aliveart

SPRINGBROOK FARMER'S MARKET

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COMMISSION WORK/1ST LAYER

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GOING HOME TO SOUTH CAROLINA

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OVERHEARD OUTSIDE

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MYSTERY AND MAYHEM AT HOME

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MANIFESTING the mystery outside, bringing the poetry into the work. That process is the work.

THE SENSUAL MAINE BACKYARD

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BACKYARD PEONIES

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SNAZZZZING UP OF OLD BEACH COTTAGE

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In the garden today: SUMMER SOLSTICE

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POSITIVE ENERGY

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Barbara Hepworth Quotes

2008-12-03T20:42:00.000-08:00

"I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body."

"In the contemplation of nature we are perpetually renewed, our sense of mystery and our imagination is kept alive, and rightly understood, it gives us the power to project into a plastic medium some universal or abstract vision of beauty."

DREAMY CUSTOM SOFAS & MAINE ARTISTS

2008-11-25T10:43:00.000-08:00

We design elegant sofas and other furniture that fit the exact place where the pieces will shine. We find the right Maine artist or sculptor whose work will make all the difference in the place where you live your life, outside and inside.

We design small cottage-houses, contemporary and green that fit your land. We also offer landscaping.

DESIGN WORKS

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We work with clients from Maine to South Carolina who are searching to connect the inner beauty and depth of their lives to their outward wanderings of daily life. Here are pieces from

our work

benches and design studios in Maine. Everything is constructed

with quiet care and thought with how the person will be using the piece

and in return be nurtured by the energy of the handmade.

Please see the spaces these pieces were designed for.

HOUSES TO LOVE and REFURBISH

2008-11-05T15:41:00.000-08:00

Enough building big houses, enough, enough. Nothing better than the history of the place, some soul, and a good builder. Non-architect architecture, hurrah!!!! We have giclee prints of vanishing beach cottages, we cannot bear to let go of them completely. They have many stories to offer us. We sell in sets of 4 in black and white. Please contact us for information on purchasing.

MESSAGES FROM THE SHELLS

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Touching them

brings memories

of us all together

tumbling in the waves

and a knowing we

will be

again

for many

other

lifetimes

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DRIVING DOWN THE ROADWAYS

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Southern

live oaks

the north

mending

and

tying

fragments

of a life

together

snugly

and softly

every bit

as real

a bit of

hemp

twine

looped

around a

croker sack

2008-10-25T19:01:00.000-07:00

The black tar lines on the Maine roads have intrigued and delighted me for years.

I love the squiggly rhythmic patterns of the thick tar patching the cracks

in the pavement making the roads whole and safe again. There is also a similarity of Louise Nelvelson's line drawings of leaves to the tar and the limbs. So I've painted my favorite pavement segments too, hoping to create something spiritually sublime or at least a little curious.

Spanish artist Eduardo Chillida from San Sebastian, Spain is a sculptor whose graphic works also remind me of the tar and the limbs.