Some days call for charcoal and newsprint paper.

They seem to do art all by themselves, I become the tool.

  

The following website helped me name this sketch.

"Sitting in the wound: this is about surrendering to your grief in recognition that the only way to the other side is through. This acknowdeges you are willing to do the work that mourning requires. Paradoxically, this befriending of your wound is what eventually restores your life and your living. To do this requires that you do not shut the world out, but let the world come in."  -  Alan Wolfelt  

 - "sitting in the wound"  art by Hana Christy Steinberg          hanachristy@hotmail.com

..it's still life......

"Agreement with Time" 9x12 ink

art by Hana Christy Steinberg

white bird of paradise

Watercolor pencils, watercolor paints, 18x20 inch paper
and a fabulous enormous white bird of paradise looking in the studio window.

"White Bird" by Hana Christy Steinberg

open mike

Saturday afternoon.

The street outside, lined with parked motorcycles,

shiny clean waxed displayed.

enter throught the open door, smiling face inside

"Hey, No Cover! Come on in."

....and they keep on coming, walking in that door

guitars, bass, sax, trumpet, drum set ready to go, mikes turned on....

turn up the volumn

get up outta that chair......

'open mike at Knuck's' art by Hana Christy Steinberg

Mini open studio...

I have learned that in order to truly examine a piece of art I am working on,

I must 'take it to the wall'. Every functioning studio should have it's 'wall'.

Whether I've been working on an easel, or table, or the floor,

it must go to the wall to be viewed as is will be in it's final form.

In this small studio, I have always taken the piece outside or to a different

room, I have never before provided this room with it's own 'wall'.

Clearing the wall ended up being a 'clearing the corner' job.

Great lighting in this spot....I gathered up the pieces I've worked on this last month,

...and I took 'em to the wall... a mini open studio.

Hana Christy Steinberg...artist

I made a visit to the spectacular installation

at the Hui Noeau here on Maui

by Patrick Daugherty.

You can walk through these stick sculptures.

They are fabulous.

- Hana Christy Steinberg

Happy Season of Sharing...

Peace... Light.... Love... and more love for everyone....

no matter what you like calling it, this is the season for sharing

Enjoy!

Hana Christy Steinberg

"holiday sharing 2011" by Hana Christy Steinberg

www.hanachristysteinberg.com

the beverage cart...

It's always a welcome sight coming down the aisle.

The beverage cart....

water, coffee, tea, juices, soft drinks,

beer, liquor and wine for a small fee,

and would you care for a complimentary snack?

How about a headset? movie is about to start...

flashing a pleasant smile

a wave of the cocktail napkin

and they are off ... leaving a trail of contentment behind

" The Beverage Cart" by Hana Christy Steinberg

www.hanachristysteinberg.com

ipod...no charge

It was a long flight for me.

Needed two books to read, sudoku puzzles, sketch book,

sharpies, hard boiled egg, Rolling Stone magazine,

and a battery fully charged IPOD.

Reached for that IPOD and GASP! no battery power!!

It took me a minute to recover...give myself a lecture

on being flexible (my inner yogi)

Virginia Woolf, haiku

& a series of shorts on the best guitar players

clear early evening sky landing in Portland

great veiws of Mount Hood

Mount Shasta

holiday decorations everywhere

and the found electrical outlet

charge it up!

"Layover in Portland" by Hana Christy Steinberg

9"x7" felt marker on paper doodle

..black & white

been on the road all day

exit middle of Kansas, trailer park .5 miles off highway, OK sounds good

nice spot, big pond, big sky

here come the geese

permanent residents of this spot it seems

friendly, curious and big birds

hung out with us while enjoying a beautiful sunset

bright white fluffy soft

their conversation... quiet whispering

then HONK! HONK! spreading wide wings runway take off....

"Geese" by Hana Christy Steinberg, 2'x3' acrylic on canvas