“Overgrown” I am very excited to have this piece chosen to participate in the Arts Council juried show at City Arts this year. I am also pleased with the framing job my husband did on this one, using a cool … Continued
As you know from Friday”s post, I am spending a couple of weeks here at the Red Barn Studio in Lindsborg, Kansas as artist in residence. Last week I painted some globes, and this week I plan to work on … Continued
This last weekend I taught a fiber art workshop at Tessera Fine Art Gallery in Wichita. I had predyed bundles of fabric using mixes of purchased and natural dyes. I had also rusted some of the fabrics first using my … Continued
In anticipation of a workshop that I am teaching on negative spaces tomorrow, I have been inspired to do some playing around with the use of negative spaces. I enjoy the somewhat mind bending technique, especially when layering multiple overlapping … Continued
Regretfully, I am going to miss Final Friday in Wichita tonight, but I hope that any of you local folks will go. At Tessera Fine Art Gallery the featured artist show will be pieces done by the participants of the … Continued
June is off and running, ready or not! I delivered art on Monday to 1st National Bank in Hutchinson where it will be displayed on their HUGE lobby wall. In preparation I have made some larger than ordinary pieces, like … Continued
Mighty Jungle was created as a demo piece on the final day of workshops for the Topeka Art Guild. We were making use of many of the techniques we had used throughout the week, so I started with alcohol inks … Continued
February workshops start off tonight with Mixed Media on the Cheap, Encaustic Style at Dillon Nature Center in Hutchinson, Kansas. We will use an encaustic beetle project to explore some of the low cost alternative supplies that can be used … Continued
I am thrilled to be teaching a 4 day mixed media workshop for the Topeka Art Guild in March. Each day will build on the one before until we have learned all of my most used techniques in making mixed … Continued
