Tag: analog artsy

Mosaic of Life #8 – High Plains Barn & Silo

Mosaic Of Life

I mentioned a few posts ago that I am hankering to do another purely analog mosaic, but before I do that I need to close out my early attempts in that mode. I have been across the high plains States numerous times, but like Indiana, many traveling through the High Plains just breeze through it without stopping.

The most prominent thing about this area of the country is that it is WINDY. Maybe I should stop here and give you my definition of “High Plains”, that is Nebraska, southeastern Wyoming, and South Dakota, and central Kansas. In hindsight, it was a mistake to write off this area as not worth my time visiting. I’m pretty sure the picture that this mosaic was based on was near Colby Kansas.

On a side tract, one of the most memorable museums I have visited was in the small town (population 5,500) of Colby, Kansas. It was called the Prairie Museum. I will have a Mosaic/post of this museum in the near future. I put the picture of my departed wife here to show you just how windy it was when we visited. 😎

Getting back to the mosaic at hand, this was one of my last attempts at analog art. I was discouraged by the fact that the sky was so poorly done. I just couldn’t let this one stand as my last attempt. I will be practicing with my technique before I put another analog mosaic on my mosaic wall.

Mosaic of Life #6 – The Last Rose

Mosaic Of Life

In today’s artsy post, I give you the Last Rose, and the story behind it.

When my future wife asked me out on a date in late 1985, it totally surprised me. A few months before, I had totally given up the idea of dating. Due to my Aspie traits, all the attempts at dating from the years before that were disasters. I think I said “yes” to her asking me on a date more out of shock than anything else.

Long story short, I asked her to marry me a few months later, and like me on that our first date, I think she said “yes” out of shock. After that settled down, we had a long discussion. We were both over 40 and never married. She, too, had given up any idea of marriage. But, for some reason, God, whatever that is, put us together and the marriage lasted for 36 years until “death do us part”.

Getting back to the story behind this picture, before the wedding date, I gave her weekly roses to mark the number of weeks until we were married. It started out with fifteen red roses and finished up with a single white rose the week of our marriage.

I knew early in the artsy project that that rose would be a subject for one of the mosaics on my mosaic of life board.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it.