hello friends,
today we are celebrating a new year.
i wish it to be very happy, healthy and full of good. i long for peace. peace for my family and friends and world peace would be pretty fantastic too!!
with this new year i have decided to move spaces. a clean slate.
from now on, i can be found over here: www.julieavisar.blogspot.com
i look forward to this new year and seeing you over at my new blog.
julie xxx
p.s. thank you so much for the birthday greetings!!
shelly, our big baby turns 6 today...
we wish you all of our love, joy and health always, always.
daddy, mummy, ella and the car xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Today theres a change in the air. Autumn is on its way.
Have a lovely weekend :) xx
This weekend we took a trip to the port in Tel Aviv - the sea breeze was wonderful.
I enjoyed the different structures found in the area and of course some people watching while eating breakfast was more than enough to put a smile on our faces.
I found some inspiring scenes for painting too. Have a great week x
these last few days i have really wanted to take out my sketch book and draw - without much thinking... i like the simplicity of the black and grey. it is not so easy to conquer the blank white page... but i will.
some favourite recent finds:
Unfortunately, we on this corner of the globe are not celebrating the beginning of autumn quite yet. We took a walk along the port in Jaffa on the weekend. The sun was scorching, the sea was shining and although there were no people around, the heat prevented a feeling of peace.
But september 1st marks the first day of school for Shelly.
It was quite a different experience from my first day a school all those years ago.
It took us a while to decide which school to send her to but i am very happy with our decision.
Among other great things, the school puts a big emphasis on art and music - i was happy to read Heathers post last week where she says "The workshop facilitator said 'arts are the single most important thing for children, from the time they can hold a crayon into their teenage years.' " And as Heather says, i too am happy to believe this.
So i wish all the 5 and 6 year olds beginning school today a wonderful year!!
A couple of months ago on a bad bad day, i received a parcel from a dear friend. Kelly wasnt to know that her box of sweet thoughts would be the only thing to make me smile at that time. So here is a long overdue thank you for this gift of chocolate (unable to photograph of course!), a new lavender key ring (after i lost my keys and Kellys beautiful key ring), a crocheted doily which I LOVE!!! (Im not even sure if Kelly made this herself) and a set of delightful cleaning cloths (which seem way too pretty to clean with. If you would like to check them out - take a look here. There were a couple of other lovely things inside which reminded me of England :) all wrapped and packaged so beautifully.
Thank you so much Kelly for being such a lovely friend. Also, than you to I for my gift of British tea which i have missed so much :) xxx
With the end of summer in sight i have decided to have a clearout sale in my shop to make room for new work!
with the summer nearly over, i am yearning for some quiet and a cooling down of the heat. im looking forward to making plans and new beginnings. i wish you all a lovely weekend.
below are some links to wonderful work you may like to discover.
james merrell - photography
antonio murado - abstract painting
kenichi hoshine - mixed media painting
gladys b - illustration
lisa isaacs - paper cut art (my friend!)
As I mentioned in my last post, urban structures are my major inspiration at the moment. They have been for a long time. These images are of the building opposite where i work. It is a typical old apartment block - but everyday i find myself staring at it. I love the shapes, textures and the different shades which for me make up an abstract painting.
I just drew this rough oil pastel sketch and im quite embarrased to show you it (it went in the bin straight after scanning it in!) but it was important for me to get something down on paper.It is very unusual for me to go down the 'abstract' route but this is what Im feeling right now. It felt good to be drawing but I was frustrated with the medium - the pastels not being heavy enough - not intense enough.
With these ideas in my mind, i really like this set of images - especially this shot.
Happy Monday xx
Edit: Thanks to Lisa s and her wonderful insight, I discovered Richard Diebenkorn and his fantastic paintings.
Below: Berkeley #57 and Cityscape 1.
Thanks Lisa!!
It has been a while since we had a day out in tel aviv and as the girls are on holiday we decided to take the day off to have some fun. As always we began our day with breakfast. We started off in Shenkin - no plan to stick to -
The buildings in this area are just so beautiful - dilapidating but beautiful - of course the level of decay just adding to the beauty. You could spend the whole day looking up at the stunning details. There was once talk of restoring them but I see no changes in the last few years.
Unfortunately, Shelly still doesnt get why I spend so much of my time taking photos of structures without windows and peeling paint... but one day she will :)
And it has been years since we visited shuk hacarmel - a wonderful market always full of life, touching all of the senses.
we then walked round Kerem Hatemanim - the smells reminded Rami of his grandmothers house..
And back to Shenkin for some window shopping and ice-cream.
Despite the intense august heat, we had such a great day.
Our walk today was so inspirational, much food for thought and ideas for new work - i cant wait to start painting again.
The concept of space… this has been in my thoughts a lot lately. Not only physical space but personal space. Needing my own space, to be alone, but sometimes losing site of where the boundaries of this space should be. Sometimes the boundary is strong and made of steel and sometimes it is weak and made of paper.
I want to say thank you so much for your supportive and caring comments in my last post. Reading them warmed my heart and reminded me our wonderful online community.
During the last couple of weeks, we took on the project of sorting out the studio/office space. It was such good therapy to clean-up and re-new. I threw out a whole load of stuff ... stuff - its amazing how much we hoard. But now everything has its own place and there is so much less clutter around. A much needed calm and peaceful workspace.
Shelly and i sit side by side both working on our own stuff.
And materials (obssessions ;)) are tidied away
It would be really nice to see some of your workspaces - where you sit and write your blog posts..
have a lovely thursday x
Hello friends,
Some of you may have noticed that I haven’t been around much for the last few months. Unfortunately last week marked a very sad and emotional end to this period.
With the help of my wonderful family and special friends I am looking forward...
I have missed this space a lot and many friends. I will be back on track soon and really look forward to finding my art again.
I hope you are all well, xxx
Yesterday was my 'baby's' 3rd birthday!! A magical little girl who just continues to smile and surprize!! We love you so much Ella xxxx
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