It was an honor to be invited to participate in The Christine Center’s first year as a studio site in the Clark County Spring Into the Arts studio tour. It was my first show, the beginning of selling my art.
My life as an artist began at The Christine Center five years ago when I participated in a creative painting workshop presented by their resident artist, Gabriele Uhlein. By the end of the first hour I was hooked, drawn into a new world of color and shape and something else I can’t name. I came back for more of those workshops and then for the program on mandalas using colored pencils.
What I learned in those workshops changed my life. I started painting and drawing with dedication and enthusiasm. Since then I have been working with tempera paint in a buoyant, high energy, intuitive process, colored pencils in quiet, meditative work, and photography to explore composition and to capture the beauty of the world that I live in. Currently I am studying oil painting with James Hempel, a beautiful plein air painter and one of the best teachers I’ve encountered in my life.
That first workshop I took at The Christine Center was my personal Spring Into the Arts. This show was my spring into a new phase of my art: bringing it to you.
Go take a look at my recent work on the Oil Painting, Colored Pencil, and Photography pages on this web site. Maybe you, too, will be drawn in.
I am going to donate 10% of my sales to a charity which supports hands on arts programs. My first donation, from sales at Spring Into the Arts, went to Arts @ Large in Milwaukee. Originally focused on school children, they are expanding their programs to bring the joy of visual and performing arts to all ages. Here are their core values -
We believe in ARTS 4 ALL
We value Life-Long Learning
We act with Intention & Humility
We are Good Stewards of our relationships and resources
We strive to treat everyone with Dignity
We operate with Grit
We believe in Beautiful Work
We are Playful But Not Childish
We go Beyond expectations
https://www.artsatlargeinc.org/