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The Lotus Series @ CPL

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I am so in love with the way my new exhibition (The Lotus Series) looks on the walls and tables in the Lawson Room at the Canastota Public Library.  So grateful for having been welcomed back – and this time for two months (and one week!).

Thank you, Bill!

The library director purchased this amazing hardware that made my new installation at the Canastota Public Library so much better than my previous show.

Six dozen paintings (minus one that I left on a table easel in my living room) are now on display in the Lawson Room.  These are encaustic, mixed media & collage paintings of flowers.  They started off as lotus flowers but then I sort of branched out via the titles (Lily, Thistle, etc.).  I created all the paintings this year.  All are 8″ x 10″ on cradled hardboard and framed.

All paintings are available for sale.  Contact information is listed in the literature.

The artwork will be featured at the library through October 2026.  The Lawson Room is located in the basement of this Andrew Carnegie built library and can be accessed during library hours.  There are many clubs and activities scheduled for this room in the coming months.  They sound like a lot of fun – exercise classes, a writer’s group, bridge, a knitting and crochet club and lots more.

LIBRARY HOURS

Monday: 9am – 8pm
Tuesday: 9am – 8pm
Wednesday: 9am – 8pm
Thursday: 9am – 8pm
Friday: 9am – 5pm
Saturday: 9am – 12pm
Sunday: Closed

Canastota Public Library
102 W. Center St.
Canastota, NY  13032
 
Phone:  (315) 697-7030
Fax:  (315) 697-8653
Email: canastota@midyork.org
 Bill Loveland, Director

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Triplicates Revisited: The Lotus Series

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I trust my living room rug is not horribly distracting.  I wanted to do a quick update on The Lotus Series.  I want to say they are finished – or I will say they are curing, resting on my dining room table so that I can look at them every day.  Do they need more or can I put this series to rest?  (That’s me asking myself, by the way).

I am delighted with them.  And the beeswax is intoxicating.  They smell good!  My last series, Fan – Girl, ended up being this crazy six dozen strong group of 8″ x 8″ paintings.  These are 8″ x 10″.  Do I make thirty-six more?

I used to paint one dozen units in a series.  Then it was two dozen, six dozen and now three dozen.  While the fans were a dozen each of one shape, these are three each of a dozen shapes.

I will photograph them individually; maybe I’ll do that tomorrow.  They are already titled too.  I’d love to get them framed but that will have to wait until I decide whether or not I will continue the series.

Decisions, decisions….

So glad I documented my progress!  I love seeing the evolution of the process.  Some of the pieces were reworked quite a bit and others were pretty much nailed from the start.  The paintings seem to tell me what they want; what they want to be/wish to be.  It’s a vibe.