{"id":15167,"date":"2021-05-28T17:52:49","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T21:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=15167"},"modified":"2021-07-01T18:58:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T22:58:13","slug":"new-birth-new-growth-new-beginnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/15167","title":{"rendered":"New Birth, New Growth, New Beginnings"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cYounger than we are,<\/a>
\n      O children, and frailer,
\nSoon in the blue air they\u2019ll be,
\n      Singer and sailor.\u201d
\n 
\n  \u2014 Nest Eggs | A Child’s Garden of Verses,<\/em>
\n      Robert Louis Stevenson, 1900
\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Today is the final day of \u201cNew Birth, New Growth, New Beginnings,\u201d a juried exhibition celebrating spring at Art Center of the Bluegrass<\/em><\/a>. My accepted artwork originated from a satisfying blend of subject, medium, and poetic reference.<\/p>\n

The green space that surrounds my home studio has been a haven for multiple generations of robins. A surreptitious, close-up glimpse of their familiar nest eggs was the visual idea that dislodged any others I might have used to interpret the theme. Spring is my favorite time of year, as it is for many, and perhaps the finished piece captures how my imagination is charged with anticipation for nature\u2019s annual season of renewal. There is also something about the chaotic order of a bird\u2019s nest that ideally lends itself to collage ingredients. I wanted to include the textural patterns of printed text, along with actual organic substance \u2014 in this case, the inner membranes of hard-neck garlic stalks from the previous year\u2019s harvest. The \u201cpatina\u201d of salvaged wallpaper from a nearby historical tear-down provided areas of desired subtlety. Relying on reclaimed tea-bag material has gradually become an integral part of my technique, but I hadn\u2019t put it to use before with such a linear quality. For zones that would benefit from deeper shadow, I added walnut juice to my typical polymer sealant and \u201csmoothed\u201d the eggshells ever so slightly with colored pencil and a milky tint (giving rise to the final description of \u201ccombined mediums\u201d).<\/p>\n

Human civilization has increasingly peeled itself from the balanced interdependence of the natural world. More of us are doing our best as individuals to fix that torn relationship. There are different ways to promote a necessary restoration. It\u2019s important to discover as many as possible. I find myself taking more advantage of bringing art to nature and nature to art. I am thankful that my life conditions grant me creative opportunities to experience this healing process. <\/p>\n

 
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Soon in the Blue Air They\u2019ll Be<\/em><\/strong>
\ncollage with combined mediums on structured panel
\nJ A Dixon, 20 x 25 inches<\/p>\n

\u2022  S O L D<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cYounger than we are,       O children, and frailer, Soon in the blue air they\u2019ll be,       Singer and sailor.\u201d     \u2014 Nest Eggs | A Child’s Garden of Verses,       Robert Louis Stevenson, 1900   Today is the final day of \u201cNew Birth, New Growth, New Beginnings,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,1,11,8,22,18,111,35,151,9,132],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15167"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15250,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15167\/revisions\/15250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}