Dawn Breeze Daily Painting

At every place any time

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:19:00 +0000

Mongolian Rainbows and Mountains

The Friday of my last blog post, I was researching these amazing rainbows in Mongolia online. They look as if they begin or end in those mountains. A link between the heavens and the earth.
Driving home that evening there was a mesmerizing sunset over our Catskill mountains, I tore my gaze to look to the left for a minute, and there in our sky was a beautiful full arc rainbow!!!
I immediately jumped out and took these pictures, so excited by the magic:)

Germantown Rainbow 11/13/09

It made me think that its all here, the same magic is everywhere all the time, just as its one great sky embracing all of this earth, one great galaxy embracing the planets in our solar system; one great life connected without any boundary.

Germantown Mountains and Sky 11/13/09

Continue

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:31:00 +0000

My recent purchase: The two books by my bed.

"We must accept our reality as vastly as we possibly can; everything, even the unprecedented, must be possible within it. This is in the end the only kind of courage that is required of us: the courage to face the strangest, most unusual, most inexplicable experiences that can meet us. The fact that people have in this sense been cowardly has done infinite harm to life; the experiences that are so called "apparitions", the whole so-called "spirit-world", death, all these Things that are so closely related to us, have through our daily defesnsiveness been so entirely pushed out of life that the senses with which we might have been able to grasp them have atrophied."
-Rainer Maria Rilke

Along with these words of wisdom and courage I continue to explore my trip; this interconnection between Mongolian Shamanism, Mongolia's Landscape, Bi-Polar, My Art, My Sisters Life and Death

I am currently applying for an artist opportunity to make art in Mongolia's landscape.
Yes, I am scared; scared I won't be accepted, scared I will be accepted.
I am going to apply, and I am going to let go of what I can't control.
If we only act upon what we know, we are limiting ourselves to what we "Know".
What we "Know" is not infinite.

I want to go somewhere over the rainbow......

An extremely rare rainbow - a circumhorizon arc, was seen in the sky when we put Summers ashes in to the ocean. This is an image of one.
(Not the one...I don't know if anyone got a picture?)

Rainbow in Mongolia Video by Amir - MySpace Video

Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high.....

Reality Upside Down

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:04:00 +0000

Pilot Jay Morrissett, background left, relates how he and his plane ended upside down in a farm field in Clermont Wednesday to State Police Investigators Comesanas, Mazzacano and Walthour. Morrissett was en route from Concord, NH to Kingston when he experienced engine trouble and attempted to land the plane in the field. (Robert Ragaini/Hudson-Catskill Newspapers)

Wings fell from the sky

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:50:00 +0000

This is soooooooo unbelievable!

I just was driving to pick Sunny up, and drove past the field where my sculpture, Free Now was. There were police cars by the road and I was wondering what happened...I looked up to the hill, and there lying upside down was this plane!!!!

I rushed home to get my camera, freaking out!!!! When I returned ( like 10 minutes ago) the farmer was there, and he told me the story.

The pilot bought this plane yesterday, today was his first flight in it from Vermont. It started to stop reading the fuel and the plane wasn't getting any fuel...it almost crashed in to the road, but then picked up the fuel again to go up a bit, but then the fuel broke again, and he crashed in to the field!!!! BUT HE ONLY CUT HIS FINGER!!!!!!!

I just can't believe another pair of wings fell from the sky at this location!

(By the way I am first to publish these photo's...the press were just getting there when I took these, so you will see it again tomorrow in the newspaper, this really did just happen!)

Sharing

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:47:00 +0000

Free Now (at night) by Jess Puglisi

Thank you friends who have shared your beautiful words and images with me this week...its amazing to be adorned with your gifts. I am honored and encouraged by your interest and enthusiasm in my art.

I often look skyward too.

To the clouds when they are there.

To the pure colors of the air when they are not.

To experience the ever-changing nature heavenward.

The sky does not remain still.

Not even one fragment of a second.

Even in its quieter moments, turmoil.

It is always on the move.

And to the river.

There is never the same river.

Moment to moment it renews.

Every particle, branch, wave, current.

Sometimes flowing up.

Sometimes down.

Sometimes stalled.

Choked with ice chunks.

Often serene, so still, glass-like.

Reflective of the sky especially at sunset.

It catches fire around twilight even in winter.

Earth, river and sky too all ember-lit.

Like hearts.

Yours, mine, all of ours.

Churning, burning, icy, reflective.

Always on the move.

And its ships.

Silly, colorful, laden, determined.

Gliding up, sliding back down.

Heading to all kinds of places in the world.

Like my dreams.

Effortlessly hard at work.

Chugging along.

Horizon-bound.

I enjoy my daily doses of you.

Thank You For The Sky-Peter Barton 11/3/09

Stop the words now

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:29:00 +0000

10:15 am this morning

laying down with my sister today

As the trees let go of their leaves, making space for light in the dark.
I let go of my sisters ashes and gave them back to the wind, the sky, the earth, the sun today.

"Stop the words now.
Open the window in the center of your chest,
and let the spirits fly in and out."-Rumi

4:15 this afternoon

Fate

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:16:00 +0000

Mongolian Shaman Tent

Free Now

"...no experience has been too unimportant, and the smallest event unfolds like a fate, and fate itself is like a wonderful, wide fabric in which every thread is guided by an infinitely tender hand and supported by a hundred others."-Rilke

I tend to think of life as both a scavenger/treasure hunt...where you run and find a clue then run to the next, I also imagine that we are a giant puzzle, and we don't know what our picture is. We go about trying out pieces, and slowly putting our lives together. As we go along we realize that something from the past now fits, and we make progress and put that piece in its place, we also realize that our puzzle is only part of the larger puzzle, of life, and that we are all connected to the same game. Our ancestors contributed their pieces that lay the ground for ours....so, I guess "knowing" what we are going to be forever is the same as being stuck, completely faithless....because every day presents another piece or clue to our game. The "Unknowing" is our challenge, but it is also the fun and the space to find the next clue and adventure. Personal fate that I am tremendously excited about is a similarity between my most recent works, ( Free Now and Shrine of Summers Shells) and their connection to Mongolian Shamanic Shrines (ovoo's). A good friend recently suggested I see the movie, "The Horse Boy" because she felt their was a similarity between my sculpture and the shamans in the movie. I am so grateful to her, for being so attentive to my sculpture and so considerate to pass this recommendation on to me. The movie was incredibly moving and inspiring, for many reasons and I highly recommend it!

I am soooo excited about this connection.....where am I going next?

Mongolian Ovoo

Black Birds In The Trees

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:59:00 +0000

....The leaves are falling so quickly and I feel a sadness as I watch them fall. I want to hold time so I can savor these hues for longer. Winter is approaching soft and cold.....

I wrote this yesterday in my journal only to be followed by opening Rumi at random to read:

" Don't complain about autumn.
Walk with grief like an old friend.
Listen to what he says.

Sometimes the cold and dark of cave
give the opening we most want."-Rumi ( Backpain)

I was really wanting to hold on to what so obviously I cannot change, time, life. I wanted to stand under the trees supporting all the leaves so they wouldn't fall, so I could feel their beauty, bright and orange. But I know better...I am learning I have no control...and that beauty doesn't die.

So, yesterday on my home from dropping off Sunny, I saw this view in the graveyard and it further reminded me of my grief and challenge to accept change. It reminded me of last autumn passing black bags in the trees on the highway as we drove to my sisters memorial. I remember the grief so thick, I remembered thinking that the bags looked like crows, but because I "knew" they were bags my feeling towards them was different then to birds in trees, and wondering how our minds are closed by what we "know".

Artfullness....

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:19:00 +0000

A beautiful view while apple picking with Sunny

Right now I am not physically in the process of making art every day. Meaning, physically going in to a studio and painting or sculpting, whatever. I don't have a studio, and I don't have the time or means at the moment. Hopefully not for long though, actually definitely not for long!

However I am still practicing my art, just differently. I am reading, writing, meditating each morning. I am walking, I am seeing, I am listening, I am feeling and I thought that I would begin to share some of this side of my art with you, sometimes; like today.

Things aren't so tangible and sayable as people would usually have us to believe; most experiances are unsayable, they happen in a space that no word has entered, and more unsayable than other things are works of art, thise mysterious existences, whose life endures beside our own small, transitory life. -Rilke

Sunny exploring a castle of rustling leaves

Our inspiration comes as a surprise to us.
Following them our lives are fresh and unpredictable.-Agnes Martin

Pictures of Free Now

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:22:00 +0000

I have taken down Free Now. These are a few pictures taken at different times, different days.
(I am looking forward to seeing other peoples pictures)

This was a tremendous experience artistically and personally for many reasons.
I loved working outdoors, I loved working with these materials, I loved doing something so new, I loved having a dialogue with the farmer who loaned me his land.

I loved following the inspiration.

I love and miss my sister who continues to be my guiding muse and teacher.

Free Now

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:37:00 +0000

F r e e N o w
Please Visit in Person at 1300 rt. 8 Germantown, NY 12526 (Between rt9 & 9G)
(It will only be at this location until this Thursday!)

“Free Now” a sculpture/movable environmental installation. Free Now is created using discarded clothing, step ladders and feather wings. The sculpture stands about 20ft high and is approximately 30ft in diameter. Free Now is inspired by my sister Summer's courage to live here on earth, as well as her courage to leave this earth. The sculpture is also inspired by the Greek myth of Icarus, and all the many bird girls who painfully struggle to walk this earth out of love, but eventually return to the sky and sun where their spirits can freely fly. The piece is made so it can be easily dismantled and re-mantled allowing me to put it in different environments and public spaces both indoors and out ( the beach, a field, an empty building as well as a traditional gallery). Thus sharing the piece freely with the public.
This is the first public viewing!

Free at last
by Antony and the Johnson

Way down yonder in the graveyard walk
I thank God I'm free at last
Me and my Jesus going to meet and talk
I thank God I'm free at last

On my knees when the light pass'd by
I thank God I'm free at last
Tho't my soul would rise and fly
I thank God I'm free at last

Some of these mornings, bright and fair
I thank God I'm free at last
Goin' meet my Jesus
In the middle of the air
I thank God I'm free at last

In addition to my work, I encourage you to visit the Icarus Project online.

" The Icarus Project envisions a new culture and language that resonates with our actual experiences of 'mental illness' rather than trying to fit our lives into a conventional framework."-Icarus Project

"He cares no more for warnings, he rushes through the sky,
Braving the crags of ether, daring the gods on high,

Black 'gainst the crimson sunset, golden o'er cloudy snows,
With all Adventure in his heart the first winged man arose.

Dropping gold, dropping gold, where the mists of morning rolled,

On he kept his way undaunted, though his breaths were stabs of cold,
Through the mystery of dawning that no mortal may behold.

Now he shouts, now he sings in the rapture of his wings,
And his great heart burns intenser with the strength of his desire,

As he circles like a swallow, wheeling, flaming, gyre on gyre.

Gazing straight at the sun, half his pilgrimage is done,

And he staggers for a moment, hurries on, reels backward, swerves
In a rain of scattered feathers as he falls in broken curves.

Icarus, Icarus, though the end is piteous,
Yet forever, yea, forever we shall see thee rising thus,

See the first supernal glory, not the ruin hideous.

You were Man, you who ran farther than our eyes can scan,
Man absurd, gigantic, eager for impossible Romance,
Overthrowing all Hell's legions with one warped and broken lance."


A passage from the poem-"Winged Man" by Stephen Vincent Benet 1907






Swim with me my mama when I dive in the ocean of death

I will cry if I am not with my family

You could be my friend eternally




Swim with me my sister when I dive in the great white ocean

We must try, try to find a way that we can see

See each others faces in the sea



Swim with me my sister when I dive in the great white ocean


We must try, try to find a way that we can see

See each others faces in the sea

The Great Ocean of Time-Antony and the Johnsons

Reminder: Salon Tomorrow

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:16:00 +0000

Reminder, Me and Gianni are hosting a salon of our artwork tomorrow from 12pm-4pm at our Hudson house. The address is 10 south 7 st, just off Warren st. near the Iron Horse Bar. We were there hanging work today, and it looks fabulous! There will be older works as well as brand new pieces! The Artsit Salons and Open Studio's are being held alongside the festivities of ARTSWALK in Hudson these next two weekends. Next weekend you will need to check out Gretchen Kelly and Dan Rupes studios My work may also be seen at the Cannon Ball Factory, and in MIX on Warren st.

Please note, 'Free Now' will be installed for veiwing next weekend, it was posponed due to the current weather conditions. I will update you as soon as its up!

Upcoming Events & News

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:06:00 +0000

Preparing to assemble Free Now, a new sculpture installation in the Bird Girl Project.
Will be assembled to full scale (aprox 20' x 30') next weekend!

T h e B I G n e w s i s :

I am incredibly honored, encouraged and inspired to be the recipient of the Linda Arnoud Individual Artist Grant!!! I was awarded this grant on the merit of my work and to further develop of my artistic practice. The monies awarded will be used this year towards new work in the Bird Girl Project.
The other BIG news is: There are many art happenings upcoming and right now that I am in! ArtsWalk 2009 Oct. 9-18th
Windows on Warren: Artist Gretchen Kelly Curated Windows on the 400 block of Warren st. In Hudson NY. New paintings of mine are hanging in Mix at 438 warren. One of my VERY favorite stores in Hudson, selling the most discerning contemporary furnishings and art! Take Me To The River: Juried Art Show celebrating the Hudson River, hanging at the CCCA gallery at 209 Warren st.
Oct 10th
Artist Studios and Salons: I will be hosting a salon featuring recent paintings, as well as work by my husband Gianni Iacono at our house in Hudson, NY. The address is 10 south 7st. Hudson NY 12534. We will be open to the public from 12-4pm. I welcome the opportunity to introduce my work personally. All works will be available to purchase.
Free Now: A Sculpture Installation from my ongoing Bird Girl Project, will be assembled for its first public viewing this weekend (this weekend only at this location)! Free Now, will be at a large farm at #1300 rt. 8, ( between rt. 9g & rt. 9-close to the intersection of rt.9 in Germantown, NY). I am VERY excited to present this piece publicly, and will update this posting with photographs and a work statement once the piece is live. I aim to assemble it this Friday, weather permitting.

10/16 Film Festival:I will be showing my new film, Walking from the Bird Girl Project at the Spotty Dog I will be available for Q&A . The Spotty Dog is at 440 Warren st. Hudson NY.

Ongoing: Carrie Haddad Gallery, at 622 Warren st. in Hudson, NY always has work available to be seen and purchased.

Shrine of Summers Shells

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:11:00 +0000

Shrine of Summers Shells

The 'Shrine of Summer Shells' is a monument showing the beautiful shells my sister left behind.

This piece is created using my sisters clothing, and her collected sea shells. Her clothing collection is in itself a beautiful body of art. Amassed during her life, each piece holds story's, memories, smells and visual clues in to her radiant spirit.
Her bedroom was always a jewel box, with precious bits of beauty exquisitely displayed.
On top of her dresser she created an incredible alter of jewels to wear, along with bejeweled picture frames of loved ones, shells, seeds and feathers. This alter would frame her face when she looked in to the mirror, reflecting back her beauty including all that she loved and admired .

Catch

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:16:00 +0000

".....When you went deep, we threw our nets to catch you. When you went high we threw our nets to catch you. To bring you close to us."
excerpt from Summer Love by me

These photo's are of an installation, 'Catch' within the Bird Girl Project. Inspired by a letter/poem 'Summer Love', I wrote to my sister as her spirit departed this earth.

W A L K I N G

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:28:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJhwvi5x2Ok

(The link for the video of my live performance, 'Walking' in Hudson NY a couple weeks ago.)

Autumns Rush

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:37:00 +0000

These are three mixed medium paintings done this week. Each one is 9" x 12". I couldn't help but sketch some of whats enveloping me! The colors and textures that surround me here in Columbia County NY, are beyond beautiful. I have not been able to drive a straight line this past week. My head is being pulled in every direction trying to absorb every particle of gorgeous life...I am happy to be here:)

"Walking"

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:14:00 +0000

These are two photo's from a Public Art Performance I did yesterday.
(Later a video will be available to show)

The piece, "Walking" is part of a larger body of work called "Bird Girl Project". The "Bird Girl Project" is inspired by the life and death of my beloved sister, Summer Knight, it includes installations, paintings, video, and this performance...and who knows what else as I am creating whats in it now!

In "Walking" I tied 32 helium balloons to myself , and duct taped two large Belgian bricks to my feet, then I walked from my house down to the river, along the main st. of Hudson, NY.(aprox. 1.5miles) All of which was spontaneous, without any plan other then to walk wherever and as far as I wanted.

The performance is based on a part of a fairy tale I wrote for Summer, (Princess In The Clouds). In the story: she comes down from the clouds and the wise men, decide that the best way to keep her from flying to the sky is to attach bricks to her feet, but to guarantee that she doesn't sink into the ground they prescribe balloons to be tied to her shoulders. Everyone agrees that this is best, and so out of love and the desire to walk the earth in a flat and level way with her beloved ones, Princess Summer courageously follows her prescription. As gracefully as possible, she walks. Everyone pretends like they either don't notice the slow sluggish drag, or her bumps and lumps. Eventually this remedy, becomes too much to bear.

I decided that I wanted to experience and share what I imagined.

The "Bird Girl Project" is opening my mind and process as an artist. I am allowing myself to broaden what I create, so that I may release and realize inspiration in whichever form it fits. Its quite amazing and empowering to say yes, and open the door........

Far away, Happy Joy Joy

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:06:00 +0000

Far Away, Happy Joy Joy
44" x 50"
Mixed Medium on Canvas, 2009

This painting has lots of metallic and iridescent paint, yummy decadence:)!!!!

Raining on my spring flowers

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:01:00 +0000

Raining on my spring flowers
44" x 44"
Mixed Medium on Canvas

Long Distance

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:30:00 +0000

Long Distance
48" x 50"
Mixed Medium on Canvas

Whats really great is seeing this large painting in this small thumbnail size!!! Because when its so big that your physically inside while painting, you can't always see the composition. Since I don't plan my paintings, or even know where I want them to finish...when I end I'm somewhat nervous, but then seeing them small in one eye blink on the computer, I see that there is balance!!! Yah:)

Finding Joy

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Sun, 17 May 2009 14:16:00 +0000

Finding Joy
44" x 50"
Mixed Medium on Canvas

(I havn't stretched the canvas yet, so pardon the shadow's in the top corners)

Spring Beginnings

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:54:00 +0000

March
4' x 5'
Mixed Medium on Canvas

This painting I finished today, and have been working on it for a long time, it changed so many times; I almost cut it up, threw it out, etc. and then I put it away for a couple weeks-out of sight, out of mind. Today I decided to revisit it being freshly inspired with an attitude of freedom. I am happy that I touched it once more, and happier still that it found its final form...well for now, Raushenburg was known to continue to "improve" his finished works:)

Spring Is Here!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:39:00 +0000

Yellow Spring
5' x 4'
Mixed Medium on Canvas

Untitled Drawing
12" x 16"
Mixed Medium on paper

Untitled Drawing/Painting 2
12" x 16"

Untitled Drawing/Painting 3
12" x 16"

Spring Green Triptec
3pcs 11 x 14 each
Mixed Medium on Canvas Board

The drawings were done in transition between winter and spring, the large yellow canvas I have been working on, ( Its done now!) for the last month or so..and the last piece was a "daily" painting completed today......I am still working and working on how to work more!!!

New Works

noreply@blogger.com (Dawn Breeze) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Godspeed
58" x 38"
Mixed Medium on Canvas, (Oil, acrylic, graphite, gold leaf, crayon)

It Keeps Snowing
58" x 38"
Mixed medium on Canvas, (oil, acrylic, graphite, gold leaf, crayon)

New Studio