Workshop Day!
Today I am off to teach 2 workshop sessions at Tessera Fine Art Gallery in Wichita. At each of the monthly sessions, I teach a workshop on some mixed media technique that can be used in the art journal. Today … Continued
Rooster Reinvented
I had fun putting this guy together last week. I started with a background of torn strips of National Geographic magazine, treated with Citra Solv concentrated cleaner and my hand cut chicken wire stencil. The part collage, part paint’ rooster … Continued
Illustrator Andrea D’Aquino
I have always had an appreciation for well illustrated children’s books, but now that I have illustrated a couple of them myself, I have become even more interested and attentive to the artwork that can make or break a book. … Continued
Island Beauty
Starting with a cabinet door, and an vintage 1954 map of the West Indies, I set out to create a piece that has been on my mind for several months. I love this old map, and decided to embrace the … Continued
I love finding something unique to use as a platform for my art. In preparing artwork for the upcoming Ecofest in Wichita, I thought it would be the perfect time to use this old chair back that I had found … Continued
New Art…Did You Hear?
Just finished “Did You Hear?” in time to display at Artlandia for the month of September. It is a bit larger than most of my mixed media, on a 24 x 36 inch canvas. I started with a canvas covered with … Continued
Artist Trading Card Fun
I decided I wanted to make more examples for some ATC (artist trading card) workshops that I have coming up, and in the process was reminded just how fun these little bits of original art are to create! They are … Continued
Mr. Rooster
Watching the rooster of my daughter and son-in-law’s brood of chickens gave me a good chuckle. Strutting around with his chest thrust forward and almost a swagger to his step, I realized there is a lot of personality in these … Continued
Musical Easels – an intro to mixed media
I recently taught a “Musical Canvas” introduction to mixed media art workshop. In it, we try out many basic techniques of mixed media, and switch canvases at each one. By the time we were done, everyone had worked at least … Continued
“Housing Development”
The first layer of “Housing Development” was created in a demo for an advanced Citra Solv workshop that I was teaching a week or so ago. I loved the brown and blue combination of this piece, so was excited to … Continued