Inspired by spirit connection in the exploration of expression of feeling through color and contrast, I paint intuitively, with great joy.
Raised in surroundings fertile with inspiration and demonstrations of Life as Art. When in school I wrote poetry, finding comfort and communion within words.
Recently my art often depicts the crow characters I meet in Portland. These city crows are cheeky, curious and, on occasion, polite. I have for years looked to crows and ravens as a personal omen.
When life is ripe for a change, I tend to watch their behavior, and how it connects to my own incidental happenings. These interactions and interpretations, along with a 16th century counting rhyme, have inspired my studio title, Two For Mirth Arts.
Jaunty Crow | 8”x 8” | acrylic on canvas
Why "Two for Mirth Arts"?
There is an old counting rhyme you may have heard:
One crow, sorrow,
Two for mirth,
Three for a funeral,
And four crows, birth.
There are actually several variations of this 16th century rhyme.
It may have originally been about magpies, which, like crows and ravens, are among the corvid family.
One for sorrow
Two for mirth,
Three for a wedding,
Four for a birth
Five for silver
Six for gold
Seven for a secret left untold
Eight for a wish,
Nine for a kiss,
Ten a surprise you should be careful not to miss,
Eleven for health,
Twelve for wealth,
Thirteen beware it’s the devil himself.
