We’ve had some amazingly warm weather here this week. The trees are “sprouting” buds, the sunshine gave everyone good cheer, and it was impossible to stay in. I spotted some bees on these flowers. I don’t know what these are called, but I like them. The tulips are biding their time, but the hyacinth started […]
“I believe that if you are creating something that is truly coming from within, that is your true vision and authentic voice, then it will speak to other people.†~ Bridgette Guerzon Mills in The Artist Unique by Carmen Torbus An encaustic palette at the end of the day PerficalSense Studio Workshop Space This weekend […]
“O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in it!” ~ Miranda in Shakespeare’s The Tempest Last week I saw a fabulous interpretation of Shakespeare’s Tempest at the Shakespeare Theater. My friend had alerted me to this now sold out show early […]
“… it’s important to remember that all of us are a crucial part of the environment influencing our world’s future women. Our ambition, our work, our efforts to obliterate the gender gap, and our relentless refusal to give up are paving the way for the next generation, just as our mothers, aunts, and grandmothers did for […]
Lately printmaking has been a theme in my life. I’ve become more aware of local print shops, there is a pop-up downtown I need to visit, and I am thinking more about impressions and linocutting in my own work. So when I saw that the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art had an exhibit […]
This weekend I attended the opening of “Meditations: Looking In, Reflecting Out” at PerficalSense Studio. The show features work by encaustic artists Crystal Neubauer and Bridgette Guerzon Mills. It was lovely to meet both artists and learn more about their inspiration and techniques. Meeting Bridgette Guerzon Mills and Crystal Neubauer, who will both teach me […]
In the spirit of stretching and challenging myself, I’ve submitted some pieces for calls for art. I’m awaiting news on HVNSTN and the Kedzie Admirals for a Civic Center submission. HVNSTN was fun to do. I was inspired by Katsy Johnston’s work to actually paint onto a photograph with encaustic. First I wrote some words […]
“I’m not interested in my legacy. I made up a word: ‘live-acy’. I’m more interested in living.” ~ John Glenn, age 90 (in February 20 issue of People Magazine) When I first started researching the artistic life, I would scrutinize the background of artists, and sift through their blog to see if they had won […]
After a recent snowfall I was inspired by OrangeMarigold to look at the tracks that had been made. It’s such fun to see the patterns in people’s shoe soles. Spring is on its way, but there might be a few dustings before the full bloom. My first Crocus sighting on Sunday! 🙂 Fortunately it’s been […]
“Bees draw the good out of a flower source and transform that into something sweet and good. I see that as a metaphor of looking to seek and draw the good out of people.†~Brenda Palms Barber On Tuesday I attended the Black History Month Innovation Panel hosted by WIN. The panelists’ credentials were impressive, […]
