This box belongs to my midwife. It was given to her after the 2004 Indonesian tsunami, where she was helping deliver babies. The box has a great smell of scented candle wax, and the wood has an authentic, hand-hewn look. When she asked me to do some artwork on it, I really didn’t want to […]
I painted a couple more boxes for my midwife. This one will be sent to a midwife in Haiti whose name means “sun”, so I created a sun design. I worked in acrylic paint rather than the gouache I used last time, so the paint is durable and doesn’t need to be sealed. Although I […]
My latest project is painting umbilical cord burning boxes. That may sound just a little strange, but I can explain. I am working with a midwife now. I do some art for her, and she visits me, talks about how the baby is growing, measures my belly, and does all the sorts of things a […]
Zia decided to paint some balloons the other day. I don’t know how she got the idea–she has never drawn anything representational before, not even a smiley face. Before I knew it, she was producing balloons left and right. Then came the second surprise of the day: she colored them in. Always before, she very happily […]
There’s this incredible website I have lurked at now and then for the past couple of years. It’s the site of Joel Henriques, an artist dad who stays at home with his kids and makes all kinds of things for and with them. Check out Made by Joel and you’ll be blown away. Joel has […]
