Art for Coffee's Sake

Monday, January 16, 2012

In View Member and Faculty Show at The Art Center Highland Park

I'm so happy to once again be a part of this wonderful show of member and faculty work at The Art Center, Highland Park, IL. My piece, Follow Your Leader, from the previous post is currently on display. The show is really diverse and I enjoy seeing that when I walk into a gallery!

It's really hard to lose the glare on this super shiny piece when taking a photo of it!

You can get a perspective of the size with this photo

You wanna see it from this side?

I love what a wonderful job The Art Center does in arranging the work!

Love the juxtaposition!

Other pieces in the show

Thank you again to The Art Center!

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Follow Your Leader, Encaustic on Wood, Approx 24x36x2 inches

This was a happy accident...it's one of my larger pieces and I worked on it for ages...wasn't working at all...wanted to throw it out! Suddenly, things took a positive turn and I arrived here...

Follow Your Leader, Encaustic on Wood, Approx 24x36x2 inches

Close up detail

Friday, September 02, 2011

Another Exhibit!

I'm so excited to be the artist featured for the month of September 2011 at the Starbucks in Glencoe, IL. It's SUCH a nice starbucks with a comfy couch and a fireplace! The wall we used to hang the art can't have nails in it so they have this wire cable system to hang the pieces. It was very tricky to get the pieces up and the configuration could be better but we did the best we could! As usual, my camera doesn't capture it that well, but you get the idea. Thank you Jay for being such an awesome help!

(click on the images for more detailed views)

The wall...only one piece didn't make it!

Wish you could see the lighting in person...far better than what camera shows

Here they are in garage before I took them to be hung. The one in the upper right hand corner didn't make it on the wall

Better lighting here to see the 3 smaller pieces

Come by to check it out!

Monday, August 29, 2011

Explorations: New Works By New Arts Exhibit

I was so honored to have my encaustic piece, "Look Out", be accepted into The Art Center of Highland Park (IL)'s latest exhibit, "Explorations: New Works By New Artists". Here are some picture from the opening party on August 26, 2011. There was such an array of interesting work. My pieces at 7x7 inches (minus frame) was probably the smallest painting there! The exhibit runs from August 26 to September 24, 2011.