Alcohol Ink

I have a whole drawer full of inks that I use in mixed media, but I had never tried alcohol inks.
They are a whole new thing. Alcohol is what makes these different. Because it evaporates so quickly the colors run & mix & then start again with the addition of more alcohol.
I'm just starting to experiment. 
What will I come up with?

Carolyn Monk

Carolyn Monk

Local celebrity artist, Carolyn Monk, prodvided a program for the BART group March meeting. 
She shared a little about her career, and had a planned demo on painting fur. Her "trick": skill (comes with practice), the right brush, and plenty of time. 
Her wildlife paintings are shown in galleries all over the state. It's an honor to see her exquisite work, and a great honor to own one.

To inquire on purchasing one of her fine pieces her web site is, www.carolynmonkart.com

Yellow

Here it is, a prepared canvas. Ready for whichever idea finds it way to the canvas first.

Yellow opens the door for the flood of the rainbow to come in. The plan is for many blues & greens.


"As yellow is always accompanied with light, so it may be said that blue still brings a principle of darkness with it. This colour has a peculiar and almost indescribable effect on the eye. As a hue it is powerful, but it is on the negative side, and in its highest purity is, as it were, a stimulating negation. Its appearance, then, is a kind of contradiction between excitement and repose."

                                        Goethe, Theory of Colours  

Bye, Bye Mitch

Mitch Lyon
June 2012

I just got news that Mitch Lyons died earlier this month.

About seven years ago while I was working in ceramics, I found Mitch's DVD's on ceramics in the college library. I loved what he was doing with ceramics especially the clayprinting. As I watched the magic appear on the clayprinting plate it was so exciting that I thought I would hyperventilate.

In 2012 I was able to take one of his workshops in Taos, NM. It changed the course of my work. My present studio is set up for clayprinting and I can easily lose myself for hours being surprised by what appears on my printing plates.

Thank you Mitch for sharing your clayprinting process with so many artists.

www.mitchlyons.com

Here are a few pics from the 2012 Workshop:

Mitch creating

Clay pigments

Mitch adding color to the plate with chalk.

Mitch adding color to the plate with colored slip.

Mitch pulls a finished print.

Prints drying on the line. 

Radio Waves
I created this clayprint at the workshop. It is framed & hangs in my entry.

Loving Vincent

I missed the movie Loving Vincent when it was at the theatre, but thankfully the library ordered it.

It's an animated feature mostly on the end of this life, and animated in the style of van Gogh. It's real "eye candy".

And van Gogh inspired young artists to create these works for the student art show on exhibit now at Price Tower.

Paul Laune

The Paul Laune High School Art Exhibit is on display now through March 21 at the Plains Indians & Pioneers Museum in Woodward, OK.

Paul Laune was an author, painter, & illustrator. His murals decorate the rotunda of the museum and greet visitors as they enter.

Art Show

painting of museum entrance

Last week I made a trip to Woodward, OK. I had been contracted by the Plains Indians & Pioneers Museum to judge the up coming student art show. High school art students from around the state submit their best work. This is an annual event with hundreds of entries.
My thanks to Director, Robert Roberson, and Board Members, Leona & Karen for making the process go smoothly.

Here are three of the 26 that I picked as worthy of ribbons. Yes, there was cash involved.

If you're in the Woodward area check out this show:

Paul Laune High School Art Exhibit

through March 21