The End (Parrot)

"The End" ●

"Everything will be ok in the end. If it's not ok, its not the end."

 I remember when I first read this quote, I think it was in the 70's. The Beatles had made a recent trip to India to meet with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and I read an interview with John Lennon in one of those 'teen' magazines that were popular then. 

I forgot about it until a few years ago, my friend and blogger Paula Guhin from Mixed Media Manic posted an image of the quote on her blog. I remember liking it as much that day as I did when I first saw it in the 70's.

I have researched this quote several times, and what I have found is that it has been quoted many times, by many people in many different countries and cultures. Although I have not been able to ascertain who originally said these words, I like attributing it to John Lennon.

 Alphabet blocks spell out the quote in a deep picture frame that has been covered in artist papers. A wooden napkin ring parrot that has been fitted with wooden drawer pulls covered in green tissues, embellish the piece.

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Name Game

 

"Name Game"

A couple of months ago I was invited to be in a show with 3 other assemblage artists.  Each of us were asked to make up our names in an assemblage piece.  This was mine.  

This piece has a couple of pieces that move. The ball in the 'jacks and ball' in the upper left hand side moves freely attached by a nylon thread. Also note the small Mexican-made lady-bug on top of the letter 'I' in Trevino, and it's little head bobbles.

A wooden box lid is collaged using tissues, vintage sheet music, text and magazine images. My name is spelled out in children's alphabet blocks. A clown, a toy Golden Gate Bridge, a hand painted yellow bird, a fish and a green M&M character embellish the piece.

After the show was over, I decided to use this piece on the door to my Obtainium Art Studio.

ps: the photo below is from the show titled "Assemble - Collective Soul" of the 4 artists in the show: Mark Brudzinski, Rebeca Trevino (me), Anne Shaheen, and Stephenie Brudzinski

The End

"The End"●

"EVERYTHING WILL BE OK IN THE END, IF IT'S NoT OK IT'S NOT THE END" John Lennon

As we bring 2013 to a close, and anticipate the dawn of the new year, this is the ultimate advise, don't you think? 
In other words, no matter how things look today, with a new year, we all have the opportunity to get it right, to do it better.

Those of you you follow my work know I have used this quote before in other pieces.  I like it! And I am not alone. Customers who come into the gallery where I show my work, seem to like it too. This piece sold a few days before Christmas.

Initial research credited this quote to John Lennon, however, further digging  revealed a variety of origins, from a recent movie, to a Brazilian fiction writer. In fact, it has even been credited to No One (Anonymous).

I like this quote because it is memorable  I like it because it can be used as a simple general statement of curiosity and how truly free from complication life and the world around us can be.

A wooden box has been covered, front and back in various papers, including text, music, magazine images and tissues, frame the vintage children's alphabet blocks that spell out the quote.
A small frog on top finishes the piece.  Ready to hang.

The Most Beautiful World In The World

Far away, there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.              
I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty,         

believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.        Louisa May Alcott         

"The Most Beautiful World In The World"
Some days one has to look harder than others, but there is beauty all around us. It’s so much is about perspective and attitude. Some days it is difficult to see the wonder of it all, because it's difficult to not focus on the hardship and sadness that also exists.

Good and bad are both realities. This piece is a lovely reminder to return to the present moment, something so simple yet so hard to remember to do at times. As Louisa May Alcott says, we must keep looking up.

A single-bottle wine box, topped with a vintage wooden drawer pull is covered in green tissue and collaged with images of birds taken from a bird encyclopedia rescued from a local thrift store. The inside is collaged with text from a vintage dictionary.

Inside, and glass enclosed, are children's alphabet blocks spelling the word "AMAZING', and a porcelain doll's head with piercing hazel eyes that add emphasis to the statement found along the left front side of the box: "The Most Beautiful World In The World".

Keep looking up!