tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62761412012-02-17T13:05:13.628-08:00a digital transcription of my real world artist's journal, studio shots, and my blatherings about whatever else strikes me.<br><br>Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.comBlogger4891100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-70412661562597050962012-01-25T12:10:00.000-08:002012-01-30T12:31:14.279-08:00

Just sent off an artwork to the Ontological Museum in Colorado for the Collage Centennial. "Patience" is a black & white photo transfer on canvas with mixed media, 10x10" The twenty-first century artist has been freed from the restraints of a single medium, allowing us to explore the world in a truly creative way. Each is able to come to their artwork from an individual point and add or

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-30251301364222042312011-12-30T13:27:00.000-08:002011-12-30T13:27:50.852-08:00

I picked up these interesting feathers on our hike Monday but I have no idea what kind of bird they may have come from. I've found some like this around home before, too, and I'm curious, so I'm asking my friend Nate to see what he thinks...

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-11959498042763175792011-12-26T21:29:00.000-08:002011-12-30T13:56:12.541-08:00

Decided to go on a hike today with my brother Joe while he is in town for the holiday. We both enjoy hiking but he usually goes solo at home and I don't go often for lack of willing partners. He chose the Auburn State Recreation Area near the Middle & North Forks of the American River, a fairly short drive away. We took both the dogs, of course, as they love to go hiking - and my daughter

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-67535245483120809492011-12-20T11:06:00.000-08:002011-12-20T11:06:15.257-08:00

It's been months since I could say that I don't have any deadlines looming, and in one sense it won't be entirely true until I've got a couple things done that I'm putting together for Christmas, but as far as art business goes, I am finally caught up. Yesterday I delivered and installed "Wisdom" and "Trust" to my collector friend. Originally these pieces were called "Compassion" and "Beckoning

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-73168598536914631582011-12-13T21:24:00.000-08:002011-12-14T10:29:24.500-08:00

Working on a pair of commissioned pieces and I am finally ready to paint! Seems like it takes a long time to get everything to this point and then suddenly it all starts to come together! Here they are with the colored pencil work & the first defining purple I put in last night: And now at the end of today with several more layers of paint: Not quite finished, but I have high hopes for the

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-38404802532591970902011-12-09T09:05:00.000-08:002011-12-09T09:05:01.052-08:00

When I was working on this project about home, I was thinking about all the qualities a home should have - and feeling safe and secure was at the top of the list.The trees in this piece stay within the confines of the box and the nest and birdhouse are all inside as well. The crate was an old 7-Up crate and you can see some of the markings on the outside still.

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-69763792185394004332011-12-06T17:57:00.000-08:002011-12-06T18:07:48.816-08:00

Returning back to the concept that started this series, I wanted to create another piece like the first one which was auctioned off before I pulled together more assemblage works.This close shot shows the box portion with the collage and ceramic chicken, which is entirely moveable. Since it's been sitting in my space at the Kennedy Gallery Art Center, it's accumulated a rock that sits on the

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-28230689216661844282011-12-05T18:58:00.000-08:002011-12-05T18:58:03.919-08:00

Finally! My friend and patron has been so patient, waiting for these pieces while I was busy with so many other things. It's good to be busy, but it can create a backup of work and I'm actually nearly caught up! Both of these pieces are based on previous works I've done, but they weren't originally paired, or even the same size. This time they'll be displayed together as a matching pair and of

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-67780487530693184442011-12-03T20:45:00.000-08:002011-12-05T20:56:00.049-08:00

Another of my assemblage pieces for "Where Your Heart Is" - this is a cigar box I call "Nesting Box" and turned out to be less assemblage than I envisioned, as I didn't have a nest that fit into it well. The top of the box has a house with a dog on it - And opens to reveal the creek scene inside the box cover. Inside is the nest, with a feather, my personal symbol for an angel - this time

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-23081157617376322572011-11-27T16:39:00.000-08:002011-11-27T16:39:00.156-08:00

Another one of my assemblage pieces that's up at the Kennedy right now - Titled "Find Your Way Back" My husband and I are both from the Sacramento area; most of our families are here, as is much family history. But when we were young and first married, we could hardly wait to get the heck away from here. As far as I was concerned, Sacramento was an overgrown cow-town with little to offer.

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-25342153240303834242011-11-25T13:23:00.000-08:002011-11-25T13:23:48.954-08:00

I'm starting to look at things in thrift stores in new ways... like how might something work into a piece of art? I'm carefully browsing with an eye to deconstruction and re-construction all at the same time - most often finding boxes that can house my more natural finds. This was once a medicine chest in someone's bathroom, I fairly sure, but it has grander things in store for it now.

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-14388137206832135592011-11-19T21:24:00.000-08:002011-11-25T16:37:15.672-08:00

Nov 19, 2011 Napa Valley Hwy 128 & Lodi Lane afternoon cool, cloudy Out for a drive with Scott to catch fall colors but the light is flat and less than inspirational - haven't seen many things that I've wanted to shoot in Napa the past few times we've been through here, like I'm having artist's block with the place. Weird, but I'm just pushing through it today - enjoying the time with Scott

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-26958641049055655962011-11-18T10:17:00.000-08:002011-11-18T10:17:07.703-08:00

As I've been exploring assemblage art and the concept of home, I've tried to share my own feelings of what home is and to take advantage of the three dimensional quality of sculpture. It's like whole new game that I get to play, creating a piece of artwork that shares something from every angle that it's viewed. I call this piece "WHOLE" because a true home is where one feels whole and

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-74443023879058875742011-11-16T16:05:00.000-08:002011-11-16T16:05:52.940-08:00

"Women Escaping a Violent Environment" (WEAVE) has been a part of the Sacramento landscape for years now and something that I have always supported. A few months ago I was given the opportunity to support the program in a whole new way. WEAVE was planning their new Wellness Center, in cooperation with Mercy. An art consulting firm that I work with, ACS, approached me about contributing to the

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-32181032945373984642011-10-31T15:19:00.000-07:002011-10-31T15:19:43.337-07:00

Have you started thinking about holiday gifts yet? I'm just beginning to consider what my budget will be, who is for sure on my list, those kinds of things... My favorite thing to buy for people on my list is art from local artists - not just because I am one (here in Sacramento, anyway...) but because of all the other excellent reasons. First of all, I realized some time ago that I can't

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-67679540728653048662011-10-12T14:29:00.000-07:002011-10-12T14:29:39.263-07:00

New work for my "Where Your Heart Is" show next month at the Kennedy Gallery Art Center. Not really changing how I work, except that I'm putting it all on and in a 3D object, in this case, a wood cigar box. And there's more on the work table I need to get to work on!

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-45882417400822985762011-10-02T16:33:00.000-07:002011-10-02T16:33:07.691-07:00

I've got a solo show up this month at Gallery W, at Warehouse Christian Ministries in Sacramento. I'll have a reception Thursday the 27th at 7 p.m., where I'll give a brief talk about my work as well. Here's my artist's statement for the show and the title piece of the exhibit... My artwork grew from the desire to walk with God in the garden, like Adam and Eve did, searching for that closeness

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-46883376818901579342011-09-27T21:03:00.000-07:002011-09-27T21:03:25.350-07:00

Working on new 3D pieces for "Where Your Heart Is" after class today; click on an image to see it bigger and try to identify all the stuff you see... Bits and pieces of three different artworks in progress here -plus some tools and extraneous bits as well - signs of a divergent thinker at work... This second shot shows a better view of the two that are farther along in the process - the

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-60287427626648259602011-09-20T17:15:00.000-07:002011-09-20T17:15:33.198-07:00

A sketch of my favorite breed, the Staffordshire bull terrier; this is a sweet rescue dog who recently found her forever home. She looked so happy and contented in this classic Stafford pose, I just had to sketch her.

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-66284933839360612972011-09-14T16:50:00.000-07:002011-09-20T16:53:41.537-07:00

So pleased to be able to deliver and install "Refuge" today. It looks right at home, as it should...

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-2571994998549069252011-09-06T21:13:00.000-07:002011-09-09T17:50:58.754-07:00

Got this piece all finished - except for some edge work & varnish - it's title is "Refuge" - it depicts the client's personal refuge, her backyard...

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After getting through the first couple weeks of the semester, I was ready to get back to the big commission piece sitting in the studio... thankfully, my client is patient and understanding. ;) (click on an image to see it larger) Tuesday I got all the collage & texture work finished, so it was ready to start the colored pencil work on Wednesday morning. Though in it's final stages artwork

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-38457988970031324772011-08-06T17:15:00.000-07:002011-08-06T17:15:41.073-07:00

Here's the commission piece I'm working on - may not look like much at this stage, but it represents a whole lot of work already. Just figuring out the basic composition & how to incorporate the things the client wants into the piece while keeping it looking right has been a big deal, but I'm happy with where it's at right now. Now that I know what sizes the images need to be, I'll have good

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-6141081437360169502011-08-04T21:03:00.000-07:002011-08-05T11:37:54.340-07:00

I am often asked how long it takes me to make a typical piece of art, and I usually answer with something like, "Well, it's really hard to track that, actually..." I've been working on this commissioned piece of artwork for some time now - first it was the basic idea in my head, then the time meeting with the client, collecting photos from her, measuring the wall space where it would go &

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-17309012331574506792011-07-25T23:06:00.000-07:002011-08-05T11:34:06.872-07:00

July 25, 11 10 a.m. Natural Bridges State Park Santa Cruz sunny, light breeze, not too cool kids playing in surf mid tide sea birds call out surf crashes and ebbs 11 a.m. just south of Davenport Shark Fin Cove aka Panther Beach sun holding - spotted tiny little cove from road warnings of rip tides As I'm busy taking photos from the cliff's edge, others come & head down the steep trail to the

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-61662645048512619452011-07-23T22:55:00.000-07:002011-08-05T11:37:12.934-07:00

7.23.11 motorcycle ride w/Scott from home - west via the north bay to Sausalito - south on Highway One over the Golden Gate, circuitous route through SF to Pacifica - Half Moon Bay - to Santa Cruz - overcast nearly the whole ride. Stopped often for butt breaks but not excited enough to break out the big camera. Davenport just north of Santa Cruz, dog in this house wasn't too happy with me for

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-24250317875509529252011-07-21T10:18:00.000-07:002011-07-21T10:18:26.461-07:00

Some pieces of artwork seem to flow nearly effortlessly from one stage of my process to the next - or at least come steadily without much stress, the product of many years of art-making. This is how it usually works, and how I can continuously produce & sell art at a rate that begins to sustain me. But once in a while, the artwork is stubborn, the process does not flow easily, at least not at

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-59915345142924489672011-07-13T20:46:00.000-07:002011-11-25T17:17:40.574-08:00

So this is my new piece, pretty close to finished - I'm calling it "No Place Like It" - it's partly about where I call home, the Sacramento Valley, and where my final home will be in Heaven. There are maps from other places I've lived, that never quite felt like home, an image that has a tree with a wood cross on it, where someone apparently died in a car accident and went home. It's also got

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-5493048651492651462011-07-05T17:33:00.000-07:002011-11-25T17:17:40.576-08:00

I have several things I need to be working on, but one that I've been dying to do, so that's getting done first, to get it at least a little out of my system & out of my mental way - at least I hope that's how it will work. This started with an unfinished house-shaped CD shelf I found I found at Micheal's, which I've modified to accommodate a small branch I've collected. (There's a pile of them

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-77246798537875001662011-06-28T20:25:00.000-07:002011-07-13T20:32:56.650-07:00

Been working at getting rid of old stuff I don't need to make room for new old stuff I've inherited & am likely to use in my artwork. Things like old maps, cool rocks & an assortment of old wood boxes are all part of my inheritance, after the passing of my grandfather. I've also become the keeper of many old family photos, including some old negatives, so it's possible that some of that could

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-32994764436761762952011-05-29T22:08:00.000-07:002011-08-05T11:37:12.936-07:00

May 29 afternoon Shell Beach - riding along Sonoma coast sunny, VERY windy wild mustard & Queen Anne's Lace fully blooming Just south of Shell Beach - looking north - no shelter for the bigger flowers, ice plant hugs the cliff on bluff above beach looking south seagulls soaring off bluff

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-91437448624078468242011-05-28T22:04:00.000-07:002011-08-05T10:07:39.352-07:00

5.28.11 on Mt Tam Got caught in a downpour, tried to wait it out under this tree but it only got heavier - ended up riding to hotel on motorcycle, arriving completely soaked

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-88121607549154398242011-05-24T21:24:00.000-07:002011-06-04T14:44:11.373-07:00

(Meeting an art student to begin our short three-week stint to go through my basic process with her; great thing to get me out in the world again, too...) May 24, 2011 morning Effie Yeaw Nature Area sunny, warm (but not too warm) no clouds, slight breeze still very cool for this time of year here - predicted to be upper 70's today, normal temperature would be a good ten degrees higher Lots

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-13864917661842087582011-05-05T12:09:00.000-07:002011-06-04T12:10:10.225-07:00

Been too busy working under deadline to post, but here's the twenty-fifth and final piece for the 20/20 Show at Kennedy Gallery Art Center. It's called "On Mist Trail," and has a piece of map where it's roughly located on it, as well as my requisite sketch & organic material. You can see the whole series at the Kennedy or in my Facebook album.

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-51687025061660289882011-04-25T20:44:00.000-07:002011-06-04T13:49:01.998-07:00

April 25, 2011 early afternoon Gibson Ranch mid sixties, big puffy cumulus that create a game of hide & seek with the sun light breeze out with Dee & friends, both dogs everyone has a camera - girls shooting for class I'm using my half broken Nikon coolpix, sometimes focuses/sometimes not - mostly not -

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-59224881593095647372011-04-23T21:55:00.000-07:002011-06-15T17:05:22.027-07:00

A final shot of "Oasis" before delivery - now I just need to get to the next deadline - twenty five pieces on the theme of Yosemite...

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-28134166289607663622011-04-21T13:43:00.000-07:002011-06-04T13:44:23.427-07:00

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-59959127674174171172011-04-13T11:23:00.000-07:002011-06-15T17:05:22.029-07:00

Work on this commission piece is coming along. I'm thinking it's going to be called "Oasis," as vernal pools are much like an oasis in the desert of the valley grasslands...

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-61974633674759191612011-04-11T16:27:00.000-07:002011-06-15T17:05:22.032-07:00

With my taxes done, I can get back to the work table and the next commission I need to finish, nearly a full year in the making. I shot the photos for this piece featuring a vernal pool at Mather Field just about a year ago. It's taken a bit for all the pieces to come together but I got the initial composition collaged and textured today, so I can start applying color tomorrow...

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-34926241217576993052011-04-05T19:26:00.000-07:002011-04-05T19:26:24.480-07:00

“Where Your Heart Is” marks the beginning of a new series of work I plan to display in the fall of 2011. Through this artwork, I am beginning to explore the concept of home as the complex layering of memories, relationships and place: the scent of a specific flower a particular palette of colors the song of a certain bird how the light filters through the trees and falls on the ground the

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-41368554247289360912011-03-30T16:39:00.000-07:002011-11-25T17:14:49.007-08:00

I finished my piece for the Outside the Box show with plenty of time to spare; I have to deliver it on Tuesday. It's actually harder to shoot this piece, now that I've ventured into the third dimension, but this will work. This piece will be donated to the PlacerArts as part of their annual fundraiser. They'll be on display & I'll try to attend for Auburn's Art Walk on Thursday, April 14th,

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-23371803070130288522011-03-26T21:57:00.000-07:002011-03-28T09:59:20.230-07:00

working on more sketches for the Yosemite series

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-34763122571316161422011-03-24T11:41:00.000-07:002011-03-24T11:41:50.311-07:00

Slowly but surely, I'm making progress on my Outside of the Box piece; this is what it was looking like yesterday morning. I'm building up the layers of color and working on the final compositional elements... Sunday I attended a little workshop at church on typography & have been wanting to incorporate more sophisticated text into my pieces. So I worked on this text & have now used it in the

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-80768346494459755752011-03-18T13:01:00.000-07:002011-11-25T17:14:49.010-08:00

This is what the progress looks like on my piece for the Outside of the Box show; I'll start painting next! (And I just put the branch in to see what the composition is looking like - I don't collage & color & paint around it, so it's in & out alot.) You can see the sycamore seed pod that's been coated with acrylic medium on the table above the piece and my dog Mopar laying on the floor, wishing

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-22896198336373505762011-03-15T12:15:00.000-07:002011-11-25T17:14:49.012-08:00

This is where the Outside of the Box project is now - I've got the basic composition laid out & I'll work on putting it all together today, as well as prepping & teaching, and seeing if I can make headway on the other projects in the studio as well...

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-43889014608866334692011-03-14T13:14:00.000-07:002011-11-25T17:14:49.015-08:00

Working on my Outside of the Box piece (this is the photo that will be in this box) & my mind is racing ahead to a new series... likely showing in November 2011 when I'm featured at the Kennedy Gallery. I'm seeing pieces similar in construction to this current piece (I've already begun what my daughter dubbed my stick collection.) The imagery will be a little different than what I've been

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-77532778242908194972011-03-13T16:01:00.000-07:002011-11-25T17:14:49.017-08:00

I've been wanting to work more three-dimensionally lately and when I saw the call for Placer Arts 4th Annual Outside of the Box show, I was completely ready to jump in. So I got a box, which is 15"x15"x3" and almost immediately knew what I wanted to do! The deadline is only about three weeks away, so I finally got started with the physical aspect of working yesterday, which is what you can see

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-78161806116279416772011-03-08T15:48:00.000-08:002011-03-13T15:51:47.787-07:00

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-36903033402462508692011-03-06T22:23:00.000-08:002011-03-07T10:25:38.810-08:00

Some days feel less successful than others...

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One of the hardest things I do is submit my work to juried shows. It's nerve wracking, handing my soul to a stranger to judge, hoping that they'll like what I do, validate me, accept me. It doesn't matter how many times I've gotten into a show or how many times I've been rejected, it's always the same gut-wrenching rock in the pit of my stomach feeling. This time the show is St. John's

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-29607038809434042932011-02-28T11:46:00.000-08:002011-03-04T11:48:22.183-08:00

And so the saga of producing pieces for the 20/20 Show in May begins...

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Feb 27, 11 Kaseberg Creek near Bear Dog Park afternoon - warm in sun, clear, no breeze out with Deidre, Garret & the dogs (Type 55 film, over exposed looking positive means a properly exposed negative) Took alot of coaxing to get Moey to cross the little plank bridge across the creek - silly pup.

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I am slowly breaking down the creative barriers - deadlines are good for that, actually, and today I am meeting a deadline. I will be submitting the piece above for the upcoming 20/20 Show in May at the Kennedy Gallery Art Center. The main gist of the show is that a whole bunch of artists create a series of small works and show twenty of them on 20th Street at the gallery. The show started at

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Feb 6, 2011 afternoon backyard warmish, a little breezy clear skies shade already fully envelopes the yard Finally testing the PX100 Silver Shade film with my SX70 camera. After carefully reading all the tips & tricks for working with this funky little film, I seem to have done alright for the first shot - the low light of the shade slows the camera's shutter too much but it's produced a double

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I have been learning about fairy shrimp! First I learned you can tell male & females apart by their antennae and then I learned you can tell different species apart by their antennae... that would be the first set of arm looking things coming out of this guy's head - and I've also learned that there are many photos on the web that are mis-labeled or labeled in a very generic manner. And my client

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The holiday busy-ness is over and I'm working on cleaning & organizing, catching up on bookkeeping and all that kind of fun stuff - and in the process, I realized that I never posted the final image for "Prophecy of Hope." This is my largest piece to date - so big I have to beg others for help to transport it - it was shown in the Art of Christmas exhibit at Oak Hills Church in Folsom and is

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A shot of my studio as I madly produce fifteen new works for Kennedy Gallery this month (there are more on a table outside of this shot, if you're counting.) Watch for the debut of these new works soon...

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For a commission piece for a vernal pool specialist, she likes the male vernal pool fairy shrimp because they're fiesty... P.S. So apparently I've sketched the wrong shrimp! Back to the drawing board. ;)

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I had an amazing day in the studio today - I made significant progress on "Prophecy" but that wasn't the biggest deal - As part of this final part of the process, I spend a significant amount of time just staring at the piece, making decisions on what to do or waiting for something to strike me. Sometimes things just strike me and I do it. For this particular piece, I've been a little worried

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first stage of collage work done After months of preparation I've finally begun to put together my piece for the Covenant Artists' Art of Christmas show at Oak Hills Church. This has been tough for me - maybe that's not the right word - I've felt an unusual amount of pressure to do this piece justice to the concept: it's based on scripture prophesying the coming of Christ, which is the tie to

Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419128411061370490noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276141.post-54647817197060058142010-10-15T10:46:00.000-07:002011-08-05T11:39:21.845-07:00

As one of the studio artists at the Kennedy Gallery Art Center, I was asked to paint a dog house to be sold as a benefit for a local rescue group called Homeward Bound. Homeward Bound rescues and adopts out Golden Retrievers - many of you know that my hear belongs to another breed, but how could I say no to any dog? So here I was, crazy busy with a hundred things, looking at a used Dogloo trying

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I was commissioned to create a wedding gift this past summer, something I had never done before but that seemed like a natural fit in this particular case. It actually started with an email that came on the one day I was home between family vacation to Florida & working at an art festival at Lake Tahoe. The client wanted to know if I could work from someone else's photo to create a piece

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I wanted to explain the title I chose for this piece that I just finished and submitted to the Third Annual Art Bra Show in Sacramento. It's called "A Daughter's Hope" and I've created it to honor my friend Monique who is fighting breast cancer and her five-year-old daughter. While I was searching for the right bra to fit my vision, I discovered that the bra that worked with the small canvas I

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Not very long ago Monique, a young friend (i.e., younger than me,) found out she has an aggressive form of breast cancer - it was a shock for all of us - she has a five-year-old daughter and the thought of a missed life together was frightening. Monique is a fighter and a believer and she has been undergoing chemotherapy, has lost her hair (which we all know will grow back) and the tumor is

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While out walking the dog last night I was thinking about a series of pieces I want to do - something a bit different with wood boxes and found items. I've already collected a few things that are too large to glue to a canvas and I was getting a picture in my head of these pieces when I found a baby bird on the sidewalk, dead from an apparent fall from a nest. This may seem a little odd, but I

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Working on sketches for a couple things in process - For a commission with a vernal pool image...And a couple seagulls to accompany beach images...

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Rearranged the studio walls today - we tried a cleaner look, and we like it -

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BRAVO network just started broadcasting it’s newest reality show, “Work of Art: The Next Great Artist” which could be good for working artists or have no impact on us whatsoever. Art business guru Alyson Stanfield asked a few questions about this show, stimulating a response from me which I’ve honed a bit and am posting here. So far "Work of Art" is another formulaic "reality" show that doesn't

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May 29, 10late afternoonMather field vernal poolsno pools in sight at first...warm, slight breeze - out with Shannon - long wet spring has left it still pretty wet - looking at little special vernal pool flowers - redwing blackbirds fly by and call back - swallows come & scoop insects from the surface of the pool - dragonflies buzz around -Hawkbit flowerNot sure how my old Polaroid T55 film will

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Been working on a bunch of small pieces - all 6"x6" cradled wood panels. I'll have them with me at the El Dorado Hills Art Affaire this weekend in El Dorado Hills, CA. (You can click on an image to see it larger.)

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Spent the day in the garden today - just not my own. I was at the home of fellow artist Judy Yemma for Roseville Arts' "Art in the Garden Tour." The weather was perfect except for one gust of wind that hit just right & laid my entire display flat! I am so thankful for all the helping hands that suddenly appeared to help me get everything picked up & put back into place, with some extra weights to

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It's been very windy lately and when I took Sparky on a walk today I found this flower from a tulip tree that had been torn off and fallen onto the ground. Usually the only way I see these flowers is from the ground looking up several feet and I had never had a chance to see one close up before. My first thought is to press little finds of mine like this for use in artworks later, but this flower

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April 25 - late afternoon - Pope CreekPope Valley RdOut for a ride with Scott through Napa Valley area & around Lake BerryessaOld highway bridge over Pope Creek - water fairly high after all the rain this year - turtles swimming in the pool just below the bridge - above the bridge a steep little canyon cut & little rapids form a contrast to the still pool. A few middle aged guys ride up on

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Spent the day driving to Auburn, then to El Dorado Hills, then back to Auburn and back home again, all just to deliver and move art from gallery to gallery. At least I only have to hang my own work at the Auburn Old Town Gallery, because it's a co-op - so here's my wallspace there, with fresh work straight off the work table. The big one in the middle is "Tahoe Snow" from my Tree Stories

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Delivered my Tree Stories show to the Blue Wing Gallery today - it all fits in my car, even the two 3'x5' canvases - looks like it will be a beautiful show!

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From the Blue Wing Gallery press release:In celebration of Arbor Day, four very talented artists have joined forces to create an inspiring exhibit dedicated solely to trees. As a point of interest, the first Arbor Day celebration took place on April 10, 1872 in Nebraska and was an immediate success as more than one million trees were planted. Julius Sterling Morton was the founder of Arbor Day

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Went to the opening reception of "Jacks, Queens & Suicide Kings" at the Blue Wing Gallery in Woodland tonight to see a bunch of my friends, many who had work on the walls. Nate couldn't be there, but his photo got a thumbs up from Allison Carlos, Karen Dukes and me.

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As I paint & hoard all the pieces for my upcoming "Tree Stories" show, my studio wall is filling up...

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While waiting for glazes to dry on the big canvas on my worktable, I went over to Zazzle & designed something new. This time a ladies' t-shirt with one of my favorite works on it. Looking for something different to wear? Why not get one...

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Did a couple new sketches the other day & discovered some in my sketch book that I had never scanned or posted yet, either, so I'm posting them now. The plan is that they will all make their way into final artworks at some point in time... This first one is actually in a piece already, part of a coastal series I'm planning in the near future (after Tree Stories is up & showing.) Then there are

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I've got this big Tree Stories show coming and all the wall space I'll have to fill was making me a little nervous, so I inventoried what I have done, what I'm working on & what I've got planned (which usually just stays in my head in a fuzzy way.) I got it all on paper, including the production schedule I need to keep & I'm feeling much better - maybe even be able to squeeze out a little more,

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If you've looked at my artwork much at all, you've probably figured out that I have a thing for trees - and I spent a serious amount of time for a while learning to identify 150-200 species of trees to then be able to map trees in the city of Davis for an organization there called Tree Davis. Tree Davis is one of those very cool groups of people that work to plant trees, teach people how to take

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I'm proud to participate in the Kennedy Gallery Art Center's "Art With Heart" fundraiser next month with Tree Lovers themed postcard art... All of these will be available on Saturday Feb 13th at the Kennedy Gallery in Sacramento. If you're interested in participating, here is the call for art: Kennedy Gallery Art Center believes in the "pay it forward model" and is proud to sponsor this

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So I've been constantly working on pieces for the Tree Stories show in April; recently finished another pair which I won't unveil until the show, but I'll show little details. I'm actually enjoying this process, finding pictures in my pictures... These first two are details from "Beckoning Path." You can see the story at my Tree Stories blog. And this is from "Remembering," story also on

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Working on the next two tree story canvases in tandem - "Remembering" is about my memories of when my children were younger & the park this tree is at was completely undeveloped. This tree story is still untitled - I'll have to make sure to get the stories & their titles posted to the "Tree Stories" blog soon - I've just been more focused on production -

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Just finished another Tree Story for the big show in March - this was last week in progress: So I finished it up, and I won't unveil the full image until the actual gallery show but I'll give little detail images just to tease you & bring your attention to little things I like about it. Part of the text in the story - and highlights off wet varnish. Actual valley oak leaves, also covered

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I finished up a new little set of of my ongoing "Tree Lovers" series this week. Each title comes from a simple version of the Bible's "love chapter," 1 Corinthians 13. "Love is Patient" (8x8 black & white photo transfer & mixed media on canvas) "Love is Kind" (8x8 black & white photo transfer & mixed media on canvas) "Love Keeps No Record of Wrongs" (8x8 black & white photo

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It's Christmas at our house this year and all I remembered to take a photo of was the tree - is that really surprising? Oh yes, and the little Sparky-dog, too. Hope yours was merry.

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I got started on the next tree story piece, this one will be on display in my studio at Kennedy Gallery for the month of January where I'll be one of the featured artists and our theme is Inspiration:Hope. Hope as the inspiration for artwork is one of my personal recurring themes, so I'm happy to be chosen as a featured artist for this. And since this was the next Tree Story that I was going

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We got an unusually cold storm here in Northern California this morning, bringing snow to lower levels than we've seen in many years. Of course this was the morning I was scheduled to go uphill to Auburn and move my artwork from one wall to another... I waited a little to let some roads clear up, which proved to be a good strategy. I got my artwork moved and added a little - you can see more

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Getting back to work again - and back to a previous project - Tree Stories: Chapter Two will be showing in a real-world gallery in March 2010, which means I need to start working on pieces for that show. There will be a couple re-worked images from the first Tree Stories series and several new stories as well. I began studio work on the first of the new stories just last night, collaging, adding

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