Mash-up Reception at Green Lantern

 Wonderful evening at the Mash-up exhibit reception on August 5th. Nice to see everyone - neighbors, fellow local artists, out-of-town visitors. 

As always, Richard did a great job of hanging the show. He mixed up my various mixed media looks which showed them off at their best. 

 

Mash-Up Exhibit at Green Lantern

 

Richland Center WRAP Show Demo

I was invited to present the workshop portion of the 2023 Richland Center WRAP Show. I did a demo on how I develop my collage portraits, with an emphasis on how I create the mixed media backgrounds.

Here's a collage I prepared for the demo showing a recent work-in-progress. Starting with gluing collage elements onto watercolor paper (lower right), then adding layers of color wash and stamping (right side middle and top), then collaging in a figure that was scanned from a drawing (lower left), and finally defining the background with some acrylic paint and punching up the "drawing" with alcohol ink (top left). 

Not sure this is actually done though. Might add some more to the figures outfit, like so:

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Definitely changes the persona, no?

The Wrap show was wonderful - well attended and a nice variety of work. Richard Moninski was the show judge. Always fun (and educational!) to hear Richard discuss art.

Thanks to coordinator, Sally Probasco, and WRAP for this opportunity to share my work and meet the artists at the Richland Center WRAP Show. It was a very enjoyable day.

Makers & Shakers Art Party - Make Your Own Stamps

At the April Shake Rag Alley Makers & Shakers Art Party, I shared how to make your own stamps from common household materials - no carving required! 

We created designs from string, foam core pieces, craft foam, Styrofoam meat trays, bubble wrap, and all manner of household odds and ends. Designs were then mounted on blocks of wood or foam core using glue or double sided tape. One really fun stamp is a roller stamp made by mounting a design on toilet paper tubes that happily fit perfectly on a paint roller! 

The eleven creative souls in the session made some really fantastic stamps.

Click here for more info on the Makers & Shakers Art Parties at Shake Rag Alley. 

The Drift Show 2023 at Rountree

The Drift is back at Rountree Gallery in Platteville, running from March 2 thru April 22:

This annual group exhibit of artwork by artists from within 100 miles of Platteville has become a favorite and will be in the Main Level Gallery. 

The artist reception on Friday, March 3 was well attended and the show was wonderful with a wide variety of media represented.

Also at the gallery, an intriguing exhibit, "Variability of Means" is showing in the Upper Level Gallery featuring a solo installation by artist Mary Bergs of Benton, WI.

Both Ben and I have two pieces in The Drift show. I am showing two new graphite portrait drawings. Ben has one of his field shots and an abstract of dandelion seeds.

2023 Arts Mineral Point Member Show

The 8th annual Arts Mineral Point (AMP) member show opened last Friday evening with a reception for members. The exhibit includes a wide variety of mediums and styles from about thirty AMP member artists. All work is for sale.

Public Exhibit Days and Times:
Saturday, 1/28, 11am - 3pm, Sunday, 1/29, 11:00am - 3:00pm
Saturday, 2/4, 11:00am - 3:00pm, Sunday, 2/5, 11:00am - 3:00pm
Saturday, 2/11, 11am - 7:00pm

Visit the 8th Annual Member Art Show at the historic Masonic Lodge in Mineral Point (304 High St, Mineral Point)!

I submitted two graphite figure drawings:

Teeny, Tiny, BOLD Reception

The 2022 Teeny, Tiny, BOLD show at the Rountree Gallery in Platteville is wonderful! 

Unlike last year, there was no geographic limitation on entrants, so there is work from artists from all over the country...from Seattle to Colorado to Texas to New York and more. 

Which also meant that fewer of the artists in the show were at the reception. Nevertheless, the reception was well attended including a cadre of local artists whose work is in show. 

And, the unbelievable food spread supplied by The Lemon Door in Fennimore was both delicious AND so beautiful it was it's own work of art.

Upcoming December Shows

I will have work in three shows in December - The Teeny, Tiny, BOLD show in Platteville and in two Mineral Point galleries!

Teeny, Tiny, BOLD 
This is the second year for this juried exhibit at the Rountree Gallery in Platteville. I feel very honored that my piece "Mother Earth 2" was among those selected. The exhibit includes 49 works by 40 artists and runs from Nov 17, 2022 thru Feb 4, with a reception on Dec 2 from 4 to 7pm:

Mother Earth 2

Cheers! exhibit at Green Lantern Studios

The December show at Green Lantern Studios in Mineral Point is a group show featuring small works by nine artists. Opening Reception is Dec 3, 5-9pm during Mineral Point's annual Candlelight Shopping and Gallery Night. 

I will have a selection of my mixed media pieces, including some faux encaustic wooden blocks, matted Artist Trading Card sized collages, mixed media jewelry created just for this show, and some folk art painted Christmas Tree balls that I did a number of years ago.

Faux encaustic wood blocks

Mixed media jewelry

Mosaic Montage at Longbranch Gallery

Organized by Cindy Fleming, forty-five friends met over course of the summer and fall to create mosaics with one purpose: to honor Judy Sutcliffe, mosaic maven and co-founder of Shake Rag Alley in Mineral Point.  All proceeds benefit Shake Rag Alley.

Ben and I both did mosaics for this exhibit for Gallery Night, Dec 3rd, 11am-8pm. I did two small plates and Ben did one.

Platteville WRAP Show 2022

 

Once again Rountree Gallery is sponsoring a Platteville WRAP Show.

The exhibit will be up through October 21, 2022, in the upper lobby of the Platteville Public Library, 225 W Main St, Platteville WI. 

The workshop for participants was held on Saturday, September 17 in the library community room.

The workshop covered two subjects-

1.       Presenting Artwork. Session was focused on methods for framing, mounting, displaying and hanging various types of art to best highlight the artwork. Also discussed were best practices for submitting artwork to exhibits to help ensure the works are displayed as intended. Dan O’Brien, artist and retired art faculty at UW Platteville, gave the presentation and served as the show judge.

2.       Photographing Artwork. Steve Yunck, UW Platteville Professor and photography instructor, presented strategies and techniques for artists to produce good quality photographs, essential to submitting for exhibit, documenting, creating content for digital and print. Geared toward non-photographers with limited photography skills, use of both digital cameras and phone cameras were covered.

Show judge Daniel O'Brien with my two pieces

Although the group was very small (only four artists entered the show), the discussion of the artwork was robust. One state award and one honorable mention was given. I received the honorable mention for the combination of my two entries - Open Up and Sultan2. A novel approach, but interesting that he felt the two belonged together. 

Paper Printing Alchemy Workshop with Sarah Rehmer

Two days of total emersion into eco dyeing and rust dyeing paper - many different kinds of paper, from copy paper to watercolor paper to giant coffee filters and more.  There was mark making on papers to be dyed, rust printing on botanicals, the use of modifiers to change the colors of the final prints, even burned holes in the papers with incense sticks! What fun!

We all came away with a treasure trove of papers. Some students got really lovely leaf impressions. I went more for a rather funky overall texture look. I love my papers.