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Artist Statement My work is Contemporary Batik and watercolor paint on ricepaper. I begin by rendering forms using a tjaunting tool or brush in hot wax. I then alternate the hot wax mixture and watercolor paint until complete. The wax is removed carefully in stages revealing… Read more

Artist Statement My artwork originates from an idea or something interesting I find in our environment. I am influenced by hiking in the wilderness ambient music yoga & meditation and a spirit of exploration. Love when people 'connect' with my art. The images are photographs Ive… Read more

Artist Statement Starting at the beginning of the book I hand cut images with an x-acto knife into the pages of the book. I work page-by-page until the 3D collage is complete. Book carving is a wonderful way I have found to express myself. Choosing a… Read more

Artist Statement Gracefully blends Chinese Brush painting technique with a contemporary edge in mixed media. Festivals Art at the Glen Town Center, Buffalo Grove Art Festival, Chicago Botanic Garden Art Festival, Port Clinton Art Festival Media Painting: Oil Paint, Painting: Mixed Media Booth Numbers Art at the Glen Town Center: 209 Buffalo Grove… Read more

Artist StatementTo quote Gary Winogrand I take photographs of things to see what they look like photographed. This is actually very profound. Photographs can never depict exactly the way we see things. It might be depth of field perspective dynamic range color or several other… Read more

Festivals Millennium Art Festival, Third Ward Art Festival Media Painting: Oil Paint Booth Numbers Millennium Art Festival: 24 Third Ward Art Festival: 126 Read more

Artist StatementThe creative process is something very powerful and integral to the balance" we strive for as human beings. When I'm in the shop shaping a piece of aluminum things either go as expected or become a "happy accident." I have stopped trying to control… Read more

Artist Statement My body of work entitled Painted Desert Series is inspired by the beauty of the landscape of the west. The series explores texturing and mixing of porcelain clay in its pure form with colorants and stains to achieve a marbling or agate stone effect.… Read more

Artist StatementI hand lay each Quiet Oboe in natural and synthetic fibers varying texture and hue. As art can be considered a form of music frozen in time I use the forms the color and feel of the fiber as my vocabulary. As music arrangers… Read more

Artist StatementBronze sculpture and metal beam juxtaposed in front of image on archival canvas. FestivalsPort Clinton Art Festival, Third Ward Art Festival Media3D Non-Functional: Mixed Media Booth NumbersPort Clinton Art Festival: 104Third Ward Art Festival: 85 Read more