Other Art is good too!

On Thursday, I showed you all of the quilts that were shown in our Lyndon House Art Juried Exhibition.

Today, let’s look at some of the other amazing art!!

I love this painting….

“At the Beach” by Michael Johnson

The colors and designs just seem fresh!!

AND, I love the lines in this piece…..

“Majorca Rooftops” by Dortha Jacobson

This one was so cute and captured the image perfectly…..

“Hand in Hand” by Adam Houston

This next one is a fun fiber piece….

“Land of the Candy Moon” by Chris Taylor

I was interested in how she used the fabrics to create rosettes…..

This next mixed media piece starts with a great woven background….

….adding lots of found objects….

“Wildflowers” by Erika Lewis

I appreciated the intricacy of this woodwork…..

“Kumiko Table” by Abraham Tesser

I do like the table, but love the idea of this quilt design…..

Finally, I enjoyed this piece which used recycled expired Covid tests…..

….but hadn’t seen the quilt underneath the design…..

“Mandala CLX” by Susan Lenz

Now I like it even more!!!

So, there is a brief roundup of some of my favorite pieces from the Lyndon House Art Show.

I love that I live in an area that supports and encourages the arts!!

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Presenting Lisa Bennett

Well….today is Friday and, by all rights, should be FREE MOTION FRIDAY!! But, due to some technical issues, today’s video will be moved to TOMORROW.

Be sure to check back for part one of the second Mandala design.

Instead, let me present Lisa Bennet……

When we were in Texas, I had the pleasure of meeting Lisa Bennet who is a wonderful artist, specializing in “Graphic Naturalist Art”.

This is her artist statement…..

Naturalism, aesthetics and tactile design work are all integral parts of what Lisa has done for the past three decades. After twenty years of experience in the interior design business and more than ten years in the fashion design/sales business, she started applying her tactile, creative experience to mixed media artwork. This new body of work allows her to create graphic modern art with natural items she has always loved.

Using handmade textiles whenever she can, Lisa strives to ethically source the elements and items used in her artwork; many of the items chosen are unused or discarded — she loves being able to give them new purpose and new life.

This is one of her pieces that incorporates feathers, porcupine quills, shark vertebrae and other natural objects…..

This one used an African hand-dyed fabric as the background…..

She and I had a fun conversation about symmetry and asymmetry. You can definitely tell which side of the spectrum she falls on!!

She is also exploring pieces with an absence of color (we would call it low volume)……

I was so enamored with these pieces and wanted to bring them ALL home with me!!!

If you want to learn more, be sure to check out her website.

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The Master of the Chair

I came across this article in “The Craftsmanship Initiative” magazine and fell in love with Brian Boggs….his creative journey and his creation.

The article is long but I found it fascinating, especially how he designed one thing, created it for a long time, even designed special tools to help him create it.

After many years he made changes to upgrade and finally moved to an entirely different design.

Isn’t that how we, as quilters, work??

I even love his logo which says “Art doesn’t have to hang on the wall”…..isn’t that great!!!

If nothing else, check out the photos of his chairs and have a great look at his workshop!!!

Brian Boggs, Master of the Chair

I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did!!!

Art a different way….

The month of July is a busy one for me!! Clients need 2nd quarter financial statements, payroll reports need to be filed and fiscal-year non-profits need tax returns prepared. Consequently, I wasn’t sure exactly how much creative time I would have.

I shouldn’t have worried!!

As it ended up, I have even found time to get in some “other art” practice!!

A few weeks ago I posted about playing with watercolor and this past week I found time to do a bit more. This new class that I found starts with brush strokes I had fun seeing exactly what I could do with just a few brushes.

We started with a fully loaded brush and looked at what happens when it starts to run out of paint…..

We played with adding paint to wet paper. It was interesting to see what the paint would do….

Next, we played with making lines of various widths all from the same brush…..

Finally, I played with a large brush that wasn’t in great shape…..

It was fun to see what this bristle arrangement could do…..

I loved making ribbons with this large brush……

…..and I really love the shading that “happened” with this ribbon…..

Finally, we had to find an object at hand to paint, and since I was at my cutting table, guess what I used as a model…..

As far as realism goes it isn’t great, but I loved the fact that I painted it without drawing first.

AND, if you get REALLY far away from it, it actually looks good!!!!

I have NO idea whether I will EVER use anything that I am learning, but I am surely enjoying trying different mediums!!!

Now back to quilting!!

Quilts in an art show

Our local art gallery….Lyndon House Arts Center…..is holding it’s 46th Juried Exhibition and I was honored to have a quilt accepted into the show.

“Bridge Over the River Kew” hung proudly between other non-fiber art…..

The other quilts included were from local artists…..

“Pump Baby Pump” by renowned quilter Elizabeth Barton won the Nancy Lukasiewicz Award for Excellence in Fine Crafts.

She also had “Brief Encounter”…..

Elizabeth teaches many online courses and keeps an inspiring blog.…you should check it out!!

Also accepted was “Circular Reasoning” by Modern Quilt Artist, Sylvia Schaefer. Her website is worth a peekas well!!

I picked out a few of my favorites to show you……

“Blue Wave” – folded paper by Rebecca Kreisler

“Growing Patchwork” – Oil on Canvas by Hannah Jones

Did you notice that ALL of my favorites were geometric in nature? Wonder why that is???