Nancy Rodger http://nancyrodger.com/blog creative happiness Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:28:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Archeological Slide Dig http://nancyrodger.com/blog/2012/03/13/archeological-slide-dig-2/ http://nancyrodger.com/blog/2012/03/13/archeological-slide-dig-2/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:57:47 +0000 nancyrodger http://nancyrodger.com/blog/?p=1105 Continue reading →]]> A few days ago I started digging through one of many old boxes of slides. I like this picture.  It was taken in 1980, a few years after we moved into our current house on Potrero Hill.  I remember the clothesline with fondness. My washing machine was on the back porch upon old redwood stilts, 3 stories up.

During earthquakes the whole back of our house would sway. It still does but not so intensely since we reinforced back there. You can see the old stilts on the left side of the photo.

Here are the back stairs after the house was built next door. The smell of Hills Brother’s burnt coffee from the company’s plant up the street permeated the exposed wood on the house.  So did the smell of hops from Anchor Steam. 15 years later when we tore down the stairs to rebuild them, we found they were hanging by one humongous nail.

]]> http://nancyrodger.com/blog/2012/03/13/archeological-slide-dig-2/feed/ 0 Today’s DEAL! http://nancyrodger.com/blog/2011/07/16/todays-deal-2/ http://nancyrodger.com/blog/2011/07/16/todays-deal-2/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 21:33:46 +0000 nancyrodger http://nancyrodger.com/blog/?p=1032 Continue reading →]]> 13″ x 19″ (EXTRA LARGE) Archival Print of “Skirt Dog” by Nancy Rodger   $149  (nomally $199).  This one is Matted in archival museum quality black with outside dimensions of 22″ x 28″, a standard size for framing.
BONUS INCLUDED:  A gift box of  adorable Blueberry Dogs Greeting Cards. See here

copyright will not appear on your print


Original Watercolor printed on archival watercolor paper. Vibrant lasting colors!

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]]> http://nancyrodger.com/blog/2011/06/29/how/feed/ 0 “One Orange” painting http://nancyrodger.com/blog/2011/06/28/one-orange-painting/ http://nancyrodger.com/blog/2011/06/28/one-orange-painting/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:05:18 +0000 nancyrodger http://nancyrodger.com/blog/?p=1012 Continue reading →]]> “One Orange”, by Nancy Rodger. 16″ x 20″, acrylic on canvas.

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I painted this painting long ago while illustrating color for the Exploratorium.

Want this painting to hang on YOUR wall? If so make me an $ offer by posting in the “Leave a Reply” form at the bottom of this  blog posting.  You can also send  a message to me via my Facebook account: http://www.facebook.com/nancy.rodger .

If you cannot pick the painting up, I will let you know what shipping charges will be. Post or message me with at least:

  • The Name of the Painting
  • Your $ Offer
  • Your Zip Code (if you cannot pick up the painting in San Francisco)

I look forward to hearing from you!

Nancy

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My friend and neighbor just popped over .  She MADE ME AN OFFER that I couldn’ t refuse.  She got “Tree and River” painting! YA HOOOO SHaZaMe. Come on let’s move these puppies OuTta HErE!

Make me an offer on some of these paintings starting here.

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From a protective inner place I can peer out and see. Isn’t there something red way back in there?

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I needed to rely on guessing to line this shot up. The roses were floating in a bowl on a shelf, underneath another shelf of a cart that served iced cucumber water at a spa in Calistoga. I knew the flowers were gorgeous but didn’t know to what extent until I got to see this image on my computer.
In person they could only be seen from the side, not close up, not scrutinized. They were a beautiful understated splash of color that heightened my already pampered and relaxed state of mind.
Is this another trick to do in our own homes? Spots of floating flowers to make us feel like we are on vacation. Tell me if you start doing this and send me a picture.

]]> http://nancyrodger.com/blog/2011/06/27/hidden-gems/feed/ 0 Top of the HeAp http://nancyrodger.com/blog/2011/06/27/top-of-the-heap/ http://nancyrodger.com/blog/2011/06/27/top-of-the-heap/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:03:15 +0000 nancyrodger http://nancyrodger.com/blog/?p=962 Continue reading →]]> Sometimes someone just StAnds OuT.

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Most of the time I am unconscious about wether I am seen or not. Wether I am invisible, go below the radar or stand out like a soar thumb. Sometimes I feel my mouth and it feels stiff, like why isn’t it just comfortable and relaxed into a smile. Sometimes I feel the smile and it makes me happy… like… OH! I am smiling… I am happy… yes this is good… happiness. I can right now smile about that and think of being happy and become happy!

Sometimes with family members who I really want to be loved by, I notice how I may appear to them, perhaps how unlovable or in a good moment they are smiling at me and I know they are feeling good about us talking or good about themselves and that reflects back to me. They give me a gift. So I guess I bounce back and forth between those situations of being unconscious and wrapped up in the world and really present or absorbed in how I appear or fit in at the moment. Hmmmmm. What about you? Let me know.

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“Haitian Model” by Nancy Rodger, 20″ x 24″, oil on board.

If you would like to have this painting, make me an $ offer by posting in the “Leave a Reply” form at the bottom of this  blog posting.  You can also send  a message to me via my Facebook account: http://www.facebook.com/nancy.rodger .

If you cannot pick the painting up, I will let you know what shipping charges will be. Post or message me with at least:

  • The Name of the Painting
  • Your $ Offer
  • Your Zip Code (if you cannot pick up the painting in San Francisco)

I look forward to hearing from you!

Nancy

 

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“Tree and River” by Nancy Rodger, 24″ x 30″, acrylic on stretched canvas.

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Reminicent of another painting I did several years ago. See it here

If you would like to have this painting, make me an $ offer by posting in the “Leave a Reply” form at the bottom of this  blog posting.  You can also send  a message to me via my Facebook account: http://www.facebook.com/nancy.rodger .

If you cannot pick the painting up, I will let you know what shipping charges will be. Post or message me with at least:

  • The Name of the Painting
  • Your $ Offer
  • Your Zip Code (if you cannot pick up the painting in San Francisco)

I look forward to hearing from you!

Nancy

 

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