All Things Seem Possible In May

I LOVE the month of May, it's such a beautiful time of year.  The flowers are beginning to bloom, the smell of the air is so sweet, and you can sit outside comfortably without blood sucking mosquitoes attacking you from every direction.  I find carpenter bees very curious, even though I don't like the the destruction they do to my flower boxes and the sides of my 
deck.  I can't help wonder what they are thinking in their tiny little minds when they fly right next to me and hover like a helicopter examining me as I'm doing with them.  We look at each other eye to eye for several seconds before they jet off to some other curiosity.  


Flowers are in abundance everywhere, take in their beauty and marvelous fragrances.

After three years of leg pain, lethargy, and various other grumbles, it has finally been confirmed I do have fibromyalgia.  I have started going to an acupuncturist and  feeling a difference already.  I still need to take pain medicine on occasion, but to feel semi-human again is a miracle.

The theme at the "Art League Gallery" this month is entitled "Bedtime Stories".  Noah, my son, and I both had pieces accepted to be in the show.  Noah's sculpture sold the day after the show went up.  I don't have a photo of his work to post.  My piece is called "Onilee's Last Dance ".  It was inspired by my memories of my dancing days.  My photo isn't the greatest, but if you look hard you might see her dancing shoes she keeps in her soul.

One other piece I experimented with was making these pillow like figures.... it didn't excite me, but it just playing with a new idea.

I have several new works that are in the drying process so I'll have quite a few new pieces

to share with you next month.  One of the sculptures is to honor the strength and courage women have when fighting cancer and knowing that a woman's beauty and femininity is

a state of mind, not a state of body.

May's Marvelous Beauty

We all have strengths, know them and share them as often as you can.


Love to all our beautiful mother's, sisters, aunts and female friends that embrace us in friendship, support and strength.  This bouquet is for you all!!!


http://vimeo.com/vorobyoff/flowers

"Dance First, Think Later"

March is usually a long month for me, but this time it seemed to fly by, I think warm weather
has a tendency to do that with time.  I hope with the warmer weather, my legs and feet will
stay a little more flexible and not so painful to get around.  Anyway, even though I'm moving at
a snell's pace, I'm still moving.  In my head, I'm dancing my heart out!  


Enjoy this video I found on YouTube,  music by Harry Belafonte, my "hubba hubba" back in the day.

I was asked to teach a beginners ceramic class at the Art League this semester.  At first I
answered with an emphatic "NO", but  after giving it some thought, I decided it is time to get
my feet wet again.  My main concern is how I will hold up physically, but, I will hold a positive 
thought and see how it goes.  

The Art League School

Ceramics

(ages 10 to adult)

Participants with all levels of experience will explore clay in 

supportive atmosphere, guided by a skilled instructor.  

Handbuilding skills will be taught, with an emphasis on 

creativity and having fun.  Students are encouraged to explore

their own ideas and projects.  All work is fired for permanence.

The fee includes clay, tools, and firing.

Monday   4:00  -  6:00, begins April 9th  (9 weeks)

I love researching ideas and lessons to teach, so I've spent a lot time this month experimenting

with some new and old lessons.

With the warmer weather, I enjoyed getting out and working on my kiln shed again.

My goal is to try to get it finished before the heat sets in, but we'll see what happens.

Some other ideas I've been playing with are rattles and how I can add beads and

fiber to my figures. 

Two of my figures, "Shiloh" and "Buttercup" sold last month.  I hope "Buttercup"

went to a good home, she was one of my favorites.

The art piece that was accepted at the Art League Gallery this month is called "Xiomara".

"Xiomara" is strung with strings of glass beads around her chest, beads and fiber adorn

her head and dangle from her torso.

In the Bin Gallery, "Pippen" is on exhibit.  She is more of a whimsical piece with glass 

beads adorning her hat.

"Luna Rosa"  - A fun wall sculpture

Dance With Raindrops

March Gladness

March is Woman’s History Month, a time to reflect and honor the contributions 

and accomplishments of women.  I wanted to highlight and focus on the unique beauty of women around the world in their simplicity as well as their art of cultural adornment.  I love looking at and collecting vintage photos, so I’ve put together  

this photo video of some of my favorite images.

Last month was the "Student - Faculty Show" at the Art League and I'm happy to 

mention I was one of the recipients of a merit award for my figure "Shiloh".  

It sold several days later.  

Shiloh

This month, the theme of the show at the Art League is "Play".  Noah and I both

were accepted.  My work is entitled, "Where Did The Time Go?"  It was inspired

by my childhood memories of climbing in trees, hide and go seek, and miniature 

toys.  My cousin, Judy and I used to take naps together at our Aunt Plunksy"s 

house.  Our aunt kept a metal wishbone with cellulose toys that hung from it. 

During the time Judy and I were supposed to be napping we decided to take a 

toy off the wishbone, one for each of us.  There were so many little bubblegum machine toys suspended from the wishbone, the two we took would never be noticed.  This became an everyday ritual, until there were no toys left.  On my art

work, I have vintage toys from the fifties suspended the clock, no napping kids

will be allowed to sleep in the same room with this piece.

The photo below is a  picture of my cousin Judy and myself in kindergarden.

One of my cousins just happened to find this picture on Arlington Co. Public Library's site.  

The photo was part of their Black History Slideshow,  "The Eve of Integration In Arlington".

Noah has sculpted a bike out of an assortment of scrap metal and junk.  If you go to the Torpedo Factory, his piece is called "On The Move".

Another figure that I have on exhibit in the Bin Gallery is "Buttercup".

New Greeting Cards

March Gladness

"Love Is The Beauty Of The Soul"

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is a beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is life, fight for it!" -- Mother Teresa
Thanks for these inspirational words I found from a sister artist that is overcoming some of the same physical challenges I am.  
Her words lifted me up on a dark night.  Love, xoxoxoxo


I love looking at vintage photos, old family pics, and beautiful children from
around the world.  I've put a collection of some of my favorites together in the 
filmclip below.  I dedicate it to the memory of father whose birthday would have
been February 7th. 

The month of January flew by!!!!!!  Trying to remember what I accomplished
is a bit of a blur.  I have stayed consistent going to the gym, realized I can't
count out fourteen chips and only eat that amount as a daily portion, and went on a splurge buying things to design a scrapbook for my granddaughter.


I decided to get back into photoshop to design some more greeting cards
before I forget everything I have learned and forgotten from the last ten tutorials my son has given me. 

"Smile Sweetness"

"To The World"

"Magic Garden"

"Beautiful Dreamer"

Although I said I would spend January and February experimenting

with some new ideas, I feel a little discombobulated working on so many different projects at the same time. I am back to working in a ten inch space on my table in my studio, so I've expanded into the family room and other little corners of the house.

"New Project"

messy table

I haven't lost my marbles

Still playing around with round masks.

When I was a little girl, we would take buttercups and put them under each other's chin and ask, "Do you like butter?"  If your chin reflected the yellow of the flower, which it inevitably did, we would be so excited that we all liked butter as if we all belonged to some elite club.   The doll below is called "Buttercup" which was inspired from that memory.

"Buttercup"

Noah, my son, and I won't have anything on exhibit at The Torpedo Factory this month because the exhibition this month will only be for Art League Students.  I am, however 
excited to have accepted a position at one the local high schools as an art consultant,
believe it or not I love writing and discovering new lesson plans in art.