On My Nightstand, On My Easel 4/22/24

April 22, 2024

On My Nightstand, On My Easel 4/22/24

On my nightstand:

Like a good secretary to himself,
he has made lists.
—Anita Shreve, Eden Close

That little excerpt from a sentence in Anita Shreve’s novel jumped right off the page at me, sparking an immediate smile and shoulder-lift. All these years I’ve thought of myself as a [mere] list-maker, a characterization that doesn’t have nearly the stature and panache of being A Good Secretary to Myself!

On my easel:

Another piece inspired by the @michelle.nyberg.art class I downloaded recently, this one a second bookmark. I have yet to hit my full stride with botanical printing, but this piece is a sizable step forward.

*A Tangle of Weeds and Wildflowers*
2 x 6″ bookmark; acrylic and collage on paper canvas
botanicals bookmark
2024

artist at play

@michelle.nyberg.art, bookmark, botanicals

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Dotty Seiter

10 responses to “On My Nightstand, On My Easel 4/22/24”

imajenationgmailcom

April 22, 2024 at 2:35 pm

Stature and panache! You’ve GOT IT! And this piece – omg I want it in wallpaper! Spectacular! xo

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1. Dotty Seiter
  
  April 22, 2024 at 2:55 pm
  
  LOL, Lola! I thought wallpaper several times, also!
  
  And, yeah, let’s hear it for stature and panache : )
  
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roseanne333

April 23, 2024 at 7:53 am

This is beautiful, Dotty. I love your color choices and I agree with the wallpaper idea!
I need to go back and revisit Michelle Nyberg’s class. Perhaps I will have time after the wedding.

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1. Dotty Seiter
  
  April 23, 2024 at 8:11 am
  
  Thanks for delighting in my little bit of wallpaper art—I love the colors, too, and the magic of their having come from two primaries and b & w.
  
  Did you purchase Michelle’s class?
  
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Joyful Puttering

April 23, 2024 at 8:03 am

A big step forward I would say. The botanical bookmark is just delightful. And the shift in thinking that you’re a “good secretary to yourself” is fabulous!

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1. Dotty Seiter
  
  April 23, 2024 at 8:17 am
  
  MaryAnn, thanks for cheerleading as I take my steps! Your affirmation lifts me up.
  
  I’m so pleased to be a good secretary to myself! So pleased by the gift of that little nugget of reorientation embedded in Shreve’s novel!
  
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Sheila Marie Delgado

April 23, 2024 at 7:23 pm

Such an awesome thought. Stand tall indeed! Haha 🙂

I found myself staring at this piece. I love the title. Some of the tiny green sprigs look 3D. I love your little illuminated nighttime garden! 🙂

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1. Dotty Seiter
  
  April 23, 2024 at 7:41 pm
  
  Oh, I love your perception of an illuminated nighttime garden, Sheila! Thanks for your appreciation of the title of this piece.
  
  Those tiny green sprigs are botanical prints. This piece has my most robust success with that printing. Love that the sprigs look 3-D!
  
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Simone

April 26, 2024 at 3:32 am

I love ALL of your bookmarks (still using one of yours all the time!). And I also love the way you transform simple sentences from a novel into a poem.

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Dotty Seiter

April 26, 2024 at 6:30 am

Yay! Seeing poetry in prose and sharing what I see with others is one of my great pleasures! And I’m happy to know you use your Dotty bookmark all the time!

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