My First First Friday

In my town of Raleigh, the first Friday of every month is called, appropriately "First Friday" and is set aside by the city as a night when all the art galleries around town remain open until 10 pm.  Everyone in the city knows about First…

The Fissure- it's finished!

 You may remember a post I made back in mid July, showing a large canvas piece I was working on called  "The Fissure".  Well, I finally finished it! When we last saw this piece, I had sewed strips of wire window screen to the canvas, surrounding…

Getting ready

I've done it!  I've hung my first collection of art in a gallery! Please forgive my bedraggled appearance- what a crazy  busy, exciting day.  It didn't take me too long to setup the gallery, but getting things ready for a visit from…

Mini Gaea's

So I had some leftover quilled paper pieces from my large "Gaea" piece, and I decided to use them to make some of my awesome mini canvases.  :)  These are so useful when I want to try new techniques and experiment with different colors. For…

"Gaea"- Using Quilled Paper Pieces to Create Dimension in Art

This piece has taken me a very long time to finish, so I'm very excited that I finally get to share it!  I've decided to call it Gaea, after the Greek goddess of earth- the mother of Zeus.  When I first had the idea of this piece, I wanted…

The Dragon

I've been practicing my sketches again, and I just can't seem to keep away from my favorite Disney film. I had to put some scribbly flames over her claws, because I can't draw claws apparently.  I suppose I should do a practice study where…