Yellowstone & Bust! day one......

Day one.  Road trip.  Kansas City to Yellowstone Park.   

Who knew our first day on the road would be a bust...literally?

The temperatures were in the low 90's, BAM! blowout around 5:00pm.

Exit ramp, rip roarin wind, construction zone.....orange triangles....

changed the tire...

We made it to Henderson, Nebraska  (where?), overnight at the Prairie Oasis.  

next morning (Sunday, to boot) truck service center.  

We decided on all new tires (internal damage they say) because this blow out stuff is depressing....

Will we ever make it out of Nebraska?

"I-80 Blow Out"       mixed media by Hana Christy Steinberg                   

Beneath the surface.......

I remember the first time I went snorkeling. I was awestruck.

What a world to glimpse. I found it hard to believe I had already spent days

at the beach without even bothering to explore beneath the ocean surface.

Snorkeling remains to be one of my favorite things to do.

Now and then I even find a "treasure".

You just never know what lies beneath the surface until you dive in and check it out.

It reminds me of looking into a microscope, a different way of looking at the usual stuff.

Similar to looking at a blank canvas and feeling like there's nothing there.......

I wonder what other awesome things I am not seeing right now...

have fun going beneath it all

- Hana Christy Steinberg

"Beneath the Surface..." by Hana Christy Steinberg 9x12 mixed media on paper

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

"Agreement with Time" 9x12 ink

art by Hana Christy Steinberg

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