tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post5029785570149468465..comments2024-02-15T19:34:03.944+00:00Comments on The Hermitage: A Brush in the Blue Paintwater Jar of JuneRima Staineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10044701472535300254noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-29203131803341859732011-07-23T22:27:52.030+01:002011-07-23T22:27:52.030+01:00Returning belatedly to answer a couple of question...Returning belatedly to answer a couple of questions here -<br /><br />Rebecca - yes they are extremely comfortable boots! An ebay find, and gift from Tom :) I think I will not wear any other footwear until they wear out!<br /><br />Rossichka - I'm really delighted to hear you use a dictionary to read my posts... thank you!<br /><br />Howard - thanks for your question - the wood I use for paintings and clocks is sometimes given, sometimes found, and often has been seasoned for a long time in someone's shed, or, as in one case, was a charity shop find and had once been a varnished cheese board... But the wood I find in the woods or cut myself I try to season over time indoors before painting on it and it does move and crack a little, but I like this - it's very much a natural process... and I like to use the cracks as part of the work. Maybe it isn't conducive to my paintings lasting for centuries (!), but I've got pieces hanging on my walls at home which haven't moved a jot in the years since I made them, though they were slices taken from fallen trees. I'm always interested in expertise and thoughts about such processes though, as I pretty much make it up as I go along... :)<br /><br />Thank you as ever, friends, for your lovely lovely words here, so very appreciated.<br /><br />RimaRima Staineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10044701472535300254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-8258483200084647882011-07-15T01:32:54.881+01:002011-07-15T01:32:54.881+01:00Hi Rima, you have the coolest site, love your art....Hi Rima, you have the coolest site, love your art. I will be following :)daneastsidehttp://www.ynyogaposes/yogaposture.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-76381200387150959452011-07-09T18:24:37.084+01:002011-07-09T18:24:37.084+01:00.
I’ve been following your work for some time now....<br /><br />I’ve been following your work for some time now and I applaud your paintings on wood.<br /><br />But as a furniture maker one thing puzzles me. <br />You paint your clocks on through oblique slices taken (probably) from branches or slim trees.<br /><br />I know from experience that this is probably the most problematic piece of wood that there is because it is inherently unstable and tends to crack and distort all over the place as it dries and remains so throughout its life.<br /><br />There are ways of pickling wood in chemicals (polyethylene glycol, or PEG) to make it stable – in fact the Mary Rose in Portsmouth is being preserved using a similar method – but how do you deal with the tendency of the base material to distort and split?<br /><br /><br />Anyway, keep writing - you are always a great read.<br /><br /><br />Howard In Wild Wales<br /><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-68609657720425946262011-07-09T10:37:16.899+01:002011-07-09T10:37:16.899+01:00I just found your blog and I couldnt stop reading ...I just found your blog and I couldnt stop reading and gazing at your beautiful art :)WoolWenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09952073809521162889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-35281751675399857062011-07-06T14:51:27.148+01:002011-07-06T14:51:27.148+01:00summer rain is falling outside as i write. i love ...summer rain is falling outside as i write. i love its soft fullness. warm and kind. the plants and animals seem to take in its fullness. there are lots of baby plants and birds. <br />i like the mariner's telling of his story and then too of elsie's. the helix of your own work wrapped so tightly in with hers. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-34417969651937825282011-07-03T21:58:07.793+01:002011-07-03T21:58:07.793+01:00You're art is truly inspiring and magical...ev...You're art is truly inspiring and magical...even your writing and photography..what an amazing artist you are!charisse 'dadis' mellizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650901705915604881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-71359128856712158482011-07-03T11:01:22.730+01:002011-07-03T11:01:22.730+01:00Your work is magical, with an other worldly qualit...Your work is magical, with an other worldly quality. It's inspiring to see someone obviously following their true path of what they're here on this planet to do. Your blog was recommended to me by Fanciful Alice. I was interested to see you live by Dartmoor; I am from that area myself.Narrowboat Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10137645528374249710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-25638762167392172712011-07-02T19:27:59.146+01:002011-07-02T19:27:59.146+01:00Hello, wonderful Rima! I haven't commented for...Hello, wonderful Rima! I haven't commented for a long time again, but I do read your rich in words, emotions and images posts. I always postpone to write here, because it's not that easy for me. I want to tell you so much... Do you know that I usually use the vocabulary, while reading your blog? Why? Because your style of writing is so rich, that I don't want to miss anything!<br />I adore that boat in the sea of grass! The figures are so beautiful in their silence and pain (the piece of wood found you, didn't it?)...<br />The love story of your great grandma is very touching and that tiny elephant is so very precious!<br />I'm so happy about you and your paintings, being exposed at the Imagine Gallery! People love your art and that's why they do their best to show it to the public in the most appropriate way! I wish you good luck, in which I do not doubt!<br />"A Girl and a Cat in a Hug" is a drawing that says a lot - it's full of warmth, fidelity and love!<br />Oh, I like everything, everything - the banner for the site wears so much joy and energy...<br />I'm sure the Sun will show its face again and you'll have your golden summer days and nights... Be happy!:)xrossichkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03185784702539084622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-58922187335756820632011-07-02T04:33:14.924+01:002011-07-02T04:33:14.924+01:00Dear Rima, I deeply love your art. I've been ...Dear Rima, I deeply love your art. I've been an artist my whole life but have flitted from one media to the next. I wish I'd have stuck with painting. I'm a sailor so the Ancient Mariner touched me, as did the tiny ivory elephant and the story... lovely. I invite you to visit my blog.. I live in Oregon on 5 acres and have been enduring a very long, cold, damp Spring also. The sun came out today and is promised for a week at least. Finally!<br />((hugs)), Teresa :-)Teresa Kasnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-34711975903924282732011-06-29T23:41:17.575+01:002011-06-29T23:41:17.575+01:00You are so talented, Rima. There is so much beaut...You are so talented, Rima. There is so much beauty here.Pom Pomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524994024698986829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-59520155326995023812011-06-28T12:15:03.612+01:002011-06-28T12:15:03.612+01:00i really do love the tiny moth so very much. so s...i really do love the tiny moth so very much. so small. so easy to miss if one is not looking .... <br /><br />also, regarding the . beautiful . crone journey painting- <br />as i have aged i have felt the internal transition from unintentional attraction to fiery "sun" (I used to LOVE to collect various artworks with the sun in/on it) <br /> to the calm, cool, peace that i now connect with the moon. <br /><br />on a practical side, are your boots comfortable? have they lasted? i have seen them in other photos when you were wearing a dress/skirt. i am on a mission to find some functional brown leather boots with a wide to box... what has worked for you?<br /><br />peace on the journey,<br />rebeccarebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06395342172479625640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-9443755387434097722011-06-27T13:04:20.154+01:002011-06-27T13:04:20.154+01:00Rima,
I am eager and excited to see the clock you...Rima, <br />I am eager and excited to see the clock you are working on for me. I dream of opening my mail and seeing a message from you. The joy will be in the surprise!<br />Love,<br />Julie CottrellAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136987872170353627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-10869871067770229742011-06-27T05:33:54.700+01:002011-06-27T05:33:54.700+01:00I always read you while listening "Scarboroug...I always read you while listening "Scarborough Fair"<br /><br />You're amazing (:Victorianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-78311949506838801612011-06-26T17:40:21.245+01:002011-06-26T17:40:21.245+01:00Hi Rima
Thank you for always sharing so much of y...Hi Rima<br /><br />Thank you for always sharing so much of yourself and your life with us! As always, your work is wonderful! Love the blue watercolours!Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356593611968484078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-87736717529573333692011-06-26T17:20:07.382+01:002011-06-26T17:20:07.382+01:00Hello Rima, I`ve come over from my friend, Betty t...Hello Rima, I`ve come over from my friend, Betty the Wood Fairy`s blog and ergo have had a most interesting look at your beautiful art. Could you tell me a bit more about the story of Baba Yaga? Was she a kindly Grandmother? I`m off to have a look at Pilgrim Moon now too. Some would say I have been a `crone` of some description or another for a very long time!Thank you for sharing, Rima.<br />ps I can`t seem to find a `follow` button for you. Or perhaps Blogger is just playing up again!Between Me and Youhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863155145862706966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-55115454244347258972011-06-26T12:24:58.926+01:002011-06-26T12:24:58.926+01:00Gosh.. thank you everyone so very much! I am, as e...Gosh.. thank you everyone so very much! I am, as ever, mightily touched by your kind words... <br /><br />A few folks are asking about prints of the other paintings... There may be prints of them available in due course.. it's nice to know people are interested if I do make them. I shall keep you posted :)<br /><br />And Heidi... yes the forest spirit Rima in Green Mansions is my namesake - or rather the sculpture of her in Hyde Park by Jacob Epstein is... I was named as my parents walked past it :) Well spotted!<br /><br />And today we have hot sun in this corner of Devon!<br />Cheerio til soon friends :)<br />RimaRima Staineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10044701472535300254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-44177185671952958732011-06-26T04:29:29.270+01:002011-06-26T04:29:29.270+01:00I've been away a long while. Have been catchi...I've been away a long while. Have been catching up and I am pleased to have finally had the time to do so. Love your new work. Lovely and thought provoking. keep on, keepin on.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08970405181321547150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-31360094156992606392011-06-25T23:05:40.953+01:002011-06-25T23:05:40.953+01:00Will there be a print of the Mariner for sale in y...Will there be a print of the Mariner for sale in your shop? It and the way you used the arrow knot are some of the most beautiful things I've seen ever. It touched me in a way something magical does only every few years.Larisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-45037463228322962242011-06-25T09:28:36.346+01:002011-06-25T09:28:36.346+01:00It is always lovely to see your new works in progr...It is always lovely to see your new works in progress and all the wonderful creative things you conjure up.Acornmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14982884920388966786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-90750218178402492472011-06-25T08:14:59.393+01:002011-06-25T08:14:59.393+01:00Beautiful work as always, Rima. And I finally reme...Beautiful work as always, Rima. And I finally remembered why your name was so vaguely familiar to me the first time I saw it: I spent many an afternoon in my younger years reading W.H. Hudson's Green Mansions, and the story of the gentle wood spirit, Rima, made a definite impact on the way I feel about the natural world. <br />Oh, and by the way, if it's sun you're after, I'm happy to switch places with you. It's gotten into the 110 degree range here in Arizona, and not a cloud in the sky. I would be happy with a Jeremy Fisher atmosphere right about now! :)Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02006255717870408669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-20616124295483742792011-06-25T01:19:57.398+01:002011-06-25T01:19:57.398+01:00thank you for your generosity of spirit, in sharin...thank you for your generosity of spirit, in sharing all the things you do, you inspire and lift me up when i visit your little corner of the universe!<br />thank you!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-86639171918632119272011-06-24T07:55:11.344+01:002011-06-24T07:55:11.344+01:00what beautiful artworks, I love the header for Pil...what beautiful artworks, I love the header for Pilgrim's Moon (which is a lovely site too, thanks for the link!)Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-74218152408742121882011-06-23T22:25:55.918+01:002011-06-23T22:25:55.918+01:00Gosh, I do so love the new paintings.
And that won...Gosh, I do so love the new paintings.<br />And that wonderful colour of green that the rain stirs up.Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-35265445105571105912011-06-23T20:48:26.445+01:002011-06-23T20:48:26.445+01:00Dear Rima I have been following your blog for a wh...Dear Rima I have been following your blog for a while now and never fail to be enchanted by your beautiful work and your openess of heart. My husband Steve and I love Chagford and drop in our our way to relatives in London.It is our lunchtime treat as we drive from Cornwall.Thanks for posting your unique work for us to see. Feel free to drop in on my blog which is really a diary if you have time.bright starhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17682079332831035081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-85276512106610680052011-06-23T20:19:35.979+01:002011-06-23T20:19:35.979+01:00I so love that you included the little ragged moth...I so love that you included the little ragged moth.<br />Your work is brilliant!ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615254210131699811noreply@blogger.com