Category Archives: Drawings & Paintings

Moderate Your Tone

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Art for Housewives

I’ve discovered the pleasure of talking to myself. To avoid being called crazy, I simply refer to this new pleasure as “thinking out loud”. Or, if Volver our cat is present, I pretend to be talking to him. Because I … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Narratives, Drawings & Paintings, Volver the cat | Tagged Frequencies, talking to the self | 4 Comments

Jailbird

Posted on January 22, 2022 by Art for Housewives

In 2005, Pink Flamingo No. 492 escaped from a zoo in Kansas. Originally from Tanzania, No. 492 was miserable and wanted to go to a warmer climate. Luckily, the zookeepers had forgotten to clip his wings so when the opportunity … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Narratives, Drawings & Paintings, Ecofeminism | Tagged flamingos, Pink Flamingo No. 492 | 4 Comments

The Song in Her Heart

Posted on July 27, 2021 by Art for Housewives

My mom grew up in the Ozarks. She believed that staying there would give her few possibilities in life. So she changed her condition of possibility by moving to San Antonio. Women at the time were raised to believe that … Continue reading →

Posted in art, Art Narratives, Conditions of Possibility, Drawings & Paintings, People, storytelling | Tagged Chavela Vargas, Federico García Lorca, José Alfredo Jiménez, rancheras | 4 Comments

En plein air, Paris 1875

Posted on July 10, 2020 by Art for Housewives

Have you ever tried climbing the stairs of Montmartre wearing a long skirt? It’s so very stressful dragging meters and meters of fabric around wherever I go. For years I believed that skirts had no aesthetic merit as they impaired … Continue reading →