angela bentley fife's artworld:: My Studio

Thursday, July 31, 2008

My Studio

My inspiration/painting- mind- block wall to help me in those bad moments. I just cleaned my studio so it's in pretty good shape, hence the statues in a nice little row. My studio is really small, but I have a few ideas to remedy that, i.e. new attic room above the garage....can you even do that?

3 comments:

BrittanyLane said...: You're gonna be sick of all my comments... I'm so excited you are blogging. Love the reference/beautiful things wall. Small is better than nothing! I'm currently painting at the kitchen table...; July 31, 2008 at 8:27 PM
hbentley said...: Love the blog. You will be addiciated in no time. Nothing like a Diet Coke and reading about others. Sometimes it seems to make the day a little brighter. I am so excited.; August 1, 2008 at 1:47 PM
Circe said...: Love the blog. Your grandma is beautiful. I love your work...your style is so distinctive and satisfying and captivating!; August 6, 2008 at 3:24 PM

What I Saw this weekend

'The King's Speech'......I was completely enthralled with this movie. Enthralled like I forgot who I was and where I was. About half way through the movie I had a few seconds of clarity and remembered I was at a movie theater in the year 2011 and I looked over at Mr. Fife to see if he was enjoying Collin Firth as much as I, and he was sound asleep.......wha, wha. Oh I married my opposite. I guess I need to escort him to a top 5 Hollywood action flick, preferably starring Mark Whalberg. I concede.

what I read

'Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother'. So I just started this today, but I am fascinated! If you don't let yourself get offended or sensitive about your own mothering, this book is an amazing view into another way of parenting, another culture. This is a book club read, so our discussion should be intense. I don't know any other subject that gets women as riled up as attacking our mothering. Which is obviously why this book is so controversial. If you live under a rock and haven't heard of it, the author writes about "chinese mothering", including no playdates, no cell phones, no sleepovers, never any grade other than an A, never 2nd in anything academic, no hobbies. I might feel like a horrible mother, or a great mother after this, I don't know yet. Here is a quote I chuckled at "My children can do something with their free time, but nothing like crafts, that leads nowhere or drums, that obviously lead to drugs." (I can't tell if she is being sarcastic, but somehow I doubt it). btw, crafting is like the best thing I do as a mother.......me no tiger mother I guess.