Over at Examiner.com, James George, the intrepid Arts Reporter for Arlington has written a nice article about my upcoming show. You can find it here. 

Let me tell you about Jim, in his "previous life" he has been a magazine publisher and has served on the boards of theater and dance companies, and he is a published author. His wife and daughter are both "creatives" and artists. Jim is genuinely interested in all that goes on in the art world, and especially in the with local area. He enjoys "matchmaking" and putting artists together with those who support the arts. If you are an artist, I encourage you to get in touch with Jim, and tell him about your work... tell him I sent you!

I am so excited to be the Featured Artist at Stifel & Capra for the month of June. Of course this great shop is where I have my studio space, but in June my artwork will also be featured prominently downstairs. FIRSTfriday will be lots of fun, because not only will I be there with my paintings, but Stifel & Capra is hosting the kick-off for the Tinner Hills Blues Festival, so we'll have a live blues band playing in the parking lot! So come on by for a visit... here are the details: 

LOST & FOUND EXHIBIT
Original mixed media paintings inspired by a cache of old photos and letters, found in the attic of a family home.

Opening Reception: Friday, June 7, 2013

from 5:00pm-8:00pm

FIRSTfriday at Stifel & Capra

260 W. Broad Street, Falls Church, VA 22046

MIXED MEDIA WORKSHOPS
In conjunction with my "Lost and Found" exhibit, I will be offering workshops at Stifel & Capra. Workshops are for beginning as well as advanced students. One session $60, Two sessions $100, Three sessions $130. If you would like to try your hand at mixed media, but don't want to buy the supplies, I will have some supplies available for a small supply fee... You can find more info here or email me if you have any questions!

MAKING PAPERS  Monday, June 10, 10am-1pm  Learn different ways to make beautiful papers for mixed media collage. We will stamp, scribble and paint. We will repurpose old papers to make exciting new designs. Sign up here!

DESIGN for Mixed Media  Monday, June 17, 10am-1pm  Back to basics with some straight forward design ideas to organize your mixed media pieces. Make your painting and collages more cohesive with these basic design tools. Sign up here!

MIXED MEDIA MAKING Monday, June 24th, 10am-1pm  Bring your materials, and your design ideas and we will cut and paste our way towards finished mixed media pieces. Sign up here!

CAT 6.... That's what I call the simple black and white mixed media painting, from my Sketch/Book series. Cat 6 found a new home at the "Walk on the Wild Side" fundraiser/reception for Gallery Underground and the Arlington Animal Welfare League. Who knows when Cat 7 will show up?

My Mixed Media Painting was selected for the annual "Scapes" exhibit at the Art League Gallery at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria. Stop by and see all the great work! Info can be found here. The exhibit was juried by Johnathon Linton, and the prospectus stated: 

Our landscape has been visually rendered since the beginning of time and remains one of the most beloved subjects in art. For ‘Scapes, the annual August landscape exhibit at The Art League Gallery, artists are invited to submit works illustrating all elements of our external world.
Landscape art portrays the world around us. However, a landscape artist is not a camera that records whatever happens to be in front of the lens. He or she is not required to paint exactly what he sees.

Artwork inspired by all environments may be a part of this exhibit – urban and rural, industrialized and primitive, coastal and arid, and the beauty and destruction created by Mother Nature. Works of all media may be submitted. Artists are encouraged to explore unique perspectives, literally and figuratively, as well as varying moods and color. 

I have installed some new work at Stifel & Capra for the month of August....
One of the pieces is titled "dreams and high imaginings". I came across that scrap of a sentence in my "bits and pieces" folder.... left over from a previous project (all mixed media artists are pack rats!), and built this piece around the phrase. Mixed media is a good desciption of this as I mixed in the following media: vintage family photo, vintage postcards, old french textbook, lace, my sketches of dragonflies, real butterfly wings, handmade paper, and watercolor.