Left Brain Artists
Hand-made Christmas crafts and gifts Here we are – Christmas around the corner, ends of the year coming together (again), making us think of new beginnings, fresh starts, big plans. For our small art group this is the first Christmas together. The time calls for an ‘all out’ craftsmanship to adorn the season with hand-made […]
Painting, photography, symbolism This writing was inspired by flowers as a theme in art, their association with women, whether art subjects or artists, and, in particular, by flowers painted by one of our ‘Close to Heart’ artists, Georgia O’Keeffe (visit our project collection of female artists’ stories). How often is a male artist, compared to […]
Photography When I was a young woman, socially engaged, with a keen interest in philosophy and psychology, I was quite taken by the ‘To Have or to Be?’, a landmark book of the late 20th century by the psychoanalyst Erich Fromm, in which he writes about modern world becoming materialistic, obsessed with the unlimited production […]
Alcohol inks and mixed media Workshop, Oct 2nd They come in tiny bottles and have vibrant colors. Need alcohol (as we all do from time to time) to make magic. Flow, blend, blow, more alcohol, touch of brush, little tap with paper towel- and the amazing abstract art emerges. For me, the most fascinating feature […]
Decoupage and Thanksgiving crafts Workshop, Oct 2nd With the fire going and fall leaves burning, we could not end our early fall workshop without making some ‘homey’ stuff. The blankets thrown around our shoulders, we excitedly browsed through the collection of donated paper napkins to pick favorites for decorating objects and gifts for the season […]
Jewelry making Workshop, August 29th Our third summer workshop was immersed in abundance. Of a lush late summer garden, a house bursting with collections of arts and a profusion of beads, stones, minerals and jewelry-.making ‘everything’, collected with both flair and studiousness over many years by our hostess. In this overwhelming abundance right brain artists […]
Polymer Clay Workshop, Aug 8th Being perfect does not always mean being beautiful, or innovative or amazing. Haven’t you noticed that imperfections often create a feeling of warmth, real, hearty beauty – I’d rather have an imperfect piece that wakes up emotions than a perfection for the sake of it. Our polymer clay workshop was […]
Some of us need to get their hands muddy to create. This is not a bare inconvenience of the medium, it is artist’s necessity to experience a tactile sensation of clay, mud, shapes. A blind person will recognize objects, faces, a three-dimensional art by touch. Many potters shape their creations on a pottery wheel with […]
Workshop, July 17th We are bursting from the anticipation of this event! It is somewhat admirable how much we have accomplished in a little more than six months – collective projects, participation in the exhibition, great art collections, a rich web site with presentations full of content and much more…and yet, we have never met […]
Women artists How many of you go lighthouse hunting on your coastal trips? Lighthouses are beacons of a destination, harbour, safety, hope….Romanticized, lonely, whitstanding onslaught of elements, standing firm for sailors, battered and lost. No wonder lighthouses have a draw, an appeal, a symbolic value for artists and common day tourists alike; I have a […]
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