Left Brain Artists
Silk scarf designs This story is about relationships, actually. It is a story that emerged utterly unexpectedly from a foundation of geometry. That is, a branch of mathematics concerned with properties of space such as the distance, shape, size, and relative position of figures… placed onto a silky, wiggly fabric (of love). The activity at […]
Hand-painted silk scarfs Soft on touch, gentle wrap around the neck, an ultimate sense of luxury – a silk scarf is a fashion statement. Until I had my hands on it, I was ignorant as to how intricate the process of designing a hand-painted scarf could be. For a painter in me, a blank silk […]
Mixed media Mixed media is a blast!. I imagine that it emerged when an artist, exploring the core medium to (personal) limits, felt compelled to reach for another to break out of limiting boundaries…and, in doing so, oppened up limitless possibilities. Today, there are no boundaries. Any combination of artistic media (and objects) is accepted […]
Alcohol Ink Paintings I thought that artist’s creations ‘speak for themselves’. And they likely ‘speak’ different things to different people. In some socially engaged art, artist’s message may be blatantly apparent; in other cases it is open for a range of emotional or intellectual reactions that shape its meaning. We don’t need to know verbatim […]
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 […]
Left Brain Artists