Walking Into Something Bigger
I just wrapped up my residency with Yellow Chair Salon at Art Cake in Brooklyn, and honestly? I'm still processing it all. There's so much to unpack from this experience - it really shifted how I see my work and what's possible as an artist.
The first da...
The perfect studio, I found it!
One of the goals I wanted to tackle in 2022 was to find a larger studio in order to make larger work. At the beginning of the year I teamed up with Juliette Lepage Boisdron and Karima Duchamp, two colleagues who were also looking. Our idea was that it might be easi...
Self reflection makes for an interesting self portrait
My artwork has gone through a huge shift in the past year. I began the year with a process of gluing burlap onto a wood substrate and then covering the burlap with plaster and acrylic paint. During the course of the year I was able to discern...
Why not explore symmetry?
Last week in our critical discussion group, one of the members made the observation that the two pieces I had presented were all asymmetrical. I hadn't even considered working in a symmetrical fashion so I thought it would be a good exercise to explore.
I began two pi...
The practice of choosing...
...this was my biggest take-away from initial discussion about my work in the 12 week Critical Discussion: Abstraction group.
In some ways I have always felt like I've been trying to add too much to my work. I've even had colleagues try to tell me this in a variety ...
... my residency lockdown
There is so much to be grateful for my experiences in Florence. What started out to be a three month self-residency turned into a five month stay with a little help from the Corona Virus. During my time there I was well aware that I was living through an important part o...
A dear colleague of mine...
David Drain has been producing a series of interviews with other creative professionals on the topic of creativity and mindset.
This month David asked me to participate in a little chat about creativity.
You can listen to our conversation below....
It all began last Spring in Paris...
A dear Parisenne artist friend (Virginnie Houdot) and I stopped at a cafe to enjoy the scenery and to take advantage their happy hour specials. Somehow we got talking about artists residencies and how great it could be if we could participate in one together....
Hand made brushes!
This was a super fun week of making our own brushes. The goal was to create brushes that will reflect hand movements and gestures. I used both high flow paint and india ink.
My five brushes consisted of strands of cotton string, soft fabric netting, wheat threads with the se...
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 ...
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...
