Studio Light

 Love the clouds through the studio sky light!

Yes, this is another "studio" post!

These days, thanks to the internet and publishing houses,

the studio photo has become easily accessible. On you tube,

you can see the "famous" create in their studios: everyone from

Matisse and Picasso to Georgia O'Keefe to various 

current "Mixed Media Queen Bees" !

There are books and magazines galore 

dedicated to artists and their studios.

I love the voyeuristic pleasure of  seeing

where artists do their work. There is something

so personal and revealing  in these rooms

that goes beyond even a photo of the artist herself.

Today my inspiration is this photo I found in 

an 1980 edition of Architecture Digest magazine.

It is one of Henry Moore's studios in Herfordshire village,  England.

I love the serenity of the sculptures  inside this simple space.

The brick wall, the paneled sky light, the paintings in the background,

the red stool, the orange bowl, all poetry of  the silent space

that speak of a brilliant eye, knowing hands, wisdom, intelligence.

This is what is on my easel today:  two new paintings and one small one

in process. The table easel is paint splattered, my vintage clip collection

frames everything I work on. It's probably my favorite

place to be standing in front of on any given day.