Saturday, December 26, 2009

A Rain Barrel Open House

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My first public art project will soon be on display! If you want to see it, come to the Rain Barrel Open House.

Our wonderful rain barrels will be on display as part of the 2010 curated show at the City of Chicago's Center for Green Technology. You will have a chance to meet the artists who created them.


Date:
Saturday, January 9th, 2010, 12:30pm - 3:30pm

Location:
Chicago Center for Green Technology
445 North Sacramento Boulevard
Chicago IL 60612
Please RSVP online or by phone at 773.929.0614

Friday, December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas and Free Shipping to all!

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Yes, you read that correctly.  My Christmas gift to everyone is free shipping on everything in my Etsy shop, even this wooden media storage unit. I'm extending this offer until the end of the year, so now is the perfect time to buy something from Mixed Media Design.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Portfolio 2.0: Now with better pictures

Behold the power of Photoshop. And its lesser known
(and much less expensive) Canadian cousin, Corel Photo-Paint. I was able to clean up my images of my paintings and make them look like they're all hanging on a gallery's pristine white walls.

Here are a few:


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The rest are now on Flickr.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

a little cartoon about artistic inspiration

If only it were this simple to define my artistic concepts...





from page 198 of Transformation Through Insight: Enneatypes in Life, Literature and Clinical Practice by Claudio Naranjo.