Never know where the paint will take me!
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Today's Experiment With Color
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This series of paintings is representative of what you take "off" instead of what you put "on"!
Since back to work from vacation, I've slid into a method of painting of letting the paint stain the canvas, then covering it with more paint, then scraping off to show whats underneath. It's a process of "balanced" elimination. Here I'm playing with my favorite color red, where the others below are more of the fall colors. The more I play with this method, the more curious I get and the more I want to explore it! It has me enthralled! The canvas almost looks like fabric where I've scraped off the top layer. It's very soft which is so unlike my past style. I need to get some large canvases and really go to town with these! Cheers!
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One of my favorite color combinations!
This is a different size for me and I like it! It also has a 2.5 deep frame so it's painted on the sides. Quite fun to do, think I'll order some more of this size. It's not quite as large as I like, but I can still cover a lot of ground on it. It's good to mix it up! Cheers!
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Back to work I go!! Nice to step away for a bit and refresh!
I hope you are all off to a lovely start to summer!! We are just back from a month of travels, so a bit tired but thankful that we had the chance to check out so many lovely countries! Iceland was at the top of my list! Unlike anywhere I've ever been. It's good to just unplug and now it's time to get going in the studio! Lot's of ideas brewing, so it will be fun to see what transpires! Cheers!
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I know I'm on a break, BUT...I need to share this with you!
Thank you to Pillar Homes and to the lovely family who hired them to build their house for asking me to fill their home with my paintings for the Artisan Home Tour! It was such fun to work with them and to help them select the art that helps to complete their home. I've been out of the country, so just finally back and it was so fun to tour the house and see how it all came together! Such a privilege to have such an opportunity and a huge congratulations to the new home owners who built such a wonderful home! Here are some photos for you to enjoy. If you live in MN and want something fun to do this weekend, come check it out! It's the last weekend of the show, June 22-24 from 12-6. The address for this home is 315 Margaret Circle, Wayzata, MN. Google Artisan Home 2018 for more info. CHEERS!
You are cordially invited to visit my studio at Art-a Whirl ®!
Art-a-Whirl ®, which is the largest art crawl in the US is coming up!! I have never been to it, let alone been in it, so this is my maiden voyage! I hear it is a great time!! If you google Art-a Whirl ® 2018, or google NEMAA.org, (Northeast Minneapolis Artists Association), you can find out all the events happening, and believe me, it's quite a line-up! Also check out my building's website, Casketarts.com for what's happening at our place! It's Friday May 18th, 5-10. Saturday May 19th 12-8, and I'm closed Sunday, as we have a family obligation, but the rest of the show is from 12-5.
At our building, which is the Casket Arts Building, there will be entertainment, food trucks, brewery beer offerings, custom cocktails in the basement lounge, Red Stag Supper Club, Great Dane Rescue, (as in really cool dogs walking around), a marching band parade out back, spin art, face-painting, just to name a few events! Behind my building is the Franconia Sculpture Park and our Carriage House, which has more artist. ( check out Franconia .org and click on Art-a Whirl® and they have a daily event line-up) Opening day, 5-8 they have an Opening Ceremony hosted by two comedians, Edison High school Marching Band, Silver Lake Symphonic Woodwinds, Chaos Combat Marching Band, the Southside Battle Train, an appearance by Smoky the Bear, haircuts, and a reality show cook off (7pm) rain date is Saturday May 19th. Saturday May 19th they are going to do a live iron pour from 12-4. Gosh...this sounds like too much fun!! Their web site does a great job explaining what it all is! They are rarely open so this is a great opportunity to check out some really cool "stuff"!
There is a trolly that shuttles folks to the different buildings in the area too. I hear it's a good idea to just uber in as parking can be tricky. I also hear it's really fun!! So if you are free and up for an adventure, come check it out! It's family friendly too! There are over 100 artists in my building and I hear it's a pleasant building to explore as it's not as huge as some of the others. So hope to see you there!! We are at 681 17th Ave North East, North East Mpls. I'm in studio 160. Come explore why North East Minneapolis was voted by USA today as the Reader's Choice for best art district in the US!! Whew!!! Cheers!
