Women in Art
I’m happy to announce I’ve been juried into the Women in Art Market at the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis.
This will be my second year in this show, which I’m hoping will be even better than the last despite the economy. I’ve worked up a new batch of miniature paintings, bookmarks and felted rose pins. I’m working on felted daffodil pins, to celebrate spring. I have some new bracelets and necklaces too, using lapis and turquoise.
The Women in Art Market is such a neat show, with a wide variety of artists and crafters. The museum is a lovely space, and the staff there has always been friendly and helpful.
I hope the public will come out and support the artists—times are tough for us too! When money is scarce, art is viewed as a luxury which I can understand when there’s rent to pay and needs for food and healthcare. But we’re all in this together—if someone buys my art, then I can afford to buy food, put gas in the car, get a haircut, etc—thus helping to support the folks connected to those things. So maybe the $400 painting is out of reach for now, how about a $15 bookmark?
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Daisy is the first cat to find us once we moved back to Brown County. I was coming home one evening and she was waiting on the bridge near my house. Of course I stopped and rolled down my window. “Are you Mark’s cat?” I asked, because my brother who lives near by had at the time a calico cat like this one. She stood up and walked up to the car and I could see she had no tail—making her not Mark’s cat, as his calico had a tail. Naturally I opened the car door, and called “kitty, kitty” and just as naturally she hopped in. I made it home safely, despite this cat purring and climbing all over me. Eric met me at the door—“Look what I found!” I said. “She was waiting on the bridge for me to come home.”
Daisy was full of fleas and ticks, and had a lump on her abdomen which turned out to be mammary cancer. Her unflappable personality has seen her through two surgeries for her cancer and she is doing well now. She is a laid-back, friendly cat who knows what she wants and doesn’t take any guff from the other cats. Daisy is one of the few cats who was unfazed by Cricket’s boss cat glare—Rosie who’s blind is the other.
Daisy is also a quirky cat—though when it comes down to it, what cat isn’t? She will “catch” one of the many cat toys and then meow with her mouth full of it till someone notices—I assume this is a mothering thing, catch the prey then call your kittens to it. A couple of the younger cats fall for it and are a little put out to be called in for a nice meal of fake mouse. Daisy is also a snuggler and a nuzzler—she loves to rub her head against Eric’s bearded chin, blissfully kneading her paws into his shoulder. With Cricket gone, I wonder if Daisy will fill the Top Cat spot.
Our beloved cat 