Rohling Studios

Fairies Within

 
 

I'm back in the saddle again!  Working on a series of paintings~collage~fun.  I love writing on my work and this piece has layers and layers of writing.  My work has been very impacted by cave art, petroglyphs and graffiti.  I try to make that mixture of past and present come alive. This piece definately has the rock wall feeling.  It is a tactile piece and is also interactive with a working counter that I found at a great place in Milwaukee called the American Science and Surplus that sells everthing wierd under the sun.   

This was a fun piece for me to create.  I go deep within when I am creating.  I am the kind of person that has fun when I work.  I've used everything from a blow torch to a hammer to bring this piece to life.  Three of the sides have things carved into them.  I could never deface property!...always loved reading the bathroom walls...but I never wrote on them.  LOL!  You would never know it from my art.   

 

Now...you may ask why the title of this post is "Fairies Within"....If you look for it you will find a fairy hidden in the piece....Just for fun.  My plan is to complete three pieces before I put them up for sale.  Are you having a good weekend?
 

 

My Very Own Son!

(I can't take credit for these pictures...my son and daughter-in-law are the creative ones here!)  This is my oldest son, Paul.  I love this picture.  I have it on my laptop right now.  Paul is the kind of guy everyone would love to have for a son because he leaves the world a better place wherever he goes.  Laura captured him at work when they were in Door County.  I love these pictures....I love his creativity...and...I love them both!   

 

Creative Souls

Visit Creative Souls

My blog friend Izabella has started a wonderful group called "Creative Souls".  I met Izabella when I began my blog two and a half years ago.  I loved her work immediately and asked her if I could feature it.  Now Izabella has gathered over four-hundred creative souls all in one wonderful site!  It is a diverse gathering of people who love creativity, a place she has made where artists can help promote each other.  She says~All creative people welcome~

New At PFATT

It's always exciting when PFATT is posting new items for the month!  It's SPRING!  Check it out by clicking on the banner above.  Next month will be our Halloween in June promotion (with doorprizes!) and in July we plan a Christmas in July promotion.   PFATT a wonderful place full of goodies to get lost in! I am so proud to be a part of these wonderful folks!

Everytime It Rains..It Rains Pennies From Heaven

I did these about twelve years ago...people either love them or hate them....This one is about putting on a happy face even though you are sad and about the masks we wear.  Today it has a different meaning.  Today I decided to post it because I am trying to smile through the fact that my yard is a mess after this record setting year of snow.  Every time the dogs need to go out I want to cry.  Last night I had to clean them up as best I could before I took them upstairs to bathe both of them.....NOT an easy chore.  Any other time my lab LOVES the water...I put out a pool for her in the summer and she digs in it until it is empty of every drop of water...even her water dish is a source of play....and if I go to a lake....forget it.......she's in the water all the time...BUT...let me get them into the bathtub for a bath she starts to whine, fights getting into the tub and shakes like a leaf throughout her whole process....GO FIGURE!  It IS an ORDEAL!  Generally she doesn't get as dirty as my little black and white, closer to the ground,  mischief seeker.  Last night he got into the fire pit.  Rolling in it and such...mmm hmmm!  Dirt is one thing...ashes are another...wet ashes ground down to his pink little skin are horrendous!  Schmered black ooakie stuff all the way from his toes to his eyes transforms him into a beast...Suddenly I have this stinky black and grey bundle of joy because he is so proud of the fun he had standing there and all I want to do is sit down and take deep cleansing breaths to prepare myself for the ordeal ahead of me.  It sounds easy...get the dogs clean enough to get them upstairs...bathe them...wash the walls they managed to brush against on the way up, wash the carpet and the floor.  And then go to bed with the smell of wet stinky dogs.  HELP!  I need Ty...I need a home makeover...I need a home that is all on one floor with a back door that has a laundry room and mud room with a walk in shower set up.   My bionic hips and back can't keep up with the stairs!  (All this goes through my mind while I am taking my cleansing breaths before I even let the dogs in.)  I need to see my house crumble to the ground and be magically transformed into a wonderful foster home for kids and dogs.  I would make cookies again, take kids to the museum and laugh at all their cuteness.  Their little exhausted dirty bodies could go directly to the shower from the yard and then they would smell so good and look so cute in their jammies with their faithfull puppies by their side.   Yep...I have to go to a happy place at times like these.  One more deep breath before I get all the towels I will need.

One more...very deeeeeeeeep cleansing breath!....And the cleanup is over.  Wheew!  Oh summer...please come fast!  And (Ty...my neighbors are very nice people...they would help you...I know they would :-)  ).

Happy Easter/Whateverings/Paula J Becker

Happy Easter Everyone!  It's a good thing to see that the bunnies are hard at work UNDER the ground because we just got socked with the biggest snow storm we have had all year!!! This cute little illustration is the work of Illustrator Paula J. Becker.  Paula is a fellow Ilustration Friday participant.  She has been freelancing as an illustrator For over 15 years.  Born and raised in South Texas, she moved to Montreal, Quebec in 2000, though she retains a studio space in Texas so she "can escape the insufferable Canadian winters!" (Apparently no one has told her about Wisconsin!!)  Her blog enables her to "be in contact with others in our field, to post her creative endevors, and work on her writing skills".  I am glad to have met her and to be one of the fortunate ones to have gotten in contact with her.  Thanks, Paula, for letting me post your Illustration.  I hope you take time to visit her blog HERE and her website HERE.

New Blog Banner

What do you think?????  I'm asking for your advice...do you like it when a site changes banners or do you find it confusing?

Illustration Friday~Blanket

This week's assignment is "Blanket".  This is an illustration I did for a greeting card.  Bankets are so great to snugge up beneath to get warm under this time of year.  I just made my first quilt this year thanks to my daughter's help (help and then help!)   

The Honey Girl Studio

If you want to see Art and Halloween combined hop on over to Tootie's blog, The Honey Girl Studio.  I love this little pendant.  Isn't it adorable? 

 

She is so full of creativity!  I don't know what I like more.....

This little cute ATC image she entitled, "The Pumpkin Hunter", or this.........

 

little shadow box called "Keeper of the Crows" , or.....

if any of those didn't get your attention how about this cute little elementary school sized chair all painted up and pretty!  She calls herself "a three hour artist".  Go over and visit her and you can ask her for yourself what she means!

Illustration Friday ~ Juggle

I know, I know, it is early for Santa but, this week's topic for Illustration Friday is "Juggle".  I went to my archives for this one.  One of our best sellers was this Santa with the little juggling  toy in his pack.  Sorry it is an old one but it was one of my favorites.