I have been on vacation, spending my time reading art magazines, painting and creating miniature pictures of the beautiful beachfront area. I have enjoyed my days and been getting tan at the beach. Walking the beach along the waters edge in the day. And in the evening walking the bordwalk, looking in shops, taking in the […]
I have begun planning for the new school year and in the process I have not found interesting planner pages I like with the spaces I want to use. So I have created my own pages and I will do two more to be unique pages for my own planner book. So far these pages
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I have been working on making a new book and packing my travel art box for my trip. Art journaling and book binding. Now when I have some free evenings, I will be working on some computer design images – more information on that later.
This bookbinding stitch is beautiful and intricate yet I am finding it to be a bit complicated. I am determined to master the stitch then use it to create a new artist book. I have 4 book ideas in my head I will be sketching out to figure out how they will be bound and
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Opening night at the gallery was a success. There were many attendees that viewed the art on display for sale. The art will be up for 3 weeks and some are still for sale. If you are interested in visiting the gallery see my last post for the address and additional information. I enjoyed the
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The MAAE Artist Thesis exhibit begins today at 5 pm, and is open for the next 3 weeks. NHIA Gallery on Amherst Street in Manchester NH. It includes the an installation and recient silkscreen prints I have been creating.
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I am making many decisions about my work and how it will be presented at the exhibition. I am cutting, hanging, measuring and arranging. My art is very nostalgic yet using new pieces made to look old.
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Happy Independence day to all Americans and a BIG thank you to our Military, current and veteran service people, that keep us safe and free in our country.
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I have been sewing together the mono-printed pages of the artist books, these take time to punch the holes then hand stitch two pages together. I have printed enough pages for six books, I’m hoping to have three done for the beginning of the show in the installation setting. I like the way the books
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Wonderful artist talk, very informative. Sharon Louden talked of how to sustain a creative life. She asked the question of the audience, What do you need as an artist? I began to think of what I would need to be creative and create art. How do you have a practice of creating and be able
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Over the next 4 weeks I am in the studio residency program creating final works for the art exhibition. I am enthusiastic about spending hours creating art, researching art information and discussing art works with other artists. I am going through my mono screenprinted images of antique objects I inherited, considering how others relate to
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Working in the studio, antiquing copies of familt photos and ancestors photos to use in my collage project. Just a reminder to never use the original antique photos, make a digital copy so you can playfully create with them whenever you want. Some of the pictures are of my ancestors, three generations past.
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