by Dana | Mar 13, 2018 | My Blog
Welcome to my blog! Here I talk about making art including all the lessons learned, in and out of the classroom. Website Update! Mar 29, 2018 | Encaustic Creation, Encaustic Monotypes, My Blog, Working Large, Working SmallA new look for my art and my blog. read more A...
by Dana | Jan 3, 2020 | My Blog
Good art-stuff happens! It should be noted, that I wrote the blog below a couple of days ago and coming back to it now, I find it less personal, just a list really. So here is a summary of the summary. I painted a lot, took a bunch of classes and learned some new...
by Dana | Mar 31, 2019 | Acrylic Pours, My Blog, Technical
Introduction: On April 4th, 2019, I am the guest speaker at the Columbus Cultural Arts Center’s “Conversation and Coffee”, where I will be discussing the Science of Acrylic Pours. This post is a copy of a 4-page handout I have prepared to accompany...
by Dana | Mar 7, 2019 | Art Galleries, Encaustic Creation, Encaustic Monotypes, Encaustic Techniques, Gold Leaf, Museums, My Blog, Shellac Burn
ABOUT THE MUSEUM Readers of my blog will remember that last fall Bev Goldie and I went to Santa Fe for the Encaustic Expo. Part of the activities was a show at the Museum of Encaustic Art in downtown Santa Fe on Agua Fria Street (bottom photo on left). If you click...
by Dana | Feb 11, 2019 | Art Galleries, Artist's Block, Cold Wax, Gold Leaf, My Blog, Working Large
Holiday Recap: From Thanksgiving through mid-January things were so busy. I met lots of interesting people at the Granville Gallery, Art @ 43023, and at 400 West Rich. People often said nice things about my art and sometimes, bought one or more pieces. Suddenly, in...
by Dana | Dec 13, 2018 | Acrylic Pours, Cold Wax, Encaustic Creation
The year coming to an end and I haven’t told you about the great time I had in Santa Fe, New Mexico last September when I attended the Encaustic Expo. My friend and instructor Bev Goldie and I toured the Georgia O’Keefe Museum and the Museum of Encaustic...
by Dana | Oct 28, 2018 | Artist in War, History, World War I
My friend Arlene Armstrong* invited me to join her at the Columbus Historical Society to see their WWI exhibit. (WWI is World War I and November 11th 2018 is the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI). My only known connection to that war is my maternal grandfather,...
by Dana | Oct 8, 2018 | Art Show, My Blog, Working Large
They say “it takes a village to raise a child.” It takes a community to grow an artist. Look at the different organizations that allowed me an opportunity which resulted in my being the October 2018 Artist of the Month at the Short North Dick Blick store....
by Dana | Sep 9, 2018 | Art Galleries, Art Practices, Art Show, My Blog
I love Franklinton Fridays, that once-a-month happening when we open our studios to the general public and people come by. But that’s just once a month and some months I won’t be in town. Did I even mention that this past April and May, I paid to be...
by Dana | Aug 25, 2018 | Art Show, Furnishing a studio, My Blog, Painter's Studio
A little over six weeks ago I rented a studio at 400 West Rich, an artist enclave. That first Friday, I opened my doors as part of the Franklinton Fridays (FF) happenings and got to meet some of the tenants in the building and lots of people passing-by. The next...
by Dana | Jul 10, 2018 | Painter's Studio
Why do I need another studio? Only a few weeks ago I was in Berkeley, California, at Jerry McLaughlin’s Advanced Oil & Cold Wax Workshop. While there, I had a break through! All of those overblown, evening news adjectives (jaw-dropping, life-changing,...
