Solo Exhibition Set Up

Encaustic Panels EVERYWHERE!

Encuastic Setup

Set up for working on two panels simultaneously.

Girls of Summer - Solo Exhibition

HUH???

You might be wondering what I'm babbling about, and for good reason.  Yes I did have a solo show coming up still do, I set up on this coming Monday,  it was to be called She was Third Class.  Well I started having problems with the pieces I was making for starters given the current state of the economy researching third class social status for women in America was becoming, well depressing!  Couple this with John being very ill, massive flooding which meant I was out of my studio for two whole weeks, and that everytime I started to work on the subject cows kept coming to mind, I decided to shelve this project for awhile.  I want to approach it from a satirical point of view, not a depressing point of view. 

In come the Girls of Summer... but the Girls of Summer is about "Cows".  Yep out in the pasture grazing on grass is my happy place!  I love cows, they make me smile and quite frankly if you've ever watched them long enough, they will also crack you up.  Having spent one long hot summer milking 300 cows twice a day, on a 600 dairy cow farm, taught me a LOT about cows and cow humor.

So enter the "Girls".  I'm still doing encaustic for this show, very large panels in fact that will require some torch work over the weekend.  If I did the math correctly the 10 pieces I am currently working on will just fit onto the one wall. 

More later with pictures ;-)

WIP - Girls of Summer

WIP - Sample Scroll

Scroll has been waxed with encuastic medium and round one of heating has been done.  I think I will do layer two and round two of heating with an iron NOT a heat gun!

Wet Studio Clean Up

The niche grave yard!

Encaustic painting area has become a niche holding station.

WIPS- niches in various stages of completion.

More niches!

I cleaned up a bit for this last push, it'll be a huge mess within hours if not sooner ;-)

WIP - Sample Scroll

I ironed freezer paper to the back of the scroll.

Just a Peak

Inking scrolls prior to waxing.

Bead Storage

A drawer filled with little boxes filled with 11/0 and 12/0 beads

Size is about 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.0 inches

Sizes in metric.

I picked these little storage tubs up at a local gun shop, they run about 57 cents a piece. I like these alot because the lid is hinged to the container reducing the risk of my misplacing it.

WIP - Painted Canyonlands No. 2

I've hit the point where I feel like I've ruined the piece, the solution is to keep pushing the surface of course.

River Valleys and Cliffs

Canyons of sorts - swallow nests high up on the canyon wall at Ledges State Park.

The Ole Iron Bridge

A view from the old iron bridge.

Girls of Summer

Painted Canyonlands No. 2

Painted Canyonlands No. 2

Canyons, Rivers, and Cows

Working on a new series... a glimpse of my journal.

Silk Cocoons

My personal stash of silk cocoons to be used in an upcoming project.

Blood River Canyon No. 4 Framed

Blood River Canyon No. 4 Framed

Yellow Poppies

Yellow Poppies
2010
19.5L x 15.5w

Blood River Canyon No. 4

Blood River Canyon No. 4

2010

17.5 x 24 inches

Silk Crepe de chine, Silk dupioni, Flax, and Wool batting,

Natural Dyes, Machine Stiched.

New Fall Colors

New Fall Colors - Silk Cocoons

New Colors

Cotton Candy Pink and Grape Silk Cocoons

WIP's

Drips on Cotton

Milkweed Pod

I went digging through my closet tonight and found these pieces from 2001.

WIP - Peony No. 3

WIP - Peony No. 3 - Yes BON I can paint photo realism, I had to step away yesterday because I was turning into mud and doing a bang up job of it as well.
Oil on Canvas
12x16 inches

What I'm Working On

WIP - Blood River Canyon No. 4  (In Progress Shot)
27"Lx19"W
Natural Dyes, Silk, Flax, Wool Batting, Machine Stitched, Cotton Backing.
SOLD

WIP - Signs

Man's Best Friend!

John and Angel

Setting up a Still Life

Apple - WIP

Here it is hanging on the garage door!  If this isn't an incentive to unbury my design wall I don't know what is!

WIP - Apple

WIP - Apple
40x68 inches
Fabric Paint, Shiva Paintsticks, on Cotton

Taking opinions! I'm not happy with the background. At this point I think I will finish the apple tonight, which means I need to go to the store and audition apples again, and then let it air cure. Once it's cured in a few days, shiva paintstiks, I'd press it then wash it then stitch it???

I'm still not certain, I've been working on this piece of almost a year now.

WIP - Apple

I've been thoroughly disappointed with this piece and suddenly it occurred to me that the background needs more coppers, etc.

WIP - Apple

WIP - Apple

New Series WIP

WIP Canyonlands - panoramic stitched series.

Compost dyed silk fabric

Now I need to dye some fibers to accompany these new pieces.

Journal Starts

Painting more pages in my journal, gouache on paper.

Gouache on Paper

Carcass Workshop in September!

Carcass

Salvaging the Unsalvageable

Rust • Wool • Pigments • Wax

Earth Palette

Taos New Mexico

September 29th & 30th, 2010

Fabric Painting Workshop May 8th, 2010

What: Fabric Painting Workshop May 8th, 2010
When: Saturday May 8th, 2010 from 1:00-4:00 pm
Where: Fisher Art Center, Marshalltown, IA
Cost: $75.00 includes ALL supplies for the workshop!

We will be experimenting with fabric paints and shiva paintsticks in this 3 hour workshop!