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Jun 01 2014

Art Journal Preview #2 – Painted Rugs

By 2D & 3D, Inspiration Book

An idea I’ve found intriguing ever since I saw it done in Leo Adams house in the book Renovate, is the painting of rugs directly on large 8′ x 4′ pieces of masonite.

In my own home I just paint the rugs directly on the floor. Which is great until you decide to move to a new house.

The second art journal I’m previewing, before our panel discussion on Art Journaling, is one in which I painted acrylic paintings of painted rugs in 8″ x 4″ sections to give me an idea of what they might look like 12 times that size…

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Tomorrow I’ll have a third art journal preview for you — of my “Inspiration Book”. It’s kind of a “bucket” for the visual lists of things I want, or want to do, or want to make. I liked filling it so much I’ve started a second one which I will bring with me to the “show and tell,” but you’ll have to come to the panel discussion on Monday to see that one in person!

May 31 2014

Art Journal Preview – “Text Book”

By Inspiration Book

On Monday, June 2nd at 6:00 at the Creative Access Arts Center at 500 S. 8th in Boise I will be sitting on a panel discussion about Art Journaling with four other artists, Pam McKnight, Lisa Cheney, Beau Van Greener and Jeanette Ross.

Kathleen Keys will be leading the discussion. If you are in town you should come on down, and bring your own art journal to “show and tell” with the other artists after the panel speaks. That’s when it should get really interesting!

Here’s a preview of one of my art journals, “Text Book,” which is a Travel & Leisure magazine I folded and then drew patterns all over using Sharpies.

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Tomorrow I’ll preview a completely different kind of art journal which I keep with ideas for painted rugs. Prepare to be floored.

May 24 2014

Stitchin’ Time

By Exhibitions, Uncategorized

I’ve been so busy stitchin’ I forgot to do my daily “at least one photo” post for the past couple of days. So, to make up for it, here are six photos of the item I’ve been stitchin’ — the sash for my collaborative piece with Barbara Bolling — “The Abdication of the Sylvan Beauty Queen on the Occasion of Her Epiphany.”

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Run Beauty, run!

Apr 28 2014

We Ink it Up & Pull it Off…

By 2D & 3D, Exhibitions

Our background prints had two orbits of the sun to dry, so first thing this Monday morning, Terry, Marilyn, Shirley — my mom, and I were back at Wingtip Press to ink up our second blocks and pull our final prints.

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Terry would have to do the math to tell you the number of variables we had with 4 artists, 10 blocks (I had 4 not 2), 5 colors, and any number of fractions of inches of difference between river connections twixt the blocks.

But, even I can tell you this…registration is very tricky!

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Each of our prints is slightly different, but each is also beautiful in its own way.

Here you can see the variation between two of them:

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and…

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I even think the blocks themselves are beautiful after we’ve pulled the prints:

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Now all that remains to be done is to select the print we will show in the TVAA exhibition of collaborative works which will be hung in the offices of Boise State Public Radio.

That exhibition will be called “Four Eyes: An Optical Collusion” and opens June 6, 2014, so go ahead and mark your calendar.

In ink.

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Mar 08 2014

Metamorphosis!

By Exhibitions

It’s come to my attention that some of you are worried about my ability to spell.

Well mom, all that money you and dad spent on my edumacation was not in fact wasted….

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It really IS called “Duck” tape!

Ok, confession time. I have not managed to finish one tarp per day. If I had, I would now be relaxing with my feet up in traction in a comfy hospital bed at the nearest recovery center. Instead I am contemplating finishing my sixth today and embarking on the seventh tomorrow.

I do however have an excellent excuse:

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We opened last night at the offices of Boise State Public Radio and had an excellent turnout. Sue Latta and I got the show hung on Wednesday. Well, I arranged it on Monday, Sue does the physical hanging and I follow her around like a chattering jackdaw putting up the labels.

Here’s a glimpse of the exhibit, though I highly recommend you drop by any weekday between 9:00 and 5:00 to take a look for yourself.

Some of the artists participating are Alize Norman and Lee Higman:

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Carrol Elliot Smith and Theresa Burkes:

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Betsie Richardson:

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Mike Chambers, Kellie Cosho, and moi:

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This is my piece, “City of Trees” which you will recognize as the paper cutouts I did in preparation for the Treefort tarps:

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Kelli Kobe, Mo Mapes, and Bev Chick:

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Theresa Burkes, Pam Demo and Andrea Harris:

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Lee Higman and Karl LeClair:

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John Killmaster, Jane Wilson, Dee Miller and Marilyn Cosho:

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Lauren Johnson and Debi Bonsack:

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Bonnie Peacher, Rose Elkovich, Patty Moseley, and Sherri Stehle:

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There are several other artists whose work is not photographed here. See! You really do need to come see the show for yourself. It will be up until May 15th so it’s not like you don’t have time.

Speaking of, it’s time for me to get back to DUCK taping. Oy, my vack!