Category: About my art
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More Digital!
The above digital pieces are derived from very different sources: the figure is a photo of a new resin cast made from my paperclay original, posed in a layered arrangement, the two leaf foil variations are based on an outdoor photograph, taken in a parking lot, the foil “waves” are from a scanned evening pencil…
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Art Making, the Journey #4
After a few years of working without showing my work beyond a small circle of artist friends, family and neighbors, I prepared to open my studio and show my art in the annual Port Townsend Studio Tour. This was exciting and a little bit unnerving; most of us want to be liked and want our…
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Art Making, the Journey #3
Currently, as an artist, I struggle with my ambition, my sometimes inadequate knowledge and proficiency, and with increasing problems with my aging body. But these things are to be expected, to be coped with, and will be managed! Setting these issues aside, I am still have immediate questions to resolve, questions I seem to need…
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Art making, the Journey #1
What is art? What does it mean to be an artist? Novice artists all have to struggle with self-doubt and many such questions. Some artists continue to consider or even agonize over these and related issues throughout their “careers”. But for many artists a few years of daily work and habit will provide some answers.…
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Handwork on Prints
“Wooden ships on the water, very free”. Or maybe there is just the one ship, and the one fishing net, there in the top two 3″ x 3″ prints. I think the double print is quite different. So probably the lower image is not a wooden ship, but a plant; a fern in the ground,…
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After PT Studio Tour
Studio Tour was a fine weekend for me; I was proud of my work, proud of my (intensive!) preparation, and totally enjoyed meeting and engaging with visitors to my studio. I was never busy, so I had time to answer questions, share my enjoyment, and really have a nice time! A few artworks now have…
