Harriet the Elegant ghost spent a day at the Jersey shore and was relieved she no longer need worry about tan lines, or beach tags, or soggy towels, or clingy swimsuits, or sand in the carpet, or etc., etc., etc.
Category Archives: Art
Harriet Goes on a Picnic
Harriet the Elegant ghost went on a picnic lunch where, unbeknownst to Harriet, a family of fire ants were also enjoying the crumbs falling from her swiss cheese sandwich.
Harriet Goes to the Rodeo
Harriet the Elegant ghost attended the county’s annual rodeo roundup only to discover she had no feet on which she could wear the complimentary cowboy boots.
Meet Harriet the Elegant Ghost
Harriet the Elegant ghost went shopping for a new frock but found that the styles were too wild for her refined taste.
Shopping with Dad
A few posts ago I shared a sketch I made of my mom from a memory I have of her. So it did not surprise me that lately I have been thinking about particular memories of my dad. What I decided on was a sketch of my dad shopping. As with the sketch of myContinue reading “Shopping with Dad”
Public Art
Recently I heard from my friend Allison Wooley, who I met during a residency I did through through the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Art Futures Program. Allison has since moved to Cleveland and sent me images of a public art project she is part of. Allison has had two works accepted for public display throughContinue reading “Public Art”
Story Time with Mom
Not long ago, I was thinking about a short story my friend Claudia wrote about a train ride she took to see her son in Pittsburgh. The reason I was thinking about this story is because I remember reading it to my mother on a visit to her when she was living with my sister.Continue reading “Story Time with Mom”
Reduction Linocut Step by Step
Many years ago on a former blog I had a tutorial on how to do a reduction linocut. A reduction linocut, said to have been invented by Pablo Picasso as a means to economizing on linoleum, is when you use only one block to make a color print instead of the traditional one block perContinue reading “Reduction Linocut Step by Step”
Another Friend-Made Surprise
My dear friend Claudia has been very invested in making Tiny Houses and knows my love of such things. So here is one that Claudia made for me! The loft space is my studio. See more of her work here.
Time Capsule
I have been coming to the Hill School as an artist in residence off and on since 2009. It has been a few years since I have been on campus so when I arrived in the classroom, a box (see below) was on the supply table and Mrs. Nelson, the art teacher, suggested I goContinue reading “Time Capsule”
Diane Podolsky 