soraya nulliah: Georgia O'Keeffe

Thursday, May 9, 2013

things around here

I am thoroughly enjoying Vivienne McMaster's Be Your Own Beloved class! Some of the exercises have been personally challenging for me...but those assignments are the very ones I need to do! I am realizing that our bodies hold onto our stories...all of them. This collage is a self portrait; I took the exact same pic and edited the right hand side pic and the left one is the raw image.I see how some days are such a struggle for me...to look at mySELF with loving kindness. It is a practice...it is a practice:)

Last weekend I was thrilled to attend the Georgia O'Keeffe Exhibition at the Denver Museum of Art. It was a fantastic take on her deep and abiding love for New Mexico. the exhibition also talks about her love for American Indian and Hispanic art...so thrilled to experienced this!!! It was my artist date for the week:)

I am here...self portrait

Been enjoying some down time, quiet hours with a book and coffee. I found this wonderful little cafe that is secluded, cozy and has the best coffee!

This magical pic happened earlier this week. I was trying to do a photo assignment when Tara came twirling right into the scene!! I edited it to the hilt...using layers and adding a smattering of stars. It was such a magical image, I wanted to go over the top. I use Pixlr-o-matic which is super user friendly to use. LOVE!!!

I haven't had much time in my studio this past little while-I just work on bits + pieces when I can. And of course...backgrounds are so much fun!!

A few days ago ...enjoying the most gorgeous sunny day. Today it's raining cats + dogs BTW...but aaaaah...so nice to bask in the sunshine:)

My photo assignment for today...I wanted to capture a sense of energy + movement rather than a purely visual story. So much fun:)
I am so looking forward to this Mothers Day...simple and sweet:)
happy weekend everyone!

Monday, April 22, 2013

O' Keeffe Country

"It was all so far away-there was quiet and an untouched feel to the country and I could work as I pleased." -Georgia O'Keeffe
We are so fortunate that we live fairly close to New Mexico-just a 6 hour drive with plenty of stops to walk, absorb the gorgeous open landscape and have impromptu picnics. This trip was totally spur of the moment because Tim had some time off work. I love the earthiness of this place...the vast, stark + elemental beauty...and of course...the art!! Oozing out of every corner...wondrous...worlds upon worlds of...luscious, larger than life, beautiful...art!!!

The weather was beautiful...green grass + sunshine made me feel like a new woman:) Seriously! Just basking in the golden light...catching up on cloud gazing, reading, snoozing, tea drinking, snuggling and such.

"Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?" -Frida Kahlo
Self portrait with Frida. How I love this woman...

" If I didn't have my camera to remind me constantly, I am here to do this, I would eventually have slipped away, I think. I would have forgotten my reason to exist." - Annie Leibovitz
There is an Annie Leibovitz exhibition (Pilgrimage)at the O' Keeffe museum. On this trip, I managed to see quite a few iconic photography exhibitions and they opened up my world...my heart...my eyes...my mind! So very thankful. .

We ate outdoors as much as possible...slightly windy but...sunshine, sunshine, sunshine made my heart sing!

Like I said...there is art everywhere! Photography, murals, sculpture...just soaking it all up. And, of course, Tara couldn't resist touching this gorgeous mosaic!