Wintry
January 17, 2017, 8:52 pm
About three week ago, I got winter out of the closet. Ever since studying Japanese art in college, I have followed the Japanese concept of living with artworks in tune with the seasons. So when the first heavy snowfall covered the ground, the time had come to bring out the winter pictures.
Over the years I have gathered a collection of art and ephemera from multiple sources. I have bought wonderful art in galleries, but also from thrift stores. Many of our artworks have been gifts from artists, others are pictures I’ve cut out of magazines and discarded library books. I am also a devotee of affiche…..I’ve been known to remove posters from walls, but only after the event advertised on them has past.
Our art is displayed throughout the house. We do not have a tokonoma, a Japanese alcove for displaying seasonal art, but our white wavy shelf serves that purpose. Here is our winter gallery, provenance included.
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- My favorite winter photograph. Many years ago, I met a photographer from The Milwaukee Journal and told him I liked one of his photographs so much that I had cut it out of the newspaper. The next week the real photograph appeared in my mailbox.
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- A wonderful Christmas card from the Democratic Party.
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- The cats’ favorite artwork, another treasured Christmas card.
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- The tokonoma shelf. The “dead” winter branch leafed out when brought into the warm house.
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- The Roofs of Prague is a magazine picture which hangs over the stove.
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- A haunting winter scene by a local Wisconsin artist.
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- A woodblock print from Minnesota artist and children’s book illustrator, Betsy Bowen.
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- The best winter picture….framed by the windows.
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Greetings and welcome...
The Suitcase Lady Blog is now in its fifteenth year. I intend to keep following the advice from poet Mary Oliver, "Pay attention, be astonished and tell about it". Many thanks for being the people I tell it to.
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January 17th, 2017 on 9:18 PM
Your selected winter pictures are wonderful! <3 Whenever we are in a train museum - I always like the winter pictures of trains best!
January 17th, 2017 on 9:34 PM
Wonderful idea!