My First Juried Show: Art Story Five
Submitting to a Show It takes a bit of courage to enter an art show. That is because it feels like you are being judged. And you are, if you enter a juried show. Year Number Three Then one hot … Read More
Overwhelmed – Art Story Four
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The Assignment The Evaluation In class, when it is finally my time for a personal evaluation of the progress of my drawing, I begin, “Let me tell you what I’m trying to do. I’ve taken my drawing and blown it … Read More
My Thoughts on Creative Borrowing
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The tag line for my blog is “Yes, I have something to say”! So yes, these are my thoughts on creative borrowing. How to let the creative process guide you as you are influenced by other people’s art. Influenced by … Read More
The Cherry Blossom Watercolor Collection
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The Cherry Blossom Watercolor Collection started with a ruined painting. But by working through the creative process, the art work is happily up in my shop and on Etsy this week. I recently wrote a blog about creating original art. … Read More
The Return of the Prodigal Son
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The Value of Literature My Encounter with the Book A close friend of mine introduced me to this book at a critical point in my life, where I too was encountering a piece of artwork that would change the course … Read More
Connecting to Art – Art Story Three
Connecting to art as a child The National Museum in Washington DC is expansive, room after room meant for exhibitions, and when you are a 12- year’s old child, it is enormous. For me as a young girl from Ohio, … Read More
Can I paint your photo?
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There’s a story behind one of my favorite questions, “Can I paint your photo?” It was an extremely bad day at work, one of those days with a lot of pressure and not enough time, when I got a text … Read More
Art Story Two: My Art is Pretentious.
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When I paint, I want to paint beautiful things. When I went to art school, beautiful art was characterized as decorative art and excluded from contemporary art. I don’t think that is true anymore. There are so many women artists … Read More
Artist Interview One: Annette Kennedy, Fiber Artist.
Connecting with childhood friends can be interesting… yes, very interesting, especially when you are an artist and you discover that old friend of yours is too. Since 2003, Annette Kennedy has been creating pictorial art quilts that incorporate hand-dyed, painted, … Read More