Thursday, August 7, 2014

The Mirror of My Right Eye (Coming into Focus)

Last weekend, I drove up to visit my old friend Keefie in the rolling, green Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. I did not bring any painting or watercolor stitching. Instead I dusted off this behemoth.

WIP: Spanish Eyes. My first x-stitch design.


We sat in a cafe -- her knitting, me stitching. It was so nice to get back to my self-portrait x-stitch of my eyes. It's been too long.


Nice to see it coming into focus. But it is huge!

My eyes. They are my high beams, peering out into the world, giving me so much -- as an artist, as a human. My two-way mirrors, into and out from my beautiful life.


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4 comments:

  1. UnknownAugust 7, 2014 at 9:39 AM

    I really love watching this come together. Do you know (roughly) how many hours you've worked on it so far?

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  2. BeckyAugust 7, 2014 at 11:49 AM

    Wow!. Gorgeous as are you!

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  3. UnknownAugust 9, 2014 at 6:41 PM

    This is looking so great! I can't wait to see it finished!

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  4. olisaAugust 17, 2014 at 6:22 AM

    Thanks, all! Emma, I don't know how long I've been working on it. I'm actually scared to think about it!

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