Madelyn Raska
artist
artist
graphite, charcoal, colored pencil, acrylic
about me, tribute, contacts,,,,
I’ve waited until the last possible moment to write this., in hopes something exciting would happen in my life....no luck. Born 1940, great family, wonderful parents, three super brothers, excellent education...(up to masters)...convent for 15 years, left in ‘72 and spent the next 26 years making up for '58-'72. Taught 35 yrs ...elementary, junior high, high school...took early retirement in ‘98 to pursue a life long ambition of travel, art, reading and loafing. Have made a good stab at all of these but I’m not finished yet. I can now call myself an artist, travel is on hold until I get my bones back in order, reading goes on and on ...
as well as loafing. Along the way I have......
as well as loafing. Along the way I have......
tasted well water
eaten homemade biscuits, beans and fried okra on a tin plate
climbed fences
broken bones (lots)
slept in a tree house, in a tent and on the ground
poked sticks in holes looking for crawdads
had horny toads for pets
played in the mud
had cats, dogs, hamsters,fish, mice as pets
smoked weed sticks that burned and made me cough
smoked other stuff
fished all night..and ate them on a campfire
walked backroads with dust like powder
tasted sun-warmed muskedines collected bois d'arc balls
picked gooseberries, strawberries, pecans and walnuts
wore flour-sack aprons made by my mother
smelt summer eves as lightning bug bottoms bedazzled my fingers
tied strings to locusts to capture their flight
floated across a river on a ferry boat
floated down a river on an inner tube
danced on my daddy’s feet
know innit and dinnit
found incredible friends
loved and lost
cared for my mother as she died
Artist's Statement:eaten homemade biscuits, beans and fried okra on a tin plate
climbed fences
broken bones (lots)
slept in a tree house, in a tent and on the ground
poked sticks in holes looking for crawdads
had horny toads for pets
played in the mud
had cats, dogs, hamsters,fish, mice as pets
smoked weed sticks that burned and made me cough
smoked other stuff
fished all night..and ate them on a campfire
walked backroads with dust like powder
tasted sun-warmed muskedines collected bois d'arc balls
picked gooseberries, strawberries, pecans and walnuts
wore flour-sack aprons made by my mother
smelt summer eves as lightning bug bottoms bedazzled my fingers
tied strings to locusts to capture their flight
floated across a river on a ferry boat
floated down a river on an inner tube
danced on my daddy’s feet
know innit and dinnit
found incredible friends
loved and lost
cared for my mother as she died
Credits (some of them)
2006 "American Artist Drawing Magazine" featured "Family Portrait"
Philbrook Art Museum's "Festival of Trees", 2006-2009
Gilcrease Art Museum's "Art in Miniature", 2007-2009
2006 "American Artist Drawing Magazine" featured "Family Portrait"
Philbrook Art Museum's "Festival of Trees", 2006-2009
Gilcrease Art Museum's "Art in Miniature", 2007-2009
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Tribute
..........to my mother, Ann Raska (1919-2006), an artist, my inspirationTribute
Harvest (1930) Roses and Dewdrops (1971) Lovebirds (1930)
and to my parents, the best
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