LIVING WITH ART

The art in the middle of the console,was created for me by my artist friend,Joseph Cuccurullo

 Our home has an eclectic mix vintage art as well as modern pieces and works of friends and our own.

Being the treasure seekers that we are, we keep a regular source of vintage art to change up our look every-now and again.

       Today's post is all about 

Living with Art

For those of you not familiar with
 Seth Apter,www.thealteredpage.blogspot.com,

Seth has been showing a series of artist's homes and how they live with their art,whether it is their own or others. Today is my turn up on his blog. Make sure to go over to Seth's and check out the previous weeks-definitely some real cool artists spaces shared of their homes as well as vignettes of artwork.

    Thank you Seth,for putting together another outstanding series! 

  Let's take a tour of our home and see the art we live with each day!

my piece on the right

 

 Kitchen holds my collection of pottery from Mexico as well as my folks copper tea kettle

This fun piece I found at a yard sale and had to have!! LOL

   Computer Room

 I have been collecting vintage pottery since I was a young girl- before it was ever popular to collect,this is my scaled down collection,my favorites after having sold off most of it.

 Mini pieces of pottery as well as coral and some gems from Arkansas my husband gathered as a child.

 I love these vintage fruit pieces,as you can see below, the other two are in the first photo.

  Found this piece of art at a garage sale and had to have it!! 

Probably parlor art from the 60's or 70's.

 I just love the lines and composition-very modern!!

 Some of my favorite art. This cross stitch was done by my Dad when he was in the service.

And of course photos of my sons,parents and grandparents.

                                                                     

Next up,my studio,which houses some of my art...

 as well as some from others.

My collection of paper dolls include dolls from Darlene Campbell, Mary Jane Chadborne,Janet Ghio,JoAnn,Pupchick 

and Linda Edkins Wyatt.

 Here are some tags and cards from all around the world internet artist friends.

Astrid-UK,Sherie&Pam-Illinois,Uuna-Finland,

Win Dinn&Denise-B.C.,Chel C-Arizonia,Dana-Washington, 

Ruth-Belgium,Judy-Massachusetts, Roni-Indiana,
Bev-Austraila and Trisha-Montana

Other pieces of my pottery collection include some from Utah and Louisiana.Some are Raku pieces,more contemporary pottery with gorgeous coloring!

And two of my most favorite and treasured pieces- the angel above,made by son Len in kindergarten

And the compilation of art below, made by youngest son Lindsey. I treasure these pieces the most.

The circular piece in the frame is a drawing of Sonic the Hedgehog-spinning. 

 Linds and I used to play together on the Sega Console,and yup, he always beat my score! 

Thanks so very much for joining me and I do hope you enjoyed the tour,because I enjoyed sharing with you! 

Till next time! 

Jackie ")