maryleal
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Location | Brooklyn, NY, United States |
| Introduction | I am an artist and my new endeavor, this blog, is my latest attempt at communicating visually. My friend and fellow artist, Margaret Gosden, is my inspiration. Do check out her blog at http://margaretgosden2.blogspot.com and you will see why I want to do this. I work in several media. My formal training was in etching but I paint, I sculpt in clay, I draw. My best work, in my opinion, results from deeply felt emotions and I have flat files of unsold (but shown) works resulting from my reactions to difficult themes: Hiroshima, the rape of my good friend's daughter, my mother's death, 9/11, my lover's emaciated body before he died. I work through my distress by managing it on paper and canvas. I take vacations from the angst and make images that sometimes people want to hang on their walls. So I am not a totally starving artist. I will turn 70 in June and I can't believe it. What happened? I feel 40, at the oldest, and hope that is how I present myself. I try to keep an open mind, try to accept what comes, try to be kind. I look forward to joining a conversation with other bloggers and learn from them. |
| Interests | My children, James, Christopher and Molly, grandchildren Blaise and Kai, my good friends, my work, Ugandan Children of Conflict, international travel, cooking. Life. |
| Favorite Movies | Where to start? Among the many: Witness for the Prosecution, Sling Blade, Up in the Air, A Serious Man, What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, Thelma and Louise..... I can't remember. But I have to say I have revisited movies I THOUGHT were wonderful at the time and I am amazed at how much I don't like them at all now.... The Hustler, McCabe and Mrs. Miller. to name just two... what did I see in them? |
| Favorite Music | Too much to name. The genres I don't take to are the ones I don't understand... Rap for instance. But I am sure that 20 years from now some of the rap artists performing today will still be played and respected as important musicians. Each generation produces artists who speak in the idiom of the day and most fall by the wayside, but the serious musicians last. Think Chuck Berry. Frank Sinatra. Joan Baez, Bill Monroe. I don't think I will EVER appreciate heavy metal. |
| Favorite Books | I have many. I love John Irving's earlier work (not so much his later work), Cider House Rules and A Prayer for Owen Meany are my two favorites. Anne Tyler, all of them, Toni Morris, Alice Walker. |