I’m so excited to be an artist helping the Women’s and Children’s Alliance by participating in Joyful, and art and music festival for child abuse awareness month! I will be at Joyful at the Riverside Hotel Ballroom on Sunday, April 24, 2022 at 11:00AM to 4:00PM. Click to subscribe to my website for a reminder […]
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For Holy Week 2022, I created a series of three paintings as Artist in Residence at Boise First Congregational United Church of Christ. It was exciting to use the same artistic process for this series of works! I started with an underpainting on paper, and I carved a large basswood block. I then used this
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I had the privilege of a solo show at the Riverside Hotel. It was a great honor and a fantastic learning experience. Most importantly, it’s a major milestone in my career as an artist! That’s why I’m so excited to share some of my strongest work with you! This February until March 31, 2022, I
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Robert Goetting was one of my earliest and most supportive fellow artists I encountered on Instagram. He has been a professional California artist for over 30 years. Bob is a master of color and light. A modern-day Impressionist. The paintings of his that really speak to me are those that have variations of spectrum within
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The theme for this year’s Advent and Christmas Season is “Prepare.” At this time of year, we listen for the spoken scripture, and we get ready for reflection and celebration. The first Advent painting is about how we allow ourselves to feel the sound waves, breathing new life into an ancient story of the coming
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I’ve taken Joyce’s fantastic watercolor classes over the years here in Boise, Idaho, and I’ve grown to admire her rich, insightful, and humorous skills as a teacher and her honest brilliance as an artist. Originally from Minnesota, Joyce Green has been a professional artist for over thirty years. She is a signature member of The
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The kestrel, kingfisher, heron, and red-winged blackbird are species that I love and are common where I live. They are not endangered, however, they do represent the concept of appreciating nature amid environmental degradation. I experience it with my own eyes in my city that is booming with development. I see these birds’ habitats shrinking
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The ebonizing wood technique is turning wood black using iron. It was originally a furniture finishing technique, but because of encouragement from a fellow artist and my own curiosity, I’ve begun using it in my paintings. This is different than using dyes or stains because it creates black pigment, embedding iron in the fibers of
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During this coronavirus pandemic, my friend decided to commission work from me, asking simply for “mountains.” So, I completed two mountain paintings. The first, titled “Mountains,” I also talked about in a video post on Instagram and Facebook. This painting looks like a fun hiking venture, and was kind of a meditation on complementary colors
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Jumping in Sometimes I jump into a painting without having any plans. An automatic response. This painting began with taking a risk with bright bold choices, and then another risk as I covered up my first painted and carved response on the basswood in tones of white. The layers intrigued me. And then I thought
