Left Brain Artists
Mixed media assemblies This is a story of bead baking… You must be thinking – what does Rothko have to do with bead baking? Well, here it goes… Hung and I were making some suncatchers and garden decorations from plastic beads on my deck to brighten our spirits dampened by the pandemic situation. A girlish […]
Woman artists The session that started this project was exploring a woman as an ‘art subject’; albeit with a modern, fun and personal ‘twist’. Two contemporary women artists, encountered on travels, brought to the group their own personal takes on an ambiguous ‘nature of a woman’. Lush, round, sophisticated, moody…Fleeting gestures, feline companions, contemplative, centers […]
Conceptual and abstract art; oil paintings Given our group’s name, it was very appropriate that in one of our early sessions we dive a bit deeper into this subject matter! There is a common belief, perpetuated by scientists among others, that our left brain is rational and analytical while our right brain is emotional and […]
Acrylic landscape paintings We do not just love or practice art out of nowhere. Even when our natural talents are embedded in our genes, it takes a nurturing hand to mold our creativity. Professional artists graduate in classes of their mentoring professors – mastering the technique, but even more so, developing their own artistic personality. […]
Acrylic pouring Acrylic pouring swept us from our feet…by surprise. It took one curiosity-driven pour on Dana’s deck last fall with pre-mixed ‘pouring kit’ and everything went spiraling after that. It was two of us at first. You are inevitably surprised with unpredictable effects of this medium. That leads to both fascination and yearning to […]
Watercolors and mixed media We are artistic explorers… While each one of us is particularly comfortable in one or the other artistic medium – our personal strength – we do not shy away from launching into unknown, trying things that are different, unfamiliar and unexpected. With that, we enrich our artistic experience, learn from each […]
Left Brain Artists