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“After all, hope is a form of planning. If our hopes weren’t already real within us, we couldn’t even hope them.”Gloria Steinem


Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Well after the fair was over.....

ARTISTS Of ALL AGES
enjoyed the Haleiwa Art Festival !!

This sweet little girl came through my tent early 
on a Sunday morning with her grandma
and was fingering some of my hand painted fabric. Her grandma said to her,  "You  know you can have only one choice from one of the 5 booths we have been to recently." The girl nodded while narrowing her choices in her mind no doubt. Not much time passed  before i saw her walking towards me with a bright smile. I had a feeling she just might be an artist in the making 
as she selected one of my hand painted aprons,
the one with lots of vibrant colors circling about.
Here she is modeling the apron while i tie it up. After the the girl handed me the denero, i folded up the apron and placed into one of my hand painted lunch sacks i use for smaller items and handed it to Haley.
 She gave me a big hug ! What a way to start the day!!
then i thought of this string of words....

" So without imagination and paint
upon cloth, dried and  then manipulated.....
there would be nothing to see HERE! "
sonja hagemann
HAF  participant  since 1999



Aloha!I 
 I could be showing, feeling my age as it is 2 weeks past the HAF so i am almost up to energy level that i think is the new normal.....for a person my size! At the fair i had a sign up sheet for folks that ask if i have a painting class. i  say,  I do when i can get a few folks to agree on a day to gather.  We have a group  next month that will learn a bit about mixing colorful inks for fabric painting, sketching flowers, looking and seeing, experimenting and having fun  with color. Seams  that many of the folks that show up are quilters 
that like the colors i get into my fabrics and  
how i use the the transformed fabric that started out as a 
plain vanilla hued cotton. 
 In a class setting, I  can share my paints, brushes and tools and ideas as i have a  history of painting upon  things that do not move fast. Flowers get my focus and because you have to put the color somewhere, a good place to start and  because i love leaves
 and all the many shades of green that shows up in green!
I have plans for these lovely blossoms  below. 

                                                                            magnolia
"To create one's own world in any of the arts
Takes courage."
Georgia O'Keeffe

  • What do i do when i empty a jar of possibilities??
  •              Here are some  brushes standing  in a jar that once contained inks and now wrapped in a bit of painted cloth.

  • I hope you are having a colorful summer
  •  and  finding  cool shady spots to sit  and  sip  a cool ice tea!
  • be well, Sonja



3 comments:

Jan said...

I don't know that I have seen a picture of you before, you look so friendly and cute! And that little girl is adorable, how wonderful that she chose your colorful apron as her one purchase! Wouldn't it be neat to see that apron again a year from now. I'll bet your painting class will be appreciated. I like painting so much this summer, like never before.

Sherrie Spangler said...

What a happy, colorful picture of you and that little girl! Love your playfulness and sense of wonder.

sonja said...

`Mahalo Jan and Sherrie for reading and leaving kind comments.
i am a firm believer still that making makes you happier especially if it is arty in nature. Stay curious!!