tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52406441426334345382024-03-05T23:39:34.959+13:00erika husselmannerika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.comBlogger373125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240644142633434538.post-74206957809880795432024-01-20T15:29:00.005+13:002024-01-20T16:17:56.132+13:00the feather - 2024/3<div data-hveid="CD0QAQ" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><div aria-controls="_BS2rZabpNqHv4-EPqKaUoAc_166" aria-expanded="true" class="dnXCYb" jsaction="AWEk5c" jsname="tJHJj" role="button" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: flex; max-height: none; outline: 0px; position: relative; width: 652px;" tabindex="0"><div class="aj35ze" jsname="Q8Kwad" style="background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,<svg focusable=\"false\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"%2370757a\" d=\"M16.59 8.59L12 13.17 7.41 8.59 6 10l6 6 6-6z\"></path></svg>"); display: inline-block; height: 24px; transform: rotateZ(180deg); width: 24px;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="bCOlv" data-ved="2ahUKEwjm__z98uqDAxWh9zgGHSgTBXQQ7NUEegQIPRAE" id="_BS2rZabpNqHv4-EPqKaUoAc_166" jsname="NRdf4c" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; opacity: inherit; position: absolute; width: 652px;"><div class="IZE3Td" jsslot="" style="position: relative;"><div class="t0bRye r2fjmd" data-hveid="CD0QBQ" data-ved="2ahUKEwjm__z98uqDAxWh9zgGHSgTBXQQu04oAHoECD0QBQ" jsname="oQYOj" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div id="BS2rZabpNqHv4-EPqKaUoAc__81"><div class="wDYxhc" data-md="61" style="clear: none;"><div aria-level="3" class="LGOjhe" data-attrid="wa:/description" data-hveid="CEEQAA" role="heading" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 20px;"><br /></div><div aria-level="3" class="LGOjhe" data-attrid="wa:/description" data-hveid="CEEQAA" role="heading" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 20px;"><br /></div><div aria-level="3" class="LGOjhe" data-attrid="wa:/description" data-hveid="CEEQAA" role="heading" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 20px;"><div class="wDYxhc" data-md="61" style="clear: none; font-family: Times;"><div aria-level="3" class="LGOjhe" data-attrid="wa:/description" data-hveid="CEEQAA" role="heading" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 20px;">"Feathers are epidermal growths that form a distinctive outer covering or plumage, on both avian (bird) and some non-avian dinosaurs and other archosaurs. They are the most complex integumentary structures found in vertebrates and a premier example of a complex evolutionary novelty." - google</div><div aria-level="3" class="LGOjhe" data-attrid="wa:/description" data-hveid="CEEQAA" role="heading" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 20px;">I love the feel of bird feathers, so soft and silky. funny how these very same feathers need a very sharp beak to keep them in good nick and I would forever be somewhat (a lot, actually) weary of a peck. it can hurt like mad. </div><div aria-level="3" class="LGOjhe" data-attrid="wa:/description" data-hveid="CEEQAA" role="heading" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 20px;">so this time the painting resulted in larger shapes without much fuss and the bird materialised... a few feathers later and we have an owner and a pet. I can't say which one is which, I'm still deciding.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8dOa9BKumPFHRYFPlMb47B6Vdsn3n7y4lk6fCG0hJDMHfbMK6GV6xyqJ476rxoBZiFweV_2fA2XKE9QVc-lJ8TITWBnsP8gjJFfhlsV_aTykhT8sGvoNdGB-PhkDQbslB5d5PQUnwVAUGYXyCLF52jGJNnDndBKWL6OocZzEeyXJAYW-QKWIO-XgbAxQ/s3186/IMG_0333.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3186" data-original-width="2384" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8dOa9BKumPFHRYFPlMb47B6Vdsn3n7y4lk6fCG0hJDMHfbMK6GV6xyqJ476rxoBZiFweV_2fA2XKE9QVc-lJ8TITWBnsP8gjJFfhlsV_aTykhT8sGvoNdGB-PhkDQbslB5d5PQUnwVAUGYXyCLF52jGJNnDndBKWL6OocZzEeyXJAYW-QKWIO-XgbAxQ/s320/IMG_0333.jpg" width="239" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the feather 2024/3 - A3 w/c by erika husselmann<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>available<b><a href="https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/art/nz-artists/listing/4525465598?bof=Ir1QHrRJ" target="_blank"> here</a></b> for a short while</div><div class="wDYxhc" data-md="61" style="clear: none; font-family: Times;">thanks for visiting my scribblings<br />see next time</div><div class="wDYxhc" data-md="61" style="clear: none; font-family: Times;">erika</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>erika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240644142633434538.post-8269829657465671682024-01-14T20:29:00.003+13:002024-01-14T20:49:16.332+13:00tutti frutti - 2024/2<p> 'tutti frutti' is a sweet treat made from the papaya fruit - and I love it. <br />Apparently the term tutti frutti is Italian for "all fruits" and was used since the beginning of the 1800's in America for any and all things with a mixed fruit flavour. It originates in Italy and consists of little titbits of different colours, made from papaya extract. The recipe below is from Indian origin and this sweet treat can also be made from various berries, but have not seen a recipe for that yet. Google is your friend, they say. So here it is, from <a href="https://hebbarskitchen.com/tutti-frutti-recipe-tutty-fruity/" target="_blank">Hebbars Kitchen</a></p><p>-the tutti frutti recipe is here:</p><p><a href="https://hebbarskitchen.com/wprm_print/40769">https://hebbarskitchen.com/wprm_print/40769</a></p><p>Ah yes, the painting is one of those that has a feel of little chunks of colour, which remind me of sweets. The colours are tutti frutti to me, or even fruit salad!</p><p>Nougat could also contain a sprinkling of tutti frutti, which makes it even better... </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8ndk_T3BjUnJQu854Xni4ahe-rRTCiRDjG3EA-tSHR2VSn4Z2rSGWZiZEwrTgXvnGbrOg9JXaAEKBTAMofBlcEho3s1OecYyrzx4zZXAT2o3Sr8mhQJu0EsByIGkuzKTIfJkiOagWQO8GC6YOCY5q2Z4y1UyoAU0R-06Ctwlvpee-Dh1j341HQRUVa0/s3499/IMG_0324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3499" data-original-width="2618" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8ndk_T3BjUnJQu854Xni4ahe-rRTCiRDjG3EA-tSHR2VSn4Z2rSGWZiZEwrTgXvnGbrOg9JXaAEKBTAMofBlcEho3s1OecYyrzx4zZXAT2o3Sr8mhQJu0EsByIGkuzKTIfJkiOagWQO8GC6YOCY5q2Z4y1UyoAU0R-06Ctwlvpee-Dh1j341HQRUVa0/s320/IMG_0324.jpg" width="239" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'tutti frutti' by erika husselmann</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>This is an unframed watercolour on A3 size 300gsm paper, cold pressed and acid free. I've included a few tiny 18kt gold dots that one discovers when direct light falls on the work. It is signed, numbered and comes with a certificate of authenticity. No prints will be made, this is a one off original and available <a href="https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/art/nz-artists/listing/4515984407?bof=i7xYv5wy" target="_blank">here</a> for a week. <div><br /></div><div>thanks for popping in</div><div>do send me some of the <br /><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>erika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240644142633434538.post-76368001687704527192024-01-06T14:32:00.001+13:002024-01-06T15:00:09.405+13:00wings on - 2024/1 <p> so a new year has dawned yet again and we've been granted time. what a precious commodity.</p><p>I've been working with some watercolour pencils for a bit, and have decided to do some works on proper watercolour paper, a good 300gsm which is so tolerant with my processes and trials and errors. what is life without the opportunity to make mistakes? dull. </p><p>put water on: put paint on: stand back and look without looking: let the story happen: out pops a figure (of course) and some cats and butterflies (yea, yea) and out come the brushes and lovely watercolours (lightfast and beautifully willing) and away you go. I've added pigment pen and 18kt gold leaf for a touch of magic.</p><p>this is 400mm x 300mm or 16 inches by 12 inches if metric is a problem. It will be available on Trade Me until sold - and I'm selling because I need more paper... always more supplies.</p><p>there are a few more of these watercolour works in the pipeline, so please keep looking and thanks for being part of my art(ificial artefactual) journey into the unknown. I hope these little gems bring you the same joy they bring me and takes us both on a treasure hunt for more.</p><p>'wings on' - watercolour by erika husselmann<br />available through <a href="https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/art/nz-artists/listing/4503272905?bof=r3gypbLj">trademe.co.nz</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7awpR_POMTfwXW7Ev2hRbTMipJhZinReDIdzwvmoM383E92nJjXI939WlSmxisr37sl5DZVYsDFRD5vq471q_aXUBz7vTcv7bLPY4zNePnKT1VdTvlz8riCXvpmlbKTAqh2VdMHBbqETzwRjz1kTCOncw8_YfOEB-I_ibAndE9D4W297Jgo-8RlI_wmk/s3037/IMG_0312.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3037" data-original-width="2287" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7awpR_POMTfwXW7Ev2hRbTMipJhZinReDIdzwvmoM383E92nJjXI939WlSmxisr37sl5DZVYsDFRD5vq471q_aXUBz7vTcv7bLPY4zNePnKT1VdTvlz8riCXvpmlbKTAqh2VdMHBbqETzwRjz1kTCOncw8_YfOEB-I_ibAndE9D4W297Jgo-8RlI_wmk/s320/IMG_0312.jpg" width="241" /></a>wings on</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">400x300mm w/c by erika husselmann</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>here's to cats and butterflies and caring angels - may they follow you through 2024 and beyond<div>e^)<br /><div><p><br /></p></div></div>erika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240644142633434538.post-8891759645347102572023-10-19T11:15:00.006+13:002023-10-19T21:00:30.667+13:00footprints and shadows<p>When starting this work I had a picture in my head... of the most beautiful light teal washes sitting comfortably next to the freshest watermelon colours. It would be fun to fill the canvas with shapes so that the background would not be visible, so I straced all the objects on the table and even put the outlines of my left hand in there. Cat toys, my woolly skeins of sock wool, discarded bits of 3D printing that went wrong, and still there was some space left. I could still see the background, oh well. Next time.</p><p>I worked the painting using mixed media, graphite, archival ink, Derwent fine art pencils as well as gold leaf. The work is sealed using a water based varnish.</p><p>I stretched the canvas using recycled stretcher bars I've been holding on to for yonks, finished the back with framing tape because that is what one does and besides, I like the look.</p><p>Looking at the work I realise again, it's not the picture I had in my head when I started. Well, that gives me reason to try again, doesn't it? And on top of this is the fact that the picture in my head changes all the time... fun! Or madness, but we'll keep going as long as we are capable of making footprints and shadows.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4Qy7it7q0Bv9l4rVPH7Bo6NaX6AM_NylugiCsAExFbR-7KB1YWTMYv0Wqtj-NuVdTjWtiDIvrl_fv-Q3Y_zPiL-IA4oneYZbFO4Lg_--kD4WL3X19VJM2FtgAX3BpIZYZDjR19ZvZ8YLNw6ipiLFqCfPD7fR7Q0slefPXDe-ARZ5vEjiW1PZwk-xKBO0" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1173" data-original-width="3706" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4Qy7it7q0Bv9l4rVPH7Bo6NaX6AM_NylugiCsAExFbR-7KB1YWTMYv0Wqtj-NuVdTjWtiDIvrl_fv-Q3Y_zPiL-IA4oneYZbFO4Lg_--kD4WL3X19VJM2FtgAX3BpIZYZDjR19ZvZ8YLNw6ipiLFqCfPD7fR7Q0slefPXDe-ARZ5vEjiW1PZwk-xKBO0=w640-h202" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'footprints and shadows' by erika husselmann, 910mm x 30mm mixed on stretched canvas</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p></p><p>Thanks for stopping by<br />keep making your own footprints and check out your magnificent shadow<br />erika</p>erika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240644142633434538.post-34488901377417844732023-09-17T20:11:00.001+12:002023-09-17T20:11:26.492+12:00'pas my duifies op'<p> I've picked up on Friendensreich Hundertwasser's work about 25 years ago and was sad to learn of his untimely passing early in 2000, three months after we had migrated to New Zealand.</p><p>Long story short, we visited the famous Hundertwasser toilets in Kawakawa and I had the privilege of visiting the Hundertwasser Museum and Art Centre in Whangarei and was introduced to this marvellous building by tour guide Pam Tothill, the museum's Hundertwasser ambassador. Needless to say, and quite expectedly, I was in awe with the introduction to the building and the whole experience left me with a strange pull to create work using watercolour. I loved the visual impact of Hundertwasser's paintings, interesting man, interesting philosophy and interesting take on life. Go see the Centre if you can.</p><p>So this painting happened - and some may already know that all the birds in the world belong to me? Not? Well, that was my wedding gift many moons ago when I got married, am I lucky!</p><p>'Pas my duifies op' is Afrikaans for 'take care of my little doves' </p><p>I used Inktense watercolour pencils on fine canvas, with gold leaf accents - sealed and ready to hang.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoEcdk7j-J3YgJ-TOX-8pu44qcxGPJWZlhw1vyuUHNb_Bu2g4GQkDocV68MH464emO5GqpMuYZGTLVgTurh4ArOAhsxazzCB6DEacGushxHBnJa9EukUOo9psfWYWIjmouGWXz0I4PMaBjYDquR4Kq7V7miL0JtbChedUwwqRYgTf_wD-4-3SBsUOwAo/s2678/IMG_0173.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2678" data-original-width="2674" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoEcdk7j-J3YgJ-TOX-8pu44qcxGPJWZlhw1vyuUHNb_Bu2g4GQkDocV68MH464emO5GqpMuYZGTLVgTurh4ArOAhsxazzCB6DEacGushxHBnJa9EukUOo9psfWYWIjmouGWXz0I4PMaBjYDquR4Kq7V7miL0JtbChedUwwqRYgTf_wD-4-3SBsUOwAo/s320/IMG_0173.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'pas my duifies op' - watercolour on stretched canvas 400mm x 400mm by erika husselmann<br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>It's available through trademe for a while<div>thanks for popping in and</div><div>take care (of my little doves) </div><div>:-)</div><div>erika<br /><p><br /></p></div>erika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240644142633434538.post-51909347059171539392023-07-02T11:58:00.004+12:002023-07-02T14:12:38.441+12:00cellandia<p> Over time I've included images of cellos and cellists in a few of my works. They just popped up... because I've had cello on my brain since about 30 years ago... I needed to try and turn the cello dream into cello land. And then it happened nearly two years ago after securing a secondhand cello from a lovely lady who first bought it for her grandchild who had moved on to Uni. What a lovely lady. What a marvellous instrument... I was hooked from the moment I opened that case, still pinching myself.</p><p>Many hours followed researching technique and practising every day. Needless to say that self instruction works up to a point so I was so happy to locate a lovely Serbian cello teacher right here in little New Zealand and now I might not quite sound like a cat fight anymore, well, sometimes anyway!</p><p>I'm not looking back. I have hope that I will one day be able to magic some wonderful sounds from this mellow cello instrument. </p><p>So 'cellandia' is acrylic and graphite on stretched canvas, available from <a href="https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/art/nz-artists/listing/4207606153?bof=ubqyDFg6" target="_blank">trademe </a>for now.</p><p>Pop in again soon, and thanks</p><p>erika</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDefNKqKWpjyk-xxUqxEmpraz6ZCRPNsD6aQbypjK6q7MsWMJLh01Nlh0nppatnk9_aRPvPGpUttHrXUfqz7nrpqandxuU9WeQYBzEVotE9ofpbQgeeYYqhpbxzcVy8xNZpADfh9ddsp9dkYxKa2NyYVv8BIcHp1CnMf_Y0B7SpvyYfEH1Jmp6A4QFG28/s2532/IMG_0084.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2490" data-original-width="2532" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDefNKqKWpjyk-xxUqxEmpraz6ZCRPNsD6aQbypjK6q7MsWMJLh01Nlh0nppatnk9_aRPvPGpUttHrXUfqz7nrpqandxuU9WeQYBzEVotE9ofpbQgeeYYqhpbxzcVy8xNZpADfh9ddsp9dkYxKa2NyYVv8BIcHp1CnMf_Y0B7SpvyYfEH1Jmp6A4QFG28/s320/IMG_0084.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'cellandia' by erika husselmann 355mm x 355mm acrylic, graphite on str canvas</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>erika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240644142633434538.post-42252398722847430472023-06-22T17:45:00.001+12:002023-06-22T18:08:05.639+12:00heart of gold<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQkVsRMl0TXshcX8lDRms_6dXl3V_v-lJTFalPilSt82mthtvAtGLsxEV7KI4iIi_h7TlYdiVlyDVOAXDp-n86-cjgPV0gvPiW9kgcNhOU-DC02cp5k27f3wYL_DIsTQRTtC8ostPI3vX4xDgXgch6qyRE6MgDaJRGMet6IO4IYRK3cc7kwuNUFl7PWE/s2625/IMG_0064.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2587" data-original-width="2625" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQkVsRMl0TXshcX8lDRms_6dXl3V_v-lJTFalPilSt82mthtvAtGLsxEV7KI4iIi_h7TlYdiVlyDVOAXDp-n86-cjgPV0gvPiW9kgcNhOU-DC02cp5k27f3wYL_DIsTQRTtC8ostPI3vX4xDgXgch6qyRE6MgDaJRGMet6IO4IYRK3cc7kwuNUFl7PWE/s320/IMG_0064.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">heart of gold by erika husselmann 355x355x18mm<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Thank you Wikipedia:<p></p><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></b></p><blockquote><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Gold</b><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> is a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_element" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Chemical element">chemical element</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> with the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_symbol" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Chemical symbol">symbol</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Au</b><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> (from </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Latin language">Latin</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i lang="la"><a class="extiw" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aurum#Latin" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="wikt:aurum">aurum</a></i></i><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> 'gold') and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_number" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Atomic number">atomic number</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> 79.</span></blockquote><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"></span><p></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">and </span></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"></span></p><blockquote><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">A relatively rare element,</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold#cite_note-7" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[7]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold#cite_note-8" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[8]</a></sup><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> gold is a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_metal" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Precious metal">precious metal</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> that has been used for </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_coin" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Gold coin">coinage</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">, </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewelry" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Jewelry">jewelry</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">, and other </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_of_art" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Work of art">arts</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> throughout </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recorded_history" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Recorded history">recorded history</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">. In the past, a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_standard" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Gold standard">gold standard</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> was often implemented as a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monetary_policy" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Monetary policy">monetary policy</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">. Gold coins ceased to be minted as a circulating currency in the 1930s, and the world gold standard was abandoned for a </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_currency" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Fiat currency">fiat currency</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> system after the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_shock" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Nixon shock">Nixon shock</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> measures of 1971.</span></blockquote><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"></span><p></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">and also</span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"></span></p><blockquote><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">Gold's high malleability, ductility, resistance to corrosion and most other chemical reactions, and conductivity of electricity have led to its continued use in corrosion-resistant </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_connector" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Electrical connector">electrical connectors</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> in all types of computerized devices (its chief industrial use). Gold is also used in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Infrared">infrared</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> shielding, the production of </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colored_glass" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Colored glass">colored glass</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_leaf" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Gold leaf">gold leafing</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">, and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restorative_dentistry" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Restorative dentistry">tooth restoration</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">. Certain </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_salts" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Gold salts">gold salts</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> are still used as </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-inflammatories" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Anti-inflammatories">anti-inflammatories</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> in medicine.</span></blockquote><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"></span><p></p><p>A wonderful metal found in the crust of the earth and elsewhere in the universe - and as we're made of stardust, could we say that we have a little bit of gold in each of our bodies? And could we say that it would indeed be wonderful if all the gold in our bodies could be found in our hearts?</p><p>heart of gold is available through <a href="https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/art/nz-artists/listing/4192391907?bof=f0501vLK" target="_blank">Trade Me</a> for a week or so.</p><p>Thanks for popping in</p><p>erika</p><p><br /></p>erika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240644142633434538.post-39144694186182472872023-03-01T11:13:00.003+13:002023-03-01T11:15:37.513+13:00moon mission<p> So when it so happens that you've secured yourself a pair of super magic dream socks you just know that a moon mission might be up there with the wishes of this intrepid traveller - ummm Poppyana? </p><p>Has Poppyana surfaced again from a time when the earth was still round? </p><p>Back to the moon mission: When moon looked rather sad and distant the other night, Poppyana decided to gather up a couple of nice bright stars and deliver it to moon - to cheer him up, see? And just when she was properly ready - dream socks on, teeth brushed - moon was gone! Socks off again, secure the stars under the bed, and wait for moon to return. Not many nights later moon barely made it to the sky with a very shy crescent and she was sure he could do with a couple of friendly stars for company, so Poppyana whooshed on socks, gathered stars and two cookies and then allowed her magic dream socks to fly her and stars up to moon - where they had a chat and a cookie together. Moon thanked her for the star company - and she thought she saw moon's smile grow just a faint bit.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEi-qkniVUqYZmmaiDwQz6TrAP9iH4cT3XQurr4wVhdOirB-_e4B1ygBMYRdG8Aab2o5XRlOdpS6-HcoQ-sCkf5GSNCaJ8sg-YzrUR-xgsR_2FE1p3d9lIyvD_Yyqy7SUuH2wxRKZFF8saAzFQt4HOkrW2D3juujKgkB4qZwSNMlNv4hO1ETcDZkLK/s2219/IMG_4827.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2219" data-original-width="2174" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEi-qkniVUqYZmmaiDwQz6TrAP9iH4cT3XQurr4wVhdOirB-_e4B1ygBMYRdG8Aab2o5XRlOdpS6-HcoQ-sCkf5GSNCaJ8sg-YzrUR-xgsR_2FE1p3d9lIyvD_Yyqy7SUuH2wxRKZFF8saAzFQt4HOkrW2D3juujKgkB4qZwSNMlNv4hO1ETcDZkLK/s320/IMG_4827.jpg" width="314" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/art/nz-artists/listing/4017824406?bof=4ZPYfjOy" target="_blank">moon mission by erika husselmann - 350 x 350 x 18mm acrylic on stretched canvas</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>Moon reciprocated by giving her a teeny tiny little bag of something... soft</p><p>This little work is the second in the dream socks group - let's see if it develops into a series?</p><p>Thank you for visiting and reading my silly ramblings</p><p>keep safe</p><p>erika<br />PS available through <a href="https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/art/nz-artists/listing/4017824406?bof=4ZPYfjOy" target="_blank">trade me</a> for this week ..e^)</p>erika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240644142633434538.post-28849263981260616912023-01-21T15:56:00.002+13:002023-01-26T09:58:30.271+13:00dream socks<p> ... and here we go again... welcome to a new year which we hope to fill with art that takes us on a dreamlike journey!</p><p>Not many people know that apart from painting and learning the cello, I also knit socks (it makes me happy to have something in my hands when I watch tv! I've been caught reading and knitting too...)</p><p>So it was just a natural progression from the sock perspective to start dreaming about magic socks. Wouldn't it be something if one could slip on some beautiful, stripey, unmatching socks and... fly!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLum2wtim9D04D0VKN1ajumT_vAGCEdKL-gdqglmFIRYLxfI9RpkneckCBpQpKGN5C0irZ_Zs8NAi_5xESF7J8XLutLEGXVZwKZ3hpLfymKYJlb3JtuRuOyx99HVQspI9IbrFPtvBYjW--dmSQIpdxMj_msuzQPpsCUEDXkJLBF_XKvGVz2dBDBSBz/s1280/IMG_4770.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1278" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLum2wtim9D04D0VKN1ajumT_vAGCEdKL-gdqglmFIRYLxfI9RpkneckCBpQpKGN5C0irZ_Zs8NAi_5xESF7J8XLutLEGXVZwKZ3hpLfymKYJlb3JtuRuOyx99HVQspI9IbrFPtvBYjW--dmSQIpdxMj_msuzQPpsCUEDXkJLBF_XKvGVz2dBDBSBz/s320/IMG_4770.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">dream socks - acrylic on linen<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Up and up we go - oh look! Green hills, oh, hi little butterfly! What are you doing up here tea tree blossom? Oh floating with the clouds! Alrighty then, we will probably have to paint this bird's eye view at some point. Dreamland from up in the clouds...<div><br /></div><div>Thank you for popping in and do get those funky socks out as we're embarking on a dream journey where the luggage contains pure imagination ;-)</div><div><br /></div><div>do pop in again for the next smile, I mean, dream :-)</div><div>erika</div><div><br /></div><div>PS this painting is available <a href="https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/art/nz-artists/listing/3962516001?bof=nXh4EbPI" target="_blank">here </a> ..e^)<br /><br /><p><br /></p></div>
erika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240644142633434538.post-87399020872981066772022-10-01T15:33:00.003+13:002022-10-16T17:08:08.177+13:00BOH<p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #65605d; font-family: "Story Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZoXNT4WUvCqz3aQgLG24xHA7G_FZ3LYrUWNITcB-lWyhPVKtEhoKegIzIyUJSyKowe9mJRBSx0EWgQUq-b1bXvYOw_NYlq-MQTk3Qkl1_y8_FaMUV-NZAfSv6k7ivIv-z1BSa62J3TyWdSnIWd-FIhf6JAwCayv15YOccdGWLMRU7IA3-WcKmxZr5/s2252/IMG_4640.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="2208" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZoXNT4WUvCqz3aQgLG24xHA7G_FZ3LYrUWNITcB-lWyhPVKtEhoKegIzIyUJSyKowe9mJRBSx0EWgQUq-b1bXvYOw_NYlq-MQTk3Qkl1_y8_FaMUV-NZAfSv6k7ivIv-z1BSa62J3TyWdSnIWd-FIhf6JAwCayv15YOccdGWLMRU7IA3-WcKmxZr5/s320/IMG_4640.jpg" width="314" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BOH - back of house<br />by<br />erika husselmann</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #65605d; font-family: "Story Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #65605d; font-family: "Story Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #65605d; font-family: "Story Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Title: 'BOH'
Medium: acrylic on stretched canvas (fine)
Size: 610 x 610 x 30mm
Finish: sealed, sides painted black, strung, ready to hang without framing
Signed: yes, bottom left as well as back
Serial number: 684</p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #65605d; font-family: "Story Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Recycled and reworked canvas - to make sure that we support the environment as best we can and leave a footprint as small as possible.</p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #65605d; font-family: "Story Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">BOH - 'back of house', the kitchen, the part the customer usually don't see. </p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #65605d; font-family: "Story Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Which put me into reflection mode - into the deep depths of my mind and soul. That inner sanctum no-one ever sees, and I sometimes don't even understand myself. How big and wide is that expanse, how much space filled with feelings, memories, wisdom, knowledge, truth - but also with fluff and stuff that can change the mood to gloomy or worse. Sorting those ouchies into boxes to be stored in the 'forget' compartment, is liberating. Free up some space in the kitchen, ok?</p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #65605d; font-family: "Story Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have work to do ;-)</p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #65605d; font-family: "Story Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thanks for looking
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What could happen if one dropped all the balls and just picked them up one at a time. Lined them up in order of importance and then deal with each when and if. One thing is certain. Juggling is an art. Successful juggling is the ultimate art. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCGHT213h3C9HTduzfH9srQfbpHU72MttRbzR_WJYqtwxgEt1Ver0DuTWT4tpPqCIMQL_X3_hIEAXTGLQPIpn_weleO0TY0xyo3YdIJlgwxTH5oE4ACCxyWBboU9L7iv-Jn_zkYa4y_19JrF8IIs8xyA4GEQtyyyjAecAanTCC8i099RA2T0Fx4gvt/s2217/IMG_4390.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2213" data-original-width="2217" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCGHT213h3C9HTduzfH9srQfbpHU72MttRbzR_WJYqtwxgEt1Ver0DuTWT4tpPqCIMQL_X3_hIEAXTGLQPIpn_weleO0TY0xyo3YdIJlgwxTH5oE4ACCxyWBboU9L7iv-Jn_zkYa4y_19JrF8IIs8xyA4GEQtyyyjAecAanTCC8i099RA2T0Fx4gvt/s320/IMG_4390.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the juggler by erika husselmann - 380 x 380mm acrylic on stretched canvas</td></tr></tbody></table><br />So what are you juggling today? <div><br /></div><div>I'm sending you a clear mind - one that will distinguish between important things and fluff. So that we don't waste time on the flotsam and not suffer small things. And then a level head to line up the most important issues, a strong heart to handle one at a time, and grace to find peace when you've done what you can.</div><div><br /></div><div>Keep safe</div><div>and thanks for visiting here</div><div>erika<br /><br />PS Available through auction for 10 days, <a href="https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/art/nz-artists/listing/3553794823?bof=5VhFj6Bz" target="_blank">here</a> ..e^)<br /><p><br /></p></div>erika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240644142633434538.post-17644699663848997542022-03-06T17:01:00.004+13:002022-03-28T13:42:28.678+13:00littles nr 4 - a piece of peace<p>that's what the world needs right now, a piece of peace.</p><p>Wouldn't it be magic to be able to scatter it around where it's most needed?</p><p>So proceeds from this painting will go towards the refugees in the Ukraine</p><p>Peace, my brothers and sisters</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVl9KR0txwzaJF6sRlGZ2q8f8FNtQR_T1xg2dHjOcEzUMQ7vl0rWc5NqfIz0TbtnZ5K8wQXZW58Vdz1If5LR2eNNoXEZHIpFWc9_7mhUZHBlMxjguNkZUxNB0AJTCZjWXF-0k7c-j6yJsKoQIyADViUFcaWyIEjrws1B8GlH2mY6i76YD12dKZAu6D/s1280/IMG_4369.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1278" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVl9KR0txwzaJF6sRlGZ2q8f8FNtQR_T1xg2dHjOcEzUMQ7vl0rWc5NqfIz0TbtnZ5K8wQXZW58Vdz1If5LR2eNNoXEZHIpFWc9_7mhUZHBlMxjguNkZUxNB0AJTCZjWXF-0k7c-j6yJsKoQIyADViUFcaWyIEjrws1B8GlH2mY6i76YD12dKZAu6D/s320/IMG_4369.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">peace, brothers and sisters by erika husselmann - mixed media on canvas 380x380x38mm</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Available <a href="https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/art/nz-artists/listing/3531402781?bof=elKq1qZr" target="_blank">here</a> for a short while.<div>e.<br /><br /><p><br /></p></div>erika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240644142633434538.post-11932737439985049812022-02-04T11:21:00.003+13:002022-02-24T17:35:08.621+13:00Littles number 3 - three butterflies<p>Three butterflies ended up landing in this small work, just completed, so it made me ponder about the number 3 since it's also the third painting in this little series.</p><p>Three is such a loaded number, don't you think?</p><p>Accidents always come in threes my mum said, always in jest though. So we would try to make sure that this glass that just broke was the last accident, by trying to recall two other recent mishaps. We always found them too.</p><p>If I had three wishes, what would it be? Health, happiness, hope?</p><p>Three is also a crowd, yes. We shall not go there.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9rlblRAYXFn_nw2lk8e5zzFpaVvcRTFS8uapOcY5mY22k5_OScAYHT1nrz2nEEA5LDNZSBkIxhP3CQmPF3RVM4YYShPW8MaFuuDFsjmAJV-FHHUCJMYMN-VxNTxWmx8Df82WliYEp_LHkOou6oNpOL4mFhYPm10I2M3LdJ9EYk8fEHXGbQjdNphTo=s2235" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2235" data-original-width="2220" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9rlblRAYXFn_nw2lk8e5zzFpaVvcRTFS8uapOcY5mY22k5_OScAYHT1nrz2nEEA5LDNZSBkIxhP3CQmPF3RVM4YYShPW8MaFuuDFsjmAJV-FHHUCJMYMN-VxNTxWmx8Df82WliYEp_LHkOou6oNpOL4mFhYPm10I2M3LdJ9EYk8fEHXGbQjdNphTo=w318-h320" title="three butterflies" width="318" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">three butterflies 380x380mm mixed media on stretched canvas by erika husselmann</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Now, when researching in more depth, I found this:</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">"<span face=""Source Sans Pro", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue Light", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #6d6d6d;">Three is the first number to which the meaning “all” was given. It is The Triad, being the number of the whole as it contains the beginning, a middle and an end. The power of three is universal and is the tripartide (triangular - my interpretation) nature of the world as heaven, earth, and waters. It is human as body, soul and spirit.</span></span></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6d6d6d; margin: 0px 0px 1.41575em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In the first three numbers, all of the others are synthesized. From the union of oneness and duality (which is its reflection), that is, from triad, proceed all of the other numbers, and from this primordial triangle all figures derive."</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6d6d6d; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue Light", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.41575em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times;">Read more <a href="https://www.bookofthrees.com/the-symbolism-and-spiritual-significance-of-the-number-three/" target="_blank">here</a> if you so wish.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.41575em; overflow-wrap: break-word;">And that's all for now, the little work available on <a href="https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/art/nz-artists/listing/3481944507?bof=WFqNcpe2" target="_blank">trade me</a> for a while.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.41575em; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Thanks for your visit, appreciated</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.41575em; overflow-wrap: break-word;">erika</p><div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>erika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240644142633434538.post-77904512513487141072021-12-10T12:40:00.000+13:002021-12-10T12:40:17.000+13:00littles nr 2 - phoenix<p> So I set about creating something on the new canvas that was staring at me for a week now. Over the years I have started a number of series of small works over the summer months, some of them even continued for a full year. It's a good exercise and a great way to keep working on ideas, etc. </p><p>This time I started as always using some happy colours in a random way, just to cover the white of the canvas and maybe see if anything will jump out (or into my head, even.) I paint in a total uncoordinated way, very unstructured, very undisciplined, very haphazardly. Always happy when something sparks an idea - I don't use reference material unless it's the odd drawing I've done. In essence, I wait for something to happen.</p><p>This time was different though. From the very first layer, I could see flowers and a figure rising from the 'ashes' as it were. I went along for the ride, and this painting surfaced. So I just had to call it 'phoenix' and it's rather symbolical for us humans too, living in these times. It's nearly time for us to rise again from the ashes of the pandemic, to be reborn, to reset, and to soar again.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPThsNcmaet1UBRXvQP2UPhBAKgy9st6JAUzFgxPgFBIFuGTTIZqLvFe1-ReNMMYj6WL0yOfuLPIHddIiyJNo3iGHgiualIaFDdt-_m2cY-pkWoEOdZFPMWu9tWrmbuclG8Fi0NAhgr5v2oY9nYPkGl0rlgheltvT94_L-yB00XL0yyp2R69X-VPTg=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPThsNcmaet1UBRXvQP2UPhBAKgy9st6JAUzFgxPgFBIFuGTTIZqLvFe1-ReNMMYj6WL0yOfuLPIHddIiyJNo3iGHgiualIaFDdt-_m2cY-pkWoEOdZFPMWu9tWrmbuclG8Fi0NAhgr5v2oY9nYPkGl0rlgheltvT94_L-yB00XL0yyp2R69X-VPTg=w320-h320" title="phoenix" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">phoenix by erika husselmann - 18"x18" acrylic on stretched canvas</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Thank you for your interest, Merry Christmas</p><p>erika</p>erika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240644142633434538.post-60759766085347973662021-11-04T16:31:00.001+13:002021-11-04T16:50:44.098+13:00littles nr 1 - la perla<p> It's that time of the year again where I've painted my little heart out onto large works and have the urge to go small again... so let's start a new little series and call it the 'littles', ok?</p><p>I so enjoyed doing this one, the first 'littles' of a numbered few - how many for this year? I seriously have no idea, but we'll get there in time I suppose. This is about those colours causing a symphony... and incidentally, those are the colours of this year's body of work which will be released very soon. If you would like to receive an email when I release those, do consider joining my exclusive group of <a href="https://erikahusselmann.art/" target="_blank">newsletter</a> receivers... they are my special people (scroll down to the bottom of that page)</p><p>Here is <b>littles nr 1 - 'la perla'</b> - available on<a href="https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/art/nz-artists/listing/3332441983?bof=OagciQgA" target="_blank"> TradeMe</a> for a week or 10 days, as always (305mm x 305mm x 40mm, acrylic on stretched canvas, ready to hang.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-GXINYLiJuofV7UX9egFjG_jbZAbJWT2Oi1G6gdio-wljm7smi2fsTsyrnZOs9UnItAE88pIoNZj7YSbqMM2QMNiW4hmZCFjvXXCbug0sfujWrFDkhi4SPEcwyCaTMPRLGuHoxYjePOw/s2045/IMG_4143.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2021" data-original-width="2045" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-GXINYLiJuofV7UX9egFjG_jbZAbJWT2Oi1G6gdio-wljm7smi2fsTsyrnZOs9UnItAE88pIoNZj7YSbqMM2QMNiW4hmZCFjvXXCbug0sfujWrFDkhi4SPEcwyCaTMPRLGuHoxYjePOw/w320-h316/IMG_4143.jpg" title="the pearl - acrylic on stretched canvas 12' x 12' - 305mmx305mmx40mm" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Thank you for returning, thank you for the interest in my work and do come back soon</p><p>erika</p><p>PS Oh, did I mention that I bought myself a pair of pearl earrings, cultured ones, and they are a joy to wear... every day! I recommend spoiling yourself a little, now and then ..e^)</p>erika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240644142633434538.post-10641791741208629322021-05-22T15:53:00.003+12:002021-05-23T09:14:35.864+12:00gem 34 - happy place<p> My happy place! My happy place is right here at my tabletop easel, with paints, brushes, rags, a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, depending on the time of day, music sometimes, other times just the birds making a racket outside (oh I saw a beautiful corella today!), and the thrush regular in the maple tree is back. Sometimes silence is golden too so I can get on with the daydreaming... which brings me to the other happy place in my head.</p><p>Here's 'happy place' and it's the 34th painting in this gem series, available <a href="https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=3104639770" target="_blank">here</a> for a week.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fbx-yH3ge4nxq7KWk-jJKgasqTt1M8C1UmJP1YGOkvlns1EKR1ogQa5UCfkRui7UAjU8bhVCbPA8zXao5a0ik9kGjDjOaRb3Y5A7PirKHroNJ3ZahW80UD6dlkV5oqMcPJ7AfMSLtw0/s2048/IMG_3833.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2044" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fbx-yH3ge4nxq7KWk-jJKgasqTt1M8C1UmJP1YGOkvlns1EKR1ogQa5UCfkRui7UAjU8bhVCbPA8zXao5a0ik9kGjDjOaRb3Y5A7PirKHroNJ3ZahW80UD6dlkV5oqMcPJ7AfMSLtw0/s320/IMG_3833.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">happy place - 30cmx30cm acrylic/graphite on stretched canvas by erika husselmann</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Where's your happy place? Is it a physical place of beauty or is it somewhere in your precious memories? </p><p>Have a lovely day, from my happy place to yours</p><p>erika</p>erika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240644142633434538.post-24795166104940189992021-04-27T20:38:00.007+12:002021-05-24T10:12:59.610+12:00gem 33 - starry night<p>Trees are such majestic structures, alive, breathing, growing and going through the four seasons every year, each with their own reaction to the weather. My heart aches every time a tree dies or is cut down for whatever reason. So it was last week when the big old beautiful weeping willow across the road was pushed over by a big old mean bulldozer. They are clearing the area, for more grazing I suppose. The stump is still there, standing about 10 feet tall, the raw, scarred trunk still proudly reaching for the stars. Secretly I hope they forget about it. Sometimes trees have a tendency to grow back with a silent resolve, and a dogged will to survive. Beating the odds.</p><p>I talk to my own little willow, which I suspect is related to the poor willow across the road. Don't worry little willow. Over the last three years, I have watched you grow from a little willow with a big heart to a big willow with a big heart. You have enough space on your branches now for all the birds that used to nest in the old willow across the road. And we'll both watch the old willow grow back again because the roots are still there... and those are big and powerful</p><div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oUR80S4rnUKsyUPAChtUnBW4PRAj4Zy3mrR_q-Oqko8oUz5tRosCMarruf-HBbLpuqoK0c_u1Szgl2D3Lje4QfH298-pMvhrx16ae383lWIsO-HkR-aAZR8Yfkv6H2xsiSK42KJ1Kmw/s1370/IMG_3812_Fotorcrop01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="1370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oUR80S4rnUKsyUPAChtUnBW4PRAj4Zy3mrR_q-Oqko8oUz5tRosCMarruf-HBbLpuqoK0c_u1Szgl2D3Lje4QfH298-pMvhrx16ae383lWIsO-HkR-aAZR8Yfkv6H2xsiSK42KJ1Kmw/s320/IMG_3812_Fotorcrop01.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">starry night - acrylic/graphite by erika husselmann (300mmx300mm)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>take care of the trees now, ok?</div><div>see again soon</div><div>erika</div><div><p>starry night is now sold</p></div></div>erika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240644142633434538.post-51608658471807471172021-04-19T16:35:00.003+12:002021-05-24T10:13:33.965+12:00gem 32 - peace to go<p> Wouldn't it be cool if one could hand out parcels of peace all for free... because this dear old world of ours is in need of a handout. This week has seen emotional history being made, the world feeling the queen's sorrow, sitting alone in her spot in her cathedral. Her world forever changed.</p><p>So I have painted twelve lilies of peace as a little soothing balm for you and me, dedicated to her.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_WX8fJtfDZJft8eXBXpLVovaBU2h1ujjbynwoxiWWiONJajd4bfOZXSZY9mFVY3HhteAGrScUAarMonXjmerbf0rnKHpUqkoHkgySZ-TeiJYYNxTt-6ySH57jcEJRCLkQ-AbWeoIJfqg/s2048/IMG_3734.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2032" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_WX8fJtfDZJft8eXBXpLVovaBU2h1ujjbynwoxiWWiONJajd4bfOZXSZY9mFVY3HhteAGrScUAarMonXjmerbf0rnKHpUqkoHkgySZ-TeiJYYNxTt-6ySH57jcEJRCLkQ-AbWeoIJfqg/s320/IMG_3734.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">peace to go by erika husselmann - acrylic, graphite on stretched canvas 12" x 12"<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Thanks for popping in</p><p>Peace to you</p><p><br />erika<br />PS peace to go is now sold</p>erika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240644142633434538.post-73564965993577648902021-04-10T14:19:00.001+12:002021-05-24T10:14:02.781+12:00gem 31 - sonata in b<p>31 little ones done already, can't believe it. It's always interesting how we perceive things. If anybody gave me an assignment that said 'dream up 31 concepts of small paintings and paint them' I would probably say 'nah, can't, don't have 31 pictures in my head!'. But here we are, over time I may have done many, many more. I have had little gems in the past, I remember the first series I did I completed 52 in roughly a year, one each week. That was fun, and it showed me it could be done, with a little bit of tenacity and stubbornness. But heaps of fun too. Lately, I am in go-slow mode, enjoying every mark I make. It's more about the activity of putting down a layer of paint, drawing and making marks, then painting into or around those marks, then putting down more paint, some glazes - and yes, it's become a ritual. </p><p>So here's nr 31 - sonata in b(utterflies) - 12" x 12" or 30cm x 30cm on stretched canvas, acrylic and graphite</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2CzX8qr57s83iNs1rom2D0fl2YZDEm2aBmNmDQDEthJnlNCVQl0N5WA9gVNSTIWBcXXI2fjS60KTlpMeSoT48N6dxXKKGZw7WMofRfdcwqTM10uM0yagvF3uRKfP5R13_3N1AnebyX4/s2048/IMG_3718.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2044" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2CzX8qr57s83iNs1rom2D0fl2YZDEm2aBmNmDQDEthJnlNCVQl0N5WA9gVNSTIWBcXXI2fjS60KTlpMeSoT48N6dxXKKGZw7WMofRfdcwqTM10uM0yagvF3uRKfP5R13_3N1AnebyX4/s320/IMG_3718.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sonata in b by erika husselmann, acrylic & graphite on stretched canvas</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>As always, thanks for visiting my blog and</p><p>stay safe</p><p>erika</p><p>PS sonata in b is now sold ..e^)</p>erika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240644142633434538.post-32701513358012453042021-03-27T13:44:00.003+13:002021-05-24T10:14:33.867+12:00gem 30 - moon thief<p> Yup, the moon thief. This creature is so silly when the moon is full, crazy as can be (who isn't when the moon is full?) he gradually pulls the moon from the sky until it's completely dark. Hides this beautiful sphere in his humongous moon-barn - where all the previous full moons are kept. He's never told anyone, ever, what he's up to... waiting for the next moon to grow bright and full so he can start the thief-pull again. Here he is, having been caught red-handed (whoops, moon-handed) using a lunar telescope the size of a good-sized zoom lens, one that sits on a tripod no less.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiFw9HjORTr_k2k6bJyrmzgueZ3kk2iN4uc1lzzgnDoSiE4td_m2nDMPsm6lJPTK_vFNOT_iVnehW4ey04ySede4vll0vjhNZypgpiaG2gl2MqetoGLsBUw2hEv2HEmilcmuSqKXob5oE/s2048/IMG_3700.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2025" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiFw9HjORTr_k2k6bJyrmzgueZ3kk2iN4uc1lzzgnDoSiE4td_m2nDMPsm6lJPTK_vFNOT_iVnehW4ey04ySede4vll0vjhNZypgpiaG2gl2MqetoGLsBUw2hEv2HEmilcmuSqKXob5oE/s320/IMG_3700.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">moon thief - 300x300 mixed, acrylic and graphite, by erika husselmann</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Mmm. I forgot to take the lens cap off.</p><p>So where did this image come from?</p><p>Nevermind, I had fun painting it! </p><p>Thanks for watching the moon ;-)</p><p>stay safe<br />erika</p><p>PS moon thief is now sold ..e^)</p>erika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240644142633434538.post-91692515485233871082021-03-19T16:29:00.002+13:002021-03-19T16:29:26.994+13:00gem 29 - conglomerate<p> So many things that influence so many things. Apparently unrelated things can influence world markets, can dictate the course of history.</p><p>I have these recurring images popping up in my paintings. Butterflies, shells, counting lines, simplistic drawings of a little house that is done in one line, without lifting the pencil, not repeating any lines. This was something we did as kids, and once you've cracked the formula, the sense of victory was sweet.</p><p>All these things sometimes congregate into one conglomerate painting, where anything and everything goes. Like this one. It's a wild fest of colour and shapes, only contained by the edges of the painting. I had fun ;-)</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXqoUQjN4ooau7KZd2f1kLnsR8KBaUd5_ewiB5RQ0jNxZAyA6zdJGywnzUQ_sGkpsmKeEW0dAmRiAEES8RxmKnys0mIRjyON4IitpntF1d_Ef-NKRdPoc541tVd1N9iY_Wyfk2sUHamc/s2048/IMG_3688.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2028" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXqoUQjN4ooau7KZd2f1kLnsR8KBaUd5_ewiB5RQ0jNxZAyA6zdJGywnzUQ_sGkpsmKeEW0dAmRiAEES8RxmKnys0mIRjyON4IitpntF1d_Ef-NKRdPoc541tVd1N9iY_Wyfk2sUHamc/s320/IMG_3688.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">conglomerate - oil on canvas 12"x12" by erika husselmann<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Thanks for the interest in my pages - I appreciate</div><div>Keep well</div><div>erika</div>erika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240644142633434538.post-13832990018280272322021-03-12T12:46:00.006+13:002023-01-26T09:59:39.203+13:00gem 28 - continuum<p>'continuum' - 14" x 6" oil on canvas</p><p><span face="DDG_ProximaNova, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_0, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_1, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_2, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_3, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_4, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_5, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_6, "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Segoe UI", "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", "Open Sans", FreeSans, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #494949; font-size: 14.4px;">Noun. 1. </span><span face="DDG_ProximaNova, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_0, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_1, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_2, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_3, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_4, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_5, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_6, "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Segoe UI", "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", "Open Sans", FreeSans, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #494949; font-size: 14.4px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.thefreedictionary.com/continuum" target="_blank">continuum</a></span><span face="DDG_ProximaNova, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_0, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_1, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_2, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_3, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_4, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_5, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_6, "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Segoe UI", "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", "Open Sans", FreeSans, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #494949; font-size: 14.4px;"> - a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts. time - the </span><span face="DDG_ProximaNova, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_0, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_1, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_2, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_3, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_4, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_5, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_6, "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Segoe UI", "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", "Open Sans", FreeSans, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #494949; font-size: 14.4px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">continuum</span><span face="DDG_ProximaNova, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_0, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_1, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_2, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_3, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_4, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_5, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_6, "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Segoe UI", "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", "Open Sans", FreeSans, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #494949; font-size: 14.4px;"> of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZFBjXxhQ3NmNyE0yb0xNV5OTV2-Q8Khv6T9pVB0PEUXB9HUY3K3E-8KHlJtaIGjFQxIPT_M6fJ45F-7975BMw1CsTFmYn422o8ciFwOrPcZTPci-gLJ5KmhcDIvwQZ-E-RSLJ9c62Fs/s2705/IMG_3674.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2705" data-original-width="1151" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZFBjXxhQ3NmNyE0yb0xNV5OTV2-Q8Khv6T9pVB0PEUXB9HUY3K3E-8KHlJtaIGjFQxIPT_M6fJ45F-7975BMw1CsTFmYn422o8ciFwOrPcZTPci-gLJ5KmhcDIvwQZ-E-RSLJ9c62Fs/s320/IMG_3674.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">continuum - oil on stretched canvas 14"x6" by erika husselmann<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>'Continuum' also refers to the complete set of real numbers, you know, in maths, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 etc to infinity. (I love maths, did you know?) But it's also a reference to you and me. We are like real numbers, unique, each of us, and we have eternity/infinity woven into our souls - isn't that weird and wonderful?</p><p>Thanks for popping in </p><p>keep doing you</p><p>erika</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>
erika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240644142633434538.post-38566043902986612082021-03-04T15:39:00.001+13:002021-03-04T15:39:16.741+13:00gem 27 - art = A(le)RT (level 2)<p>Here we go again - alert level 2 for a week at least. And we're talking New Zealand here, paradise.</p><p>A little light is visible at the end of my misty tunnel though, in the form of a little vaccine that promises to give one some protection, so that this awful virus that I can't even see with my naked eye, won't try to kill me.</p><p>That's the bottom line. This virus kills. When the time and opportunity come, I will be lining up for the vaccine jab. Will you join me?</p><p>So this small painting is a celebration of art and alert levels, and art in lockdown. It takes me to a different place and time, gives me a little bit of an escape while the outlook is a bit cloudy. Here's to better times, to us, to the world, to hope.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNo4juplxydinOh11pew2q6mf1FqjJDcARSiTYMFVLr2DL6cE82xDoPqLd3KZYNquHbG5DgKzzNdqHWML0KNFJ_ZBruN1hL3j_DBRR5-TMGKMDUXzJrCW_W8jYhHeZHP62X1owHiLogZQ/s2048/IMG_3654.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2043" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNo4juplxydinOh11pew2q6mf1FqjJDcARSiTYMFVLr2DL6cE82xDoPqLd3KZYNquHbG5DgKzzNdqHWML0KNFJ_ZBruN1hL3j_DBRR5-TMGKMDUXzJrCW_W8jYhHeZHP62X1owHiLogZQ/s320/IMG_3654.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a(le)rt (level 2) = art - 250mm x 250mm x 30mm acrylic and graphite on stretched canvas <br />by erika husselmann</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>Thanks for popping in<div>Be responsible</div><div>Join me for the jab</div><div>erika<br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>erika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240644142633434538.post-3075968130386679042021-02-23T16:56:00.004+13:002021-02-23T17:23:30.444+13:00gem 26 - wonderful name<p>little gem 26 - acrylic and charcoal, 255mm x 255mm x 35mm (10" square) on stretched canvas, ready to hang.</p><p>This one is small, only 10 inches square, and I've painted my little heart out. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuG_fTBGbRy6ScDihIGoTAQTZCqZ4nWmo2Tsn6y7W_HSiF17fbL-Jz-krjVJWUXf2jIrJblvtoQPxYyHhpsuLcGSAdddQfErRRRjlnW-4PZ1gXYfnkuyP3gcNap-_pX0O9xanbC4VqmA/s2048/IMG_3643.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2021" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuG_fTBGbRy6ScDihIGoTAQTZCqZ4nWmo2Tsn6y7W_HSiF17fbL-Jz-krjVJWUXf2jIrJblvtoQPxYyHhpsuLcGSAdddQfErRRRjlnW-4PZ1gXYfnkuyP3gcNap-_pX0O9xanbC4VqmA/s320/IMG_3643.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">wonderful name - by erika husselmann 225x225mm</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; display: inline-block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.8rem; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 0px 0.7rem 6px 0px;">what's in a name?</h2><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="hvr" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; font-size: 13px;">names</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="hvr" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; font-size: 13px;">are</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="hvr" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; font-size: 13px;">arbitrary</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="hvr" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; font-size: 13px;">labels</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-size: 13px;"></span></p><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 200px; overflow: auto hidden;"><span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">This</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">phrase</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">comes</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">from</span> <b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Shakespeare's</b> <b style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Romeo</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">and</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Juliet</span></b>: <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">‘What's</span> in a <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">name?</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">that</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">which</span> we <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">call</span> a <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">rose</span> By <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">any</span> </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 200px; overflow: auto hidden;"><span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">other</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">name</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">would</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">smell</span> as <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">sweet’. </span><span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">-</span><span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 11.05px;">Farlex</span><span style="font-size: 11.05px;"> </span><span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 11.05px;">Partner</span><span style="font-size: 11.05px;"> </span><span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 11.05px;">Idioms</span><span style="font-size: 11.05px;"> </span><span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 11.05px;">Dictionary</span><span style="font-size: 11.05px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11.05px;">©</span><span style="font-size: 11.05px;"> </span><span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 11.05px;">Farlex</span><span style="font-size: 11.05px;"> </span><span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 11.05px;">2017</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 200px; overflow: auto hidden;"><span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 11.05px;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 200px; overflow: auto hidden;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #404040; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 200px; overflow: auto hidden;"><span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 11.05px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Lato; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">YOUR NAME</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Lato; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">You got it from your father. ‘Twas the best he had to give,</span></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">And right gladly he bestowed it–it is yours the while you live.</span></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">You may lose the watch he gave you and another you may claim.</span></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">But remember, when you’re tempted, to be careful of his name.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Lato; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">It was fair the day you got it and a worthy name to wear.</span></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">When he took it from his father, there was no dishonor there;</span></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Through the years he proudly wore it, to his father he was true,</span></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">And that name was clean and spotless when he passed it on to you.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Lato; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Oh, there’s much he has given that he values not at all.</span></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">He has watched you break your playthings in the days that you were small,</span></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">And you’ve lost the knife he gave you and you’ve scattered many a game</span></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">But you’ll never hurt your father if you’re careful of his name.</span></span></p><div id="adsninjacss" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Lato; font-size: 16px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-top: 20px; text-align: center;"></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Lato; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">It is yours to wear forever, yours to wear the while you live,</span></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Yours, perhaps, some distant morning to another boy to give,</span></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">And you’ll smile as did your father smile above that baby there,</span></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">If a clean name and a good name you are giving him to wear.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Lato; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">-Edgar A. Guest<br /><br /></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Lato; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">The gospel song 'what a wonderful Name it is' was on repeat in my head while I was painting this little gem, hence the title.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Lato; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Thanks for popping in here<br />You matter<br />Always<br />erika</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Lato; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">PS 'wonderful name' is <a href="https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=2989048746&ed=true" target="_blank">on auction for 10 days</a> - thanks for your interest in my work ..e^)</span></p></span></div>erika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240644142633434538.post-20011386378296662542020-11-21T18:13:00.005+13:002020-11-21T20:16:49.440+13:00Gem 25 - gold earring<p> Number 25 done and dusted - gold earring</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9AwPK18_kx7uMFsYJ_zt5c5YIAjqYkteuXQ13_HSpzj9DRgQqFc0ceFS99EgfSy4zGOS78yQFESAVW30GVazArD_R6PMsgA6f2AhyphenhyphenFbBFC_WRGMUMBwiQCx026ozHwhEMXlf0aEB2Eg/s1375/IMG_3491.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1375" data-original-width="1025" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9AwPK18_kx7uMFsYJ_zt5c5YIAjqYkteuXQ13_HSpzj9DRgQqFc0ceFS99EgfSy4zGOS78yQFESAVW30GVazArD_R6PMsgA6f2AhyphenhyphenFbBFC_WRGMUMBwiQCx026ozHwhEMXlf0aEB2Eg/s320/IMG_3491.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">gold earring by erika husselmann - mixed media on recycled canvas</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">610mm x 455mm x 38mm</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>So this one was done on recycled, restretched canvas using a mixed media approach. Some gentle texture and detail on the surface, mostly caused by the numerous layers of paint and sgraffito in the last layer, the painting is sealed, sides painted black and hanging cord at the back so it's ready to display.<div><br /></div><div>I like to use and reuse, recycle and rework. So this is testament to that. It's not pretty at the back, but then, the wall doesn't have eyes...</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks for taking a look at my blog and reading all my scribblings, you are appreciated.</div><div>Stay safe</div><div>erika<br /><div><br /></div><div>PS Available through <a href="https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=2872095100&ed=true" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800180;"><i><b>Trade Me</b></i></span></a> for a week or so ..e^)<br /><p><br /></p></div></div>erika husselmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878980561806885823noreply@blogger.com0