Digital Art Demonstration

In this digital age, we praise the tools new gadgets provide us with and the efficiency they generate, but we also lament the projected demise of non-digital methods and the tactile experience they hold for us. Some even presume that our reliance on modern technology makes us ‘lazy’ and keeps us from learning the skills […]

North Shore Square Foot Show

Yesterday evening marked the opening of the Arts of Life North Shore’s first Square Foot* show. 70 artists submitted 100 works, including the resident artists and mail-ins from seven states. I submitted to this call for art without having seen the studio (technically a no-no, but hey, I’m a newbie at this). I poked around on the […]

Button Bouquet Project

Recently I signed up for my friend Jennifer Swift’s Wire Wreath class in September, and was feeling wire-y. I walked to Vogue Fabrics to preview some fabric remnants for the class. Vogue has a section of angel-marked remnants for just a dollar, and other pre-cut fabrics that can still be incorporated into patterns, or craft […]

Breakfast at Swarovski’s

“We bring sparkle to everybody’s life.” ~ Nicole Green, Swarovski store manager The Magnificent Mile often reminds me of Holly Golightly, loving the lifestyle the store windows allude to, but not quite living that truly affluent and luxurious life (from a material perspective, I have abundance in other ways). So it was fun to channel […]

Sudden Spring

photography by Maike's Marvels

We’ve had some amazingly warm weather here this week. The trees are “sprouting” buds, the sunshine gave everyone good cheer, and it was impossible to stay in. I spotted some bees on these flowers. I don’t know what these are called, but I like them. The tulips are biding their time, but the hyacinth started […]

Encaustic and Mixed Media/Photography Workshop

“I believe that if you are creating something that is truly coming from within, that is your true vision and authentic voice, then it will speak to other people.” ~ Bridgette Guerzon Mills in The Artist Unique by Carmen Torbus  An encaustic palette at the end of the day PerficalSense Studio Workshop Space This weekend […]

Stained Glass Museum Discovery

“O, wonder!  How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in it!” ~ Miranda in Shakespeare’s The Tempest Last week I saw a fabulous interpretation of Shakespeare’s Tempest at the Shakespeare Theater. My friend had alerted me to this now sold out show early […]

International Women’s Day

“… it’s important to remember that all of us are a crucial part of the environment influencing our world’s future women. Our ambition, our work, our efforts to obliterate the gender gap, and our relentless refusal to give up are paving the way for the next generation, just as our mothers, aunts, and grandmothers did for […]

Perusing “Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge”

Lately printmaking has been a theme in my life. I’ve become more aware of local print shops, there is a pop-up downtown I need to visit, and I am thinking more about impressions and linocutting in my own work. So when I saw that the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art had an exhibit […]

Meditations: Looking In, Reflecting Out exhibit

This weekend I attended the opening of “Meditations: Looking In, Reflecting Out” at PerficalSense Studio. The show features work by encaustic artists Crystal Neubauer and Bridgette Guerzon Mills. It was lovely to meet both artists and learn more about their inspiration and techniques. Meeting Bridgette Guerzon Mills and Crystal Neubauer, who will both teach me […]

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