I am excited to be teaching in two sessions at the Eureka Springs School of the Arts this summer. My first class is a week-long Introduction to Polymer Clay. It is scheduled June 15th -19th, during the adult session but since I prefer working with mixed age groups, mature youth are invited to apply and [...]
Art is everywhere. Are you looking? Most of what I do as I create a painting is looking. When I think about that, I consider that each of my past endeavors was a part of my training for becoming a painter, a maker. I look to see the beauty in things as they are [...]
The salsa contents at the Farmer’s Market was fun and salsa is my idea of what breakfast should be! My godson’s mom, Dolores, makes what I consider to be the most delicious salsa in town. This year she experimented with roasting the veggies and took third place in the the competition. Last year she [...]
Summer has flown by and I’m working on my plans for this fall as I add more teaching to my schedule. I will be offering three paper making workshops at the Ozark Folk Center and the first one is in November during their Make It a Handmade Christmas event. I am developing ideas for classes [...]
Tuesday’s painting class with the homeschooled students took an interesting turn this week, and like most fun projects, the idea for the structure of this class came together from pieces of items which had previous uses and from the inspiration of friends. I had torn the ceiling tiles off the living room and split the [...]
Last weekend my best friend from high school was in town for a visit. She brought everything she needs with her- her family and her artwork. So, while her husband and son are lovely people, it turns out that I only photographed Heilbron and her artwork. Heilbron has been making wonderful creations for as long [...]
Last art class with the kids was full of wonderful surprises. The last thing they did was work with oil pastel on illustration boards and it was fun to see how different everyone’s art was. The boys did drawing of fantasy creatures and then went on to work with some modeling clay to create them. [...]
Yesterday’s art class with the homeshool kids was quite extraordinary. Knowing a couple of the students would be away, we had planned a free day of painting with no formal instruction. Once that intention was set, everything started falling into place to make it a really stimulating day of creative exploration. First, a package arrived [...]
This is what it looks like when the mobiles are hanging around my house, before heading over to EureKan Art Gallery. They really do look a lot better in the gallery where they hang freely and you can see the twirling movement of the birds and the sparkle of the beads or crystals. Head [...]
Style maven Marcia V. has been keeping the blog world informed of all fabulosity for a full year now. If you have not yet checked out her blog, Precious Style, now is a great time to join the fun. Marcia is hosting a cupcake contest and awarding some fabulous prizes to the crafty winner. Sorry [...]
With all these rainy days and the high season approaching, I have been folding origami cranes and stringing them with beads to make mobiles for EurekanArt.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
February’s Studio Play Day was held today and I was happy to find the participants had little experience in art making but were eager to step into new territory. It was a lot of fun to watch one woman struggle through the discomfort of the beginning stages, where you don’t know where you’re going with [...]
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