Ed's Blog

Mom's Creations

One cool thing about Mom's work (and art in general) is that it is freely given to others; you make it, give it away, share it, but it isn't forced on anyone. You're free to take it, if you want it. It's scattered about, and like a book, it's a gift you can view again and again. With some, there's a big impact - emotional, symbolic, enduring. With others, it's ignored. No harm, no foul.

Mom's work is scattered all about ... from art shows, competitions, art festivals, ... folks on vacation stop by a show and find something that uniquely speaks to them - they purchase it, smile and it's gone ... off with them to some distant land.

I can't post too many of Mom's paintings since a number of them are out there in the ... ether, ... scattered about the solar system, ... but I can post a few more. The larger collection or body of Mom's works falls under the category of lino-cuts, or graphic art.

This painting, I don't recall it's title, is of a church which is an amalgam of many churches, but it bears a strong resemblance of a church in a small NYS town where Mom won an art prize for a painting.

The Hand of Who?
The hand of he who holds the brush,
The hand of she who would not crush

The hand who works the day all long,
The hand whose heart see's the song

The hand whose head know's the way,
The hand that feels and does not stray

The hand whose eyes do more than look,
The hand whose eyes could write a book

The hand who sees, what you will later,
The hand that makes, the hand of the creator.

January, 1979

posted by Unknown @ 7:50 AM