Sarah Morrigan/Iridia Creative Productions artist presentation slideshow

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Window paintings and signage with class of elegance, artistry and whimsy

Updated information on Sarah's window paintings and signage services is now online: http://www.iridiacreative.summerhost.info/windowpaintings-and-signage.html

Pillar of Light

This is one of the three pieces inspired by the Filianic Scriptures.

Upon the Heaven are these words inscribed, the words of thy salvation. Upon the Heaven in signs of fire before the dawn of time. Upon the Crystal Tablet that passeth not away... The world is but a shadow, yet it is a shadow of Truth; and at the ending of the age shall the world be redeemed. Neither a leaf upon a bramble shall be lost, nor a blade of grass pass into nothingness. But thou, My child, of all the world, thou alone hast power to choose; and thus art thou called maid, for maid is she that hath the power of choosing. Fix then your will upon the Truth and your heart on the Spirit My Mother, for by your love shall the world be redeemed, even to the last blade of grass. In thy work praise Her and in thy resting, in thy speech and in thy silence. For thou wert made one with Her, and this is thy true estate. It is good for a maid to till the soil, but it is better to live with her Lady. It is good to build and to weave, but it is better to live with her Lady. It is good to serve maids in every way, but it is better to live with her Lady. She that liveth wholly with her Lady is the servant of all the world; no labour is so great as this, nor so greatly to be honoured. 

-- Pillar of Light

The verses are from the Madrian Scriptures.

Sarah paints Southeast Grind!

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Southeast Grind will be opening tomorrow, Sunday, April 19 at 8 a.m. Normal hours of operation will be 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. This was formerly Fireside Coffee Lodge, and the address is 1223 S.E. Powell Blvd., Portland, Oregon 97202.

See photos from this project.

ICP updates: rates and quotes, green window painting

cats, cats, more cats

See "Recent creative actions" for the earlier post on this.

For more pictures go to http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=74030&id=581200221&l=2a28063906

Building hope, one can at a time

A world peace and happiness solution

http://ping.fm/IyxqA

A spring afternoon in Portland.

This one-minute video pretty much captures what a spring afternoon in Portland is like...

flowers, flowers, everywhere...

It's spring and there are flowers, flowers, everywhere...

little snippets of scenes from portland

I am shooting a series of silent short video clips from ordinary scenes of Portland, Oregon. You can watch them on YouTube.

Clouds forming a cross above a steeple

 

Clouds forming a cross above a steeple (2009), photography by Sarah A. Morrigan © 2009

Commercial branding and corporate identity: recent works

Recent works:

http://cli.gs/h0NG3j

• Southeast Grind, opening late April 2009 at 1223 SE Powell Blvd.


• Chinese Food and Culture Group

Space and Light

As Portland enters into the majesty and splendour of the spring in its fullness, I hope you are enjoying the lights, colours and air of this lovely city.

For those who cannot, here's a new photo series of mine, Space and Light.

Enjoy!

 

Sarah Morrigan
Iridia Creative Productions

Practice makes perfect

When I was in middle school my art teacher was a graduate school MFA intern. He always had a little notebook or sketchbook and he would draw just about anywhere -- at a coffee shop, subway station, on the train, and so on.

For an artist, this is a good habit to develop as it helps improve perceptive skills and ability to translate what one perceives onto paper in a relatively short time (which also requires the artist to discriminatingly capture "the essence" of an image). It is sort of like how a good writer tends to have a journal with her at all times. Constant journaling also helps inspire future creations.

About a week ago I was waiting outside a restaurant on an exceptionally busy evening (in the end I waited for about an hour and 20 minutes). I drew this on a notepad with a pencil and then a Sharpees -- in about five minutes.

I was in a meeting with local business owners networking. I happened to sit next to someone who was just starting a coffee shop in Portland and heard she was looking for someone to design a signage. I came up with an idea, drew something quickly and showed it to her. (And I got the project on the spot!) Note that this design differs quite a bit from the final product (of course), but the main ideas are the same.

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My point is this: if you are an artist, be always ready and prepared -- you'll never know what inspires you. It's also the same with writers. You cannot be an artist or a writer only every once in a while.

fax number changed

The new number is 206-338-2201. Do not send anything to 206-222-2077, as it has already been reassigned to another user. The number is for receiving faxes only.

Two new paintings with ocean theme

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