THREE IN PROGRESS

This one is 20" x 16" and just started. It is a study for the 30" x 40" one I have started also.

This one is almost done. I think I will add soap bubbles besides tuning it up. This is small about 12" tall x 9". I'm reading THE ALPHABET VERSUS THE GODDESS by Leonard Shlain and also Stephen Quiller's book WATERMEDIA. He says that casein goes back 9,000 years?!?

TITLE FOR OBE

This painting called BACKWARDS AND IN HIGH HEELS is about Mom in her youth. It is 60" (h) x 48". It will be in the exhibit at the Old Bakery and Emporium. I have come up with a title for my exhibit next November. THE LONG VIEW. I stole that from an article by Michael Barnes in the newspaper.

NOT FINISHED, AFTER ALL

Sometimes, I set parameters for a work in order to teach myself.

This 1995 self-portrait was to compare ultramarine blue and thalo blue.

This was an exploration of using Hansa Yellow (PY3) instead of and with cadmium yellow medium (PY 32). I recently noticed that I really didn't finish the painting, being too distracted by the "problem". Now I'm going after it to tune it up and push it. Is this all about  the poem, now?

A DAYDREAM

This painting might be finished. When I added the hand on the woman's shoulder, the painting felt less lonely. More and More I am thinking of my work as poetry.

MEMORIES

Selling miniatures of the ruins, vistas of Italy to the tourists in 1979, without a permit seemed like a good idea at the time. At Christmas time, Piazza Navona became too crowded for upstarts like me so I set up in Teatro Goldoni's foyer. Rome was an adventure and an education.

SKETCHES FROM THE NURSING HOME

I sketch Mom at the Nursing home sometimes when I visit. I also look out the window.

E.A.S.T. FASHION

On Sunday, I rehung the wall and it looked much better. The weather was different this week-end, drizzle and cold. And educational experience, all in all.

TINY PAINTINGS

Tiny paintings in a book for easy viewing at E.A.S.T. There were 100. Now there are 70.

COMIX

What showing is good for....if not sales....then I find my stuff, sort, organize.

I found my old comix! Ahh those were the days! Me and the other Bloody Wymmin published 3 whole issues!! Woo! Woo!

E.A.S.T. INSTALLATION

Alot of people came through but no sales first week-end. So far, mostly fun.

FRIEND PORTRAIT

This portrait of a friend of a friend of my brother, Crazy Carl, is 9" x 12" on wood.

E.A.S.T.

TINY PAINTINGS

 2.25” x 3.5”, acrylic on paper   ORIGINAL, One of a Kind by

MELANIE HICKERSON

$10.00 each
UP Collective #131-i 
2326 East Cesar Chavez
Austin

ADDED A SNOWMAN

I liked the snowman in the other HOME so I added a snowman to the Tipi scene. It's a big Tipi.

ANOTHER HOME IN WINTER

This painting is almost done.

The theme of "winter" seems to connect with Mom-care I'm doing lately.

BIG NEWS - O.B.E. NOV. 2014

OLD BAKERY AND EMPORIUM accepted my proposal for an exhibit in their free-of-charge space (20% of sales). It doesn't have status but I get to be self indulgent and do my own Exhibit!
On Aging Today - re: myself and Mom care.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK!

MOM IN NURSING HOME is going to New York City, Ceres Gallery on 27th Street (Chelsea) for a January 2014 exhibit!!

I tuned it up, glazes that maybe only I can see and

with the cicada shell in honor of NY 17 year cicada attack in 2013.

ANOTHER SQUARE ON DIAGONAL

This is mostly finished. I'm still glazing. I want to get red glow on horizon line. This is a 6" square, 8.25" across. This is on framed out board and I painted around the sides. There is a bird in flight on the lower left side. This is called HOME IN WINTER.

GONE TO A GOOD HOME!

BLUE DAMSEL FLY sold to a good home at the Penn Field Generous Art Event. It was a beautiful event with good food, good music and good art. I suspected there might be smart people at this reception and there were! I do love smart people.

ALMOST FINISHED - MOM AT NURSING HOME

MOM AT NURSING HOME is close to being finished. Just some tuning up. It is a dragonfly on her shoulder, a sparrow on her head and white wing doves dancing in the window.

SOLD! MOM IN WINTER

I sold MOM IN 
WINTER

out of my studio! I really don't mind paying sales tax, really!

"ATC" OR "ACEO"

These tiny paintings are part of a genre. Who knew!?! They are called "ATC"s or "ACEO"s....Art Trading Cards

or Art Card Editions and Originals. Mine are "originals".

NEW PAINTING IN PROGRESS

While the tiny paintings continue, this new work is hatching. There are quite a few drawings and that is going to be a dragonfly or damselfly on her shoulder. Not big. 36" x 24".

FINALLY

After 63

tiny paintings, I think I'm finally getting the hang of it.

BILLBOARD COMPETITION

I didn't get a billboard this year. Try again next time.

VISUAL ART EMERGENCY?

I made tiny labels for the backs of the tiny paintings. "In case of Visual Art Emergency, See other side".

These artworks are suitable for carrying in your pocket, wallet or purse. Now what will I charge for them?

BREAKING WALLS

This painting is called BREAKING WALLS. I sold it a few years ago but it is Now in an Online Exhibit at  www.unitewomen.org. This exhibit associated with the WCA and is a themed exhibit about the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment)....ahhh Someday.......... 

SUNFLOWERS

Another great honor, no money, opportunity. I'm working on a plan for a billboard competition here in Austin called Art Boards.org. I'm lifting the sunflowers from painting-in-progress of my dog Foxy.

Just the leaves in lower right corner will suit the attempt. Practice, Practice, Practice.

HULA HOOPING AT WEST

My friend Jean video taped at my WEST Austin Studio Tour then couldn't figure out how to email it to me so-o-o she put on a Flash Drive. I couldn't figure out how to put it on my computer so-o-o I copied it to a DVD and posted it! I can figure out that! VOILA'

HULA HOOP AT WEST

LESSONS

Before and after. A little reorganizing of space and stuff was a positive from this event. 
My Drawing I class visited. One student, alarmed, asked "What is this radio station you are listening to?!?" He says "The Music! It doesn't go together! They keep switching around!" (KUTX FM) That disturbed him. I had no response to that. He made a good grade in class, mostly for showing up and turning in work on time.

SOLD AT WEST STUDIO TOUR

I sold the rest of my bee cards plus the paintings pictured here plus a framed watercolor and more. My babies gone to new homes! The ones which sold were all good ones. That is heartening, actually.

RE-REARRANGING ARTWORK

I took down MYTHOLOGIES and put back the painting called LOVE. In the detail you can see the little Monarch butterflies. One more weekend for the studio tour.

NEW PAINTING

This is a detail from a new painting called WINTER. It might be finished.

REARRANGING ART WORK FOR THE TOUR

I pulled out this old painting, MYTHOLOGIES from 1993. It has a storied past. I eliminated a 2012 painting called LOVE. 

MOM'S BRUSHES

I just noticed today that Mom's paint brushes are the lead item on the WEST Catalog cover!!