Saturday, November 19, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Creating Compassion-Second Edition-by DIane Naylor
Click onto the title of this book: Creating Compassion to purchase. Thank-you!
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
ArtPrize Question:What was the inspiration for entering?
One spring a.m., with frothed java, buttered toast & my routine of reading the internationally placed periodical, Art Daily.org (The First Art Newspaper on the Net News since 1996), I was awakened to an article of the ArtPrize contest in Grand Rapids, Michigan and all that it entailed. I immediately plunged into entering ArtPrize eager to swim amongst the many artists in an ocean of unbounded creativity.
Venues started to respond mid-summer with the Annie R. Studio as one of many venues to choose from. They all seemed reasonable but the Annie R. Studio stood out in the crowd bringing the Ella Bullis Foundation to the forefront with its beautiful cause with their efforts in helping families of babies receiving neonatal intensive care. Always wanting to make a difference, I jumped at the chance & promised the venue to develop a painting specifically created for their show & cause.
Between then & now, in the heart of the Gulf Oil Spill, this summer, I had the choice to cancel, reschedule or remain booked for a One-Person-Show in the Santa Rosa Beach area of Florida. Although people in the area tried to remain positive during the catastrophe that was hitting their next-door neighbor beaches, I knew it wasn’t the optimum time to have an opening. Instead, I encouraged that the show must go on & the curator, Arix Zalace, & I wanted to look into areas where a percentage of the sales would go to a good cause. Realizing I could have rebooked, but again, I wanted to make a difference. I talked with a local animal refuge fund of the area & asked the gallery if we could both give a percentage to the “Alaqua Refuge Foundation” who was trained to help take care of animals after being rescued. The show with Amavida in Rosemary Beach, Florida successfully opened during the forth of July weekend & enlivened the area with artwork, music & fireworks.
Developing a new piece inspired by the Ella Bullis Foundation became my next creative effort in making a difference with my artwork. Brainstorming, I gave Annie R. Studio a title for the painting, “Cocoon”, based on my current series “An Homage to Nature” (www.nyaxe.com/dianenaylor) with portraits of natures smallest gemstones (berries, shells, leaves, flowers) layered with inscriptions in runes about nature from notable people (Wordsworth,Keats, J.F.Kennedy, Gandhi & more).
Realizing the urgent needs of our earth & the recent castrophes that have hit our atmosphere along with the Foundation to help the tender premature babies that are born on a lifethread, I wanted to create a painting showing the magic of ”mother nature” coupled with the purity of a child. With my niece & her husband (Jessica & Justin Schneiter) having recently birthed a fortunately healthy beautiful baby boy, Lexington John Schneiter, my great nephew became the main subject matter within the painting to be cocooned as a small premature baby nestled & cared for in nature.
The painting is set on the night of a full moon within a magical forest. Moonlight showers stream through the trees while dragonflies dart in indigo air. Fireflies dance in the shadows amidst butterflies that flock to the newborn baby cocooned in green leaves. The nestled child rests under a saffron colored mushroom whilst warm light beams from flowers upon him. An inscription in Runes run round the 1 1/2” raised surface of the painting reciting part of “A Faery Song” By E.T. Dillingham that can be decoded at the gallery.
The painting, “Cocoon,” I feel, derives the divinity of nature with the innocence & the miracle of life newborn.
We can help influence society & the children that will lead the world. As artists of today, we have a tremendous responsibility in how we affect our earth, its atmosphere & those around us. Why don’t we make a difference in helping others with our creativity & enlivening bliss while restoring our world for the future? It’s imperative to utilize the talents that your creator has given you to make a difference today for tomorrow.
For more information about this entry into ArtPrize copy & paste: http://www.artprize.org/artists/public-profile/4914
Monday, September 1, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Exhibiting at the Chait Galleries
Featuring Diane's most recent sculpture...
Try some of Diane's Garden Sculpture of
"Fish Schticks"
(similar to her Bird on a Schticks
featured on the HGTV show "That's Clever".)
Diane's garden sculpture is made versatile
for placement indoors & outdoors...
for you may remove them from their base to
"schtick" them in the garden for a spell...
or "schtick" them indoors upon their matching bases or back outdoors upon their base on your patio or poolside for some fun ice-breaking entertainment.
Enjoy the detailed figurative fantasy sculpture
that captivates the viewer into another world.
The "Seaintuit" sculpture
features a child in aquatic colors
emerging from a oceanic conch shell.
The Seaintuit listens to messages
from an array of different channels
of shimmering shells.
"Eloquence" the charming stroller...
This charming being strolls dreamily
amongst a mushroom covered moss-like valley.
Eloquence carries a bouquet of morels
& sports a satchel full of delightful magic.
This being is getting ready to charm its next subject.
Or maybe your more of a trophy person that likes her
"A School of Fish Totems"
with fish heads that hang
on your trophy wall.
You can tell your guests that
no animal testing & no animals died
for the exhibiting of this sculpture.
Cruelty & calorie free politically-correct sculpture.
These items are easily purchased individually or as a set...
its up to your animal consciousness & discerning taste.
Dive into a world of fantasy
and have a splashing good time
this summer.
The exhibit is running
from now until July 18th.
The Chait Gallery
218 E. Washington St.
Iowa City, IA
(Located directly across
from the Englert Theater)
319.338.4442
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