Daily Painters

I have mentioned in the past that I make these little portraits, inspired by vintage advertisements. I like the small format - they become studies for faces, as well as experiments with color and texture of the background. And I love how they happen so quick, I often don’t even think about it before they appear. They tend to decide for themselves, which is very exciting for me, as I always plan my paintings ahead, almost down to the smallest detail.

I have just made a new gallery on my website for those paintings in particular. Daily Painters is a movement where the members paints a few small paintings a week and post them for sale right away. I am not a member of the group, but I am intrigued by the concept and I decided to give these little (if not daily, then weekly) paintings their own page in my web gallery...

Ready For Art Classes

It is August already - for a while I have been wanting to teach art to kids again... I have done it in the past, and would love to get back into it! The idea has developed in my mind the past few months, and I feel very excited and ready at this point. I have taught at a few different Art Museums in WA, all in different ways. At the Seattle Art Museum I taught a six week art camp, at the Frye Art Museum I taught a few afternoon classes with different themes, and at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma I was the Artist in Residence, teaching a project that somehow related to a current exhibition. And the studio was open to anyone interested.

Now, it is time to teach in my own preferred format: a small group of kids at one time, two hours every week. All is going to be 2D projects; drawing, painting, collage - and we are going to relate the work to a famous artist or art movement every week. And naturally end the day talking about each student’s work.

The last few weeks I have been busy putting together flyers, postcards and thought of fun and creative ways to advertise my classes. Hoping to reach as many art interested kids as possible.

I have a lot of ideas for lesson plans - that’s almost the funniest part to get ready.

And I am ready to get it all out of my mind and down on paper. That is what’s next...