5 Reasons to Enter Art Competitions I was honored to judge the 2016 National Juried Photo Encaustic Exhibition that was exhibited at Sage Gallery in Portland, Oregon. And it got me thinking about competitions. In the past, I’ve been part of many, many art competitions. I’ve run them, judged them, managed them, and submitted to… Read More »Entering Art Competitions
Meet Deborah Williams. One day when Deborah and I were emailing back and forth she nonchalantly mentioned that she grinded her own pigments. My reaction…..wait, you do what? She had my attention, and fascination. Since this is so far out of my realm, I asked her to talk about her process. +++++ I love the… Read More »Grinding Your Own Pigments
How do you find your style? Finding your style is an elusive topic, and one that inevitably comes up in my classes. Students often ask as a variation of the question, “does your style find you or do you find the style based on what you do best?” We must first learn and master the… Read More »Find Your Unique Style
Time flies……. Where oh where does the time go? At the end of July my lease was up in my Minneapolis studio so I piled 1/2 of it in my garage for storage and the remaining 1/2 into my car and headed for the great American West. At the beginning of August I landed in… Read More »Time Flies
Please, allow me a slight rant. Today’s blog post is a little bit of rant—something that I don’t do often, well in a public forum that is. But I was so flabbergasted yesterday when I stopped into one of my galleries to pick up my artwork that I ask you kindly to allow me get… Read More »This Artist’s Bad Experience
My new way of shooting……Overexposing. When I teach my classes I talk about how you may eventually start shooting differently when you work in photo encaustics. At first we obviously start with the images that we have. We learn the techniques and we envision where we want our work to go. But as time progresses….we… Read More »My New Way of Shooting
Feel the Fear…..and do it anyways. I saw this mantra a couple of months ago and it has stuck with me. I find that I say it to myself frequently. Sometimes even out loud. As I realized when my 11 year old nephew gave me this funny look as I was about to hurl myself… Read More »Feel the Fear
What’s your rejection ritual? I’ve been thinking recently about rejection rituals. I don’t have any and was trying to think about what kind of ritual might make rejection easier. Fire and flames are what come to mind. Rejection hurts. No matter what anyone says. I know, I know, it’s a numbers game and the more… Read More »Rejection Rituals
What is your work about? How do you describe the feeling you want to communicate? On the surface my work is about finding a sense of belonging with the earth and its inhabitants, including animals, birds, snakes, etc.. On a deeper level it’s about constructing a personal story that embraces the unknown with a… Read More »Conversation with Artist Tami Bone
To frame or not to frame? Historically, an unframed painting was considered incomplete. Frames were used to enhance the work, separate it from the wall, and add additional support by preventing the stretchers and canvases from warping. We’ve all seen those HUGE ornate gilded frames in museums. Traditionally photography is framed in simple black, natural,… Read More »Framing Your Encaustic Work