tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199997962024-03-23T13:28:13.932-05:00Art HeartMusings on the Intersection of Art & LifeLesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.comBlogger211125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-53411968140476614172008-07-20T10:27:00.004-05:002008-07-20T10:49:41.210-05:00I'm MovingYes, I'm moving. I'm moving my blog to Typepad and I'm also moving, as in moving to a new house. But first things first. I have switched to Typepad so that I can use their Photo Album feature. I just returned from my 2-week beach vacation and have many images to share, so please hop (or click) on over to Lesley Riley.typepad.com and be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the new blog's feed so you won't miss Lesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-25200448815753434592008-07-04T06:31:00.006-05:002008-07-04T08:12:35.599-05:00Studio RelocationStarting tomorrow, this artist is relocating her studio at the edge of the ocean. Temporarily. It's our annual family vacation and this year we are going to Bethany Beach, Delaware for 2 weeks. Bliss. Rain or shine, I'll be in heaven, surrounded by my 6 children, 5 granddaughters, father, sister, the sons-daughter and brother-in-law, and one serious girlfriend. At peak, when all the guys are in Lesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-85722176539553593252008-07-02T05:58:00.004-05:002008-07-02T06:05:47.956-05:00I Meant to Do My Work Today I meant to do my work today,But a little girl came by to play,And another wee one found her way,And all the granddaughters were calling me. And my heart went sighing over the land,Tossing my art plans to and fro,And a child held out her shining hand,So what could I do but laugh and go?after Richard LeGallienneLesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-84013602905291939212008-06-30T06:00:00.014-05:002021-04-16T19:09:56.214-05:00QSDS ReportThere's something to be said for being in the right place at the right time in your life. My week at the Quilt Surface Design Symposium (QSDS) was everything I needed and more. I hardly know how to put it in to words. It was a learning experience on so many levels. I learned techniques and I learned about myself. I gained courage and insight, reconnected with my tribe, my art and my first love...Lesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-78439826619201899272008-06-17T06:55:00.005-05:002008-06-17T08:00:55.039-05:00Tuesday June 17thCome, sit a spell. The heat wave has broken and the breeze is gentle this morning on my front porch. Iced tea? The official start of summer is only a heartbeat away but if you have kids at home you know it really begins when school gets out. How do you define the beginning of summer? The solstice? the heat? the day you suddenly realize that the year is half over, or is half-completed? What does Lesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-77981959016693373312008-06-13T08:05:00.007-05:002008-06-13T09:03:31.907-05:00To Paint or Not to PaintI found this drawing yesterday while cleaning out a closet. Did you know I could draw? Sometimes I have to remind myself. You may have assumed, because I use photos in my work, that I don't draw. Well you are right in a way. I can draw, but I don't draw because it just takes me too much time. I want/need a more instant result and gratification. I know if I practiced daily that I would become Lesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-60517586603001362862008-06-11T18:50:00.005-05:002008-06-11T19:24:15.370-05:00Are You Reading Something Into This?From your comments I've already received on my last post, if appears that some of you are under the impression that the fabric in the photos that I was talking about is part of the giveaway. No way, baby - that's mine, all mine. I'm not that crazy. It's what I set aside for a special project when I did the big fabric purge 2 weeks ago. Yes, many of you missed the chance at some of my stash Lesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-83403748824468644702008-06-11T08:44:00.005-05:002008-06-11T09:10:02.817-05:00When Fabric Talks, I ListenThis weeks giveaway has been expanded to allow for 5 winners. I'll choose 5 random numbers from the comments I get on this post between now and noon next Wednesday, June 17th. Sorry folks, you cannot choose which book you get, but rest assured, they are all chock full of copyright-free images. Send your friends! Yes, the more comments I get, the less your chances are to win but, here's an Lesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com77tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-28898784877273325702008-06-10T10:08:00.009-05:002008-06-10T10:53:34.331-05:00Playing Catch-UpOh where to begin. We lost our power last Wednesday, for a total of 36 hours, then had to wait until Monday am to get our Internet straightened out and back online. I didn't mind being incommunicado, I'm used to that when I teach/travel but it was interesting to be home and realize how dependant I was on it for the simplest of things. And of course my husband was unable to work at all which Lesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-27242614837777978072008-06-03T06:51:00.006-05:002008-06-03T08:14:53.862-05:00Winner and Free PLAYThe winner of last week's giveaway of The Studio issue 16 is Nikki Wheeler. A random number generator was used to pick the winning entry number.Stop pouting - you all have another chance now to win this Premier Issue of Play by Teesha Moore - 46 full color pages out of the private journals of pretty amazing artists - simply gorgeous. Post a comment by June 10th to be included in the drawing. And Lesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-85091101935305141392008-06-02T06:42:00.007-05:002008-06-02T10:48:48.437-05:00Guess Who's in the HouseWe didn't even think we would see each other this year since I am not teaching, but my teaching roommate Claudine and her husband Paul, in town for a job interview, met us for dinner Saturday night and then stopped by the house. We fantasized about the fun we'd have if Paul gets the job and they move up here. So very cool. Claudine went to art school here in DC and would love to come back. Keep Lesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-78543643407143832242008-05-30T07:55:00.003-05:002008-05-30T09:10:55.530-05:00SynchronicityThis book appeared in my email box this morning - Standing at Waters Edge. It was in an email newsletter I get from Creativity Portal (excellent, BTW). Like I need another book. But of course this one was very timely and the fact that it appeared right after yesterday's blog post, well I had to investigate. So I read an excerpt on the Creativity Portal website and there it was WHAM! - words meantLesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-29689469685573757942008-05-29T06:17:00.009-05:002008-05-29T13:19:41.514-05:00Giveaway, Ebay Auctions, Art and MoreFirst the giveaway. You see I'm still cleaning (this may take months ladies) and next to go are the zines. Not that I've absorbed all the knowledge in them, or finished being inspired by all the art they hold, but it's time to clear my space and my mind, so out they go. So here's an extra copy of The Studio by Teesha Moore. You just can't get these anymore. So leave me a comment and you'll be Lesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-59506569634178596642008-05-22T19:41:00.011-05:002008-05-24T12:08:18.090-05:00More Art, Already!The general consensus has been that you all want to see more art. I agree, I want to see more too. I want to see it pouring out of my hands, paint and fabric flying, colors lighting up the sky, work that makes my own heart swoon. But alas, it's the art of mothering, or actually grandmothering that I'm wrapped up in right now. But I am counting down the days...just 4 more weeks!One thing I am ableLesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-56098804914317279152008-05-16T00:01:00.000-05:002008-05-15T09:36:24.595-05:00Expert Advice & A Chance to Win a FREE Book!Wouldn't we all rather be in the studio all the time? It sounds like my idea of heaven, or the perfect vacation. Yet, just like we cannot forgo family, food and forty winks, we cannot forget about the business side of art. A good plan is to dedicate one day of the week to business-related art activity, but what do you do if you have a bazillion business things you need to do and all you really Lesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-30092024850216765462008-05-13T08:16:00.004-05:002008-05-13T08:22:28.990-05:00Guess Who's Coming to Art HeartAlyson Stanfield is making a stop here on Friday as part of her worldwide blog tour to promote her new book, I'd Rather Be in the Studio. If you haven't already heard, the book is full of wonderful info, amazing insight and practical help for those of us who need to stay on top of the business side of art. I have read the book, but I still have one question that's bogging me down. Fortunately Lesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-5407092498603069662008-05-11T08:02:00.003-05:002008-05-11T08:27:24.608-05:00And the Winner Is....(I tried to get Riley to pick a name, but she wasn't cooperating.)There were 188 entries (including the 3 that came to my email) - an amazing number of entries. I was so touched by what many of you had to say - about my Mom, your Moms, Mother's Day and the generousity of the giveaway. Thanks to everyone who entered. And the WINNER is...PAM KIRSH - "How very kind of you to share. Happy Mother's Lesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-54650556456644566232008-05-05T10:18:00.005-05:002008-05-05T10:52:53.317-05:00Mothers Day GiveawayIn honor of mothers - yours, mine and your children's - I am having a Mothers Day giveaway. I have 13 image CDs that were given to me and I am now ready to pass them along. It's my way of giving back to the givers, the moms. I read a lovely article this morning in the Washington Post, Her True Calling: My Mother's Last Gift that reminded me a bit of myself (or at least how I want to be rememberedLesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com185tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-38606443599899839982008-05-04T12:10:00.004-05:002008-05-04T12:31:08.158-05:00LIVE! Podcast Monday May 5Yes, it's Cinco de Mayo and I'll be celebrating on the air! I will be the Featured Guest on ZNE BlogTalk Radio at 9:30 PM Eastern time. You do not need to be a member of ZNE to listen and you can text and call in questions too! Hope you will join us!Lesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-10582178069391329862008-04-29T15:08:00.003-05:002008-04-29T20:09:42.217-05:00In MemoriamLynn Meerkreebs Simpson1953-2008If you are a regular reader of this blog, then you know I went to England in January when Lynn's husband Paul died. What I did not tell you is what happened to Lynn between my visit and her passing today. I hate to share bad or sad news, but some stories are just worth telling, if only to remind us about love and life.Lynn was born and raised here in Washington, DCLesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-25660819267971159222008-04-27T07:46:00.005-05:002008-04-27T09:17:46.063-05:00A Day for the SensesYesterday was a day for indulging the senses. I saw, heard, smelled, touched and tasted beauty just as Goethe reminds us to: A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.My sister and I went to hear poet, David Whyte at the Lesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-80347444521101482272008-04-23T07:06:00.002-05:002008-04-23T07:26:01.125-05:00Announcing...It's so hard to have to keep my mouth shut about some things, but today I can share. Cate Prato, editor at Cloth paper Scissors has a new book coming out soon and I have a piece in it. Doesn't it look yummy! Quilting Arts will be taking pre-orders for it soon (10% discount to QA & CPS subscribers.) And you can pre-order and read more about Mixed-Media Self-Portraits: Inspiration & Techniques on Lesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-26931871564763114502008-04-20T08:00:00.003-05:002008-04-20T08:18:55.669-05:00Ebay AuctionsCome one, come all, to this amazing auction of 58, yes 58 cabinet card photos. Amazing likenesses of women, men, children from days gone by. And that's not all folks, the second auction is All Dolled Up - doll parts, doll related, angels, etc. Seeing is believing. Click on over to here for the photos and here for the dolls. Hurry - it's all over next Sunday, April 27th.(Darn, this guy is so cute,Lesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-25037308483116615612008-04-16T07:45:00.017-05:002008-04-17T08:49:02.159-05:00Looking Back/Moving ForwardThis is where I was a year ago, on our wedding anniversary trip to Baltimore. With all that has happened this past year, it seems more than a year, almost like a lifetime ago. This year it will just be dinner and a movie (we haven't been to a movie in 5-10 years). We will sit and hold hands just like we did 38+ years ago when we went on dates to the movies. Ironically enough, the first movie we Lesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19999796.post-91477390838287104032008-04-10T07:39:00.000-05:002008-04-10T08:13:22.236-05:00Art & Reality TVWow, yesterday's You Tube video just disappeared so I deleted that post. Lucky those of us that got to see it before it vanished. So here's some more eye candy to replace it. Pellon asked me to make them some Lutradur samples to take with them when they make sales calls to places like Michael's and Joann because the buyers don't understand what it is. So here is the sample book I made for them. ILesley Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14886738338936113459noreply@blogger.com10