Tag Archives: art

library book inspiration

July 29, 2024Postsart, Bay Area, Gee's Bend, Oakland public library, Quiltssusan

Found myself in a sunny place in the library with a stack of coffee table books in front of me. Two in particular really stood out to me and I snapped up so many pictures.

From a book of Gee’s Bend Quilts

From a book of Landscape Art in the Bay Area

artwork of Mary Blair

October 7, 2021Postsalice in wonderland, art, Cinderella, illustration, It's a small world, Mary Blair, Peter Pansusan

I have long admired Mary Blair. She is best known for the art and animation work she produced for the Walt Disney company. Her vision for Alice and Wonderland has always been my favorite but every piece is beautiful.

Fun fact: Mary Blair was born the same day as Emma Clover, just 100 years earlier. We will visit Disneyland at the end of the month to celebrate Emma turning ten years old. We are so excited but disappointed that It’s A Small World will be closed again. At least Emma can see Mary Blair’s fantastic clock.

making things

March 21, 2020Postsart, creativity, egg carton, isolation, mermaids, paintingsusan

Painting egg carton cups again! Remember when we made mermaids? Emma is a little older now and was very interested in recreating this project. I got the idea initially from Pinterest. The mermaid idea looked fun and accessible for Emma.