matthew

i'd like to introduce you to one of my favorite painters and cousin matthew marino; he's an all around sort of artist. i'll be leaving in a few days for a visit with him at his home in pittsburgh. he's an inspiration to me in that every part of matthew's life is creative. he specializes in sculpture, and i'm hoping to get the chance to do some with him next week! and btw if you're interested in purchasing any art or in seeing more art from matt, email me at talbott.christy@gmail.com





this is a sculpture matt did of me!

Matthew's Timeline

i'm proud to show the recent artwork of my cousin, Matthew Marino. this work was done for a 2008 New Year's Eve event called First Night in Pittsburgh. it is a batik timeline of life on earth. he said that the event was much fun and that they closed the streets so that people could walk down the middle of the streets on Penn and Liberty and that there were piles of firewood on sidewalks and burning in big drums.
it appears not all of the photos have uploaded and for some reason the ones that did upload are not in the correct order!.... hmmm it's late; i'll fix that later... i especially love that he's incorporated the constellations! so much to look at!

Merry Christmas!

hope you all are having a wonderful christmas!

i've posted a photo of my old 'night before christmas' book which i read to my kids every christmas eve. last night Lilah and i noticed that the little girl sleeping on the left of the cover has her hair in the same type of old fashioned curlers i made for Lilah which she slept in last night too. and also here is a photo of Lilah this morning wearing a princess dress and an old tiara Santa brought and left a note saying it was once worn by a beauty queen, miss dairy 1962! Noah is happy today too. Santa brouht him legos, bionicals, music and playstation games.

btw, the artist who illustrated the book was Arthur Rackham. i love his illustrations. i've tried to provide links to more of his work but am unable to... can't figure out why! his 'alice in wonderland illustrations are just breathtaking! i'll write more on him later.

Cicely Mary Barker

we took the kids to Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden tonight for the festival of lights. they had great fun running through the maze, drinking hot chocolate and watching the train exhibit. in the gift shop i found a little Christmas present for Lilah, a book called 'a flower fairy alphabet' written and illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker. i've always had a love of old things, and especially old children's book illustrations. so beautifully inspiring!