ArTFEsT !!!!! tHaNk YoU!!!

Wow! Wow! Wow!

Another amazing year at ArtFest! Held at what I personally believe to me one of the most beautiful places on this earth, Fort Worden in Pt. Townsend, WA.

Thank you Teesha and Tracy for coordinating such and amazing experience.

This year I got to take my mom with me and that was such a treasure to share that experience with her, and she was indispensable help at the Artist Market night.

So I got to vend at Artist Market Night for ArtFest this year! I had vended in the past but it had been a few years since I had a table... Oh My Goddess! That was one of the single most affirming experiences of my life. Thank you all for your support!! It is amazing to make the art I love making without editing or limiting myself and for it to be received so warmly.. I can't express my gratitude enough.

And I haven't even started to talk about my classes.. Great teachers and classes... I took Demented Toys with Michael De Meng, A drawing /doodling class with Theo Ellsworth, and an abstract clayboard painting class with Mary Beth Shaw. I have lots more to say about each of those classes and pictures to share, but I am going to dole it out in small installments to help the excitement last. lol

I got to see lots of familiar faces and old friends which was so nice! Got to hang out with my great friend from "the liberal containment zone" of Salt Lake City, Colleen, and she made the most amazing soldered charms as trades this year!

Stay tuned for more gushing and drooling....

SuCcEsSfuL cLaSs ! ! !

Class Inspiration Packet

Six amazing women joining me in my studio this past weekend to play with making winged assemblages. I was amazed at the quality of work that came out of the class. Everyone left with one piece of finished art and some two. Its fun to see the diversity of each individual expression of the theme. Wow, it was a pleasure. Stay tuned I will be teaching this class again next month.

Now check out these works of art!

Dani's piece honoring motherhood

Ann's piece featuring a great vintage picture of her mom

Deb's piece honoring a lost pet

Marilyn's two great pieces using fabulous old finds

Shannon's fun piece incorporating a modern image with vintage finds very successfully

Sue's pieces with an amazing old doll as centerpiece

LoNg AwAiTeD ClAsS ! ! !

Winged Creature Assemblage
Saturday March 21 from 10am -4pm with an hour lunch break.
(please bring a sack lunch)

$70 limited to 6 students
"Learn basic assemblage techniques while creating a winged goddess, monster, or creature from another world. We will cover different methods for attaching 3D objects. I will share with you some of my “secret techniques” for altering objects to take ordinary modern objects and make then look like antique relics. Learn to work with you mistakes and embrace chaos. This is both a technique and project based class. You will finish a piece of art in the class and learn many techniques to use in your personal art.

Material list
An object or two to use as a base, a piece of wood, a box lid, a book cover, or..
Not larger than 8”x10”
Images of faces and figures, color copies, b/ w copies, magazine cut outs
A sm tube of household liquid nails glue
Some small fabric scraps
Small random objects to add to your assemblage (beads, keys, plastic animals, rusty metal, whatever catches your eye)
cheap acrylic paint (Folk art or Americana) in brown, off white, and black
a small paint brush for detail work

Optional
heat gun if you have one

feathers


I will provide
A set of wings
Glass discs
paint brushes
palettes and water containers
various acrylic paints
wire
gesso
an inspiration packet
a selection of communal collage and assemblage materials for sharing

To register for classes I need payment in full
I can take credit cards over the phone call 360-305-9058

ChAoS

"In chaos there is fertility" Anais Nin

One of my absolute favorite quotes that I have reproduced in my art many a time. Its my favorite because it speaks to my life. I have never been overly good at organizing and keeping things in tidy little lines, and I have found that when I do my creativity wanes. A certain level of organization, I have found to be necessary for sanity and productivity. But when I am stuck on what to add next to an art piece, I reach for the boxes that are not sorted that are just full of random weird crap.. They make me happy...

My house is a bit of creative chaos, I do some arranging and such but a lot of it happens organically with out much thought..

So to share a bit of the fertile chaos that is my living space...

WoRK tAbLE

I am back at the work table, gluing, cutting, burning, and swearing occasionally. I am getting ready for Artfest, which besides going as a participant I am also vending again this year with my creations. So I am busy trying to create some really cool things for all the discerning eyes that attend Artfest. I am currently obsessed with reclaiming old or ugly commercial dolls and turning them into art dolls.. So here is a visual tour of what I have been up to... None of these pieces are 100% done and some are just in the begininng stages...