arranged as a ship should be

letter box

2012-02-05T15:12:00.002-06:00

My word for 2012:

2012-02-01T12:41:00.001-06:00

The dudette abides?

not your grandma's stencil...

2012-01-30T18:49:00.002-06:00

1 pm versus 4 pm, snow is coming

2012-01-11T16:07:00.001-06:00

web

2012-01-11T15:52:00.001-06:00

a year of graces, a calendar of gratitude

2012-01-03T20:01:00.003-06:00

I'm doing this.

shadow tributaries

2012-01-03T15:03:00.001-06:00

stockpiling

2011-12-30T18:02:00.001-06:00

our tree at night

2011-12-29T21:55:00.000-06:00

our fireplace at night

2011-12-29T21:53:00.000-06:00

row of pine

2011-12-27T20:39:00.001-06:00

home home

2011-12-27T20:37:00.002-06:00

Christmas

2011-12-25T21:03:00.007-06:00

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from

the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change

like shifting shadows. -James 1: 17

neighborhood visitor, front porch surprise

2011-11-26T19:33:00.001-06:00

Eureka, the boat ride

2011-11-05T20:32:00.000-05:00

Eureka, the cave

2011-11-05T20:31:00.000-05:00

Eureka, whirlpool!

2011-11-01T21:28:00.000-05:00

Eureka, good light

2011-11-01T21:22:00.000-05:00

Eureka Springs, we're here!

2011-10-31T17:07:00.003-05:00

west bottoms

2011-10-30T18:59:00.001-05:00

cloud changes

2011-10-12T14:21:00.002-05:00

from my neighbor

2011-10-12T14:16:00.001-05:00

lauren's high-fashion shadow

2011-10-05T20:39:00.001-05:00

Tracing shadows.
A no-fail sidewalk-chalking solution.

old-fashioned way

2011-10-04T13:43:00.004-05:00

Time to bring back my manual camera.

driveway art, revisiting wood burning

2011-10-03T18:54:00.001-05:00

the arboretum, my first visit

2011-10-03T18:48:00.001-05:00

angles

2011-10-03T13:46:00.001-05:00

cover comfort

2011-10-01T17:06:00.002-05:00

outdoor studio

2011-09-26T21:02:00.001-05:00

porch days

2011-09-22T12:58:00.004-05:00

Family Tree Nursery

2011-09-21T14:08:00.002-05:00

an old feeling, this light

2011-08-19T21:50:00.003-05:00

Lake Sylvia

2011-07-23T17:24:00.000-05:00

oh man

2011-06-22T21:10:00.002-05:00

Yes, yes, yes.
My sister finds the best stuff.

top of the world

2011-06-02T20:35:00.003-05:00

Ride a ferris wheel this summer. Check.

peony season

2011-05-29T13:50:00.004-05:00

Nothing beats peonies in a mason jar.

to be continued...

2011-05-23T17:24:00.003-05:00

the back porch

2011-05-23T17:20:00.003-05:00

backlit

2011-05-18T22:10:00.004-05:00

Interesting.
A painting from the back.
Sunshine coming through.

bingo

2011-05-17T18:21:00.002-05:00

the dog that loved fine arts...

2011-05-05T14:18:00.004-05:00

I hung my art show on Monday.

This fellow wandered in to check on our progress.
The photo doesn't do him justice. He's huge!

sight

2011-03-31T21:06:00.006-05:00

I want to tell the truth.
Not just the not-telling-lies truth,
the "See? I'm-an-honest-person" truth,
I want to speak the Truth truth.

Make me a Truth-teller because I want to talk
to glazed-over parts
passed-over parts
tucked away
shoved away
not-so-pretty parts.

Make me a Truth-teller rooting for our wholeness,
fearless against
outta-sight-outta-mind
outta-my-mind
I-can't-see-straight
you-can't-handle-this
run-for-your-life parts.

For there is a Father who see us.
He tells us the truth
and He is not dismayed.
He says, "You are lovely."

So as for my sight, I will use it like His sight.
These eyes will see scar after scar
healing after healing
despair after despair
hope after hope
and I will not be dismayed.
I will say, "You are lovely."

Because I want to tell the Truth.
Not just the not-telling-lies truth,
the "See? I'm-an-honest-person" truth,
I want to speak the TRUTH truth.

-KD

fridge poems, installment one

2011-03-16T15:12:00.005-05:00

together.

the drugstore

2011-03-07T20:32:00.004-06:00

After an exceedingly crazy library book sale,
Cassidy and I continued on our walk.
My college town is changing but I was thankful that the downtown has mostly stayed the same.
I rejoiced over this drugstore.
I've never set foot in it but I hope it never goes away.

this one makes me smile

2011-03-03T18:06:00.000-06:00

markings

2011-02-28T19:51:00.003-06:00

relief maps

2011-02-27T14:50:00.006-06:00

studies, order in the studio

2011-02-26T10:41:00.001-06:00

3 hours later...

2011-02-25T12:32:00.005-06:00

Behold! The savory tart of your dreams!
Roasted Ratatouille with Herbs de Provence.

interesting shadows

2011-02-08T18:36:00.003-06:00

thank you

2011-02-03T13:17:00.006-06:00

Thank you for snow days.

For my arms carrying a load of firewood.

For my lungs breathing deeply.
For warm blood making its way to my fingertips.
For my cold nose and rosy cheeks.
For my healthy body.
For the birds that just...keep...singing.
For gratitude like my mom's.
And for soup, cookies and simplicity.

Thank you for snow days.

Tyra says...

2011-02-03T12:48:00.002-06:00

"Smile with your eyes!"

quinoa

2011-01-30T16:37:00.004-06:00

baby, it's cold outside

2011-01-20T13:56:00.003-06:00

snow snow snow

2011-01-19T19:58:00.002-06:00

The Problem with Paint

2011-01-14T23:09:00.005-06:00

The problem with paint is beyond the materials.
She knows how to handle acrylic tubes, fiber brushes and stretched canvases. You see, the problem with paint is beyond which color to use, what mark to make or even how to find the time.

The problem with paint is that it reflects the painter.
Rainbow palettes show her indecisiveness, low contrast shows her uncertainty and mushy planes show her unwillingness to commit.
She is fearful.

But she forgets that painting is on her side.
She forgets that painting reflects her fortitude, her thirst for beauty and her willingness to be in process.
She is strengthened.

-KD

l-o-v-e

2011-01-14T12:36:00.001-06:00

Valentine

2011-01-13T13:45:00.002-06:00

O Christmas Tree!

2010-12-16T20:03:00.003-06:00

journals

2010-11-27T13:01:00.001-06:00

Winter Manifesto, a season of romance

2010-11-21T23:38:00.006-06:00

Forget coldness and scarcity.

This winter’s about abundance and warmth.

We will traipse.

We will have rosy cheeks and flyaway hair.

We will lounge in pj’s and stay in bed.

Childhood nostalgia will be our theme.

We will smile at strangers.

We will be spots of sunshine on gray days.

We will embrace weakness in ourselves and others.

Kindness and cocoa will be our gift.

-KD

clay, Sunday in the sun room

2010-11-08T10:23:00.004-06:00

lines

2010-11-07T22:48:00.004-06:00

before the leaves go, get here

2010-11-04T19:34:00.005-05:00

(Park near downtown OP)

on repeat, Anthony Hamilton:

2010-10-30T21:25:00.002-05:00

tiramisu

2010-10-30T21:15:00.004-05:00

piles

2010-10-30T21:13:00.003-05:00

Seattle. The End.

2010-09-29T13:00:00.003-05:00

friends

2010-09-29T12:57:00.003-05:00

I spy the Space Needle.

Mt. Si, from below

2010-09-29T12:49:00.005-05:00

from above

2010-09-28T09:43:00.002-05:00

the woods

2010-09-28T09:31:00.004-05:00

side by side

2010-09-27T08:50:00.004-05:00

The above image is a photo taken at Lake Union.

The waves reminded me of Vija Celmin's Untitled

drawing of water. Her image is below.

Mt. Si (5.5 hours, not sure how I made it)

2010-09-26T19:46:00.009-05:00

I climbed a beast of a mountain.

a poem

2010-09-22T20:48:00.004-05:00

Let us stop our hem-hawing
hee-hawing
hoo-hahing

And let us instead
assemble "likes"
and "umms"
and "anyways"
into bumbling, run-on
unselfconscious
unpretentious sentences--

Sentences that help people
drop their shoulders
and breath a sigh of relief
from endless posturing

We'll spark a change and others will join us

Instead of hall passes,
we teachers will hand out respite passes
Permission for others to escape
from homeroom brilliance

We'll let them meander through halls,
remembering (if only for a moment)
that they need not be the smartest
the most refined
or the most clever
to be in our class

-KD

light and texture

2010-09-15T20:41:00.002-05:00

my current treat

2010-09-14T18:05:00.003-05:00

indoor movie night

2010-09-14T18:00:00.003-05:00

my new bedroom

2010-09-04T11:46:00.004-05:00

comfort clothes

2010-09-03T12:02:00.003-05:00

presentation: 10 out of 10

2010-08-30T22:24:00.005-05:00

No, this is not a Better Homes & Gardens stock photo.
This cake currently exists on a plate in my kitchen.
Props to Amy and Karlie for making such a beautiful, birthday creation for Brenna.

Dang!

2010-08-30T22:22:00.002-05:00

Dang! This stuff is good!

a week of picnics, day 2

2010-08-28T16:09:00.002-05:00

a week of picnics, day 1

2010-08-28T13:25:00.002-05:00

Boulevard Drive-In

2010-08-16T09:36:00.002-05:00

My project, jewelry display

2010-08-10T19:26:00.004-05:00

Thanks, Cassidy!

Let's do this!

2010-06-13T16:46:00.002-05:00

http://arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject

summer fare

2010-06-05T15:45:00.006-05:00

The color of the containers (I'll be saving them) next to the color of blueberries is just too good. Who knew that I could love a carton of blueberries so much?!

soft + sturdy

2010-05-08T19:49:00.004-05:00

shapes and lighting

2010-05-08T19:17:00.003-05:00

I took this photo through a screen door. I didn't want to lose the moment. Edward Hopper's People in the Sun was happening in my backyard.

tree time

2010-05-03T17:24:00.002-05:00

May Day!

2010-05-02T20:18:00.002-05:00

What we'll do

2010-04-27T10:45:00.002-05:00

We'll keep thinking big.

We'll not only keep hoping-hoping-hoping, we'll quit wishing away time. We'll hatch escape plans and shake up our routines. We'll hold out for a good thing.

And we'll stop incessantly checking our email--we'll silence our cell phones and shut our computers. Instead, we'll take long walks and breathe in the lilacs. We'll tell stories. We'll dance and grow strong with push-ups. We'll trade sucking in our stomachs for big, belly laughs.

We'll broadcast wildflower seeds and eat crunchy apples. And we'll keep maturing. We'll resist turning disappointment into tragedy. We'll exercise curiosity, ask people questions and forgive them when they don't ask us.

That's what we'll do.

bean mountain

2010-04-22T19:44:00.003-05:00

Trade you decks...

2010-04-21T21:20:00.003-05:00

Natural light, gold leaf

2010-04-20T10:51:00.004-05:00

These stars remind me of medieval art.

The Artist's Way, book club

2010-04-20T10:37:00.004-05:00

Welcome!

2010-04-11T16:48:00.003-05:00

Welcome my new plant!

texture

2010-04-11T16:43:00.003-05:00

Underpainting II (2 feet x 2 feet)

2010-04-07T14:18:00.005-05:00

unfinished but off to a good start