Tag: painted canvas

  • Painting the hive

    Painting the hive

    My recent bee hive painting began with a piece of canvas that I had painted in a range of warm colors using fluid acrylic paint. Then I used a stencil to paint a pattern of hexagons over it in warm yellows, oranges and ochres mixed with some white, also using fluid acrylic. Then the canvas…

  • The best way to start the year…

    The best way to start the year…

    is by jump starting your creativity with an art retreat. I love teaching at retreats, especially Craft Napa, because everyone is immersed in some kind of project while learning and making and getting inspired by the other workshops their friends and other attendees are doing. It’s like a big ol’ creative love fest. Paint and…

  • The Migrant’s Alphabet Project

    The Migrant’s Alphabet Project

    I’m so thrilled to have created work for the Migrant’s Alphabet project that opened October 4th in Bridgeport, CT. W is the fearless Women who stand up to protest raising their voices against separation of families and children’s arrest   Inspired by a book from 1846 (The Anti-Slavery Alphabet),  leading mixed media artists and activists…

  • Where did July go?

    Where did July go?

    It just burned right by, and the 17 fires blazing across the state are proof it was the hottest July on record in Northern California. The oppressive gray skies have been ashy for weeks. Having a government that does not acknowledge climate change is maddening. On a more positive note, the opening of our fiber…