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
I have long admired trees. The lessons that they teach me are numerous. Like, how they reach persistently upward with their branches, and reach even further downward with their roots. The well rooted tree has little to fear from wind … Continued
This last week I got my sampler set of turquoise pens from Jet Pens in the mail. The price came to under $2 per pen, which isn’t bad. They have sampler sets in other yummy colors too, … Continued
Today is National Watercolor Day! While watercolor is not my primary medium, I do enjoy fooling around with it on my coloring pages, in my art journals, and in sketchbooks. I love the fluidity of it and even the … Continued
I just got a new batch of lovely turquoise pens from JetPens (more on that another day!) so of course I have to try them out! That means instead of a black and white coloring page today, you have one … Continued
A couple of weeks ago I taught a 4 day mixed media workshop at Tessera Fine Art Gallery called “Explorations in Mixed Media”. The art that I am sharing today were a couple of demo pieces from that workshop. I … Continued
I titled this piece “We are all in this Together” and it is a whopping (for me) 24 x 48 inches. It would look great above a sofa! This piece will be displayed for sale at the First National Bank … Continued
