The Way Things Go

by | Feb 2, 2014 | blog

Did you ever play the game “Mouse Trap” as a child? Then you might like Fischli/Weiss’s film titled “The Way things Go”…a film about one object falling into another,a vast chain of events with fireworks. ( I have been reading a book...

Painting a shark

by | Jan 24, 2014 | blog

                    Today was a good day to paint a shark in encaustic. I created that interesting shark skin texture by painting wax through a stencil, which left a series of raised circles. Once the texture was done,...

new work

by | Jan 14, 2014 | blog

Hi everyone! I am working on a new large painting today. How did I get that texture, the grid like lines in the orange area, you ask? I began by painting a layer of grey, fusing it, and then painting orange over this layer.  Then I used a metal tool to scrape out the...

Laura Bruce

by | Dec 28, 2013 | blog

Please welcome a new artist to the Workhouse Arts Center, Building 5, studio 510, named Laura Bruce. To the left is an example of her work, a darling portrait of a gray cat. I will write more about this amazing artist in my next post.