a little silly. Next, we spoke about gathering mixed materials for the re-purpose style and mixing that with glass. Appealing at a casual glance, but it just didn't come together. Next we tried on the idea of me painting the glass. Not. How bout working bits of glass into paintings? Really? And we moved on.<br />
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This year, inspired by a young woman doing stencil work in Salisbury, we were able to see how my drawing and Syed's abstract glass and metal could come together. This is just the tip of the iceberg. We could easily see how to develop it after these first four were finished. I won't talk about those developments, just to say that a door has opened and we can see the highway before us....it's going to be a great fun trip, and you will be seeing more of us in the future! Till then, come in and see these pieces - jump off into an adventure with us - we've got some great ideas for larger pieces as installations.<br />
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<br />whitney peckmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15575743823246285808noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647081010417820219.post-69815035880694337502012-01-30T00:45:00.000-05:002012-01-30T00:45:39.408-05:00She Thinks In Color In my world of art I do a lot of things. I paint, carve and sculpt, assemble collages from scraps of my paintings, work with mixed media, and time permitting, I like to build memory books for my family. So I am never really surprised when people come into my studio, look around and say, "Is this all you? You do so many things," with a somewhat quizzical look.<br />
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Does it all look like me, I ask? They look again. Well...yes. But, but there are paintings and the gourds and pots and....<br />
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And all that is true. So what is the unifying principle? What is it that drives my work? By what am I compelled? <br />
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Color. All surfaces, all materials, all combinations of media are there for just one purpose - to be brought to life in living, breathing, passionate, subtle, intense, complex color. I dream in color, and am aware of color as I breath, move, talk, eat, think. Pulsating sunsets come on the heels of days full of colors as simple as creamy white milk on silver dusted blueberries, the many hues of ochre and grey walking across the parking lot, the shades of lemon and grapefruit yellows in the glass cylinder on the desk at the show. Then I am mesmerized by the complexity of transparent hues that create the moving sea or air that I find in Adolfo's work. And on it goes all day long, until I head for home while the sun turns the desert air into streams and rivers of striated cadmiums, laced in violets, tinges of lime and all there to burn into my memory for resurrection in my dreams. <br />
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So, the next time you look into an artist's studio and see a variety of medium or technique or color, ask yourself what is the thing that unifies the work? Is it the palette, as with my work, or is it something else? Is it subject matter - landscape interpreted in many styles, perhaps, or animals in paintings and sculptures, or abstracts in many colors and materials held together by the shapes used, or is it line that is the common denominator? So many possibilities. Just like with color. <br />
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So much experimentation to do. So little time. Back to work....See you soon!whitney peckmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15575743823246285808noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647081010417820219.post-53075640862679094212012-01-27T23:44:00.000-05:002012-01-27T23:44:21.325-05:00Collaboration of the Celebration KindHere's a little tale of a happy combination at the Celebration of Fine Art - I started working on a little gourd with a new technique of layering 10-15 glazes for a dimensional effect in a floral design with a little yellow bird included. As I worked I was thinking of how to finish the raw gourd top...the design seemed so elegant that the raw edge clearly wasn't right. I had found an interesting old Victorian brass back plate for a door knocker while I was in San Diego over Christmas. Just the right size and fit! But, what to do about the hole...now that seemed unfinished. You know, these "simple little projects" sometimes get away from you! So, I wandered down to see what my friends Donna Armstrong and Donna Bernstein thought. We all mulled it over. Came up with some great ideas, but the best was to ask Kevin Powers if he would blow a small stopper for it...and so, back to the other end of the tent, where Kevin was working away on his glass. Gracious guy that he is, he said, sure, let's do it...and after the show closed last night, he blew the sweetest little stopper with a delicate yellow flower in the center, just the exact colors of the work I had done. And here is the glass blowing process and the finished piece! Sweet! Sweet! Sweet!<br />
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<a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/107451483602294671917/SettingUpTheCoFA2012Show">Slideshow of setting up the 2012 CoFA show!</a> Click on this link to see the process of setting up the <a href="http://www.celebrateart.com/">Celebration of Fine Art</a> studios for this 10 week long event and experience what the artists do to bring an amazing selection of work for you to peruse, wonder at, be dazzled by and to share with your friends. It is a daunting task and takes almost 5 full days to complete - often on opening day we wouldn't want you to open any closets for fear of what might tumble out! But by mid week we're all at work in our studios and ready to share what we do, how we do it, and what inspires us. This is an exciting venue, really unique in the country, and at our new location at the intersection of the Loop 101 and Hayden Rd Exit, stunningly beautiful as the sun goes down casting those AZ colors on the McDowell Mts. <br />
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This show is a big part of our lives, spending 3 full months with almost 100 other artists, and it is inspirational and energizing, so watch for regular posts about what Syed and I are doing, what our artist friends are working on, and occasional philosophical musings.<br />
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And now, it's back to work!whitney peckmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15575743823246285808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647081010417820219.post-32771433619730782642012-01-16T19:50:00.000-05:002012-01-16T19:53:34.203-05:00Ken Newman Sculpting on the Road: The Celebration of Fine Art - A Writer's WordsI had to repost this beautifully written article about my friend and neighbor at the <a href="http://www.celebrateart.com/">Celebration of Fine Art - </a>the article is poetically simpatico with Ken's work. Hope you can come and see it in person.<br />
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<a href="http://kennewman.blogspot.com/2012/01/celebration-of-fine-art-writers-words.html">Ken Newman Sculpting on the Road: The Celebration of Fine Art - A Writer's Words</a>whitney peckmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15575743823246285808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647081010417820219.post-72350351666404946142012-01-05T10:54:00.000-05:002012-01-05T10:54:22.187-05:00Flemenco and Julia ChaconIf you live in NC or VA, don't miss the opportunity to see Julia Chacon dance!<br />
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<a href="http://juliachacon.com/">http://juliachacon.com/</a>whitney peckmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15575743823246285808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647081010417820219.post-49294991273553118822012-01-03T21:03:00.000-05:002012-01-03T21:03:25.118-05:00Gorgeous Day At the Gourd Farm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Belying the stress prior to beginning the 2012 <a href="http://www.celebrateart.com/">Celebration of Fine Art</a>, I took December 31, a beautiful sunny day in San Diego County, and went to the Welburn Gourd Farm in Fallbrook, CA for an end of the year sale. Sun shown through the live oaks, gourds were abundant (but none of the zucca that I went for), and it was blissfully quiet with only the singing of the birds. And now, back to work! Set up begins this coming Monday!whitney peckmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15575743823246285808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647081010417820219.post-12882814802710649442011-11-18T17:55:00.001-05:002011-11-18T18:19:12.803-05:00Working Hard In the StudiodThought it was time to unveil the yearly hysteria in the studio as I get ready for the 2012 <a href="http://www.celebrateart.com/">Celebration of Fine Art </a>opening in Scottsdale, AZ Jan 14 - time to confess to how messy it is to be an artist (at least that's my excuse!). And just one more thing - if you enjoy this blog I would so appreciate it if you would forward it to your friends - word of mouth is the best for artists!<br />
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