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Figure with Fish 48 x 36 acrylic 2016 by Cathy Hegman
Farmers are planting the fields and summer is blazing a fiery hot trail across the sky. Warmer weather and growth mark the year with smells of earth and the bluest skies imaginable. The new growth gives me the thoughts of … Continue reading
It is beginning to heat up and summer is in the wind. I feel the oppressing dread of humidity and heat mixed together with torrid rain storms and tornadoes on the horizon. Spring is both glorious and petrifying in the … Continue reading
I thought I would start the year out with a reminder to myself to really study work before it leaves the studio. I painted several pieces that are centered on my thoughts about Ophelia from William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. My … Continue reading
Constellating Cancer, is the latest in the constellations series that are filling my studio in this hope filled new year. This particular series at first began mainly as a way to use the figure with animal figures;but as with most … Continue reading
This piece is born of several months of thought, paint and gazing. Perhaps it is my age, but it seems that I am acutely aware of so much sadness and suffering in the world and locally now…my work reflects this … Continue reading
I have always had a sense of longing to know my past, to firmly place myself in another time and feel how that would be for me. I have a tapestry that I found 35 years ago in a dusty … Continue reading
The summer refuses to give in to cooler temps. No rain for the past several months and none in the forecast. Dusty days and hot humid nights make an air-conditioned studio feel divine. Work steadily continues in my studio. I … Continue reading
I fell on my treadmill last year, and being invincible, I thought it was nothing to worry about. I just chalked up the pain with walking, to not getting enough exercise; so I walked less and less each day, … Continue reading
The river is high and running, soft brown water edging closer to the top of the bank. I can hear the soft murmuring of sticks and leaves as they swirl and toss on the surface, glints of summer … Continue reading