Who is your favorite artist?

I have gotten in a rut with my blog so I thought I would kick start it with something new.  I have many artists that I love. The one I am going to talk about today is Georgia O'Keefe.  I saw a painting of hers while at the Art Institute of Chicago recently.  I understand Georgia studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago in the early 1900s.  The painting was an abstraction of flowers.  She could take an ordinary flower and make it looks sensual.  Each petal was interesting.   She could bring the viewer right into the picture.  Enlarging the tiniest petal to fill an entire canvas emphasized their shapes and line and made them appear abstract. 

Who is your favorite artist and why?  Lets talk about it.

Upcoming LSG Show

The Sisters of the Brush, which I am a member, is having an upcoming show at the Lawrence Street Gallery in Ferndale , Michigan.  Here are the details. You can also go to www.sistersofthebrush.com.

Michigan Glacier

After a long, cold winter and the death of my mother I had a difficult time getting myself to paint.  I am getting past that hump and have started creating.

My first painting to post about on my blog is one where  I first sprayed and dropped paint on cheesecloth on watercolor paper. (Arches of course) When I found an interesting pattern I brought it out using ink.  I am not finished with this but wanted to share the journey. 

Where you can find my art

My art is available to admire and purchase currently at three locations.  I have encaustic paintings and cards at Paint Creek Center for the Arts.  I have paintings at Fieldstone Winery in downtown Rochester.  Also I have a painting in the "Think Small" exhibit at the Lawrence Street Gallery in Ferndale.   Lots of choices! 

Happy Halloween

My family and I love Halloween.  Every year we all carve our own pumpkin.  This year I carved one a little differently.  I bought some small pumpkins and I put one in my larger pumpkins mouth.  I thought it turned out great.  Take a look! 

Encaustics

I have been painting with my encaustics this week and loving it!  I have to set everything up in the hallway by the back door because I need good ventilation and I have none in my studio.  This particular painting is of a sunset from Washington state.  The colors are so vibrant.  I painted the encaustic on the clayboard and then heated it up.  I work the melted wax around until I get sworls  of color  like you would see in the sky. You can't get an exact replica like you could with oil paint  but I think it makes an interesting painting. 

Art Prize

I made it Art Prize this year!  It is a city wide art competition in Grand Rapids that runs for 3 weeks. So far the winners have been realistic pieces and I am curious to see what type of art wins this year.    I can't say I saw any paintings that really blew me away but then again I didn't get to all of the venues. You can download the Art Prize ap and you can see all of the art.  I did see some outdoor sculptures that I thought were great.  I also saw a 4 panel quilted fabric piece that was amazing.   I am considering entering next year.  It would be terrific to put on my resume.