Commit Acts of Art Every Day: Three Weeks of Various Art Acts

 "The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls." Pablo Picasso

Since the Art in the Park event on the 6th of May, I have been involved in multiple ongoing acts of art. While working many days in my garden, I have also worked in my three collage sketchbooks getting a few bits and pieces glued together.

THE GARDEN: The art of gardening is always at the mercy of the weather. In April, there was an unexpected freeze that nipped even some cool weather plants and set back my planting schedule a few weeks. I spent much of the time mixing soil and compost and other amendments to prepare for the great day of putting flowers and vegetables in the ground. I did a few balanced rock "sculptures" and creatively eradicated weeds, which no amount of cold can kill.

Here are two stone stackings I balanced. A stiff wind knocks them down, and I waste time carefully restacking them. Below is my garden at the back of my yard at dusk where a charm of fairies sings at appointed hours.

COLLAGE SKETCHBOOKS: I spent many evenings gluing torn pieces of paper together to make two large, collage master boards. The larger board I turned over, and from the backside, I cut out six 3 inch squares. These squares I shuffled and then glued them on a page in my largest collage book as I turned each one over. I am planning to cut the smaller master board into one inch squares and make a collage "quilt" on another page.

Here are four finished collages from the other two sketchbooks.