I’m delighted to have recieved a commission to create artwork for Nemours Children’s Hospital, in Orland0, FL! The client wanted to purchase this piece, Natural Progression: Click any image to enlarge However, this piece has sold, so I’ve been requested to make something similar. Having not worked with an Art Design Service, before, I was [...]
The Transformations exhibit paired poets and visual artists for a unique collaboration. “My poet,” Marcia Denius was a delight to work with. At our first lunch meeting we had lunch outside on a cloudy day. We used the clouds as an example as we discussed how both poetry and visual art might be inspired by [...]
Opening night of the Transformations exhibit was very exciting! The 12 art pieces and 12 poems nicely filled the small gallery at the Brevard Art Museum, in Melbourne, FL. I took these photos around the room before the crowds arrived: Click any image for a larger view L-R: George Snyder, Steve Lomazzo, Jini James, Jerry [...]
At the last minute, I’ve agreed to do a demonstration of my “Sticky Fingers” glued collage technique at an upcoming quilt show in Melbourne. I love to do this sort of thing, and hope to see many of you there. Here’s an example of the kind of collage I’ll be showing. Click any image for [...]
Here’s the final piece, with stitching added. The stitching does three things: – It structurally holds everything together. – It adds texture. – When a constrasting thread is used, it adds a visual line that becomes a design element. The petals are an example of this last item. I used dark brown thread to add [...]
Next, I decided on the size and placement of the seed heads. And, I pinned down (literally) the flower centers. Finally, it was time to add stems. Then, on to some much needed shading (below.) This helped create definition between the petals. (Compare the before image above, and the after, below.) To create the shading I used [...]
Since I wanted to show all the stages of these flowers, I needed to add in a few buds. (I left the seed heads alone for a little while longer.) At this point, the two small buds (near center top) gained an unexpected 3D effect. Since the petals were not stitched down yet, they flared [...]
20Hmm. Yeah, that last flower (on the right) was a little too large. Although it looked fine, I knew that it would crowd the rest of the composition, causing the flowers to overlap too much. That would make it harder to tell them apart, and I’d lose the nice contrast with the background. So, I [...]
(If you want to see where this all began, start here.) After constructing the first flower, I worked on the second one, in the same fashion. Again, I delayed adding the dark center,. However, I folded some dark fabric and pinned it in place, just to get the proper effect. Hey, looking good! At this point, [...]
After the background was complete, it was time to start creating the flowers. The photo below shows my set up. (BTW, I have my blog set up so you can always click on a photo for a larger view.) My composition was on the left design wall, with my design cartoon on the right one. I [...]
