Don Desper is an artist working in Pawtucket. He submitted some interesting work to ART SPEAKS OUT, and the statue he is standing with in his portrait is layered with texture and details. Beyond this, I'll let him speak for himself.

I’m called Don Desper

The sculpture is called “The Widow”

I use to take the Time/Life book about

Michelangelo to bed with me when 

I was a child

I never read it

I love volleyball

I’ve had sixteen operations 

I’ve broken both arms and legs

I can’t remember not making art

I’m from Walnut Creek CA

I went to six different colleges

I have a garden

I’ve written over three thousand poems

and over fifty songs

I spent a year in an ashram 

I’m a non-believer

I play the ukulele 

I’m poor

I think I’m a good person, some don’t

I hitchhiked over twenty thousand miles

Bill Nye and I were born on the same day

I don’t have any children 

I don’t have a car

I feed the birds

I’m a stoic

I know a lot of stuff

I have a hard time remembering 

I like short western films and vodka

I’ve never owned a gun

I don’t like brushing my teeth

I don’t use weed eaters or dish washers

I love watermelon 

I can’t spell

I have a clawfoot tub in my studio

I try not to think about killing myself

I don’t have a favorite color

I moved to RI in 2017

I’ve had a hard time but

I like it here

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Karen Rand Anderson's paintings are energetically rendered studies based on fragments of landscape imagery that reflect her personal connection to beauty and place. Her assemblage of natural elements asks questions about the relationships between materials, physical and emotional tensions, and metaphor.

Karen is participating in the Windows on Pawtucket project that is sponsored by Art League Rhode Island and the Pawtucket Foundation. https://artleagueri.org/windowsonpawtucket/. Her work is at 2 Bayley St., the  Farm Fresh Rhode Island store.

No one is more deserving of a place in this blog; she lives alongside the Blackstone River!

https://www.karenrandanderson.com/

 

 

Anastasia Azure is a weaver creating sculptural art that evokes serenity and well-being. Interlacing wire and hand-died nylon, her graceful billowing forms utilize an ancient Peruvian technique to express a timeless, infinite cosmos.

In addition to her undulating sculptures, her work includes jewelry,  woven small-scale adaptations of her larger pieces, in silver and gold. She also offers custom-sized prints and site-specific installations.

Links to her portfolio, workshops, and many spectacular images can be found at 

https://www.anastasiaazure.com/

 Mark Taber is a musician and creator of eclectic assemblages of found objects and materials. His work is meticulously handcrafted and wildly creative. Some of Mark's work is currently on display in the Windows on Pawtucket project organized by Art League Rhode Island and the Pawtucket Foundation. His work is at 238 Main St.

https://artleagueri.org/windowsonpawtucket/

In addition to his artistic/creative skills, Mark is a gifted pianist, and has been heard at many gallery openings and concert venues throughout Rhode Island. His current outdoor gig is at Chez Pascal on Hope St. 

 Wow! It has been a long time. Stay tuned for a new project.