Draw, Scribble, Fling...
This week was the week to draw, scribble and fling!
I spent the week using house paint in collaboration with paint-markers and fine pen lines.
The first part of the week I tried to acquire some sort of control over dripping house paint from a wooden stick. Since t...
Drips, drops and spatters with liquid acrylic...
First I applied High Flow liquid acrylic paint directly from the bottle. The paper was held vertically to see how the drips formed vertical lines.
Next I did the same thing, but used a plastic pipette to apply the paint. This allowed for a littl...
Paint Scribbles!
We experimented with making paint scribbles or masses using different brushes as well as a heavy body (thicker paint out of a tube) and liquid acrylics (thinner and flowed from a bottle). I was able to detect differences in the marks based on these variables. Again, the goal was ...
Starting off the New Year Learning
This year I started off I decided to ring in 2019 by participating in an online course by artist Jane Davies. I admire Jane’s work very much and has a great teaching reputation both through in person workshops and online. I’ve always been attracted to dr...
Whew!! It’s all over.
My recent solo show by all standards was successful and quite the experience. I must say it was a small gallery in a small town in France so I was much like a big fish in a small pond. I’m really glad I did it! It pushed my limits and learned so much AND to my surprise I sol...
Opening night at “Le Salon des 40” with my husband and sponsor, André Stoller.
Beginnings in Europe...
It’s been quite a while since I posted in my blog and much has happened. I was very busy fall after returning to France from my residency in the states. I participated in my first showing in both...
Exhbition in Chicago...
This past summer I was quite fortunate in many ways. I spent three weeks at the Blueberry View Artist Retreat in Benton Harbor Michigan. In addition I was granted a show at the Tom Robinson Gallery in Chicago.
The timing couldn’t be better as I had just completed the la...
The grounds at Blueberry View Artist Retreat are wildly creative and down right magical.Artists and co-hosts Mark Toncray and Janet Sullivan. The people who created the magic at Blueberry View Artist Retreat
An Artful Summer...
This past summer I was fortunate enough to spend part of my summer vac...
Trying Something New...
For the past few weeks I’ve been thinking a lot about an upcoming residency programming I will be doing in the States. Up until this time I have been working primarily on wood panels. I like this substrate because I’m able to sand, scrape and add all kinds of texture to t...
One of the things I am really trying to incorporate in my work is a sense of transparency and pattern. It often happens when I add pattern the work becomes too busy and then I spend time trying to quiet down the pattern. It's for this reason I thought it might be interesting to create some patterned...
I am still continuing my quick studies and this time have focused on balancing out both busy areas and quiet areas in the same piece. It was really fun to consider what makes an area visually dense.
These are some basic elements:
High value contrast
Bright color next to neutral color
A...
This week I really wanted to strengthen my understanding of color's properties: value (light and dark), hue (shade), and saturation (intensity). I did some exercises where composition wasn't as important as the study of color. I limited my palette and worked monochromatically using either red, yello...
