snow day in the lbk

“Well, I know now. I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person.” —Sylvia Plath

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“Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis.” (Deep Thoughts, Jack Handey) ⛄️☃️⛄️ my change of medicine this weekend, post the fever dreams? Bettie Bee in surprise TEN INCHES of snow in texas, drinking French Truck Coffee’s La Fête De Noël, new art in the works & new collabs also brewing, friends celebrating love & friends sending love, & these & more making me smile lots & just all #thebeesknees (& damn these winter blues but embrace the bluets!) & adventures ahead 💙❄️

#artist #studiodog #snow #texas #neworleans#southerncharm #southerngirls #goldengirls#mugshot #halfselfie #sundayselfie#goldenretriever #oldlady #winterblues #selfcare#moving #applying #art #endofsemester#professorbee #adjunctlife #grateful #love #plaid#lace #hotpink #ihavethisthingwithcolor

that west texas sky tho

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this morning drive to Contemporary Art Museum Plainview w/ Eric Simpson to meet the brilliant Jon Whitfill & I photographed / documented the international art exhibit patent pending while they were deinstalling & omg these clouds & west texas sky & I heart sundays & mostly excited about some photo editing this afternoon then meeting my ladies later 💙(no filter)

[sketchbook] bluets, tests

working on more experimentation with innovative use of carbon paper instead of ink, in letterpress printing #letterpressisntjustforletters, XO

[sketchbook] the latitudes of desire

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just posted some new work, that's inspired by this poem "The Latitudes of Desire," & lots more. notice how the pages of my copy of Sparks from a Nine Pound Hammer are stained with wine, which show the love I have for this book, which I showed the poet, Steve Scafidi, when I met him at dinner & he signed it at a poetry reading a couple years ago.

& lucky that James Lewis Tucker of The Aesthetic Union & I are in collaboration talks, about the colors & the color blue (& all the other things that stem from that hue), which also inspired the new work & more + is leading up to amazing collaboration action.

more soon, ❤️

[gratitude] bluets

lots of gratitude & love to everyone who made BLUETS so damn lovely, & all the kind words about my experiments with all things blue: letterpress, carbon paper, photographs, & cyanotypes

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BLUETS
First Friday Art Trail at Studio 4, September 7th 6-10pm, 1010 Mac Davis Lane, Charles Adams Studio Project - CASP
featuring:
letterpress & photography by Victoria Marie Bee
live music by Blind Blues Singers
vinyls by Flatland Records