Saturday, September 20, 2008
This morning this painting took off for it’s new home at Savor Italian restaurant in Fayetteville, AR. It is 24″ x 30″ and it seems to fit in quite well with my current direction in still lifes even with its predominantly earthy hues. It was quite a feat to pull off this last minute commission [...]
Friday, September 12, 2008
The Arkansas Artists Engagement Calendar has been released and it is beautiful! I had the privilege of attending a reception at the Governor’s Mansion in Little Rock Wednesday night which was hosted by Governor and First Lady Beebe and the Governor’s Mansion Association. I loved taking the time to travel through our lush, beautiful state. [...]
Friday, September 5, 2008
Clear Spring School is full of wiggly life forms! I had the pleasure of working with some of them this week when the first through sixth graders at Clear Spring School came together in Miss Jenny’s room for a hands-on lesson on color mixing. My friend, Helen, who made the awesome slide [...]
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
The 2008 Fayetteville Arts Festival was a lot of fun for me. I sold prints, talked about art, and colors and my favorite author, and got to meet a bunch of super people. I found that the display I had planned for the booth worked perfectly and it was the easiest art show set-up I [...]
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Yep, that’s my painting on the cover of What’s Up, the weekend magazine inset in last Friday’s Arkansas Democrat Gazette. That image was taken from my painting titled A Heady Bouf, which will be sold at the Fayetteville Arts Festival this weekend. If you are one of those collecting prints of my big eyed [...]
Today’s painting class in the studio was small and fun. We kept things very casual and did a little review of color theory while painting for pleasure since the majority of the class was unable to attend. It is amazing to see the differences between the working styles of these two students. One cannot keep [...]
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Yesterday was my godson’s twelfth birthday and he invited a few friends to go to the really cool water slide outside Roaring River State Park. We all met at his house where his mom had prepared rice and beans, and yes, I got her famous salsa I was hoping for. After everyone had enjoyed [...]
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 [...]
I finally got the boat in the water! I had spent some time looking at videos and reading about sculling. Martin had reworked the seat rigging and created a new and very cool seat that looks like an owl. He also made a superb foot board which I will have to post photos of because [...]
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 [...]
Thursday, August 14, 2008
This week the homeschool students continued their work on space and form. We began with a discussion about the picture plane and house its shape influences the overall compositon. Last week’s stamped works served as excellent examples that the students already exercise choices in relation to the shape and dimension of their canvas. These kids [...]
It is fantastic to have this room completed! It has turned into the music room and the dining room and lots of fun has been happening in there. The colors are super bright and this yellow is terrific to watch change throughout the day. The vinyl floor turned out pretty good, if I do say [...]
a work in progress