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Blackbird II
My collaborator has gone home, and I’m back on my own. I should title this “Black Bird Feeling Blue.”
Western Tanager Collaboration
Another collaboration with my 7-year-old grandson, PJ. I provided an outline and then he provided everything that makes it art — the colors (including for the background) and the handling of strokes. I LOVE this!
Blackbird
PJ’s Imaginary Bird
“I just love imaginary birds, don’t you, TreeMa?”
“I do!”
“I’m going to draw one by myself.”
“Oh, that’s a great idea.”
And so the prodigy surpasses the teacher… such an old story. Sigh. And delight!
Another collaboration — PJ and TJ
He is very French, don’t you think, with his little red beret?
Artists Collaborate!
My seven-year-old grandson PJ loves cranes and asked if we could draw one together. This is my favorite bird yet! And I love that he designed his own chop. I asked him what it meant. He said “bird artist.” My chop represents the sounds of the syllables of my last name. The top kanji translates as purification; the bottom one as dawn. Kimono artists we met in Kyoto over 25 years ago chose these kanji for me. Many Japanese words can sound phonetically close to a syllable of a Western name, so the particular ideographs chosen have significance. I love these for a daily practice, where every day is a new start.
Strange Bird
Redwing
Blackbird
After a week indulging in the bejeweled precision of hummingbirds, I want the seduction of wild shape… Blackbirds!