Thanksgiving and Good Friday

This is what Thanksgiving looks like at Art Camp!  60 people around the table.  Sparkly sun on the crisp snow.  Local food.  No cooking.  No dishes.  No worries.  

And today..being known as Black Friday...make it Good Friday.  Find artists, bakers, knitters...clever folks around and buy something from them.  A drawing, knitted hat, jar of jam.  And then see how you feel.  Whenever I buy a hand made something as a gift....I end up keeping it because it is special.  So next time I'll but two. One for me and one for you.  

A Day of Printing!

Its been awhile since I have so much time to do any printing.  Startred working on solar plate printing and started a three color print today.  Nothing like easing back in!!!

 Plate one  yellow ochre

Plate two    Cadmuim red

Plate three...black..oops plate upside down.

Its handmade...I never make the same mistake twice....well at least I try. 

Studio Days

I made it here with a very full car and apparenty I did have the kitchen sink and some dancing shoes inside.  

I have managed to get it all in my studio and am off and running!

My new home...quite cozy.

My studio building 

and yes all my stuff....like I have been here for months. 

 

Artist Residency!

I am off today to begin my residency at the Vermont Studio Center, something I have worked toward for some time.  I have had great support and cheering from all around me.  Stay tuned to see what happens.  I will be focusing on printmaking and 50 artists total will be there, which means anything can happen. 

What's in a Color Name?

Color names are nice, but I think it has so confused people.  I buy wine because of the label and many choose a color because of the name. Who wouldn’t want their bedroom to “Peaceful Serenity," when in reality, it looks like the color of blue tape. In my new line of color I’ll have a color called “Sexy Forever.” Borrowing the title of Suzanne Summer’s new book- a best seller for the master bedroom!

The color condiment collection

Studio Containers 

 I think you can learn a lot about an artist by looking at the vessels in the studio that hold paint, brushes and stuff.  I looked around my studio the other day and was impressed by the assortment of tofu, yogurt and crushed tomato containers filled with color for the latest project.  But truth be told if a potato chip bag was a good paint container you might see one of those as well.

Print Exchange

Print Exchange

I recently participated in a group printmaking project.  500 artists, each submitting an edition of 12 prints on the subject "The Drive Home".  

One print to be kept in the Art Library archives in Brooklyn, NY, One print to be in a traveling show around the country, 

10 prints to sent to 10 of the participating artists.  

The best part of it all was that one day 10 prints from around the world arrived...each with their own interpretation of their drive home.  

My image was created by making impressions of the letterpress plates from 1956 from the local paper of the Nantucket Island ferry schedule.    My commute these days usually involves a boat of some kind.  

Here it is to check out

http://www.flickr.com/photos/arthousecoop/9367101810/

The Sketchbook Project

The Sketchbook Project


This project that I participated in had a slow beginning.  Simple idea.  They send me a small book,  I fill it with anything I like, and send it back.  It goes on tour for a year around the country in their mobile library.   But like many ideas...some are too big.  What do I want to put on the world stage for all to see. 

And then it happened....I had been carrying around the book for weeks, no closer to an idea, when my coffee spilled in may bag, making a big mess out of everything, including my sketchbook.   I dried it all off and just tried to forget about it all.   One of the victims of the spill was my day planner.  One  day when I was in a meeting, I had my planner open and the pages were coffee stained...and as always I start to doodle on the pages of the day. The coffee stains quickly became continents!  And there it was, the beginning of my sketchbook idea!  Coffee Continents . Java Worlds....and I soon became obsessed.  I almost hated to sent it away, but knew it had a bigger life than just me. 

I have loved not only the idea, but the actual involvement of global art projects.  Connects us all in a special way.  Here is my book.


http://www.sketchbookproject.com/library/13122#page-slide_1

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-M