Nicole
Pencil on paper
9” X 12” image on 12” x 14” 130lb paper
3 hr Life drawing session on mar. 13th
From suggestions I invited… (cheating?)
slightly.
This piece is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an
interactive project for the month of March where works are produced daily based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art
All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month from their date of completion.
Halloween Orange & Chimney Red
gouache on paper
8.5” x 11.25” image
~ freehand drawing, done on March 9th & 10th
…from Martin Laughlin’s suggestion:
(from a Tom Waits song) “…doused
everything in the house, torched it,
parked across the street, laughing,
watching it burn, all Halloween
…orange and chimney red then…”
…& it took me way too long.
& the orange is more orange than this.
This piece, Halloween Orange & Chimney Red, is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an
interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art
All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month from their date of completion.
Bubbles!
8″ x 10″ acrylic & acrylic gouache on 130lb paper with transparency print (from an original oil on microfiche).
created on Mar 8th, 2011 (& 9th If I’m being honest)
From Penelope Luedtke’s suggestion: Bubbles
This piece, Bubbles!, is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an
interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art
All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month from their date of completion.
~ Just Outside Siletz ~
Charcoal drawing 9.25” x 6.75” image on 11” x 8” 130lb paper
created on march 7th from suggestion on Mar 6th
No reference material other than suggestion
from Daniel Schulte: My Mom moved to the country to live off the land in the early ’70s. We raised all kinds of animals and ate some of them. One summer day around 1977, in that ramshackle house there were rabbit skins hanging from the loft, drying…. My brother and I decided to make little caveman or Indian outfits – our Mom (an artist too!) painted our faces – and we got some sticks and hiked to the end our pasture and up to the highway, just outside Siletz, Oregon. When we heard a car coming we’d jump out of the trees and jump up and down with our sticks like wild children. Then we’d run back into the woods. Maybe somewhere in there you can conjure and image. It’s a magical memory for me.
This drawing, Just Outside Siletz, is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an
interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art
All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month after their completion.
The Width of Thread from a Spider’s Web
ink on paper 9” x 6” image on 11” x 8” 130lb paper
created on March 6th from March 4th suggestion
not satisfied w/ my 1st attempt, I tried again.
image is out of my head, but I Googled spider’s webs….
from Eugene Mostofi
lyrics from Katie Melua… Remember forever the guns and the feathers in time.
Because the line between wrong and right,
Is the width of a thread from a spider’s web,
The piano keys are black and white,
…But they sound like a million colours in your mind.
This drawing,The Width of Thread from a Spider’s Web, is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an
interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art
All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month after their completion.
~ the line between wrong & right ~
ink on paper 9” x 6” image on 11” x 8” 130lb paper
created on March 5th from March 4th suggestion
image is out of my head, but I Googled spider’s webs just to try & figure out how the heck they make them.
Videos on YouTube were quite helpful.
from Eugene Mostofi
lyrics from Katie Melua… Remember forever the guns and the feathers in time.
Because the line between wrong and right,
Is the width of a thread from a spider’s web,
The piano keys are black and white,
…But they sound like a million colours in your mind.
This drawing, the line between wrong & right, is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an
interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art
All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month after their completion.
Chameleon 8.5” x 9.5”
gouache, ink & charcoal on 140lb watercolour paper
song lyrics by Jody Katopothis:
chameleon what colours will you become
chameleon
who’s troubles will you leave undone
chameleon
…when you turn from green to gold
chameleon
when you leave without a word…
This drawing, Chameleon, is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an
interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art
All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month after their completion.
This drawing, It’s not what’s now, it’s what’s coming, is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an
interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art
All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month after their completion.
This drawing, Once I Loved a Sailor, is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an interactive project for
the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my Facebook page:
All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month after their completion.
Next Show Invitational Group Show:
Devil and the Deep Denizen Gallery @ Milepost5 Exhibit dates: Jan 6th – 31st
Public reception and Artist trade event: January 6, 6 -10 PM
