Friday, July 28, 2023

Here we are

Sick girl, 80x85cm, 1882
Mikael Peter Anchor

Some of you may have noticed that I missed the Tuesday Video Visit this week and am just a bit late with my studio blog. After having a lovely visit with family last week "seeing all the things," I caught COVID for the first time. So I have been on the sofa in my wee nest of sickness for the past week. 

Not sure exactly when I will be back in the studio - I mean I would love to say sometime next week, but I don't want to push it. I really want to fully recover as completely as possible. I wouldn't say that I have had a "mild" case of it, but I do think I am starting to feel better, and after a week, my symptoms are improving. Yay! Please keep being careful out there. 

In other news, I will direct you to Subatlanticthe band that my brother Sean Chapman is part of. Their new album has just been released on all streaming platforms and you can buy it from Bandcamp to put some actual money in their pockets. It's a great album, go give it a listen and support them if you are able. 

I listened to it with my big headphones on while doing nothing else but just listening and sometimes reading the lyrics. It reminded me of being a kid and the thrill of buying a new album - getting it home and spending the afternoon with it, reading the liner notes, listening to all the parts, daydreaming, and just going where the music took me. It's an album that deserves to be listened to in sequential order all the way through (at least once) - so you can fall into the story of it. It was a joy to give myself that time with their music. 

I do hope you go have a listen. 


That's all I have for this week. Be good to each other. Take care. See you soon. 



Friday, July 21, 2023

She feels like a tourist

Somewhere over the rainbow

Experiments
 
Hello Dear Blog Readers, 

How are you doing? Can you believe we are already heading towards the end of July? Time is so odd these days.

I happily have more family visiting from the States this week, so I haven't been as focused on work as I sometimes am. However, I did go to the studio one day this week to work on some raw canvas and other bits and pieces. I also recorded my Tuesday Studio Video Visit (see below if you missed it). I visited a new art supply shop in town, visited the Scottish National Gallery among other amazing places in Edinburgh, and did some work with the union. Seems like a solid week. 

I am going to post this and go be a tour guide again for the next two days - we have a lot of sights to see! I hope you are well, happy, and inspired wherever you are. If not tomorrow is another day, just keep fighting. See you next week! 

Friday, July 14, 2023

You don't know us

she stopped breathing in the floating world
21x15cm
mixed media on canvas
2023 Megan Chapman

where tears freeze before they fall
21x15cm
mixed media on canvas
2023 Megan Chapman

holding everything dear
15x21cm
mixed media on canvas
2023 Megan Chapman

in silence the message
21x15cm
mixed media on canvas
2023 Megan Chapman

rest before the fall
21x15cm
mixed media on canvas
2023 Megan Chapman

     only to start again
21x15cm
mixed media on canvas
2023 Megan Chapman

Friday, July 7, 2023

It's No Game


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