Monday, October 10, 2011

Family Affair pg 1

As promised, a closer look into the work currently on display. Enjoy!


Flowers of Life I 22" X 30"

Transparent watercolor on handmade paper. Shown in Texas; Berlin, Germany; and New Mexico. Award: 1994. First of four in series about a Shiva/Shakti myth. ©1994


Flowers of Life II 22" X 30"

Transparent watercolor on handmade paper. Shown in Texas and Berlin, Germany. Second of four in series. ©1994


Flowers of Life III 22" X 30"

Transparent watercolor on handmade paper. Shown in Texas and Berlin, Germany. Third of four in series. ©1996


Flowers of Life IV 22" X 30"

Transparent watercolor on handmade paper. Shown in Texas and Berlin, Germany. Fourth of four in series. ©1996


Dreamline Gavotte 11 3/4" X 11 3/4" X 5 1/8"

Large hand formed whiteware bowl with added foot. Abstracted foliate sgraffito drawing through light blue terra sigillata with colored oxide inlay. Clear glazed. Food safe. ©2003

Friday, October 7, 2011

Family Affair pg 2


Dilemma
23" X 31 1/2"

Pastel on paper. Shown in Texas; New Mexico; Kansas; and Berlin, Germany. ©1993


No.43- Sweet Dreams 7” X 5” X 1 ¾”

Mixed media on painting board. © 2011


NO.62-Blue Horse 7” X 5” X 1 ¾”

Mixed media on painting board. © 2011


Kentucky Memory 5 5/8" X 6 1/4 X 3 3/4"

Hand built whiteware vessel with added foot and handles. Engraved patterns loosely based on African textile motifs. Engraving stained with cobalt oxide under milk white glaze. Food safe. © 2003



No.59-Follow Your Heart 7” X 5” X 1 ¾”

Mixed media on painting board. © 2011

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No.75-By the Seaside
7” X 5” X 1 ¾”

Mixed media on painting board. © 2011

No.64-Light, Love, Life 7” X 5” X 1 ¾”

Mixed media on painting board. © 2011


Susanna, with Lily 23” X 29”

Graphite and prisma stix on paper. ©2011

Syncopation 11 5/8" x 13" x 3 7/8"

Large hand formed, hand colored stoneware bowl, with added foot and handles. Base clay colored hot pinkish orange by the addition of colored oxides. Painted and stained in green, burgundy, maroon, and purple. clear glazed. Food safe. ©2005


Summer Heat 13" X 12 3/4" X 3 3/4"

Hand formed whiteware unfooted vessel with pinched rim. Slip painted in greens and blues, then carved through slips to white ground in foliate motifs interior and exterior. Food safe. ©2003


Critical Juncture 29 1/2" X 22"

Transparent watercolor on paper. Shown in Arizona. ©1991



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No.32-Summer Songs
7” X 5” X 1 ¾”

Mixed media on painting board. © 2011


Sign/Symbol 9 1/2" X 10 1/2" X 3"

Hand formed whiteware bowl with added foot and pinched rim. Sgraffito drawing through grey green base. Signs/symbols painted in multiple colors. Clear glazed. Food safe. © 2004


No.70-Jade Horse 7” X 5” X 1 ¾”

Mixed media on painting board. © 2011



Vijay reading Agni and Usha his work from River of Light
©2011

AGNI AND USHA


Are you not weary of being just plain human?
With irritating limitations of body and mind
Pestilence, ignorance and indifference unkind
Not to mention the finitude of space and time

Let us be the god and the goddess we once were
Before we chose to play this sorry play of humans
By the scenery most spectacular, we got smitten, not realizing
That the plot lacked imagination and the script was poorly written

Let us, yet again, god and goddess be, you be
Usha the goddess of dawn, the mistress of light
And I be Agni, the god of fire, the lord of heat
Of course, even though of different wavelengths,
In our essence we are the same; just for the play,
We pretend to be different, take on separate names

Just let me know, by what river, on what mountain
You wish us to meet; there will I fly in just a moment
We will re-enact our union, so ancient but still so very sweet

Monday, September 26, 2011

The Heritage Center-Sisohpromatem Art Foundation September 16, 2011

As promised, the virtual tour of...

Family Affair
Carolyn Singh

Just recently I was asked, “What makes you smile?”

All kinds of things make me smile.
Living things - people, animals, plants.
Specific people, family, and friends make me smile.
Clouds, sunshine-
Paint- I mean real paint, not wall paint.
Paper-
Canvas not so much, but it is very useful-
Brushes-
Pencils-
Charcoal, believe it or not-
Clay- all kinds of clay-
Pearls make me smile.
Poets, at least the few I know, make me smile.

Music makes me smile.

Painting makes me smile.

It is such a beautiful world, and such a privilege to live in it-
when I think of it as a whole I am overwhelmed.

It's the specifics that can sometime give me the pip. That seems true of everyone.

Family is probably the single most important source of smiles in anyone’s life.

Without the cooperation of Shiva and Shakti, families could not exist.

Beautiful bowls make the ritual of sharing food memorable.

Individuals must make hard decisions so families can thrive.

Memories, prayers and hope – this is the way we hold ourselves and our families together.

Families can make us and sometimes break us.

They make us what we are.

May your family make you smile-

Carolyn Singh 2011







From top left to right bottom:

Flowers of Life I 22" X 30"

Transparent watercolor on handmade paper. Shown in Texas; Berlin, Germany; and New Mexico. Award: 1994. First of four in series about a Shiva/Shakti myth. ©1994

Flowers of Life II 22" X 30"

Transparent watercolor on handmade paper. Shown in Texas and Berlin, Germany. Second of four in series. ©1994

Flowers of Life III 22" X 30"

Transparent watercolor on handmade paper. Shown in Texas and Berlin, Germany. Third of four in series. ©1996

Flowers of Life IV 22" X 30"

Transparent watercolor on handmade paper. Shown in Texas and Berlin, Germany. Fourth of four in series. ©1996



Dreamline Gavotte 11 3/4" X 11 3/4" X 5 1/8"

Large hand formed whiteware bowl with added foot. Abstracted foliate sgraffito drawing through light blue terra sigillata with colored oxide inlay. Clear glazed. Food safe. ©2003





Left to right:

Kentucky Memory 5 5/8" X 6 1/4" X 3 3/4"

Hand built whiteware vessel with added foot and handles. Engraved patterns loosely based on African textile motifs. Engraving stained with cobalt oxide under milk white glaze. Food safe. © 2003

No.59-Follow Your Heart 7” X 5” X 1 ¾”

Mixed media on painting board. © 2011

No.75-By the Seaside 7” X 5” X 1 ¾”

Mixed media on painting board. © 2011





Top left to bottom right:

Susanna, with Lily 23” X 29”

Graphite and prisma stix on paper. ©2011

No.64-Light, Love, Life 7” X 5” X 1 ¾”

Mixed media on painting board. © 2011

Dilemma 23" X 31 1/2"

Pastel on paper. Shown in Texas; New Mexico; Kansas; and Berlin, Germany. ©1993

Syncopation 11 5/8" x 13" x 3 7/8"

Large hand formed, hand colored stoneware bowl, with added foot and handles. Base clay colored hot pinkish orange by the addition of colored oxides. Painted and stained in green, burgundy, maroon, and purple. clear glazed. Food safe. ©2005

Summer Heat 13" X 12 3/4" X 3 3/4"

Hand formed whiteware unfooted vessel with pinched rim. Slip painted in greens and blues, then carved through slips to white ground in foliate motifs interior and exterior. Food safe. ©2003

No.43- Sweet Dreams 7” X 5” X 1 ¾”

Mixed media on painting board. © 2011

NO.62-Blue Horse 7” X 5” X 1 ¾”

Mixed media on painting board. © 2011






Center top, left to right

Critical Juncture 29 1/2" X 22"

Transparent watercolor on paper. Shown in Arizona. ©1991

NO.62-Blue Horse 7” X 5” X 1 ¾”

Mixed media on painting board. © 2011

Sign/Symbol 9 1/2" X 10 1/2" X 3"

Hand formed whiteware bowl with added foot and pinched rim. Sgraffito drawing through grey green base. Signs/symbols painted in multiple colors. Clear glazed. Food safe. © 2004

No.70-Jade Horse 7” X 5” X 1 ¾”

Mixed media on painting board. © 2011





Vijay reading Agni and Usha his work from River of Light
©2011


Gallery co-owner Mr. Brooks gettin' down! Pictures of the band.