tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127807132024-03-13T17:46:05.698-04:00Imagik--Images by Mary Stebbins TaittArt, photoart and Photography by me. Imagik = image magic. Magic is the effect that image-play has on me. I hope to share that. Images, eclectic, whatever turns me on at the moment. My creative play. To say it, cross imagination with magic.Mary Stebbins Taitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10626507461216769140noreply@blogger.comBlogger1012125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12780713.post-30319606557968141552015-07-13T09:06:00.002-04:002015-07-13T09:06:45.973-04:00Elephant Envelope for Mike<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">elephant envelope front<br />
Mary Stebbins Taitt<br />
to Mike Kline<br />
acrylic on <span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">padded </span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">envelope</span><br />
addresses cloned out</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">elephant envelope back<br />
Mary Stebbins Taitt<br />
to Mike Kline<br />
acrylic on padded envelope</td></tr>
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I have painted an envelope to send my Mole back to Mike who has offered to finish his work directly in the Moleskine. YAY!<br />
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These paintings are, for me, in the category of "casual art."<br />
<br />Mary Stebbins Taitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10626507461216769140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12780713.post-15661988303582418342015-02-08T15:49:00.003-05:002015-02-08T15:49:30.469-05:00Angry Man<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Angry Man"<br />
Acrylic and oil pastels on Moleskine Paper<br />
Mary Stebbins Taitt<br />
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<br />merrytaithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389878391357276777noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12780713.post-28338861138169503442014-09-16T14:24:00.003-04:002014-09-16T14:27:54.788-04:00Kissed Frankie Goodnight<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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watercolor by Mary Stebbins Taitt<br />
for my book<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="line-height: 17.1200008392334px;">I painted this with watercolors, finishing it (after many days of work), on 8/21/14 and today, I added the moon in Photoshop. It is for the book I am working on for my grandson hopefully for his birthday, otherwise for Christmas. He will be four years old on his birthday, and has just started school.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #f1c232;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="line-height: 17.1200008392334px;">I think this is the finished version (I hope).</span></span></span>Mary Stebbins Taitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10626507461216769140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12780713.post-29651761794982732232014-04-25T13:20:00.002-04:002014-04-25T13:20:03.685-04:00Frankie and the Lumpy bumpies<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frankie and the Lumpy Bumpies<br />
watercolor by me, Mary Stebbins Taitt<br />
for my book, <i>Frankie and Noah have a Party</i></td></tr>
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The story is also found on Cowbird, where the images are larger:Mary Stebbins Taitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10626507461216769140noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12780713.post-31190485874609452972014-01-13T12:22:00.000-05:002014-01-13T12:22:02.000-05:00The Teeth of Joy<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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by Mary Stebbins Taitt<br />
digitally manipulated watercolor painting<br />
Dedicated to John Gibson</td></tr>
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It's not outwardly cheery, but <i>I like it</i> anyway. Watercolor, digitally manipulated.Mary Stebbins Taitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10626507461216769140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12780713.post-33272258803623075962014-01-11T07:29:00.003-05:002014-01-11T07:29:58.098-05:00"Final" back Cover of Round four Mole and Envelope<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Final" back Cover Round 4<br />Mary and Keith Self-portrait</td></tr>
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I may fiddle with this a little more before I mail or after it comes back, but I'm probably quitting for now so it can be on the road asap.Painted nearly entirely with homemade paints with French pigments.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Keith as Santa<br />on envelope</td></tr>
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I started this before Christmas, but of course, now it is a little out of date.<br />
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I am almost ready to mail. Soon.Mary Stebbins Taitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10626507461216769140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12780713.post-29472436656409495642014-01-10T09:06:00.000-05:002014-01-10T09:06:53.528-05:00Unfinished Self PortraitI am working on a painting for the back cover of my Moleskine. I figured it would be nice to finish it before I sent it off, but it is slow. I am making my own acrylic paints with pigments from France my daughter brought me from her visit there.<br />
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First coat of paint:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Self-portrait with Keith<br />handmade acrylics<br />after one coat of paint<br />(not yet finished.)<br />Click this and all images to view larger</td></tr>
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We had more than a foot of snow and it was 11 below zero--I couldn't get to my "studio." It's a little crowded and cluttered. (Okay, it;s a LOT crowded and cluttered.) The little vials are the dry pigments from France.<br />
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The photograph I am copying was taken December 28, 2013 by Harry Teichert at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House. I hope to finish it soon and mail it off.Mary Stebbins Taitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10626507461216769140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12780713.post-64301083830549993222013-12-29T10:02:00.000-05:002015-07-13T09:07:55.594-04:00Three Parrots, Egg Tempera<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRvmqJWVygTlYp9fY7xoyTfaSdlJsat5JO-uBOrVOlvZ-H0mDmUj9T8FyXYFOAQp5UsnvR_notSJDLN-9_34OWkEe4WIUNu0Y3-yOvCIIQXiYzTGh-L4jrLWg6iP_3vDU9W0vkgA/s1600/Parrots+131228-9-926.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRvmqJWVygTlYp9fY7xoyTfaSdlJsat5JO-uBOrVOlvZ-H0mDmUj9T8FyXYFOAQp5UsnvR_notSJDLN-9_34OWkEe4WIUNu0Y3-yOvCIIQXiYzTGh-L4jrLWg6iP_3vDU9W0vkgA/s400/Parrots+131228-9-926.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rainbow Lorikeets<br />
Egg Tempera</td></tr>
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I painted this last night during a bout of insomnia with homemade egg tempera paints made with pigments from France brought to me by daughter and son-in-law.Mary Stebbins Taitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10626507461216769140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12780713.post-45636145162572455932013-07-07T22:00:00.002-04:002013-07-07T22:00:42.315-04:00Sissy and Garryd at Castle LeFini<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqi0B7waKDAYItiwbbvLAq3pJd5z-vz0NPN_GuP3x5PLJ_-GawNtobwgSCRmZzQbupokMCbOcgzLANUee-Km65hwwAtpwsDwfeBlc8jBMWCpVYdTsJjrsLjYIp_0b9XG5da8tW3A/s1600/Picture+50.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqi0B7waKDAYItiwbbvLAq3pJd5z-vz0NPN_GuP3x5PLJ_-GawNtobwgSCRmZzQbupokMCbOcgzLANUee-Km65hwwAtpwsDwfeBlc8jBMWCpVYdTsJjrsLjYIp_0b9XG5da8tW3A/s400/Picture+50.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sissy and Garryd at Castle LeFini</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">This is an illo for another kids' book I am working on, faber Castelle Pitt Pigment pen and watercolor. If interested,you can read the chapter </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://nopolar.blogspot.com/2013/07/castles.html" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration: none;">here</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">, it is fairly short (3 pages typed).</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span>merrytaithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389878391357276777noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12780713.post-12659101423589447982013-06-25T21:43:00.002-04:002013-06-25T21:43:28.805-04:00Sparhawk Cotton Mill, Yarmouth, Maine<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sparhawk Cotton Mill, Yarmouth, Maine<br />
Painting by me, Mary Stebbins Taitt<br />
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New Painting, worked on it for four days. Like all day. (For hours and hours.)merrytaithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389878391357276777noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12780713.post-86972659811957887412013-06-04T08:25:00.001-04:002013-06-04T08:30:22.125-04:00Baboon Loon and Racoon Dropped in a Balloon<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I made a second water color for Ballookey's pocket on 7 x 10 Arches 140 lb paper, another illo of San Cassimally's <i>Animal Carnival</i>. This completes my work in and for this mole, so I will be packaging it up and sending it off to Mike soon. I did this one with the water brush again, but I will probably switch back to regular brushes. Except for en pleine air work, or for certain things they're good for. Fine detail work, for one thing. (The Koi brush is really good for detail.)merrytaithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389878391357276777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12780713.post-41221324821850252172013-06-02T08:27:00.000-04:002013-06-04T08:29:01.966-04:00Aardvark, Shark, Lark, Ark, Dark<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-w87I8fgkCteHOPa19jAfEjnHaFnmb6e-57ES0HDwH4pl8zH7-AsnQQ32OlUvnxXmMkOub8gTEuzbbbLfi1IYfG7Y6Kza_iBf42FftJRtXp2JzK1hm-ILK45w4TWhT9JhdSPEg/s1600/Picture+22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-w87I8fgkCteHOPa19jAfEjnHaFnmb6e-57ES0HDwH4pl8zH7-AsnQQ32OlUvnxXmMkOub8gTEuzbbbLfi1IYfG7Y6Kza_iBf42FftJRtXp2JzK1hm-ILK45w4TWhT9JhdSPEg/s400/Picture+22.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
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This is a pocket item for Ballookey. It's watercolor on 140 lb cold-pressed Arches paper, 7 x 10. It was entirely painted with the water brushes that you fill with water. I got two new ones and wanted to try them out. One is a fine point Koi that came with a field set, which I'd never used, so I used it last night and in the wee hours this morning when I couldn't sleep. The other is a Niji flat. I painted most of the painting with Niji and then added the detail with the Koi brush.<br />
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This is theoretically for the series I am doing of San Cassimally's book, <i>Animal Carnival</i>. However, as you can plainly see, it is in a different medium and different style than the others, so I will probably redo it? (Or redo the others?) I just really wanted to play with watercolors.merrytaithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389878391357276777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12780713.post-71620400249847996072013-05-23T13:40:00.003-04:002013-05-23T13:45:47.222-04:00Botanical Illustrations in Ballookey's Moleskine<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijxLeiGgWiu6Z8iTaxDcGKMrVf9X5zdzeaCn69os5pAy38Cmgv8HqJgcarOPzTdjSkp-SYKTqREeI4BCDr6T2C948IXd4T4I874IfllFgEGl9bfFBtSIxtYMUcDZqq4q0tP-Jr6Q/s1600/IMG_4794.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijxLeiGgWiu6Z8iTaxDcGKMrVf9X5zdzeaCn69os5pAy38Cmgv8HqJgcarOPzTdjSkp-SYKTqREeI4BCDr6T2C948IXd4T4I874IfllFgEGl9bfFBtSIxtYMUcDZqq4q0tP-Jr6Q/s400/IMG_4794.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ballookey's Moleskine arrives in Detroit<br />
in time for spring.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIB-RjAoDDhb06I6dwZvVl866p7UNeJ0m6A_ZdZXTf16coh07QJR9Hb0DYIMelsIywqtKRluA9uCSxrxfarZ6Y8my4zeb2Kk28Q89X_iHfr7BRqwAGrNyKRS2QkLC6ljUN2kOsgg/s1600/Picture+10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIB-RjAoDDhb06I6dwZvVl866p7UNeJ0m6A_ZdZXTf16coh07QJR9Hb0DYIMelsIywqtKRluA9uCSxrxfarZ6Y8my4zeb2Kk28Q89X_iHfr7BRqwAGrNyKRS2QkLC6ljUN2kOsgg/s400/Picture+10.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2-page spread<br />
<i>Glechoma hederaceae</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Glechoma hederaceae</i><br />
botanical diagrams</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8odGqFfm1EN3T288DIyuaxWD8AlkgU9UDusIFee5TG_d2rXi9hTIM2D7zGYLcyN822ygXf73JYJFkUMj-VV-_S2oDOk6dC7RqsebE9_I5fBQb6Dg49IzgAZY4T6twd1v8FARhA/s1600/Picture+9.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8odGqFfm1EN3T288DIyuaxWD8AlkgU9UDusIFee5TG_d2rXi9hTIM2D7zGYLcyN822ygXf73JYJFkUMj-VV-_S2oDOk6dC7RqsebE9_I5fBQb6Dg49IzgAZY4T6twd1v8FARhA/s400/Picture+9.png" width="282" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Glechoma hederaceae</i><br />
botanical painting, acrylics</td></tr>
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I'm in a Moleskine Exchange group and a new Moleskine arrived belonging to Ballookey who did the horse in the first picture. I did 2 botanical illustrations of <i>Clechoma hederaceae</i>.<br />
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I am sorry to report that I am not only still sick, but I am also getting worse rather than better. I have a medical procedure scheduled May 30, which is supposed to help and I hope and pray it does.<br />
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I kind of messed this up a little, and I apologize.merrytaithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389878391357276777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12780713.post-24746095873090939312013-05-12T12:35:00.000-04:002013-05-12T12:35:22.227-04:00Eel Revisited<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nAOovgojc8c/UY_EFTmOllI/AAAAAAAAEKo/_n8W7awetYg/s1600/Moray+Eel+041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="282" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nAOovgojc8c/UY_EFTmOllI/AAAAAAAAEKo/_n8W7awetYg/s400/Moray+Eel+041.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moray Eel<br />mixed media<br />acrylic, gouache watercolor<br />click image to view larger.</td></tr>
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Here is the completed version of the painting started in the previous post. It is in Andrea's Moleskine, part of the circulating Moleskines in the group I belong to.merrytaithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389878391357276777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12780713.post-6007099646271915352013-05-11T08:06:00.001-04:002013-05-11T08:06:19.353-04:00Happy Mother's Day!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacJdunQomGOYWB9C2gk_Ya0PoyQEW5FyYro-ymw9wecXNJ_r2sc9IVjcI4lOfgYNQms2HjfKywvIP3Rs-NTkWBMvuWHbMOSZdpOZr1thl3BXkbAUa95WhujGwIOuq79xt2avp7g/s1600/Picture+16.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacJdunQomGOYWB9C2gk_Ya0PoyQEW5FyYro-ymw9wecXNJ_r2sc9IVjcI4lOfgYNQms2HjfKywvIP3Rs-NTkWBMvuWHbMOSZdpOZr1thl3BXkbAUa95WhujGwIOuq79xt2avp7g/s400/Picture+16.png" width="302" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me, Mary Stebbins Taitt<br />
with my mother's day gifts<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVTI0-QB_FSCIn9flUNb2DiVNZaJRQkW31P2YOxe44Y5VMDTQ1f99EIIwL_7X2DdfBSJSnN7hcLXZdCBWgGB6pt87X01V8XgyYopr_rUKdqv-16dQklvVzvr3OSK9qw4ZxiU1TOQ/s1600/Picture+15.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVTI0-QB_FSCIn9flUNb2DiVNZaJRQkW31P2YOxe44Y5VMDTQ1f99EIIwL_7X2DdfBSJSnN7hcLXZdCBWgGB6pt87X01V8XgyYopr_rUKdqv-16dQklvVzvr3OSK9qw4ZxiU1TOQ/s640/Picture+15.png" width="484" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moray eel, in progress<br />
in Andrea's book<br />
with new paints</td></tr>
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I was very excited to receive a package from my kids for mother's day, new paints. I plunged right in and have been having fun mixing violet, yellow ochre and blue in Andrea's book.<br />
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I wish a happy mother's day to your mothers, grandmothers, wives or to you, if you're a mother.merrytaithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389878391357276777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12780713.post-82351574974446400712013-05-10T09:00:00.000-04:002013-05-10T09:00:09.418-04:00When Confronted with our Worst Nightmares<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPQd9Ofkm5MsVLmD8PZXlnIW5dK9iQaZ3fhkhZL62077MmRr3rROm0If6Z65QssCP4-zkB9_S7O9NMuchftkX3Q8BJax3GRhqGSITknd2XhV63KLzv7KXanF4_69VT2yVH5G_1GA/s1600/Worst+Nightmare+Flowers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPQd9Ofkm5MsVLmD8PZXlnIW5dK9iQaZ3fhkhZL62077MmRr3rROm0If6Z65QssCP4-zkB9_S7O9NMuchftkX3Q8BJax3GRhqGSITknd2XhV63KLzv7KXanF4_69VT2yVH5G_1GA/s400/Worst+Nightmare+Flowers.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"When Confronted with our Worst Nightmares<br />
I like to fight back with Flowers"<br />
Collaboration Andrea and Mary<br />
mixed media<br />
water color, acrylic, pigment pens, colored pencil<br />
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I wanted to do the girl (standing in for my child-self) in water color, but ended up coloring the background with black Faber-Castell pigment marker (A gift from Hennie Mavis) and then painting over that with glazes of blue acrylic. I drew the flowers on the girl's pajamas with colored pencil and then painted them in with watercolor.<br />
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I have a lot of dreams of being chased down dark alleys by men who intend me harm. They are nightmares, because I wake up terrified. Not sure if that's what Andrea meant.<br />
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I am still sick and my work is going slowly.merrytaithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389878391357276777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12780713.post-28335089702894010902013-05-07T15:24:00.002-04:002013-05-07T15:24:57.358-04:00Gnu is his Canoe<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Raced Yak in his kayak<br />
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This is my second painting in Andrea's Mole, an illo for San Cassimally's <i>Animal Carnival</i>. It is done in acrylics. It took me ten days to paint it and two more to scan and post it. I regret to say I'm still sick and it's taking a lot out of me.<br />
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I posted the steps (4 coats of paint) <a href="http://cowbird.com/story/68477/Gnu_Canoe/">here</a>, but don't have time to do it again. At least, not now.merrytaithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389878391357276777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12780713.post-33803423331697408602013-04-26T09:43:00.000-04:002013-04-26T09:43:00.316-04:00Like Snail, who chose the rail, Crane also took the train. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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acrylic on Moleskine watercolor paper<br />
by me, Mary Stebbins Taitt</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Like Snail, who chose the rail,</span><br />
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<i>San Cassimally, Animal Carnival</i><br />
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This is my illustration for San Cassimally's Animal Carnival, which I am <i>no longer</i> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">officially</span> illustrating. I did it for <u>Illustration Friday</u> last week ("train"), but because of my illness, I was unable to get it done in time. (Took me a whole week, so I may be running late! Sorry).<br />
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This is actually on my LAST page, I think. (The other pages are still blank.) Because of my pain, which is usually worst in the mornings, I can't paint until evening.merrytaithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389878391357276777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12780713.post-7101732369438792612013-04-06T16:29:00.001-04:002016-07-18T20:14:29.860-04:00Watch<div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;">
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This is an experiment. I created this digital image from two photographs I took. I posted it to cowbird and from cowbird to Pinterest and from Pinterest here. Weird. If you click the image twice, once here and once at Pinterest, you'll end up at the Cowbird story, with a much larger image.merrytaithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389878391357276777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12780713.post-63802734767845888872012-08-26T16:01:00.001-04:002012-08-26T16:01:16.836-04:00Self-Portrait of the Artist in a "Dark Matter Mirror"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Self-Portrait of the Artist in a "Dark Matter Mirror</b>," <i>for Andrea</i>. (by me, Mary stebbins Taitt). I haven't had a Moleskine sketchbook from the exchange in a long time. I've been filling in some of the old Moleskines (may post some of them later), and I also bought two strange nonMoleskine sketchbooks. This one I got at our local Renaissance Festival hand made paper and cover, leather. The piece is done on the inside of the front cover on the leaver with markers. The leather is very rough and stained with droplets of leather stain from the outside of the front cover.<br />
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The outer red, yellow and orange circle represents the persona I present to the world--sunny and pleasant. The inner circle represents my hidden dark thoughts and feelings, my anger, rage, pain, shame etc. The rays are the love I give out to the world and the snakes are the anger, rage, pain and shame that escape from their internal prison and cause hurt feelings and misunderstandings. They also represent the chaos that underlies and spills out of the "safely" imprisoned negative qualities.<br />
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This book is too big to fit on my scanner (what was I thinking?) and the leather is thick, sturdy and doesn't lie flat, so I apologize for the quality of the photo.merrytaithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389878391357276777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12780713.post-66986997844583764172012-08-11T21:02:00.000-04:002012-08-11T21:02:08.849-04:00Hummingbird, Pastels<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Golden Gate Park<br />
San Francisco, California<br />
photo by me<br />
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What the heart feels when<br />
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And NO I do NOT know what the flowers are, please enlighten me.</div>
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We met Gwen on our trip to California and fell in love with her. She was living in her car in Big Sur because she wanted to be in a beautiful place. Big Sur is certainly beautiful.</div>
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She told us the cops said that she couldn't sleep in the roadside turnouts "forever." Then added wryly, "But I won't be here <i>forever.</i>"</div>
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She shared water with us from a spring in the side of the mountain where we had stopped. She told us about her life, and we told her about ours. We stayed and talked with her, and she mentioned good spots to stop along the way to see elephant seals and striking vistas.</div>
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We were reluctant to leave her and be on our our way. She half wished she would be discovered in Big Sur by the <i>right man.</i> We sure hope he finds her. Soon. A good man, a kind one who loves beauty, <i>true</i> beauty.</div>
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I call these my "Zen" beach pictures, because of their simplicity.
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The last one is a door latch at a Catholic Monastery, included for
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its Zen-like simplicity.merrytaithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389878391357276777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12780713.post-11324773533834767722012-07-20T11:07:00.001-04:002012-07-20T11:27:41.662-04:00Youngster<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photographer at Yosemite</td></tr>
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Photo Friday's challenge for the day is "Youngster." I took this
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picture of a boy at Yosemite (with his parent's permission.) He's not
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only a youngster, but also a photographer.merrytaithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389878391357276777noreply@blogger.com0