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It is not an easy thing to get these tiny feathers in place.....there are some under the glass piece and then some sticking up out of the molding paste flow.  These little guys only shine at certain angles so you have to have your head just right....I'm hoping that the light and the height I hang it will all come together so that most people will get the flash from these little jewels!! OHHHH and they are just the perfect color to accent that blue!! 

I am sorry the poor little guy hit the window but.....his feathers are still lighting up the world!

Come  to Location 25 and see them for yourselves!!  Mother's Day and the weekend after....plan it! Five full days to enjoy the island and the art!

Yes, I have discovered how to get my images on ordinary household objects and I am loving it!!!   It is an opportunity to have the image in front of you to remind you just how much you really want that painting.....and maybe later?...down the road you will.  It's my plan to entice you while you drink your favorite coffee or tea each morning.

Hey..it could work! John's favorite mug now is the one done from my printmaking work.  I'm using the Currents Within mug.....Here is the upside..for a fraction of the cost you can have a miniture painting or part of a painting that takes up no room on your walls. 

 I am just soooo excited to see if anyone else loves these as much as I do.

Let me know!! I love comments to my site as well as e-mails!

When they have had their final check...price tag, felt tabs, tapped wire, polished glass,,,,or whatever... the girls are allowed to join the group in the dining room.  The studio was overflowing and I needed space to THINK as well as work....so I started checking the finishing touches and moving the paintings that were DONE to the dining room. Here they have a chance to discuss the upcoming big event....the old hands can give the newbies a few tips.  The credit card machine has arrived and is in the center of the discussions as well as the table.  Do we really need to eat between now and then?

There are several more in different stages of being done that will be joining the group in the next couple of days...be on the look out for them to be added to the site.   Printmaking class is moving right along, and I will have some examples done and ready to show off during the Tour.

Having a blast.......please plan on coming by and bring a gaggle of art loving friends with you!

Mother's Day weekend and the following one as well! 

Yet another way to get into the upcoming CAA STudio Tour in May. All you do is come up with a neat way to spell out "Art Lives", take a photo of it, and submit your entry to artlivesoncamano@gmail.com  There is a prize but mostly you get to advertise your business or tour location on the CAA website's blog.  Free advertising..can you beat it???

I created my sign using the things I use in my mixed media acrylic painitings..... a fern, yarn, glass, feathers, a stone, and some ripped paper....I spelled it out on a canvas I have started with just the background done so far....which allowed me to add in the metallic paint! My printmking one is yet to come but should also be very fun to create.

It's magic...that's the only way to describe how you can take a laser photo copy and turn it into a colored design element. There are some steps involved and some chemicals but basically you just need patience, luck, and experience.  that I intend to get this week as I practice these steps.....and learn how to use just the right amount of gum arabic, water, ink, and setswell. I'll be posting my attempts to put Rum Tum's eyes on a wild and crazy self portrait. Always wanted cat eyes and now I can have them!

The ideas just keep coming...it's just incredible what you can do with this when added to the monotypes and dry point etching we have been doing. I just can't wait to see what I'll create next!!!!

Keep checking in....it is going to get stranger and strangest!!

They are ready to mail!! You will be seeing them in businesses all over the county and state in just days.  Check your mailbox!!! When you have it in hand check out your favorites to see if we are all in the same places.  I will be with Russ Riddle again at location 25...same location just a different number!!

Months and many hours have gone into making this brochure as helpful as we could possible think of and easy to use and understand.  I had several very hard working committee members meeting here to go over ideas, write copy, and then edit......boy is that a job!  Our graphic designer was awesome and really made this brochure special.

Gayle, our tour director, did an awesome job in getting sponsors and in selling adds. Check out our web site for more information and watch the videoes!  www.camanoarts.org

See you in May!! More to come here about the artists showing on the north end with me and other fun things to do besides enjoy the art!

 

This is the print I was pulling off the plate in the Blog entry just down the line.  I love this look!!!  The cream Rives BFK paper is perfect and the chine colle peachy papers look totally incorporated in the work. 

 I have gone on to use this type of marking to make a plate with my rock cairns.  Now we're talking my work and I really love it!!  That's what you'll see next...Spirit Cairns....9" by 12" plate done in dry point with beautiful French Cream Black on cream paper....white paper with watercolor, and...an acrylic background like the Cairn Shadow paintings.

Next??? inspiration from the museum visit.  Keep checking in!

It's a challenge to make a garage studio look like an art gallery, but Russ Riddle and I did just that last year for the CAA Studio Tour.  His working studio is his huge garage so this year my plan is to hang some of my work on grids..some on pro panels and some on these new panels John just finsihed for me.  They are made from hollow core 36" doors and they look awesome!! Thank you John!

The key to a successful tour is starting early and working hard.  I've been printing up a storm but only have a few prints that qualify for what I would consider selling on the tour.  New ideas have been bubbling up ...it is always great to go to a museum and get inspiration.  The Gauguin exhibit in Seattle was wonderful, but what caught my eye for printmaking were the African masks!!! I'm going to be very busy with my dry point etching needle!

It's a rainy but happy day here on Camano Island as this is the first sale of 2012!! These three paintings have been in the process of being sold since November..they knew they liked them, that they fit in with the colors and decor but now..they have offered up the money...so I am a happy camper.  

Temptress was my favorite new baby for the last CAA Studio Tour..May of 2011.  Her glass piece is amazing especially when the light hits it jusst..right. I'm hoping it will be hung to allow that to happen.  The opening celebration for the new cliinc is March 22nd.  I'll go check it out!! These three really look great together...I am very pleased!!