Balloons are magical… don’t you think?… the small colorfull balloons reminding you of happy times in childhood. Often big balloons fly above our house and I wave at the people in the basket… the movement is slow and the weather is allways nice otherwise the balloons would not fly…
The artist Maggie Mailer paints colorfull paintings full of balloons.
At the moment there is a solo show of Maggie in the Ferring Gallery in Pittsfield Massachusets. Maggie herself tells us about the paintings…
“The paintings themselves are balloons, vehicles of levity, escape and suspended motion”…
The Getaway by Maggie Mailer
Chariots
The Balloonists by Maggie Mailer
13threads // Aug 24, 2010 at 09:34
These are beautiful! I love balloons. One of the funnest exhibitions I have been to was a room filled with balloons. Unfortunately, my cousin who is a 6 ft tall, big lad, got too excited and we were asked to leave as his over zealous playing was bursting too many of the balloons. And I sent Douglas up in a Hot Air Balloon for his 40th! No, I didn’t go!!
Marion Pannekoek // Aug 24, 2010 at 10:20
What a story…getting kicked out of a balloon show!
No Lois, I would not dare to go up either…no way!