  “The best way to predict the future is to create it.†~Valerie Beck, with help from Gayle Newcomb Friday’s Women’s Innovation Circle was about doing business in the UK. The British Consulate-General Chicago’s Head of Trade and Investment Colette Buscemi and Vice Consul of Innovation and Economics Chipo Nyambuya spoke about how to best prepare […]
Tag Archives: encaustic
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Jan
Jan
This week has been about aspiration. I’ve been working on a love piece for Dick Blick’s, which is filled with aspirations about love. On Thursday I attended a Chicago Artists Coaltion‘s Collector’s Circle talk at Perspective Gallery, where Katsy Johnson explained her process for creating her beautiful encaustic photographs in the “Schools Out Forever” series. […]
I’m on a bit of a high as I write this post. Apparently seeing your work hung among other very talented artists by a professional curator raises a boat load of endorphins. Maybe there should be an after-party for gallery openings. I’m so giddy! Sunday was a lovely sunshiny day and I walked to the garage […]
26
Dec
Dec
“If you look deep within, you will find a brilliant light. Too many, far too many, squint and turn away from the shine. Let your eyes adjust, and bathe in the radiance.” ~ unattributed Wow, after posting my “unwrapped” blog about Style, the Radvent I caught up on was Wrapping. It asks how you present […]
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Nov
Nov
I’ve been getting my crafty on with the advent of December. It’s been fun to “bake” my UTEE people to embellish holiday cards with. You can still order cards by messaging me The card creating was interrupted by a custom holiday order of a collage I did earlier this month. Even though I used the […]
What I love about Chicago is that you can discover new things even a decade after living here. After my WIN-ning morning I decided to view an exhibit I had heard about. I strolled down Michigan Avenue but eventually realized it is a long walk from North to South, so I took the Red Line […]
Last Friday* I visited Woman Made Gallery  for another FUSEDChicago member exhibit. The exhibit is called Bare Essentials: Minimalism in the 21st Century. Per their web site “Woman Made Gallery is a tax-exempt, not-for-profit organization. Its vision is to ensure the equal placement of women’s art in the world. More than 6500 women have exhibited […]
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Nov
Nov
I have a post about the weekend in the works but was too busy cleaning on Sunday. Somehow that extra daylight savings hour got spent on straightening things up. It feels good to have the home swept and mopped. My back isn’t as happy though. Here’s a sneak peek on this week’s order. A variation […]
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Oct
Oct
“Just living is not enough, said the butterfly. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” ~ Hans Christian Andersen By now you know I am fascinated by butterflies. Their magical lifecycle and the transformation they symbolize have mesmerized people for ages. I can’t help but hold my breath when one flutters by me, […]
My biggest art work today is up on Etsy this week. It has been an interesting exploration to scale up from greeting cards to a canvas of 18×18. The 12×12 for Blick’s was my first larger scale piece. I wanted to incorporate my leaf collection into beeswax. First I did a practice run with smaller […]
