Last month, on April 17th, I spent the day at Muse Art + Design on Hawthorne creating an encaustic painting for An Artist a Day, an annual event that auctions off original works of art to benefit Schoolhouse Supplies. This wonderful event is a great community builder dreamt up by Muse Art owner, Peter Rossing. […]
Last weekend, a neighbor gifted me with her beehive. My dad, who is a retired-doc-turned-beekeeper quickly dashed over with full regalia to help in my new venture. Now, I own a smoker, brushes, assorted tools, a lovely, fashionable suit and chapeau, a bunch of bees and boxes. It happened rather suddenly, but that’s okay with […]
I was interviewed earlier this week by Dr. Lorraine Haataia who is an expert in business improvement and green design for environmental sustainability and waste reduction. She wanted to see my studio and why I’ve adopted a greener, more earth friendly approach to creating my art. We had a hearty conversation about how being green […]
The best place to shop in 2009 was my studio. Seriously. I’m fortunate to have a veritable warehouse of arts and craft supplies. As a creative I am always on the lookout for new, inspiring products. A trip to the art store can be sooo exciting! I’m like a magpie hoarding sparkly things. The problem […]
The best moment of peace in 2009 happened to me recently. I was laying in bed, going over the day. It was quiet. The house was still. And I knew. I just knew that encaustic was my medium. It wasn’t like I was looking for a medium. I have worked with pencils, charcoal, watercolor and […]
time…time…time by Lorraine Glessner The best blog find of 2009 is Lorraine Glessner’s oh, what a world, what a world… Lorraine is a mixed media artist, workshop instructor and adjunct professor at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, PA. I love her website which showcases her beautiful fiber and encaustic paintings. Her blog is a […]
The best workshop of 2009 was a collaborative art event put on by Portland City Art with over 100 artists and 3,000 visitors. Artists, ages 15 to 80, transformed a retired, creepy, dirty, smelly nursing home into a three story wonder of art for three weeks in August. My installation, titled SEE, was in room […]
When we first moved into our current home 9 years ago, our neighbors, Bob and Myrtle, had a magnificent garden. They are quite renown for their dahlias and the hybrids they’ve developed. Every September/October their garden turned into this riot of gorgeous dahlias. At that time they planted over 1500 dahlias. Now that they’re in […]
Salsa Garden | 6″ x 6″| encaustic + oil pastel | 2009 | $150 Last month, I met Karon Leigh from Tucson, AZ. Karon found my work on Lisa Sisley-Blinn’s
Detail from Betsy Eby‘s encaustic painting “Slowly.”
