It has been four months since my last post… I have been very
busy with family events, travel to many beautiful spots and lastly – art events..
four different dust jackets by Rachelle Chuang (top left), Shelley Davies (top right)
myself (bottom left) and Stephanie Lemay (bottom right).
cover of the compendium (under the dust jacket) by Siobhan Rogers
Last week I have received the fabulous Compendium book
(images above) published by
Uppercase magazine’s Janine Vangool. I have mentioned this
magazine and its talented editor/publisher before. I had a few mentions in the
magazine previously, but this time my artwork was chosen to be on the dust
jacket of the book, together with 3 other artists’ designs. Whoever buys the
book can choose what design they want on the dust jacket and flip it to change
the look any time. A very cool idea!
The
book has photos and articles about 66 artists from around the world, and I am
honored to be one of them! This book is very inspirational and as always
beautifully designed! It would be a wonderful gift for yourself or anyone
interested in design, art, craft and just beautiful books.
I also have a few of my sketches included in another
publication – Cloth Paper Scissors’ Coloring book -Sketchbook . This magazine
includes hand drawn sketches of several themes (like travel, nature, people,
etc) created by several mixed media
artists such as Jenn Mason, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, Seth Apter, Jodi Ohl, Melanie
Testa and myself to name a few. There are also some informative articles about
coloring techniques.
And lastly - In the beginning of next year I am planning to
offer a large new set of thermofax screens to be used on paper and fabrics.
They are a wonderful tool for any textile, paper or mixed media artist. Stay
tuned for that.
I have recently participated in 3 annual holiday art sales
here in Northern California. I enjoy these very much because it is a great opportunity
to chat with like minded folks as well as work on some new pieces for the occasion.
I have also taught a couple of workshops and I
have visited some wonderful artists’ studios during a trip to New Mexico:
One was
Gail and Zachariah Rieke’s and the
other was
Melinda Tidwell’s. I LOVE their art and since I was visiting the
area
I just had to see them in their
element. All three are very nice people as well.
