Diane

Harriet at the Opera

Attired in a new silk dress, adorned with her signature string of pearls, Harriet the Elegant ghost takes her seat by the radio awaiting the overture to begin.

I enjoy reading Haiku because the length matches my attention span. In going through some old notebooks, I came across two Haiku that I wrote during this time of year so I am sharing them below. Oct. 1997 Ghosts, goblins stirring through the moaning thick of night, come daylight – vanished! November, 1997 The crispContinue reading “Seasonal Haiku”

Harriet’s Exasperation

Outraged by the parking situation because of inconsiderate consumers, Harriet the Elegant ghost spent an afternoon collecting and returning shopping carts at a local strip mall.

Harriet & Barbie

Redux: Neighborhoods Artist Book

If this looks a bit familiar it is because you may have received a similar post recently that did not load quite right so I took it down to fix and hopefully this one works. Below is a very short video of an Artist Book I made call Neighborhoods. It was made from a 12″Continue reading “Redux: Neighborhoods Artist Book”

Harriet in the Garden

More Paper Quilt Collages & Drawings

I had stopped making the Paper Quilt Collages that I was working on a few months ago. I enjoyed the drawing aspect of it, but making the paper quilts appealed to me less. After thinking about it I realized that it was the structure of trying to make the collage quilt-like that I no longerContinue reading “More Paper Quilt Collages & Drawings”

The King’s Dining Room

Some time ago, I wrote about our family summer house when I was growing up and asked each of my sisters and brother to draw their recollections of it. On a similar note, I asked each of them if they remembered what became known as The King’s Dining Room. We lived in a row house,Continue reading “The King’s Dining Room”

More Ancient Figurine Drawings

A few months back I posted some drawings I made based on ancient figurines I found online and in the public domain from various museums. You can see that post and the drawings here. Recently, I completed some more drawings from additional figurines. Here they are along with the information on where to view theContinue reading “More Ancient Figurine Drawings”

Tree drawings

Last month I dedicated lots of time to drawing trees, especially trees with deep cavities where some critter may have taken up residence. Well, I’m not going to be posting those because, frankly, they are nice but not very interesting. Sort of run in the mill everyday tree drawings. But in addition to those IContinue reading “Tree drawings”