Small-Art Compendium

These two know how to start 2012 with a smile!

drunk mad with lust, the pale moon looked down Source: Page from Sir Henry Morgan Buccaneer by Cyrus Townsend Brady

My other great creative love is writing tiny poems, although inspiration and motivation seems to come in waves. Lately, I've felt like composing  a few. Found poetry  , such as the one below is such fun and a great way to enter the poem-writing world if you are new to it. I'll post found poetry here, but you can read more of my tiny poems at my poetry blog, Noodle . Try finding and creating some found poetry in 2012 -- it really opens up the creative channels in a unique way. The Undertaker's List 1. First, place the bones gently. 2. Strain for at least 6 hours until  almost  (almost), 3. Slice if necessary. 4. Sprinkle      sprinkle. Source: World Food Italy by Linda Doeser

Monologue 1 Mixed Media on Stonehenge Acrylic, graphite, conte, oil pastel crayon 9" x 12"

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! Wishing everyone much joy, peace and love this holiday season.

To Brownsville Acrylic, graphite, map on Rives, mounted on Stonehenge Image size: 5" x 5" Paper size: 8" x 8" :: I like it (despite the heinous scan), but I want to be less, um, mannered with future sketches. Most of them are pure play, after all. Less Martha Stewart; more Joey Ramone. ::

Photo courtesty of Bosela at morguefiles.com This year for the holidays, buy art from a local artist! Ten Ways to Support an Artist this Christmas Nice post, Jan! Not surprisingly, I totally agree.

Splat Acrylic, maps, ink on Rives BFK, mounted on Stonehenge Image size: 5" x 4" Paper size: 8" x 8" :: call me crazy but I lurve these weird little map doodles ::