Lisa Barthelson: 2014

April 24, 2011

well, I made the leap! After following many friends via their blogs, I've decided to get past my discomfort,...(it all seems too public), to see if I can impose a new level of structure and discipline to my daily life as an artist. So, I'm sticking my toe into the world of blogging. with the hope that eventually, I'll put down my thoughts about artmaking and chart my evolution,...let's see how it goes.

I decided to begin by jumping on the 'something a day' bandwagon...creating a project that provides the incentive to post something specific from my world in art, daily...

Those who know me well know that I'm obsessed with the circular form. Circles, speak to me. They're an important part of my visual vocabulary. Why?...well for a seemingly endless number of reasons. Here are just a few: purity of form, absolute symmetry, the beautiful letter 'o', the center, the whole, the hole, the sun, the moon, a wheel, a start point, a continuous line,...(and Kandinsky claimed that the circle was the most peaceful shape and that it represented the human soul.)

For years, I've incorporated and used circles and circular forms in my artwork: circles, arcs, rings, spheres, globes, convex and concave forms...I love them all. I always return to the circle to 'center' me and as a start point for a new journey in art.

So I give you: circling round, a photo or two every day, a bit of what I see a'round' me, for your viewing pleasure? As I become more comfortable and settled in, I hope to include more about works in progress, work completed and observations.

Here goes, presenting an artist's 'one a day', the circular form as a visual journal.

and while you're at it, please visit my website:

http://www.lisabarthelson.com/

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

circling round, june 25, 2014

heady fragrant rounds

roadside roses

beautiful

invasive

Monday, June 23, 2014

circling round, june 23, 2014

summer green

fern whirling round

frond rosette

Saturday, June 21, 2014

circling round, june 21, 2014

happy summer solstice

buttercup

let the sun shine

and dance, dance, dance

Thursday, June 19, 2014

circling round, june 19, 2014

wall rounds

chelsea

skull, personalized

june 17

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

circling round, june 18, 2014

acrylic round mounds

tara donovan

detail of 'untitled'

pace gallery chelsea

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

circling round, june 17, 2014

starburst round

dandelion puff remains

with droplet

Saturday, June 14, 2014

circling round, june 14, 2014

moth this morning

on door glass

peering eye rounds

greetings

Friday, June 13, 2014

circling round, june 13, 2014

work table

wire coil round

box and glass palette squares

studio

Thursday, June 12, 2014

circling round, june 12, 2014

lunaria
oval rounds
money plant, silver dollar
tender spring pods

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

circling round, june 10, 2014

circling round

sweet jessamyn

happy 27th

love

Monday, June 9, 2014

circling round, june 9, 2014

lupine love

purple petal rounds

delicate spire

Sunday, June 8, 2014

circling round, june 9, 2014

poppy bud round

fuzzy plump

nebulous

audrey?

Friday, June 6, 2014

circling round, june 6, 2014

pond surface

bud and pad rounds

smooth, silent

Thursday, June 5, 2014

circling round, june 5, 2014

sinuous curve, black eye rounds

red backed salamander

on blue tarp with grass blade

backyard beauty

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

circling round, june 4, 20-14

yesterday

afternoon sun and shade rounds

random road marks

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

circling round, june 3, 2014

celandine
sunshine rounds

at road edge

Monday, June 2, 2014

circling round, june 2, 2014

woodland gem

bunchberry dogwood rounds

inflorescence

Sunday, June 1, 2014

circling round, june 1 ,2014

almost walked by, not seeing

chartreuse and purple wings

single circle mark

dazzling luna moth

a gift

Saturday, May 31, 2014

circling round, may 31, 2014

dandelion field

seed puff rounds

on the wind

flying

Friday, May 30, 2014

circling round, may 30, 2014

round and round

slipper shell mounds

lords point

beach

Friday, May 23, 2014

circling round, may 23, 2014

leaf hole

buds

drops

green, fresh

Thursday, May 22, 2014

circling round, may 22, 2014

dappled shade

and sun rounds

on the road

rutland

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

circling round, may 21, 2014

found round

empty

blue shell

with green leaf

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

circling round, may 20, 2014

eye catching

blue eyed rounds

rutland pony

Sunday, May 18, 2014

circling round, may 18, 2014

pond rounds

lily pads floating

bud

ripples

Friday, May 16, 2014

circling round, may 16, 2014

rain

red tulip round

in tall grass

Thursday, May 15, 2014

circling round, may 15, 2014

woodland edge
white flower rounds
wild strawberry
pollination

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

circling round, may 14, 2014

shimmery

colorful rounds

american visionary art museum

fragments

Monday, May 12, 2014

circling round, may 12, 2014

wow
eyes and ohs
phantasmagorical

the american visionary museum

baltimore

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

circling round, may 6, 2014

bloodroot

pristine native beauty

stigma and anther round

Monday, May 5, 2014

circling round, may 5, 2014

fuzzy unfurling ferns

spring green rounds

sprouting

for Cathy

Sunday, May 4, 2014

circling round, may 4, 2014

i spy

with my shiny (dusty) eye

providence

in spring

Friday, May 2, 2014

circling round, may 2, 2014

fallen red maple flowers

puddling

roadside round

Thursday, May 1, 2014

circling round, may 1, 2014

rain drop rounds

buds

and tender leaves
awakening

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

circling round, april 30, 2014

more rain

and

water and rings

around

Monday, April 28, 2014

circling round, april 28, 2014

sun

on moss orb

radiant

wachusett mountain

Sunday, April 27, 2014

circling round, april 27, 2014

emerging

thirsty

spring rain

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

circling round, april 23, 2014

connectors, components, circles

turquoise bowl of stuff

studio

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

circling round, april 22, 2014

sunny petal rounds

bee love

bee life

happy earth day

Monday, April 21, 2014

circling round, april 21, 2014

floating

below the surface
luminous

wood frog eggs

wachusett mountain pond

Sunday, April 20, 2014

circling round, april, 20, 2014

glowing

glass rounds

light

Saturday, April 19, 2014

circling round, april 19, 2014

forest debris

on mossy stone

round

tiny clearing

Friday, April 18, 2014

Post title

circling round, april 18, 2014

nest of grass round

sheltered

and greening up

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

circling around, april 16, 2014

april morning surprise

snow on tulip leaves

spring striving

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

circling round, april 15, 2014

downpour

water rings popping

caught walking

soaked

Monday, April 14, 2014

circling round, april 14, 2014

circle in a square

winter grit

on spring grate