Ugly Shyla’s Secrets,Lies and Gossip

Lately one thing I have been fascinated with and have been exploring with my art work is Widowhood.
I think it’s something that is really overlooked by our society and is something that people don’t understand how deeply it affects people,especially women.
I know down south especially women are so dependant on their husbands in so many ways that when they lose them it’s a life shattering thing for them.
What started me thinking about it was that after my grandmother passed away this year a family member told me that not long before that she kept saying she was so lonely for “Jiggs” my grandfather’s nick name,and that she was ready to go meet him.
My grandfather was a drinker and wasn’t the nicest person to her in allot of ways,but I guess she really loved him and I guess when people pass away unless they are total waste of flesh we only remember the good things.
In some ways it’s not just death that makes a woman a widow things like drug addiction,war,sickness especially things like Alzheimer’s and even mental illness on the part of one’s partner can in a way make one a widow.
We have all lost somebody we are close to,and I think because of that we all in a way can understand a widows pain,but allot of people don’t acknowledge it.
In the case of older women I think people give them less thought and sympathy then they really should.I’m assuming it’s because people just chalk it up to the fact both spouses are older and death of one before the other is to be expected.
But think about it,allot of these couples have been together for many many years,I can’t imagine how it must feel for a 80 year old person to lose somebody their have spent their entire lives with,grown up with in some cases even the only person they have ever been intimate with,it has to be gut wrenching.Like I said the sad thing is I don’t think people really grasp how shocking it must be to that person to lose their loved one and now realize they are all alone in the world.

Krampus Lamb and I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas!
Lamb says for those children that have been extra naughty this year,you better be careful that you not only don’t get Coal but that you don’t end up being thrown into his sack of Coal!
As you can see Mr Grumpy was the unlucky recipient of a bag of Coal this year,and he’s very unhappy about it!

Christmas Wish List
My X-mas wish lists can be seen here http://www.uglyart.net/uglyshyla/wishlist.html
to see things I’d like or the type of things I like,and also my e-mail and or po box addy are on there to mail gifts.
And Kindness never goes unpunished,if you get me something off my wishlist make sure to send me your mailing addy along with it so I can send you a thank you note
Things I’d especially like are Hobby Lobby Gift Cards,because it’s the nearest local art supply store to me,so buy ALLOT of my art supplies there.

http://www.hobbylobby.com/site3/giftcard/giftcard.cfm
Dick Blick gift cards are also good too because I mail order allot of things from there especially ceramic glazes,even 10.00 ones help with me paying for shipping ect.
http://www.dickblick.com/zz747/00/
Amazon.com gift cards
are good because I like books and other things they sell.Also I want to save up and get one of these
covered pet strollers from Amazon for Lamb,He LOVES going for rides in the car and also for walks but I don’t walk him as much as he’d like because I’m always scared to walk a cat in case he’s get out of his collar *cause Lamb is a national treasure,so I don’t wanna lose him*,so that would make both of us happy.And we all want creepy creepy Lamb to be happy.
I’d also like a cheapy easel they have some fairly decent plain ones from this seller on Ebay
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZeasel_man for like less then 20.00,if you get me a easel I’ll make you one of my really crappy paintings on it.LOL

Mother Of Sorrow Self Portrait death mask.
See more pic’s and info here http://www.uglyart.net/selfporthead.htm

A altered,hallow,subversive children’s book art piece I did.

More pic’s can be found here.

http://www.uglyart.net/try_these_stunts.htm it’s already sold to a fellow doll maker Spinestealer she does some cool work so go check out her stuff http://www.myspace.com/spinestealer

The Widows Paper Crane Art Piece The piece was inspired by the Japanese wedding tradition of folding paper cranes

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art10429.asp

.But this one is a Widow’s paper crane,it’s made from a embossed single sheet of black paper, and is made to look the decayed skeletal remains of a black bird.
It’s hard to see in the photo because of the matte paper and the paper being under glass but it’s embossed with allot of detail. More pic’s and info can be found here. http://www.uglyart.net/widows_paper_crane.htm