I’ve been known to find artwork from a few years ago and not remember making it. Looking at it, I wonder why I didn’t value it more. Could the answer be that I wasn’t ready to accept the direction it was taking my work? Was I so involved with my current thoughts that IContinue reading “Painting and Process”
Category Archives: Visual Artist, Painter
The Big Ta Da!
“The difference between art and science is that science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else.” -Donald Knuth, American computer scientist, mathematician, and professor emeritus at Stanford University. Parents love the performance, the big game, the recital; it’s a chance to have their child in the spotlightContinue reading “The Big Ta Da!”
Studio Space
I enjoy reading Hyperallergic’s A View from the Easel. Artists send in images of their studios along with a written description. I like the messy spaces the best. They make me wonder what’s going on under all the stuff, and I’m envious of the people who have a huge space in which to spread out. It gotContinue reading “Studio Space”
But I Don’t Need Any Paint!
I’m a paint snob! I only like quality brands and Golden is the only acrylic paint I use. Their fluid acrylics are the best and I can’t do without the Acrylic Glazing Liquid. Depending on the look I want: I paint it on the canvas before I add color, I mix it into the pigmentContinue reading “But I Don’t Need Any Paint!”
What Gets Your Creativity Flowing?
What gets your creativity flowing? For me, it might be the weather. I’m a California girl by choice, not birth. Originally from Illinois, I came here after hearing talk of not one more snowy winter! My parents had had it! Since I was a child, I had no say in the matter and off weContinue reading “What Gets Your Creativity Flowing?”
Excavation
I’ve never met a creative person who isn’t a bit of a pack rat and I’m no exception! For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been reliving my creative past; in other words, I’ve been cleaning out closets. Excavating, evaluating, and marveling at the amount of stuff I have accumulated. I knew I’d been savingContinue reading “Excavation”
Tribute
It is with great sadness that I write this post, one of my painting students passed away last week. About twelve years ago, I received a call from a woman who wanted to come to my watercolor/acrylic painting class and paint with oils. I said no. I explained that I hadn’t used oil paints sinceContinue reading “Tribute”
Blank White Space
I’ve been busy finishing one of my acrylic paintings. It forms the second half of a diptych and together the two canvases make a strong and complex statement. Now, I’m faced with starting my next work and it needs equal care and consideration. I must put aside any fear I have of the blank whiteContinue reading “Blank White Space”
Vibrant Color
Lush, vibrant, bold pigments; a tube of paint is magic! But, when I’m teaching, I like my students to use a limited palette of six colors, (see the color wheel to the right). If they’re using acrylics, they also need white and if they’re really, really insistent, black. I don’t use black in my workContinue reading “Vibrant Color”
Curious Viewers
On occasion, I run into someone who is genuinely curious about what I make and why I make it. I am grateful for these generous individuals, they give me a chance to discuss my work and get a fresh take on something I have created. Painting is a solitary occupation. It’s me, the paint, andContinue reading “Curious Viewers”
