Eclectic Art Moments

Many questions remain unanswered.

The art of making desserts with Menier chocolate and making the right tea, that's Mariage Frères tea, deserves a moment: Spoiled with goodies to last us all winter long... maybe! But that's not all. The end. Thank you Julie & Franck

In the children books and comics I grew up reading, mushrooms were always red and white. I was walking in Birmingham's Christmas German market a few days ago when I saw some ornaments that brought back this vivid memory. I came back home and painted  my mushrooms on paper clay plates I made, just like I did with my pebbles and stones I collected at the beach of my beautiful Mediterranean city: I used to paint so many of  them red with white polka dots. A moment to share!

When you are not sure of what to paint, you might surprise yourself or someone, by picking up random colors  and letting the brush work its way.

My paint brush and crafty sense have been resting for much longer than I desire. A quick mini project can do for now,  until...

Eclectic Art Moments and Fairies Hands original work Claire Moore from Gunder Goods www.facebook.com/gundergoods Stephany Dickey's hats Freedom Underground www.reverbnation.com/freedomunderground It's ten after six. I'm still sitting at the Rustbelt Market and don't know how the day went by so fast. It may be  Freedom Underground playing their live jazz music (a must add to my music blog as it falls into my Beat, rythm and melody category), the chocolate I bought from Pete, or just being surrounded by so many talented artists and talking to all kind of interesting people.It might also be friends and family that stopped by and said hi. Whenever I had the chance to walk around the market, I tried all of Stephany's hats, smelled soaps and creams and bought Claire's home made jam. Both Claire and her husband Jon own Gunder Goods and make their product in the heart of their home kitchen. In the morning I talked to her but was not...

When I started having consuming thoughts of so many people I miss and wish I could talk to every single day, I brightened my ideas  with colors I added to my dull white lampshades. That was a soul refreshing project that lightened my indoor space and helped attenuate my reverberant inner talks.