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Glen Allen

This month my paintings and others of Studio 5 of the Workhouse Center for the Arts are showing at the Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen in Richmond Virginia. Please come and see six of my small works, all encaustic with vintage dresses, vintage buttons, and...

Mural in the Hanging Church, Egypt

This mural, depicting Joseph leading The Virgin Mary and Jesus into Egypt, can be found in the Hanging Church in Cairo Egypt. Notice the specifically Egyptian symbols..such as the Nile, which forms the blue backdrop, the pyramids in the upper left hand corner, and the...

Carol Dupre: Stories of the Universe

Carol Dupre is an old friend of mine. She has a studio at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria Virginia. Her work is beautifully painted , and highly intellectual. She literally writes papers on each painting. Each painting is extremely dense in art theory, history,...

Perspectives: Hale Tenger

Hale Tenger is a fascinating artist. She uses installation art to comment on political issues and /or Turkish government policies. Some of her installations include sculpture, such as rag dolls, or giant decorated domes. A good site to read about her work is Green ...

A Relene Schuster

"Shell Cluster", a watercolor and ink painting, is a dark and bloody work by A Relene Schuster. She has a studio at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton Virginia , and one can view her website by clicking here. She says this of her work..." As an artist, art therapist...

Butterfly People

I first saw this butterfly art in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Large clear plastic boxes are filled with dried butterflies of differing colors and shaped into various patterns. (Here is a a link to the website...ButterflyPeople ). The colors and shimmers of those butterfly...

Encaustic-How to Paint With Fire and Wax

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