Crazy By Design - Artist Interrupted

I took another wonderful detour into painting, although this time it was actually a blend of painting and stitch. Katie Pasquini Masopust was here teaching her Stitched Paintings workshop and I ...

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I admit, I was finally seduced into taking a painting workshop. For years, as director of the Hudson River Valley Art Workshops , I've been watching all the fun people have been having at our pai...

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Ok, real ducks look fine in the natural finery, but this white fiberglass duck needed a bit of "umphf!" I prepped the duck with a bit of Goldens Gac 200 and Gesso. Then started the collage proce...

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In a departure from rabbits, I've signed up to decorate a fiberglass duck for our community beautification fund-raising project. Our town, Greenville, New York, is doing ducks because our town pa...

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"Rabbits! Why rabbits?" I'm always asked when I turn up with yet another fiber art rabbit . Well, I like rabbits. They are very expressive in their quiet way. Maybe it is because my first exper...

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One of my goals this year was to submit to some Calls for Entry. It may have been half way through the year before I got to this, but I submitted 3 of my art quilts for the La Connor Textile and ...

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I've just finished two more of the rabbit series that I began in Katie Pasquini Masopust' s workshop "Working in a Series." I've been using this rabbit image for quite a number of years, but Kati...

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It seem like ages ago already after being back to reality for about a week from the our trip to the Gateway Canyons Resort for the Alegre Retreat . The retreat and trip were everything I hoped f...

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Being the director of an art workshop venue may seem like a "cushy" job with lots of opportunity to sit in on classes, but the truth of the matter is that most of the time I barely have the time...

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I had a recent customer request for 4 more of my Crazy Ties, so I've been in a tie making frenzy. Making more ties had already been on my list for this winter, as my stock was almost all gone, bu...

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Quilt Market in Houston was marvelous. We get to feel sort of isolated being innkeepers and hosts of the Hudson River Valley Art Workshops - Paint & Fiber (sometimes we don't leave the propert...

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The first rabbit is complete! I'm planning to make a bunch of rabbits and then later use them in one or more compositions. This one has some interesting variations in color, which I can decide t...

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An exhibit of 20 of my art quilts is on display in the downstairs gallery space of the Greenville Library during the month of September. The library is open Monday thru Friday, 9am to 5pm.

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It's been a very busy summer with Hudson River Valley Art Workshops , and so I've had little time to work in my studio on art projects. However, I did finish one little landscape piece. I had st...

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On my last studio day I went on a finishing spree. I finished three projects that had been hanging around on my design wall all winter. It feels great to finally get them finished. The first one...

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Finally after a long hibernation, my etsy shop is back in business. The motivator was when I received an email from someone interested to know where they could buy one of my CrazyTies. So I told...

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I just started using BlogLovin' to follow the blogs that I like, based a recommendation from my daughter. So now you can follow my blog with Bloglovin

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I love the winter. I wish it would last all year long just because it is the time when I can spend lots of time in my studio. I finally finished the portrait of my ridgeback, Bree. It was a ver...

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Bree's face is finished, finally! Now to create the background. In the original photo, she is sitting on the sofa and the wall in back of that is covered in a blue floral wallpaper. However, I...

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In a rare treat, I got to participant in one of our workshops at Hudson River Valley Art Workshops with Susan Brubaker Knapp . I was in heaven! It's been quite a while since I was able to take a...

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Finally finished cutting out all the pieces, turning all the edges, and placing the pieces in the puzzle that is the portrait of my Ridgeback, Bree. Here you see the progression of the sections ...

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A bit more progress on the Bree portrait. I'm thinking that I may have to adjust a few pieces to make them blend better with each other, but I'll do that after I have everything in place. Who kn...

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Finally completed the neck section of the portrait of Bree. That collar and surrounding area had a "million" tiny pieces! It's exciting when a piece starts looking like something. This week was...

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Got in a good couple of hours in the studio last Saturday and made some more progress on the portrait of our Rhodesian Ridgeback, Bree. This completes the portion that is below her collar. The c...

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When we are deep in our workshop season at the Hudson River Valley Art Workshop , my personal studio time becomes extremely limited. My work day begins at around 5:30am and ends at around 8:30pm....

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