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Welcome to my Blog. My adventure in 21st century. - Melanie Hickerson

Saturday, February 11, 2023

SCARY!!

The scariest thing in the world for an artist. A BLANK CANVAS! There are a lot of drawings piled up and ideas like the tide coming in.. Choose! Choose! That's next.

 


 

Thursday, February 9, 2023

BIZARRE PATHS

 The appearance of this page is like Blogspot used to be. Now that I am a guest, I get the pretty  and easy look to this page with more choices and icons. As a guest on this blog which is attached to an email address I no longer have access to (except temporarily) Tah-dah!

 I do like to draw before I paint.Here's the drawing and then some of the process for the donation to the MexicArte Museum.






 

 
This painting I name THE MIRACLE.

BUTTERFLIES FOREVER!

An alarming statistic states that 50% of the biomass of insects on this planet has been lost, wiped out, killed since 1970. LOST! That's not so long ago. Once in the 1980's the magnificent annual monarch butterfly migration came through my yard. They were crashing into trees. A soft sound of hundreds of thousands of butterfly wings was accompanied by the fluttering of the sunlight. Now the monarch butterfly has been added to the ENDANGERED species list!! Only 10% or less of their population survives. This bug may disappear soon if we, humans, don't clean up our act. Other nifty, useful and besides beautiful bugs may disappear too. My guess is that many have already. 




Tuesday, December 27, 2022

EMILY WHITE and the AMERICAN COLLECTION

The album is done!! My imagery contributes to the Album as an introduction to the wonderful music! I am so honored to mive in such company!
My painting I named RHAPSODY IN BLUE after the music by George Gerschwin but also after the many, many pigments and mixes in the blues in this composition. And now it is part of a Fabulous recording! Music for the ages!

Sunday, December 18, 2022

TEXAS HEAT AND WHACKY WEATHER

A new and improved painting. Actually, I keep adjusting this painting but it is nailed down now. Solved. Cured. Born. It's called TEXAS HEAT/LOST IN CODE". I do keep returning to the theme of seeing people lost in their phones, not noticing the world around them. This painting is 24" x 30" wide. For Sale. Acrylic on canvas. Leave a message!
This image is chosen for PR for the TEXAS WCA exhibit this summer on the coast (the Texas coast).

Friday, November 25, 2022

MARVELOUS MIGRANTS AND CREATING A PAINTING

First I made a drawing then slowly progressed. I liked it but kept adding more monarchs. It is about silly limits on migrations. The planet has seasons. Following the seasons honors the Mother Earth.

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

BUTTERFLIES AND RIBBONS

The images that keep jumping into my compositions are ribbons and monarch butterflies. I resolve to try some other varieties of bugs but the monarch butterfly's recent promotion to ENDANGERED has inspired me.