On with the Dog & Pony Show

My works are all in progress, but I like to put nice pictures on my blog, so I'm borrowing one from my ridiculously talented friend, Kelly Williams.

Art Deco Ring by Kelly Williams. Sterling, amethyst, tourmaline, fired glass enamel. I want this. A lot.

Kelly has a newly redesigned website: KWGoldsmith.com -- full of beautiful things. Like most Serious Creative People I know, Kelly also has a great sense of humor, which is why she chose this for the portrait of her horse:

Cocoa Wants a Cookie, 9 x 6" pastel on paper

Today is Day Two of the Year of Living Less Safely, and the agenda includes: Schedule myself to attend one dog and one horse show, with sketch book, camera, iPad, and business cards on hand.

That's in addition to maybe-finishing In This Together before I go to work at three today.

The Blog -- a re-post because I love this series.

"Hideout (second version)", not mine! This is by Jennifer Lowery, who is my friend and whose paintings of charming little characters keep making me grin. Full post here:

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Friday, and an artist whose work I want to share

Wanda Gag, an American. Known mostly as an illustrator of children's books, but I see so many intriguing shadows in her work. This lithograph from 1936 is titled Progress:

Progress, lithograph by Wanda Gag, 1936

Her Wikipedia page is sadly lacking in images, but there are plenty scattered all over the internet on sites such as this one (you'll need to scroll down), and her books, as well as books about her, are on Amazon.