Our nursing center residents are getting paintings ready for a public art show. They needed frames. A carpenter in our town who has done alot of work in building houses, brought his tools and volunteered his time to help us make the frames. He had scraps of woodwork and even some old wooden fencing that he had routed for framing. That is what we used. They are beautiful. Now we are ready to stain them.
I was given some art trading cards from some artists at an art show. Each little drawing was the size of a baseball card and was an original. I think it is great to trade art, but I really have enjoyed carrying those cards around and sharing them with our nursing center patients when they are just sitting around. It brings a smile, conversation, reminiscence, and color/design stimulation. A quick conversation is better than none and I would rather converse on something besides the weather or the frustrations of their limitations. I now have a large bunch of empty cards and we are making our own pocket art. Why is it so much less inhibitive when you draw small? Hmmmm. Pictured are some we have made.
He wandered the facility troubled….didn’t know what to do. We put the easel up and placed his two bears on a chair. He loves those bears. In a few days he had a wonderful bear portrait and was smiling more
Lois likes visits from her daughter, Victoria. Conversing through art is an effective way of bringing deeper communication and understanding. Victoria watched her mom paint, listening to her explanations with each stroke. In turn, Lois watched Victoria paint, making comments as colorful images of gourds appeared on the page.