tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187418882024-02-19T00:29:52.322-05:00the artist side of vivienne straussUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1647125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-82865075242482740282020-03-19T09:01:00.002-04:002020-03-19T09:01:57.025-04:00thank you!<div style="text-align: center;">
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thank you if you have been following this blog- from now on, I will only be posting on Flickr, Facebook and Instagram with new art -</div>
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see the links to the right - </div>
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if you would like to receive emails with new work, please contact me at vivstrauss@gmail.com and I will happily add you to my mailing list</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-70045424737035034462020-03-01T08:04:00.003-05:002020-03-01T08:04:38.896-05:00inspired by reading<div style="text-align: center;">
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Shapeshifter</div>
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collage on paper</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-89629680538967303562020-02-27T15:42:00.000-05:002020-02-27T15:42:28.126-05:00two more states!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Live free or die. (New Hampshire)</div>
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9x12" collage on paper with paint</div>
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Made in Oregon. (Oregon)</div>
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9x12" collage on paper with paint</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-47564244231611711182020-02-13T15:54:00.000-05:002020-02-13T15:54:21.194-05:00Every bunny<div style="text-align: center;">
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Every bunny loves a flower bed.</div>
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embroidery on linen blend</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-68531004317983938242020-02-13T15:53:00.002-05:002020-02-13T15:53:31.165-05:00Nevermore<div style="text-align: center;">
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Don't get carried away.</div>
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aka The raven's wife</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-48218488047040474262020-02-13T15:52:00.003-05:002020-02-13T15:52:48.695-05:00The curmudgeon<div style="text-align: center;">
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He was both old fashioned and provincial</div>
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original collage</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-36088901755856178842020-02-13T15:51:00.000-05:002020-02-13T15:51:53.499-05:00more misread things<div style="text-align: center;">
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from a distance, a sign that I read as "Mice Paint" turned out to be "Nice Paint" when I got closer -</div>
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original illustration on paper</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-43603082269233405792020-02-03T07:58:00.001-05:002020-02-03T07:58:36.096-05:00misread things<div style="text-align: center;">
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Often I find, that things I misread are generally more interesting or</div>
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amusing than the actual words.</div>
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11x17.5" embroidered linen</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-44176358552427200332020-02-02T05:11:00.002-05:002020-02-02T05:11:21.112-05:00anyone else feel driven to the brink?<div style="text-align: center;">
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The medium is the message.</div>
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aka</div>
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Torn apart by the media.</div>
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collage on paper with stitching</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-55627727946879306042020-02-02T05:09:00.002-05:002020-02-02T05:09:49.840-05:00New projects<div style="text-align: center;">
I've started creating bird collages for each of the 50 states-</div>
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only using the official state choices as a jumping off place,</div>
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how boring it would be to adhere strictly to the rules!</div>
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Yellow hammer</div>
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Alabama</div>
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Living the high life in Wisconsin</div>
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Wisconsin </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-74449580007625579982020-01-28T21:45:00.004-05:002020-01-28T21:45:55.683-05:00Pigeons who made history<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(28, 30, 33); color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Cher Ami</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(28, 30, 33); color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(28, 30, 33); color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">7x9.5" oil painting on linen finish paper</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(28, 30, 33); color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><a data-ft="{"tn":"-U"}" data-lynx-mode="origin" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCher_Ami%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR020xH8axaiO7J9LnPKFdS2CkJRp_wAFIFiNwE4Bnux2DwvSLftx2MYXZs&h=AT3usyk65f6KspztQD5q-pYtGBOvCVlR5xSIO6p_vD6EMC9iF3kkPV29SVBbGg3NZPleDOsLKIOpMTBIVHaYFVN0NzxAUpngps24qmXKXQbaNLFnpjjnOss2woVVioFMknPL8XBuj4Slks2R958IAHFItwqbbTjZ5RON8--q5iNrSF2RQ5P13Gpl0y8VEV5yVte8fYrrz8xOMW1O-zjyJFO0JfA6S6MC0g8SlvxhOwcPxC7NJ7e94OuEldFwi2XUXVblfs3_uwo0lChimUEDYBmFTGrnZ4vNBqvC-URSvtNI_rGAyZziI0cGynUOlRUKYOAWCuhN9b4UkYGA6waAN4EtdK4YOSto3vBgBQzPRHbw6jdp6BmRZvzb--ZJW3f0QHGL7hI5WWYDAkmW9etc5pn_hMP8xrEw7IZhTM2CLxDYpleaJMaePE_6g0voxI4QJbiw7755cGe25kLftPN77gJG1jmbTOf-aSS5sqVdFwqw21wRhejCH2CjcG-tHjU3RJum8_kOLRtePHG4YXGhvbZ0xn2kRkyMrXCrVAyfD0ZBr3GRKWk-Jyw1jugPw_NXfzQPJr2ekIHz8w5YXieSZncnZg0Nn_CKF0Vig9IbHn4I0amu06KxWPb-bpiorekXKRqFl3-rT7nuPFs8rZZfMpI" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher_Ami</a></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-76095995164019919692020-01-27T11:25:00.002-05:002020-02-03T15:53:00.491-05:00Fanciful<div style="text-align: center;">
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Fanciful.</div>
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collage on paper</div>
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Purple martins drop in for martinis.</div>
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collage on paper</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-76680542309327581872020-01-27T11:24:00.000-05:002020-01-27T11:24:04.175-05:00animal spy<div style="text-align: center;">
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Jane Doe, formerly known as</div>
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Fawn Dover.</div>
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collage on paper</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-8933649219250712802020-01-25T17:37:00.001-05:002020-01-25T17:37:06.674-05:00inspired by reading<div style="text-align: center;">
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Same time, next year.</div>
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collage on paper</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-78597708975075350532020-01-25T17:36:00.000-05:002020-01-25T17:36:16.035-05:00from a dream<div style="text-align: center;">
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Harry Dean Stanton hitchhiking with a rabbit.</div>
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9.5x7" oil painting on </div>
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linen finish paper</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-80223519650621603932020-01-22T07:01:00.000-05:002020-01-22T07:01:11.596-05:00bird nerd humor<div style="text-align: center;">
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Ovenbird.</div>
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6"x9" collage on paper</div>
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Teacher, teacher!</div>
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collage on paper, 6x9"</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-58974136943680068212020-01-19T23:20:00.000-05:002020-01-19T23:20:31.730-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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Dr. Bulbul was perched at the edge of his seat while Phoebe<br />
shared her childhood stories.<br />
8x10.25" collage on paper<br />
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Lucy have several potential suitors but thought she could do better than </div>
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an immature peewee and a common yellowthroat.</div>
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5x7" collage on paper</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-67252043181312945472020-01-18T08:26:00.003-05:002020-01-18T08:26:50.094-05:00bathtub philosopher<div style="text-align: center;">
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Claudette was a bit of a bathtub philosopher.</div>
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11x15" original illustration</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-90789232205120011212020-01-18T08:26:00.000-05:002020-01-18T08:26:01.167-05:00extreme carpooling<div style="text-align: center;">
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A huddle of penguins in a hatchback.</div>
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collage on paper</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-25950669697554439782020-01-16T15:55:00.003-05:002020-01-16T15:55:45.840-05:00hush little baby<div style="text-align: center;">
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and that mockingbird did sing</div>
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12x12" collage on paper</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-81928743977314371292020-01-15T06:52:00.002-05:002020-01-15T06:52:34.567-05:00Inspired by the classics<div style="text-align: center;">
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Gone fishing.</div>
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11x15" mixed media on paper</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-61461247496361184112020-01-15T06:51:00.003-05:002020-01-15T06:51:52.925-05:00Interiors<div style="text-align: center;">
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Gloria dropped everything for a ringing telephone.</div>
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11x15" mixed media on paper</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-15308064694640330452020-01-14T13:46:00.001-05:002020-01-14T13:46:13.326-05:00already on his way to Saskatchewan!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Magpies on the move.</div>
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collage with paint and stitching</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-6828170792038258882020-01-13T05:47:00.003-05:002020-01-13T05:47:51.622-05:00traffic report<div style="text-align: center;">
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A Carolina wren with a proclivity for all things pink</div>
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collage on paper with stitching</div>
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One more toad for the road.</div>
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collage on paper</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18741888.post-68809317591789389162020-01-09T09:43:00.001-05:002020-01-09T09:43:25.780-05:00Year of the Monkey<div style="text-align: center;">
While reading Patti Smith's book Year of the Monkey</div>
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The Dream Motel came to mind, obviously and then the others followed</div>
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it is great being inspired by literature</div>
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