Jul 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
When I was researching art software to purchase to keep track of my inventory, my husband reminded me that I could use Excel to create an inventory. I use all word, excel, access, PowerPoint for my day job and never thought of using if for my art. So I sat down at...
Jul 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
as usual, I cannot focus and the nothing gets done. I go from drawing/sketching, to my encaustics to my quilting to the computer and then at the end of the week I get nothing finished. I guess I have art ADD. So I decided to create a process for myself. I am going to...
Jul 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
I made the video on the “coffee paper” and they have been sitting on the studio shelf. So I decided to use them in an encaustic painting. Since I am in video mode I recorded how I work in my studio. I did speed it up as encaustic is a labor intensive painting...
Jul 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
For anyone who knows me, I cannot make coffee. I can drink it, but I make awful coffee. I have a one shot coffee maker so that has help the problem. But I do have other uses for coffee. So watch the video below. ...
Jun 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
This picture hangs in my studio. It is an old piece that was created with gloss medium that was thinned down and tinted with some acrylic paint to make a glaze. The sections that are multi color (on the photo they look like blobs) are made from re-purposed magazine...
Jun 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
In my past life I was a 7th avenue fashion designer. Yes, I know, a business that has no social redeeming qualities. Well I made affordable clothing for the masses (most of the time) But now I work in beauty as a skincare specialist (even though I do believe that...
