HVD!

peace & love to all my valentines.......

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

Remembering Helen Frankenthaler..

Art books. I get inspiration from leafing through pages of art and stories about artists.

It's fascinating to see how unique an artist can get with simple supplies.

Just playing around, splashing color, mixing, diluting......emoting

One such inspiration for me is Helen Frankenthaler, died just the other day, 83 years old.

She explored using bare canvas and stains...set the stage for the rest of us.

.... big beautiful crazy stained canvases.

I discovered her a while back in a art book belonging to my daughter.

Then, of course, I had to experiment with the process.

Bare canvas, watered down acrylics, and the element of air.

[part of my ongoing elemental woman series]

I wish I could have met her.....

"Air Woman" by Hana Christy Steinberg 40"x56"

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