Prairie Color
Recently I attended a presentation on stained glass. After watching photo after photo of the beautiful work in they had done in churches, and museums, I had the stained glass bug. As most of you know, I have a hankering … Continued
Gridworks Tutorial
In the early 1900s, an international group of artists developed a style of abstraction that pared images down to basic straight lines, rectangular planes, and primary colors. Piet Mondrian was perhaps one of the best known artists of this movement. … Continued
Art shows, bunnies, and challenges….
Just thought I would share some random bits about what I have been up to recently, and some fun plans coming up! Last weekend we loaded up Buster (our shuttle bus waiting to be converted to an rv/art bus) and … Continued
Image Transfer Tutorial
Before I jump into this tutorial on the different products and materials you can use to create image transfers, I want to let you local folks know that the early bird discount deadline for the Oct. 5 messenger bag painting … Continued
Minnesota florals series
While on a trip to Minnesota in August, I took a ton of photos of flowers and foliage. I am terrible at gardening, so don’t grow flowers of my own, so maybe that is why I was so enthralled with … Continued
Glue Stick Review
Last week I had occassion to do a little collage work on a road trip. While I am a die hard fan of Liquitex matte gel medium for a collage adhesive, it is a little messy for working on your … Continued
Chaos to Cosmos
…an adventure in abstract art. After much playing around recently, I am beginning to get a little more comfortable with abstract art. However, I find that it is of little use to try to make a plan, but rather can … Continued
On Letting the Art Lead Me
I have been working on some non representational abstracts lately as I want to include them in some upcoming shows. Many look at abstracts and say something like “my four year old could do that!” While I do think that … Continued
Exciting News!
I have been sitting on this for awhile until I had the images to share with you, but back in February or so I was approached by Patti Mann about liscensing some of my artwork to her for becoming part … Continued
Hellos and Farewells!
Last week I told you about my messenger bags, today I am going to feature a couple of my painted globes. The one above has the ocean painted in a black matte finish, with mixed media collage continents. The second … Continued