Here is the mock up of the Summit neighborhood mural design that I will finally be starting when the weather breaks and the final seal is completed on the wall. The wall is 150 feet x 7 feet located on 10th street and Fulton Ave, by the Arts Academy at Summit. I will have help from the residents in the neighborhood and students from the Arts Academy at Summit--as well as any friends who feel like coming out and painting with me!
After discussions with different residents, I came up with this design that visually shows the concepts of transformation and renaissance that came up so frequently.
The design is a transition from macro to micro. The street grid of the neighborhood transforms into the houses of the community, which then transforms into the individual people that flourish with the arts.
I hope to start by the second week of May and finish by the end of June.
I had such a fun time creating 5" x 5" compositions. Come on down to my studio and check them out...they are going fast!
Here is another angle of our new studio space!! My artwork is the fiber and mixed media work which utilizes my own photography. The oil paintings are Lynn Digby's, my studio mate. If you are local, come check it out! The address is 2nd April galerie 324 Cleveland Ave. NW, Canton, OH 44702.
My studio-mate, Lynn Digby, and I recently moved our shared studio space to the main floor of 2nd April galerie. It is a great new space and I am very excited to be in it. Many thanks to Lynn and Paul Digby who did so much of the work to transform the space while I recovered from back surgery.
Microbiology C- is a piece I created out of fabric that I had batiked (a fabric dying process using wax as a resist). It is a fun piece that I made by playing around with using spheres. In the end, it reminds me of the whirlwind microbiology class I took years ago during an intensive summer class, in which I didn't do so well, thus the C-!
I am very pleased to announce that I am now sharing the mezzanine studio space at 2nd April galerie Studios & Annex with oil painter Lynn Digby. Please come down and check it out on a First Friday or at our upcoming 2nd Floor at 2nd April Open House this coming Friday, April 30 from 5-9pm. The open house will include delicious snacks at each of the studios and a chance to chat with the artists while strolling through and enjoying awesome artwork! Hope you can come!
