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Crocker Art Museum – Art Auction Season 2014

Great news!  My collagraph, The Theotokos Triptych,  has been selected for the Crocker’s 36th annual Art Auction! ART AUCTION 2014SATURDAY, JUNE 7DOORS OPEN AT 5:30 PMSILENT AUCTION CLOSES AT 7 PMThis artful evening features work by more than 100 of the region’s finest artists, silent auctions followed by a gourmet dinner, and an exciting live auction. Casually elegant attire.For Art Auction tickets, sponsorships or additional information, call (916) 808-7843.Art Auction Exhibit on view: MAY 22 – JUNE 7I have also donated Holy Wound Five to the Big Names Small Art event at the Crocker.                                       Encaustic with Gold Leaf 10″x10″ BNSA (BIG NAMES SMALL ART)THURSDAY, MAY 22, 5:30 – 9 PMFIRST SILENT AUCTION CLOSES AT 6:30 PMFree to Museum members and Patron ticket holders$15 NonmembersReserve tickets at crockerartmuseum.org”Join us for the art party of the year featuring “Small Art” by “Big Name” artists. Bidding on all BNSA items start at just $25. Music, a no-host bar, gourmet food, and docent-led tours of the Art Auction galleries round out the evening.” I am so thrilled to have my work shown at the Crocker and to be…

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You gotta keep ’em separated

or not so much… My printmaking class started this week so I’ve been thinking about what images I want to create. Since I am in the “advance” class – 40B, I can pretty much do what I want. And you must have picked up by now that that kind of artistic freedom can be kinda paralyzing for me.  Last semester we learned the following printmaking techniques: drypoint, collagraph, woodcut, and monotypes. And with each new assignment/technique, we were given a theme as a starting off point for our image. I played nicely within the given parameters and was pushed, learned a lot, and made some cool prints. This time around? I need to write a brief proposal of what I plan to do this semester. What do I plan to do… what do I want to do? I know I want to make more monotypes. That’s kinda a no brainer. I definitely want to do another woodcut! Collagraphs were fun to create, but unless I have a flash of inspiration, I’m not that concerned with making another one. And drypoint… meh. Unless I come up with a really cool drawing, I could skip that too. Inking those plates is hard…

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