Art studios, large and small.
If you’re a fan of unique, eye-catching miniatures, then you’re going to love our latest project: a cartoon-style gypsy wagon that can be pulled by a bike! We wanted to create something fun and whimsical, and the idea of a miniature gypsy wagon immediately came to mind. To make it even more unique, we decided…
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This life drawing world has an open studio space with a timer on the wall and a setup for life drawing with podium, easels, color pallets, brushes. It also has a cozy couple of gallery rooms to display art while listening to music with friends. Thanks to PUMA and Jinx for helping me capture the…
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Photos from the creative junkyard. I’m clearing the clutter of outdoor casualties. They remind me of the fragility of life and impermanence of material things. The little metal girl with a bird on her foot is doing nicely but the outdoor solar flower lights are truly depressing at this point.
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When the weather gets warm and the daylight lasts longer, it’s the right time to start working outdoors. This space gets morning sun so my favorite hours to work here are 9 to 1 pm. The bike trailer is a tiny tarot studio. Next month the collective readings will be recorded from the beach. It’s…
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Recently I’ve been enjoying the white background look from photographing things in the little photobooth. The light is so bright and it very easy to take out the background. Most of the pictures and projects that are keeping me creatively inspired are from the Tarot theme. I’ve been doing reviews of all the decks I’m…
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Learning new techniques for polymer clay beads is so fun with YouTube and social media. Its easy to be inspired by this community of artists. The little charms and jewelry are a delight with colors and shapes. I encourage you to search the hashtag #polymerclay and find some more artists you like. This post is…
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This series is bright colors with metallic acrylics. The loose canvas rectangles are cut from a larger piece. The main painting from this canvas was double sided. I will put photos of the original in the collage below. A Rumi poem inspired some of this work. Physical separation of the head with a cut canvas…
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You know that junk drawer in the desk? I have something similar for oil paint. I haven’t purchased any new tubes because I’m moving toward non toxic art materials. Today I took some photos of the paint while I was working in the studio. It’s something I love, the oil painting process. Sometime the cap…
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Some ideas hit and stick. This sticking point is the start of a thread that weaves itself through years of life never gets cut loose. You might call this an Axis mundi, an image that relates to the center of the earth (perhaps like an umbilical providing nourishment). Below is an idea of this center thread as…
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Can you tell what’s before and what’s after in the studio photos? I’ve spent about 3 hours setting up to paint. The weather is finally cooperating and I can finally work in my outdoor studio. Today included brushing away the cobwebs and ripping out the weeds that have grown over the winter and spring. If…
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