Paintings are Set--A New One About to Begin

Today I finalized which pieces are going to be part of the show at the SAM Gallery. I'm happy with the choices the gallery director made and I'm anxiously waiting for July to roll around.

This weekend I'm planning to paint a piece that I've had in my mind for the past month. Lately I've been doing lots of commission work so it will be nice to paint something for my own enjoyment. It seems like I'm in a yellow phase right now. Earlier this year I went through an orange phase which for some strange reason isn't a color that I have painted with much. My palette seems to be heavily influenced by the northwest resulting in predominately blues, browns, greys, and green. I'll post a picture of the finished piece to get your thoughts.

Kindergarten Follow Up

First let me say that kindergarteners are awesome. Their imagination and enthusiasm is so contagious. Some of the great responses to art that I received were: "Art is about having fun", "I like to make messes, except when I have to clean it up", "I love the colors", "It's so fun to create".

What is apparent to me, is that I feel the exact same way as an adult that these five and six year olds do. Art is about having fun, making messes, color, and most of all, the enjoyment to create an idea.

We did bubble painting as our project. Each student had a straw and primary colors mixed with bubble solution. Some of the works were fantastic and they found so many different ways to use their straws. Many of them used them as sticks to splatter and drip the paint as well as to lightly blow bubbles. One little girl didn't like it so much since she used the straw to drink the paint. After a glass of water, she was back creating.

Kindergarten Class

Next week I get to teach my daughters kindergarten class about the joys of art and painting. One of the questions I plan to ask her class is what art means to them and what exactly is it. I'm curious to see what responses they come up with. I'll make sure to post some of the more colorful ones I hope to receive and if they can teach us adults a thing or two.

Japanese Performance Art

I came across this video on Youbube the other day and felt it was so creative and worth viewing

Site Changes

Back in college, I always seemed to over edit my papers; I probably spent more time editing than writing. Lately, I've been reviewing my website and feel it's time for an update. Intitially, I just wanted to change one page in my gallery section and make it simple, instead, I have decided to completely revamp it. Currently I'm in the process of making changes and I'm hoping to have it completed by the end of the month. At least that's my goal. I'd love to hear from you about features that you would like to see.