I walked into the grocery store one day and was immediately drawn to a small green piece of art. After looking suspiciously around me, I studied it closely, turned it over, and saw the name of a familiar artist. She was a local favorite of mine so I was excited to have my hands on her work. Again, I looked around, and began spinning different scenerios in my head,"hmm..." I thought, "could she have lost it? Is it some sort of self promotion, and I should leave it where I found it? Was it a gift ,left here for a friend of hers?" . Against my instinct, I left it where it was and rushed home to email her about my find, that's when I was introduced to ,"Found Art " . Wow, a way to share art with the world with no strings attached. Freedom from judgement, from money, from expectations... I have been painting for many years now, and yet , I approached my first found art piece with no paint at all-not even realizing that I'd done so until I sat down to write this. I'm eager to see what other walls will come down. I look forward to this expedition . -Oh, and when I went back the next day, Pachas piece was still there, at the store, waiting to come home with me, now it lives in my kitchen ( :

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

found art tuesday 4/17/07


I've created this blog to participate in ,"Found Art Tuesdays", this was my first contribution to the project. The theme given was,"connections". This piece was left outside The Halcyon Store. Halcyon, California, on 4/16/07
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3 comments:

Rosa Murillo said...

Lena, I like the style, I thought at first it was a woman's silouette, maybe it is? I liked it!

April 18, 2007 at 8:05 AM
Kathy L said...

Welcome to the project. Very cool interpretation of the theme!

k

April 18, 2007 at 12:47 PM
Pacha said...

woooohooo! you did it! I just found you out here in the world wide web. I'm so happy that you joined us!

looking forward to finding one of your pieces!
I'll keep my eyes open!

:o)

April 20, 2007 at 2:24 PM

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