Monday, August 30, 2004
© 2004 Pamela MacCarthy
All rights reserved
“ Welcome... ”
72 cm x 90 cm
(28.3” X 35.4”)
Gouache on canvas
This painting is of a wonderful memory.
After a long struggle with a back injury
and the rehabilitation it took to get there,
the universe seemed to whisper "Welcome..."
This is my view of Tumon, Guam-
The rainy season made for the dark misty clouds
creeping in on the left,
the brightness of the sun persisted on the right.
The angles and colors completely had me spellbound.
Till next time... 'Mela
2:52 AM
Thursday, August 19, 2004
Today, I will take my canvas in to have the frame fitted on.
I ordered it a week ago, and now my canvas is ready.
I finished it on my mother's birthday, Aug 18th.
One thing I find a right pain in the keyster
is the medium-
You can be a gifted painter,
and have a wonderful finished work,
but that damned medium is like laquer.
It is very delicate to apply,
and can cause troubles.
Bubbles, flaking, and ridges
are all part of the headache of using a medium to seal your work.
Which in my case is a necessity,
as I use acrylic gouache.
I came away reasonably unscathed by bubbles,
but it was no small hoop to jump through.
Then there are the mistral-type winds...
I photographed it yesterday,
which had to be the hottest day of the year!
I like to photograph it in the light it is painted in,
and in this case, it was bright midday sun.
I had trouble keeping the canvas from toppling over,
because of the wind and the painting's large size...
But I finally got it.
Today is the pay-off to see it framed...
Sunday is the competition.
Regardless of the outcome,
I want to thank Hiroshi
for all his help & support.
Wish me luck...
Till next time... 'Mela
6:48 PM
Thursday, August 12, 2004
My painting goes well.
I worked 8 hours on it yesterday.
These very hot days here in Tokyo
make it easy to want to stay indoors in a cool place.
But for me, sitting for an extended time is not an easy thing.
Since my back injury, this has been a fact of life,
and it has caused some amounts of grief...
Restaurants, taxis, & buses
can quickly be gotten out of if their seats are not right.
Anyone who has had a herniated disk in their lower back
knows exactly what I mean...
My friend Hiroshi has helped with this:
Balance chair
This chair is a Godsend for sitting for any length of time.
I am able to paint like I usually do,
for hours at a time, without pain.
Till next time... ‘Mela
9:09 PM
Saturday, August 07, 2004
I've been making myself scarce around here,
I know.
Since I got back from Guam
I've started a new canvas, a large one at that,
and I'm on a deadline...
I am going to enter a competition at a Tokyo art gallery,
so as to enter a prestigious Japanese art association.
Normally I don't care about such things,
but I've been advised this would be in my best interest
to give this a shot.
I will post my canvas when it is done...
I heard Rick James passed away.
I remember Rick from back in my Rainbow days on the
Sunset Strip...
He was so cool, hangin' out with his band-
He had all these beautiful long braids and was wearing a white cowboy hat.
He was definately an original !
His music rocks on:
She's a very kinky girl
The kind you don't take home to mother
She will never let your spirits down
Once you get her off the street, ow girl
She likes the boys in the band
She says that I'm her all-time favorite
When I make my move to her room it's the right time
She's never hard to please
That girl is pretty wild now
The girl's a super freak
The kind of girl you read about
In new-wave magazine
That girl is pretty kinky
The girl's a super freak
I really love to taste her
Every time we meet
She's all right, she's all right
That girl's all right with me, yeah...
Super Freak
-Rick James
Till next time... 'Mela
3:18 AM
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Photo: Michio Yves Ueda
