Poinsettia
6"x 6" oil on Raymar panel SOLD.
Artist Note
This was a demo done during the workshop
last week.
My last workshop from my own studio.
I had a great group of talented artists
who did some wonderful
fracturing work.
It is not easy to break up
a perfectly nice piece of work and
I know that, but, with some
encouragement, it was very rewarding to see
them beam with pleasure when they finally
got it!
They all traveled many miles to attend
and I am grateful and honored
they chose to learn from me.
A personal chat.
I have mixed feelings about not hosting
any more workshops because
I really enjoy teaching and have met some
amazing artists from Hawaii, Canada,
South America, Mexico and all areas of the US,
but I selfishly want to have more time for
my own development.
When I started fracturing 9 years ago,
very few oil painters were into
any form of the
"create, destroy, rebuild"
school and it took time for me to find
my own way of doing it.
It took me even longer to
show the public, and that was 8 years ago,
but, it became noticed
and I was asked to make a video
for Daily Paintworks!!
I still am gobsmacked at how successful
it has been.
Fast forward to the present time.
I see many, many more
"messy" paintings
- as my husband calls them -
and I am excited to be mainstream
where people are not asking me
why my lines are not smooth!!
I want to push myself further
and see what develops.
