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GREAT NEWS!!!! The print titled, “Iain” was accepted at the 8th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition at the Center for Contemporary Prinmaking in Norwalk, CT!!!! The show will be up from June 2 through September 4. Go see it!
That bit of news definitely makes my month.
The OTHER bit of good news is…I have a website up and running! Check it out here! What do you think? I have some comments from friends about it…I’m looking into making some edits. As is the case with this blog, it’s a work in progress. I’m really happy to have a tiny bit of internet real estate out there.
I also completed another long print. Here it is:
Once again…there is a lot more going on in the dark areas than this picture shows. The camera (or my use of the camera) doesn’t seem to capture the layers in those areas. Here is a detail, but that doesn’t quite show the background layer well either:
This was inspired by Hokusai’s, The Wave. It’s such an amazing print. I bask in it’s brilliance.
My collage class was interesting. Last week, we were supposed to make a double sided collage. I had a hard time doing that…so I mainly focused on one side, and just left the other side to chance. Here is the side that I worked on:
Interesting, right? Okay, here’s the back:
Hmm…a bit random. Our teacher was showing us, however, that you can use a viewfinder (cardboard with rectangular hole cut out) to isolate areas that ARE interesting. I might look at that.
Our assignment in class was to take copies of these collages, and create a new collage that also incorporates a photo. Here’s mine:
I was really struggling with it for a while. Then, I decided to get messy and sketch all over it. I think that it got much better! Here’s a detail:
I like it!
I’m going to my 20th high school reunion this weekend. I know. Egads. Where does the time go? I think that it will be fun, but a bit overwhelming. It was such an intense time.
I am also a bit self conscious of the purple ink at the edges of my fingernails…hopefully no one will be horrified. I should just carry around a bar of Lava soap with me at all times. And a nailbrush.
I hope that the sunshine that’s outside right now is here to stay! WOO HOO!
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slightly wonky 
congrats! That’s HUGE.
re the website. I read somewhere that one should refrain from using the word “gallery” for your image galleries. That you should reserve that word for when you have galleries representing you. I guess it makes some sense. Otherwise your webpage looks good. Nice and simple and easy to find everything. I like the image you used on the home page.
Comment by lisa foster May 17, 2011 @ 1:30 pmThank you SO much for your feedback! That’s so helpful. I really appreciate it. I just made the change that you suggested… thank you!
Comment by slightlywonky May 17, 2011 @ 1:56 pm