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Tag Archives: Seattle
Holiday Shows with Stars and Code
Enjoy Holiday Shows this Winter: Stars, Code… In this beautiful holiday season, I am truly hoping you have a moment for yourself – even in the middle of busy time. Treat yourself with quiet time by walking in a park, … Continue reading
Posted in Creative process, Encaustic, exhibition, Mixed Media, New York, News/Announcement, Quotes, Seattle, Stars and/or Desert, Uncategorized, wax or beeswax
Tagged art, collage, encaustic, exhibition, mixed media, New York, Seattle, stars
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Gross? Or Beautiful! – Clean and Rebuilt Public Art
It was unexpected. When I ran into the “flocks of the locks” in Germany this past summer, I thought of these- The Gum Wall in Seattle – One of my friends took me there when I first moved to Seattle … Continue reading
Posted in Art in Europe, Seattle
Tagged art, Europe, Germany, gum wall, locks, Love, Paris, photography, public art, Seattle, travel
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Music and Art – Orion
updated: May 2020 “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” ―Plato Recently, one of my friends had to end a relationship and she said she feels pretty upset … Continue reading
Posted in Creative process, Encaustic, Mixed Media, Music and Art, Printmaking/Intaglio, Quotes, Seattle, wax or beeswax
Tagged art, Arts, beeswax, behind the scene, Collagraph, mixed media, painting, printmaking, quotes, relationship, Seattle, stars, wax
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Text in My Work and Something about Chagall
For some years now, I have been employing text in a number of my works and series. The recent works have something to do with stars, the Milky Way and deserts. To see a couple of works, please visit my … Continue reading
Posted in Creative process, Encaustic, Printmaking/Intaglio, Quotes
Tagged art, beeswax, Beyond Time and Space, Bible, carborundum, Collagraph, 百人一首, desert, encaustic, encaustic paint, Hyakunin Isshu, intaglio, Isaiah, Marc Chagall, Milky Way, mixed media, monotype, New York, poem, printmaking, scriptures, Seattle, stars, text, wax
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Drawn to Stars
I was walking on the street in Seattle the other night. I was rushing but looked up at the sky and noticed a couple of stars in between the cracks of clouds. Deep blue-black sky and white clouds. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Creative process, Encaustic, Printmaking/Intaglio
Tagged art, beeswax, behind the scene, desert, encaustic, Milky Way, mixed media, mountains, New York, Seattle, stars, Washington
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When You Don’t Feel Inspired… (Story from Chuck Close)
What would you do when you don’t feel motivated? Or the time you don’t feel inspired – for work or for anything else you need to do? Do I always feel motivated or inspired to create artwork? – No. I … Continue reading
Posted in Creative process, Photography, Quotes
Tagged art, behind the scene, CBS, Chuck Close, Hollywood, inspiration, Jackson Pollock, MFA, New York, Note to Self, Painters, painting, Philip Glass, Portfolio, portraiture, Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, stars without make-up, TV program, University of Washington, Vanity Fair, Yale University
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Immerse Yourself in Art: Exhibition Info.
In recent years, I have expanded from only photography to mixed-media painting, especially incorporating encaustic and text such as Japanese calligraphy or different languages (French, English, etc.) that are based on the individual concept of each series. Beyond Time & … Continue reading
Posted in Encaustic, Events and Reviews
Tagged art, Encaustic painting, Hanson Scott Gallery, mixed media, New York City, Paint, Seattle
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Story Behind the Move
New York – Seattle O barco está mais seguro no porto, mas não é esse o objetivo dos barcos. 「船は港にいるとき最も安全であるが、それは船が造られた目的ではない。」 パウロ・コエ−リョ “The boat is safer when anchored at the harbor, however that is not what it’s built for.” … Continue reading
Posted in Creative process, Photography, Quotes
Tagged Anderson Cooper, art, boat, Converge Gallery, El Camino, exhibition, gallery, group show, harbor, Japan, journey, light, Manhattan, move, moving, New York, New York City, NYC, Pacific Northwest, Paulo Coelho, Pennsylvania, photography, Saint-Malo, Seattle, Sun, The Pilgrimage, United States, Visual Arts, water, Williamsport, yacht
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Don’t Burn Her.
I love encaustic, though sometimes it gives me a hard time as any serious relationship might. “She” is delicate and fickle. I have to deal with her between a temperature of 165°F and 220°F (74℃ – 104.5℃). It depends on … Continue reading
Posted in Encaustic, Tutorials
Tagged ancient medium, art, beeswax, burn, encaustic, encaustic paint, Greece, Heat gun, history, Joanne Mattera, Lissa Rankin, Paint, pallete, pigments, relationship, safety measures, Seattle, The Art of Encaustic Painting, thermometer, Visual Arts, wax
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