Sunday, March 21, 2010

A Gallery of Trompe L'oeil Paintings

Here is a link to my new gallery done for CraftEdu.com.....I'll be creating classes to teach how to do faux finishes and paint trompe l'oeil objects on surfaces like tables and boxes.

http://craftedu.faculte.com/bp/MzA1MTY2MTA0Mg

Saturday, March 20, 2010

CraftEdu.com

Wow....the last few days have been a blur of exciting new things....one of the best being a new educational opportunity coming....CraftEdu.com! The brainstorm of the amazing Donna Kato, it will have it's launch very soon...check it out on Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/CraftEducom/339651391037
and the blog is http://blog.craftedu.com/

And yes, I'm going to be an instructor!! I'm starting with trompe l'oeil and if that goes well maybe some polymer classes.....I've very happy about this, it's made me look at painting with a new attitude....something I haven't done in a while....

Thursday, March 18, 2010

A New Pendant..."Kimonofly"


Here's one I just finished....someone mentioned that they look like "Kimono Bugs" lol.....so I've name them "Kimonoflies"....






Tuesday, March 16, 2010

New Work!


I've been on a roll for the last week or so....I'm working on some new pieces that, well....just do it for me....

I can see these in many different permutations...I'm really happy with these, they are refinements of some earlier pieces I liked but just didn't know what to do with lol..


In the background I can hear the sounds of the Pergo floor being installed in my *gasp* NEW STUDIO!!! Pictures as soon as it is done....


Saturday, March 6, 2010

A Video...with me in it

I know I"ve been very remiss in writing in my blog....but lots of stuff happening behind the scenes....here's a video I just saw that has two pieces of my work in it

http://animoto.com/play/urxhHEsj5fuY6iCtz5Fbpg

Stay tuned...soon I'll be posting lots of new work I've been doing...in the meantime...have a look at the link...the music is lovely and there's some very nice work showcased....