Friday, November 29, 2013

New ornaments!

Here are the ornaments I'm selling this year.  All of them are made with recycled paper and plarn, a yarn derived from recycled plastic shopping bags.

handmade ornaments


handmade ornaments


handmade ornaments

 
handmade ornaments


handmade ornaments



I am selling them exclusively at my art studio. You can purchase yours on Friday, December 13th at my biggest open studio event of the year.

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Painting Clothes

making art is dirty work

I read somewhere that Basquiat painted in Armani suits.  Once I saw an artist painting in a beautiful little black cocktail dress during her open studio. I admire them. I envy them a little. As for me, I am a messy painter. In fact, I don't even give myself manicures anymore because I'm going to end up with paint all over my hands anyway. And I have an entire wardrobe of painting clothes.

painting clothes


I have painting capri pants for the summer, three pairs of painting jeans, one sleeveless painting shirt, two short-sleeved painting shirts, a painting hoodie, painting yoga pants, painting shoes, painting boots, a painting dress, and now, a painting jumpsuit with my name on it.

painting clothes


painting clothes


I see my painting clothes as a sort of uniform. When I put them on, I feel ready to work, even if I'm not. They free me to work without self-consciousness or concern for ruining my "good" clothes. The clothes also serve as paint rags. I use them to absorb the excess paint on my brushes before I clean them in water. I think it's better than using paper towels.

Whenever paint-splattered clothes become trendy, I always find it funny that people are willing to pay so much to make a fashion statement that so many messy painters make for free.

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Save the date for The Artmosphere Benefit Art Auction


I am contributing art to this auction. It's for a great cause. I hope you can make it!

The Artmosphere Benefit Art Auction
Saturday, December 7th
2:30 - 6:00 p.m.
11 W. 26th St.
Chicago, Illinois

Monday, November 4, 2013

The 2013 SOFA Expo

This year's SOFA Expo at Navy Pier was very inspiring. As I mentioned in a previous post, I've been sick the past few weeks with pneumonia. Because I'm accustomed to walking a lot, I never realized just how hard it is to get around Navy Pier with a diminished lung capacity. I was so winded on Saturday that I had to leave before I got to see anything or take any pictures. But I came back on Sunday and finally had the energy to see everything and take photos of art that I especially liked.  Whenever possible, I tried to get the names of the artists and designers who made these pieces. But for some of them, I don't have a name. My apologies for not being able to give credit where it's due.



SOFA 2013


SOFA 2013


SOFA 2013


SOFA 2013
Janis Miltenberger


SOFA 2013


SOFA 2013


SOFA 2013
Marek Zyga

SOFA 2013
Emily Brock



SOFA 2013


SOFA 2013


SOFA 2013


SOFA 2013


SOFA 2013


SOFA 2013


SOFA 2013


SOFA 2013
Woodrow Nash


SOFA 2013


SOFA 2013


SOFA 2013


SOFA 2013
Susan Saladino

SOFA 2013
Laura Donefer

SOFA 2013
Caprice Pierucci


SOFA 2013


SOFA 2013
Andrew Conklin (one of my former professors!)


SOFA 2013


SOFA 2013


SOFA 2013


SOFA 2013
Eric Zammitt, Nancy Dwyer formattingand Fred Eversley formatting


SOFA 2013


SOFA 2013
a Ligne Roset sofa



SOFA 2013
Janet Sherman


SOFA 2013




As always, being at SOFA was very inspiring. In fact, being there made me start thinking seriously about sculpting.

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