Please enjoy this oldie by goodie while I spend the next two weeks camping, packing, visiting with the mom-in-law and moving from WA to OR. See you in September! I never fail to be blown away by the humility…
Browsing Tag
mixed media
It’s been such a grey, gloomy week here in North Florida, that I thought we could all do with a little sunshine! Maribel Angel’s work never fails to make me smile. Maribel grew up in a Spanish speaking family and their…
Madeleine Peck-Wagner has a way of taking subjects that could be trite and making them extraordinary. Her latest series features mythical wolves and horses, but in Madeline’s hands, they are treated in a way that is contemporary and elegant.…
Encaustic painting is a favorite medium of mine. Their waxy, frosting-like texture sends me over the moon. Every time I’m in a gallery, I will be drawn to the encaustics, guaranteed. So for this Friday round-up, I’m sharing with…
The mixed media work of artist Steven DaLuz glows with an ethereal luminosity. His atmospheric work explores the use of light to create ambience, whether it is a hazy and serene or deeply dramatic. The self-described “Neo-Luminst” is creating…
My husband and I look at a lot of maps. For the next several years, we’re moving to a new locale every three months, plus we spend weekends exploring the areas surrounding wherever we happen to be living. Oh,…
Normally, I love thick paintings. Canvases piled high with mounds of paint and lots of gooey and delicious texture. But there is a fluidity in abstract watercolors that I find just as appealing. Watercolorist Marsha Boston imbues her work…
I admit, I’m not always up on the very latest trends, I am in my 30’s after all. I knew all about the “Put a Bird On It” trend, but had no idea that art featuring chickens had become…
Maybe it’s the little girl inside me. Maybe it’s a way to relive the days when my imagination was unshackled and my days were carefree. Who knows. Whatever the reason, I am always drawn to whimsical, fanciful imagery of…
The world(s) created by Hilary Williams, that is. But really her work is no more absurd than the world we see around us every day. A San Francisco printmaker, Hilary takes elements of urban life, the natural environment and…