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Water World

My Art Starts In The Garden Posted on November 17, 2013 by Mary AhernAugust 19, 2015

Water World – cold, restrictive, uncaring,

Sitting in it’s dark ——– just staring

At the blackness. Blankness.

Walls Without Windows.

Screaming so loud that no one can hear

In the isolation of my still infinity.

Unmovable arms, muscles pounded by waves.

Strength dissipated by the struggle.

Each year another breath of water

Engulfs my being, body and brain.

Dying Alive. Dark Death.

Arms at my sides grabbing for life.

Rocket screaming energy propels me from a watery grave.

Into the Red-Orange Sky.

 

Into the Red Orange Sky

Personal Writing by Mary Ahern, May 15, 1978

Illustration: Oil painting with digital overlays in Photoshop.

“The Red-Orange Sky” is the first painting I ever made. It was before I went to college to study art. I was taking Wednesday evening art classes at the YMCA near where I was living in Queens Village. Circa 1974.
The Digital additions for illustration purposes were made in Photoshop November 16, 2013.

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Tagged Illustration, Oil Painting, Poetry, Traditional Painting

Artist Mother – Mother Artist

My Art Starts In The Garden Posted on October 27, 2013 by Mary AhernAugust 19, 2015

Artist Mother – Mother Artist
One and the same. Complements in name.
Work unending, always tending
To seek the insights needed to know,
to nourish – to form – to grow.

Taken for granted, demands expanded,
Desire for life on a higher standard.
Creative, depletive, rewarding, absorbing.
Continuous rebirth of the most generous kind.

Writing by Mary Ahern Feb. 20, 1978

Artist Mother - Mother ArtistSketch by Mary Ahern October, 27, 2013

 


 

 

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Posted in Being an Artist, Garden Artist, Musings | Tagged Being an Artist, Drawing, Illustration, Pen & Ink, Poetry

5 Days a Week

My Art Starts In The Garden Posted on October 23, 2013 by Mary AhernAugust 19, 2015

5 days a week I go to school

2 days a week I teach

2 days goes to Little League

Dinner 4 x 7 each.

Friday sees the Pathmark grind.

That’s something I really mind!

Listening to my youngest read and

My oldest pitching with incredible speed.

The house gets cleaned maybe once a week

But I’m convinced my life is neat.

Writing by Mary Ahern. May 5, 1978

Five Days a Week

Pen & Ink Sketch by Mary Ahern, March, 1977

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Tagged Drawing, Illustration, Life Drawing, Pen & Ink, Poetry, Traditional Painting

Time Time Mind in a Bind

My Art Starts In The Garden Posted on October 22, 2013 by Mary AhernAugust 19, 2015

Time Time, Mind in a Bind.
Thoughts in a Mold, Blockages Unfold
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Writing by Mary Ahern. February 20, 1978

Time Time, Mind in a Bind

Illustration by Mary Ahern, October 22, 2013

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Posted in Being an Artist, Musings | Tagged Creativity, Drawing, Illustration, Pencil, Poetry

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