The Evolution of an Artwork
Once upon the time there was a large forty-two inch square panel that a woodworking friend created for me. Wood panels are my favorite substrate as they can support anything that I can stick onto them with acrylic matte gel medium. (Have I told you that I buy matte gel medium by the gallon? It's true.)
I prepped this particular wood panel and painted on it live at church, as I do at times.
Rhythms of Grace
Rhythms of Grace is a depiction of the life cycle of the pipevine swallowtail butterfly. Every spring I watch as the adult butterflies seem to come from nowhere, fluttering around the trails I walk on. They mate and lay eggs on a plant called pipevine.
Why So Many Hours In The Dark?
Another midsummer day in a dim room creating cyanotypes, even though I still don’t know how they will fit into my art practice in the future, if at all. Altogether I’ve spent more than:
four full days working plus prep time.
an undisclosed amount of money on extra fancy, cotton watercolor paper.
tons of time and coin on specialty transparency sheets that are designed specifically for making digital negatives.
Creative Explorations
I've been doing something a little different lately. I'm not sure where it will go or what will happen next, but for me, part of being an artist means trying new things and taking some risks now and again.
How to choose a meaningful gift
This time of year seems to be filled with special occasions like graduations, weddings, anniversaries and in my family, we've got plenty of summer birthdays, too. There's nothing quite as wonderful as giving a gift that holds special meaning and one way for a gift to have meaning is for that gift to symbolize something.