Vivienne Strauss's Blog, page 21

last painting of 2018

After an especially profound encounter, Hugh will never again eat octopus.
16x20" oil painting oncradled wooden panel

Ode to the Bean

Stitched poem on linen blend
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Happy Solstice

Carousing carolers with a caribou and a Christmas cactus
collage on paper with paint and ink

Helping cats

Laundry day.
mixed media on paper

Life must go on, I forget just why.

inspired by Edna St. Vincent Millay's poem, Chorus (title also by Millay)


Life must go on; I forget just why.
12x16" oil painting on cradled wooden panel

inspired by Edna St. Vincent Millay's poem (title also by...

inspired by Edna St. Vincent Millay's poem (title also by Millay)
ChorusGive away her gowns,Give away her shoes;She has no more useFor her fragrant gowns:Take them all down,Blue, green, blue,Lilac, pink, blue,From their padded hangers;She will dance no moreIn her narrow shoes;Sweep her narrow shoes From the closet floor.



Life must go on; I forget just why.
12x16" oil painting on cradled wooden panel

grey days and bright colors

A pair of green leaf birds speed off in their Rocket 88.
prints available

those crazy birds

The Chipping family was rather naive to the dangers of travel.
collage on paper with stitching

in these trying times...

Bless the beasts and the children.
18x24" oil painting on cradled panel

Feminine Angst

She wanted something to happen--something, anything: she did not know what.
12x16" oil paintingon cradled wooden panel