Co-Creating with Nature
Hi Friends, Last week I once again encountered the art of James Perkins, an artist who buries his pieces in the sand at the beach and leaves them there for mont...
Category: Natural Materials
Re-Do
Hi Friends, You may remember that a few weeks ago I told you about a piece I was starting on using off-white woven pieces collaged together. Right around that s...
Rags to Riches
Hi Friends, I was in the mood to change things up in my house, and I was rummaging through the studio to see what forgotten art I could find. I stumbled upon a ...
Daydreams
Hi Friends, It’s been brutally hot and humid here the past couple of weeks, and the studio feels like a steambath. I was taking a break from the heat and ...
Leaf Print Season
Hi Friends, Fall is in the air. Can you feel it? It’s still warm, but the days are growing shorter and the air feels crisp. The spiders are back, and the ...
Experimention with Materials
Greetings Friends, Now the compost pile is cooking! This is more what I expected to see from a piece of painted canvas buried in the compost pile for two weeks....
Archival Materials
Hi Friends, How important is it for art materials to be archival? I’m really drawn to using natural and upcycled materials in my art, but they might not l...
Compost Update
Hi Friends, Three weeks ago I buried a small painting in my compost pile, expecting it to pick up some color from the decomposing plant matter. Here’s wha...
Elemental Art
Greetings Friends, This week the website Artsy featured the work of James Perkins, an artist who buries his silk canvases at the beach to let the elements do th...
Skunk Medicine
Hi Friends, I’ve been dealing with a skunk for the past couple of months. At first it was just nearby, and I occasionally smelled skunk spray in the middl...