Tuesday, September 6, 2011

HANDFULS OF PAINTINGS: SUMMER 2011


Julie Ryan, Echolocation, 2011, Gouache on paper, 41x31cm



Julie Ryan, You May Feel a Little Pinch, 2011, Gouache on paper, 41x31cm



Julie Ryan, Bat Breath, 2011, Gouache on paper, 41x31cm



Julie Ryan, One Orange Candle, 2011, Gouache on paper, 41x31cm

Sunday, September 4, 2011

A RARE THING: HONEY HARVEST

“…A Rare thing, fine as a beeswing.” Beeswing song by Richard Thompson


Have you ever really looked closely at a beeswing? This fineness may hold true for rareness and as a lyric in a song but if you get one of those beeswing stuck between your teeth it can be a real bugger to get out! A few years ago I cut my finger on a sugar cube and I think it is a cosmically comparable experience to the beeswing-between-teeth scenario that occurred this weekend.

1932 news about bees

Because this weekend was Honey Harvest and I was nipping at a pile of oozing honey and comb when the fine beeswing found me! I harbor mostly allergic and allegoric relationships to bees and was thrilled to expand experientially at my first ever Harvest. I also highly recommend that if you happen to have lost track of a dear friend in the world the best place to reunite is in a garage cutting and scratching honeycomb…thank you for the invitation Al!


Honey Harvesting 

And thank you Kurt and Rita for being urban beekeepers!