Nadia Daniels-Moehle
Asking for Presence Watercolor and graphite on paper This week, inspiration led me to Maria Popova twice. Her work on The Marginalian has nourished me, intellectually and creatively, for many years. While I was reviewing articles and inspirations from years past, I came across the Marginalian article “9 Learnings from 9 Years of Brain Pickings”…
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Quentin Crisp: Morning Talking, Step Sitting Graphite and watercolor on paper Begin with the purple hat: a wide brim, tilted at a rakish angle. After the hat, the face, a face removed from culture’s unaware noise, culture’s incessant noise. A face of elegance, poised in a moment of peace, a face rising itself away and…
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Outside Time Window Lurking Ink, and a wee bit of gouache, on paper Light enters the room only through this window. Years ago, the window shattered when the snow fell from the roof. Years ago, the light crept in, in its downward shaft, catching the dust and maybe my imagination, too. Outside the window, across…
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Inter-Planetary part 2* Acrylic on canvas “The cure for loneliness is solitude.” –Marianne Moore My inspiration for the Inter-Planetary series comes from the increasing complexity of our internal lives. Lives that could be called solitude or loneliness or maybe richness. As I painted, picking up where I left off, I began listening to Helen Macdonald’s…
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The Ear Ache Shower Crayon Crayon on shower wall–temporary piece The pressure had been building all week last week, but I had kept it at bay. As I shuffled to the dinner table, the ache in my ear taking over my senses, my mom wondered why I wasn’t taking a much-needed break. And my parents,…
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Power Out Blizzarding Gnarled Tree Gouache on paper 249 days done, 116 to go.
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