Miz Thang's Art http://mizthang.blog.com/ en-US Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:56:16 +0200 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:56:16 +0200 Blog.com http://mizthang.blog.com/2988875/ SPRING SPIRIT http://mizthang.blog.com/2988875/ The spring goddesses have been tugging at me to get outside and soak up all the goodness...but th miz aint been feelin it--needed a jump start....the doonanny in seale, alabama got me going...held at butch's place in the wide open spaces, it was just what i needed.   If you never been to the doonanny, put it on yo calendar for next year....you will get to see butch's museum of wonder and all his creations scattered throughout the farm..we all went to the possum trot auction and i came home with a buddy snipes armouire-who knows if i spelled that right..anywho-i was tickled to get it....sold some nice pieces and had a great time...my b-52's went to new york...funny story--the piece was done on an old barn door--aFTER 9-11 i painted a flag on it that said god bless america-9-11-01..it hung on the fence at my house for 5 years...after 5 years, it was rather worn so i took it down and made it a b-52's piece out of it...you can still see the faded flag in the background altho its not highly noticeable...the couple who bought the piece were from nyny---while looking at it they had me tell all about it so i explained the 9-11 story.  kinda gave me chills, the new owners had worked in the world trade center/twin towers.    so the 9-11/b-52's piece now resides in ny where i feel it was meant to be.....things happen for a reason....
Last week kat n i went to the high museum in atlanta to view the georgia o'keefe exhibit--what a talent... also took in the Louve exhibit--amazing....
my favorite thing i have done lately was go to the ave maria grotto in cullman alabama...if u have never been, its well worth the trip...brother joseph was a monk who was also a folk artist..he created the grotto and its something to see...
enough tripping around--gotta get back to my own art..got some visions of my own dancin in my head wantin to come out n play...earth day is comin up--plant a tree-do a little dance-spread th love!      miz thang Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:38:33 +0200 http://mizthang.blog.com/2922832/ SLIDIN INTO SPRING http://mizthang.blog.com/2922832/

It's been awhile!!!!!!!

Hope everyone had a happy easter. Ours was filled with fun, friends and family just like we like it. We had an egg hunt at night with glow in the dark eggs. Only thing, they dont glow so hot so it was more like stick your hand in the bushes and clumps of clover and see what you come out with. Our friend Jay was the bunny of the day and the kids were hoppin around as much as he was when they spotted him!Anywho-we had a nachel ball!
Lets go back-way back-last time i blogged was June 2007, i think..heres a quick recap-folk fest in august was fun but Bush's stinking economy and his high gas prices kept some folks at home. Got to meet some folks i had only chatted with online and thats always an aha! Always nice to put a face with a name..great folks by th way! Back to folk fest-slotin stuck me at the end of death row and it was dark back there---had to funnel him some more money for some juice..it all came out in the wash but its starting to be a big money drain-rising prices and dwindeling crowds--something dont add up...gonna give it the miz try again this year and then the jury will be out from there...
Kentuck was my next show-great weather and a good crowd made it a pretty good show..something about being outside in October underneath the Alabama pines, soaking up the sunshine and eating pbj's just makes you feel good. We stayed with Debbie and Rick and got to see Willie KIng and the Liberators perform at Dreamland. The ribs were alabama awesome and the sweet tea runs a close second to down home. I always think of Jas Johns when i go to dreamland-he and i would always take it in on friday before kentuck--he would toss back a few beers , i would stick with my sweet tea and we would both do away with some serious ribs...RIP Jas my friend.... Music kept floating our boat as the week end rolled to a close and Sharde Thomas and the rising star fife and drum band paraded thru kentuck....My friend Ronda and I are now in a race to see who can play our fife first. Sharde learned to make the fifes from her gdaddy, Othar Turner. We were lucky enough to be able to buy one from her..they got some good mojo but they hard as hell to play--really takes talent..think i'll stick to painting...
Next, we cruised up to Louisville, Ky for good folk fest . Long jump but we saw some pretty country along the way..I was dieing to eat at lyn's paradise cafe so we sought it out first thing... it's a funky place in a cool part of town..very colorful like i like and the food was good--we didnt get to see lyn who i think is colorful herself...the show was held in an old meat packing plant-we had some good artist but the crowd stayed home. I got to meet holly hinkle and a few other artist i had chatted with. sisi and ramona, kat and i went to a restaurant that had lots of my work in it so that was pretty cool trick. The jump home was long and tiring but we had some junking stops to break it up....
Fearrington was next and always a fun show. This year we had good weather and a good crowd. Always good to see the chief--missed the tribe though...we knocked around with mike the potter and linda in our spare time-found one really out of the way rocking antique shop...filled outr vehicles with finds and headed off for a visit with clyde the critter man...he has some really cool pink elephants in his yard this year..mike n linda got a nc gator to take back to their new georgia home. Kat and i always like to eat at the general store in pittsboro--kinda bohemian, funky menu-always fresh-always good...anyhow, they are outgrowing their space so they are going bigger--they bought some of my big pieces for the new part, so, if you are ever in pittsboro-go use the womens bathroom and check out the door-you know-wild women never get the blues-believe it you can....there will be a few more pieces hanging around--tell me what you think...wrapped the show up and we all had a family style hoe down kinda supper with clyde at his favorite seafood restaurant-the dry dock..it was a sweet way to end a good show.....oh yeah, i got a prize from one of my customers!!! you should see the inch worm Robert gave me..he welds and he is good..he is color blind and i say it must be a good thang because he really funked this piece up in miz thang fashion..the boy has talent...check out my site because i am going to put a pic up of it....fearrington just wouldnt be complete with out a trip to the lilymans...we made the trek on monday-he filled our bellies with warm food and let us kick back and enjoy friend and fellowship before all going our seperate ways..kat n i rolled into jawja on the night train-glad to be home but glad to have gone.Gearing up for the donanny in seaLE, ALABAMA. hope to see ya'll there!

 miz thang Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:49:33 +0100 http://mizthang.blog.com/1856592/ CAROLINA ON MY MIND http://mizthang.blog.com/1856592/

NORTH CAROLINA ROAD TRIP

KATHLENE AND I KEPT TH ROAD HOT IN NC FOR A WEEK. WE VISITED TH WHIRLY GIG KING, VOLLIS SIMPSON IN LUCAMA NC. HIS ENVIRONMENT IS AWESOME...TH GIGS R MONSTEROUS IN SIZE BUT SO SWEET TO LOOK AT AS THEY TURN SO EASILY IN TH BREEZE. VOLLIS IS QUITE A CHARACTER HIMSELF...86 YEARS YOUNG HE DOESNT LOOK A DAY PAST 70...THE SAD THING IS THAT TEENAGERS KEEP VANDALIZING HIS GIGS N SHOP--BUT VOLLIS IS A GO GETTER AND HE BOOBYTRAPS HIS SHOP...HES SOMETHING NOW....HE HAD JUST PUT UP A NEW GIG ACROSS THE STREET FROM HIS HOUSE-VOLLIS CROSSROADS-HE HAD TO PUT A CHAIN LIKE FENCE AROUND IT TO KEEP TH KIDS OFF IT....I SAY THESE KIDS NEED A BOARD ON THEIR BUTT AND I'LL BET VOLLIS WOULD LIKE TO DO IT.....ANYWHO, I DONT UNDERSTAND VANDALIZING AND IT MAKES ME SAD/MAD......NEXT WE ROLLED ON DOWN TH ROAD TO HUNTERSVILLE NC FOR A SHO AT MADDIS GALLERY....IT WAS FUN A ND A PRETTY GOOD SHOW....ITS IN A SWANK AREA AND LOTS OF PEOPLE DIDNT KNO WHAT FOLK ART WAS SO WE HAD TO TELL EM ALL ABOUT IT....AFTER TH SHOW WE HEADED TOWARD MONCUR NC FOR A VISIT WITH OUR FRIEND TH LILYMAN...WE HAD SEEN HIS GARDEN NUMEROUS TIMES IN FEBUARY BUT NEVER IN BLOOM--WHAT A SIGHT...EYE CANDY....AND HE GAVE US SOME TO BRING HOME---MINE R NOW PLANTED IN TH JAWJA SOIL AND R DOIN GOOD...MY FAV ONE WAS RED HOT POKER.....WHAT A SHOW IT PUT ON.....CHECK OUT TH LILYMAN AT HOLLYHILL DAYLILY AND CRINUM FARM...JUST GOOGLE IT AND IT WILL COME UP---NEXT WE HEADED TO BYNUM,NC TO SEE CLYDE JONES WHO WAS JUST RETURNING FROM A SHOW HIMSELF....HE HAD PUT UP A CHAIN LINK FENCE TO PUT HIS CRITTERS IN....GUESS HE HAS SOME VANDALS TOO......WE WERE GOING TO SEE SAM TH DOT MAN BUT DECIDED TO HEAD HOME..ALL ALONG TH WAY WE HAD PEOPLE HONKIN AND TAKIN PICS OF TH TRAILER.....THIS WAS HER MAIDEN VOYAGE AS A NEW FUNKED UP GIRL.....WE HEADED ON TO ALABAMA AND DID SOME JUNKIN FOR A FEW DAZE THEN I HEADED HOME---WHAT WAS TO BE A 4 HOUR TRIP TURNED INTO AN 8--HAD A FLAT BUT IT WASNT TOO BAD---AN OFFICER CAME AND STAYED WITH ME ON TH SIDE OF TH INTERSTATE-HE WAS MY ANGEL FOR TH DAY.....MY SON MADE TH JUMP TO COME AND CHANGE MOMS TIRE AND THEN WE WENT HOME--TIREDDDDDDD.......NEXT WEEK WE GONNA MAKE TH JUMP TO PC,FL AND VISIT TH TRIBE.....I AM LOOKIN FORWARD TO SEEIN ALL OF THEM.....OH YEAH, KATHLEEN N I WENT ON TH 502 MILE YARD SALE FROM MERIDIAN, MISS TO BRISTOL, VA....WHAT A RIDE...WE FOUND SOME STUFF 2....I FOUND A TERRAPLANE HUBCAP---U KNO ROBT. JOHNSON SANG TERRAPLANE BLUES-----TERRAPLANES WERE BUILT BY HUDSON FROM 1933-38 ONLY SO I WAS EXSTATIC TO FIND ONE--OF COURSE I CAME RIGHT HOME AND DID A RJ PIECE AND ATTACHED TH HUBCAP...IF SOMEONE WANTS IT THEY GONE HAVE TO PAY CAUSE I REALLY LIKE IT.....LATER GATER....

 miz thang Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:10:27 +0200 http://mizthang.blog.com/1563192/ FEARRINGTON http://mizthang.blog.com/1563192/ FEARRINGTON IN FEBRUARY ALWAYS STARTS TH NEW YEAR OFF RIGHT..HELD IN TH FANCIEST BARN U EVER WILL SEE, WE HAD GREAT WEATHER AND A GREAT BIG OLE CROWD BOTH DAYS....KATHLENE N I ROLLED INTO SILER CITY THURSDAY AFTER SPENDING TH NIGHT WITH B....STOPPED OFF ALONG TH WAY IN SC TO SAMPLE TH PEACHES...SWEET PEACH CIDER LIKE ONLY TH CAROLINAS CAN PRODUCE....PEACH SALSA AINT BAD EITHER....BUT SILER CITY IS WHERE U GET TH BEST SKINS...SMITHFIELDS DOES EM FRESH DAILY AND GIRL THEY R GOOD....WORTH TH WAIT IF U EVER UP THAT WAY....WE ANTIQUED IN PITTSBORO AFTER SETTING UP FRIDAY...LOTS TO LOOK AT BUT LEFT MY READY ROLL HOME...HAD TO SHO KATHLENE CLYDEVILLE...HE HAS SUCH A SWEET SPIRIT AND HE CAN HANDLE A CHAIN SAW...FOUND OUT HE LIKES RED HEADS 2...HE LOVED KATHLENE AND GAVE HER A BIG PIECE OF HIS ART....HIS CRITTERS ARE ALL OVER BYNUM AND THEY ALL SEEM TO BE SMILIN...JUST LIKE CLYDE....WE ATE AT TH DRYDOCK ONE NIGHT AND THEY GOT CLYDE ALL OVER THAT PLACE..EVEN GOT FOOD NAMED AFTER HIM...RIDE CLYDE......HAD A NEW NEIGHBOR THIS YEAR AT TH SHOW..MR AND MRS B FROM FLORIDA ROCKED THEIR BOOTH ALL WEEK END LONG...CHIEF HAD TH MIDDLE AISLE ROCKIN WITH HIS BIG RED WARRIOR TOWERIN HIGH ABOVE ALL TH BOOTHS ON LOOK OUT.... CARNY N GYP HAD TH DOWN LOW COVERED.......RUBY ELVIS ROSE HAD IT ON TH BACK SIDE.........IT WAS A GOOD SHOW --GOOD TO SEE ALL TH FOLK ART FAMILY UNDER 1 ROOF.....WE BE ROCKIN.....TH WINDS KICKED UP SUNDAY N WE HAD TO HUNKER DOWN TO LOAD UP...FOLK ART WAS FLYIN BUT WE WERE HANGIN ON....BELTIES WERE MOOIN N TH FAINTIN GOATS WERE SWOONIN....SEE YA NEXT TIME.....LILYMANS PLACE WAS WHERE IT WAS AT MONDAY...HE COOKED UP SOME RIB STICKIN FOOD AND SWEET HOSPITALITY ......COULDNT ASK FOR BETTER..ALL TH BIRDS WERE IN RARE FORM SHOWIN OFF THEIR FINE FEATHERS....HPE TO RETURN IN TH SUMMER TO SEE THE LILIES IN BLOOM....A RIOT OF COLOR FOR SURE....ROLLED INTO GEWORGIA ON A NIGHT TRAIN...TIRED AND WHIPPED OUT....BUT IT WAS ALL GOOD........Kiss miz thang Sun, 25 Feb 2007 05:39:07 +0100 http://mizthang.blog.com/1427227/ HOTTTTTTTTTTTT NEW YEAR......... http://mizthang.blog.com/1427227/ ITS JANUARY AND ITS HOT IN GEORGIA....DONT NEED A COAT BUT STILL NEED TH BUG SPRAY ....MOTHER NATURE IS FOOLIN ALL TH TREES N FLOWERS--N BUSH IS TRYIN TO FOOL ALL TH AMERICANS....744 DAYS TIL BUSH IS OUT OF OFFICE....TOOOO LONG..... TYPE MISERABLE FAILURE INTO GOOGLE AND GUESS WHO COMES UP...WHY, DUBYA HIMSELF...SURPRISE SURPRISE......BEEN PLAYIN IN TH PAINT TODAY.....JAMES BROWN, FRIDA KHALO, RL BURNSIDE, TH BEETLES, MA RAINEY AND A WHOLE LOT MORE KEPT ME COMPANY.....MOJO N LACEY PUT THEIR PAWS IN TH PAINT --THEY GOT TALENT FOR SURE...FEARRINGTON IS ABOUT A MONTH AWAY SO GEARIN UP FOR TH JUMP AT A HEFTY RATE....SILER CITY, SOME SKINS, BELTIES, MAYBE SOME SNOW. KATIE N B WILL BE ALONG FOR TH FUN....A VISIT TO CLYDE AND ENDIN WITH A TRIP TO DA LILYMANS FOR SOME FINE HOSPITALITY N FOOD ....LILYMANS GOT IT GOIN ON WITH HIS OWN MUSEUM, A YARD FULL OF CHICKENS AND HIS OWN SPIN ON SOME YARD ART ..........CANT WAIT.....FEARRINGTON IS ALWAYS A GREAT WAY TO START TH NEW YEAR....ITS A ROCKIN SHOW SO COME ON TO FEARRINGTON.....SEE U THERE....Tongue out miz thang Sun, 07 Jan 2007 20:36:06 +0100 http://mizthang.blog.com/1412382/ FAT NEW YEAR http://mizthang.blog.com/1412382/


KATIE N I HAD A BLAST AT HOB IN NOVEMBER AND R LOOKIN TO TH HIGH ROAD FOR A FINE TIME AT FEARRINGTON IN FEB.....GOTTA GO NORTH TO GET A GLIMPSE OF OLE MAN WINTER...SANTA LEFT HIM BEHIND AND WE AINT SEEN HIM YET.....TOLD SANTA I HAD BEEN A GOOD GIRL AND I GUESS HE MUSTA BELIEVED ME....HE CAME TO MY HOUSE--DID HE COME TO URS????? FAMILY AND FRIENDS CAME TOGETHER TO MAKE IT A SWEET CHRISTMAS.....MY DAUGHTER IS GOING TO NURSING SCHOOL THIS YEAR SO WE PACKED HER UP AND ROLLED DOWN I-75 TO HER NEW APARTMENT....BITTERSWEET FOR ME...SHE'S MY YOUNGEST AND SO GROWN UP AND BEAUTIFUL BUT SHE'S STILL MY LITTLE GIRL.....

THEN 2007 ROLLED IN WITH A TOAST AT MIDNIGHT N GREENS N BLACKEYED PEAS ON NEW YEARS DAY....HOPE UR NEW YEAR IS FILLED WITH A WEALTH OF HAPPINESS AND HEALTH............HAPPY 2007.....LITE MY FIRE---READY FOR TH THROW DOWN..........................

 

 miz thang Tue, 02 Jan 2007 19:47:33 +0100 http://mizthang.blog.com/1260831/ HOUSE OF BLUES ON TH RADIO http://mizthang.blog.com/1260831/

COLONEL BRUCE HAMPTON AND THE GOSPEL BRUNCH...ALL SHAKIN DOWN AT TH HOUSE OF BLUES.....AS USUAL, THE FOLKS AT HOB DID IT UP RIGHT FOR US....WILLARD J AND ANNIE CAME TO VISIT.....ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE FAMILIAR FACES IN ALL THESE PLACES....MY POLITICAL WOMAN JANE TOOK A DUBYA HOME THIS YEAR..I PUT MY SPIN ON HIM NOW SHE'LL LAY HER MOJO ON HIM TOO............RUSH LIMPBAUGH FLEW TH COOP ....ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE FOLKS SMILE....PIXIE, MR. I, BRIAN, ALLISON, SUZANNE, T MAN, JULIANNE, WILLIAM THOMAS, CHER, GABE, MARP P, JIM, KIM, JOEL, AUDREY AND FRIEND, TH HAPPY AUSTRIAN, RUBY, DON,TERESA AND MORE ALL THREW THEIR MOJO IN TH RING TO HELP MAKE THIS A FUN SHOW....KATIES FIRST TIME TO HOB AND SHE WANTS MORE!!!  I WANT MORE OF THE BREAD PUDDING WITH THE BOURBON SAUCE TOPPED WITH A BIG OLE DOLLOP OF WHIPPED CREAM.....WHEW...MAKE U WANNA SLAP YO MAMA...SHO IS GOOD...I TRADED FOR AN AWESOME BRIAN DOWDALL...THE DOG ON IT IS A TIBETIAN SPANIEL JUST LIKE MY MOJO.......THANKS BRIAN FOR TH GOODIE....WE MADE TH JUMP BACK HOME STOPPIN HERE AND THERE...FOUND A SWEET LITTLE TOWN WITH LOTSA SHOPS...MICANOPY FOA...IF U GAT TH CHANCE STOP IN...NICE FOLKS--LOTSA ANTIQUE SHOPS N ART SHOPS....GOOD SANDWICH PLACE WITH REALLLLL FRESH HOMEBAKED FOOD....BACK IN GEORGIA PLAYIN IN TH PAINT...HOB WAS MY LAST SHO FOR 06 BUT I AM STILL AT IT...GOING STRONG....SINGIN MY SONG....FOLLOWIN MY DREAM....BLESSINGS TO U FOR A SAFE AND BOUNTIFUL TXGIVING...

 miz thang Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:50:36 +0100 http://mizthang.blog.com/1183667/ alabama on my mind http://mizthang.blog.com/1183667/

well, i geared up for kentuck at a hefty rate...burned th midnight oil and still didnt get it all done...but it was all good in th end...trailer woes on my way to th yellowhammer state...and most of th way home....somebody had done a rain dance and th heavens had opened up in northport leavin it all wet n soggy for fridays set up...it was cold as a witches tit in a brass bra....bone chillin....th show was good..we rolled some serious cabbage.......loved soakin up th good vibes from my neighbors pete loose, m ike hanning, dr.bob,woody long.  th laird family and missionary mary.....it was like a homecomin...minus a few of my good buds....met debbie bond and a few more of willie kings band...love their music.....thanks tina for comin thru in th end and pushin th envelope for me....georgia with her robt johnson slant and big ole smile and all th rest....it was all good....until....right at th end..kathlene got food poisoning....had eatena veggie sandwich from manna restaurant...sick as a dawg....she wasnt the only one either..and when i told manna they didnt even acknowledge what i had said...so to manna...a big ole middle finger......u kno brother---good equals good and bad equals bad....watch it....karma bro......thanks so much to candace for taking care of all my loading up while i cared for kathlene....u r definitely one of my sheroes....like i said --good equals good....thanks sista.......

on th road again soon....orlando and house of bluzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz  2nd week end in nov...lookin forward to a good time..always get to listen to some sweet tunes....playin in th paint...rollin along.......sendin good mojo ur way............

 miz thang Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:39:45 +0200