Faculty Choice Student ART Show at Mansfield University

Bokeh - what's that?

"Bokeh" is that phenomenom that often occurs in the backgrounds of photographs shot with wide open apertures.

This month, for my photo club, we are to email our best bokeh photo for the critique during the last half of our "second Tuesday" meeting in Wellsboro at the Gmeiner at 7 p.m. Guests are welcome!

Time to start preparing for the ATHENS ARTSFEST!

I spent last Sunday plastering 33 masonite boards with joint compound. They should be dry enough to sand and then seal with two coats of gloss polymer medium - then the fun begins! I start applying COLOR. Check back in a couple of weeks.
Close up of an 8.5" by 12" below -

A pressed plant has been embedded in the plaster above -

Framed yesterday -

A toast to the new year!

Some new doilies

The Grandmother from the Ulkin's clan in Coudersport made many doilies - her grandson Duane sent some to me to use in my artwork. The deal was that I would make him a painting in trade. Here it is -
A smaller work done with the same doilies can be seen below. It hangs in grandson Doug's home.

Another ABC challenge on Gurney Journey

This 25 year old business card was the prompt for this month's ABC challenge. Below is my "Cinderella" business woman. See all the solutions at Gurney Journey.

New painting - "Science"

Somehow this one reminds me of Howard Jones' old hit - "He blinded me with science."

Self Portrait done in Drawing class

Intro to Drawing assignment - triptych self-portrait. Yikes.

The "Schaeffer Swirl"

My student teachers visited my cellar studio last month. They worked with my texture makers and the plaster from their own perspective. Dan Schaeffer spun a comb in the plaster and I have used that technique in the following paintings -