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New Art, Exhibits, an Award and Classes (and a reminder to vote)

30 Wednesday Sep 2026

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The next class I’m teaching will be a gelli printing class at the Art Hub in Cambridge, WI on October 10th from 1-4. You can register here. The address is 145 W. Main and cost is $83. This may be the most fun class I have ever taught. It’s going to be a challenge to keep it to 3 hours because there is so much I want to share about this relaxing and exciting technique. I will also share some examples of what I use my prints for because it is easy to generate a lot of them!

It seems like I have been really busy for a long time! I do have quite a lot to show for it. The collage packs that I am selling at the Art Hub in Cambridge are selling well and I have been using some of the paper sets to create art that more obviously includes them. Here is a selection of my new work.

This month I have been relaxing into my art journal some more. It started out with working out timing and materials for my art journaling class I taught and I enjoyed it so much I have been doing more of it. My classes this fall include some gelli printing and I have been doing a lot of practicing. My art journal is a great place to keep samples from my experiments. I also created the simple piece of a silhouette looking at a piece of art both cut from a print pictured above. I’m including photos from the art journaling class which was small but enthusiastic.

I currently have art on exhibit at the Art Hub in Cambridge, as part of a group exhibit with the Wisconsin Visual Artists at UW Madison Hospital and at Monroe Street Dental office on Monroe Street. The exhibit at the dentist’s office will be up until Feb. 2027 and I will be there for gallery night on November 6. I have also learned that the pieces that were purchased by UW Hospital are in a new wing at the East Hospital location as part of their permanent collection.

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This piece has come home from the Association of Wisconsin Artists statewide exhibit at the Pyle Center and I won the Antigo Visual Arts Accolade. Prints and cards of this piece are for sale at Madison Art Market on Odana Road and are selling very well. It is one of my favorite pieces.

Don’t forget to vote! Let’s keep democracy alive!

EcoSquared at Hatch Art House and ICAD

03 Thursday Jul 2025

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I gave some background information and beginning samples of my Index Card a Day art in my last blog post. I did decide to use the technique of cutting a larger piece into index card sized (3×5 inches) pieces and working on them as individual pieces. I’m very happy with the results.

I also dropped off 5 pieces for the EcoSquared show at Hatch Art House. EcoSquared will run July 1st – August 31st, with an opening reception Friday July 11th from 5-8pm. It would be lovely to see you there. The address is 1248 Williamson Street in Madison, WI.

The exhibition is geared towards Hatch’s emphasis on using upcycled materials and will feature only square works of art. Here are my pieces.

Final Piece for April Exhibit and Art Journaling Class Information

28 Friday Mar 2025

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I call this piece Flourishing Spirals and it started with block prints of stamps I created inspired by a Golden Geometry class I took with Clarissa Grande. They started with the shape of the golden spiral and I ended up as a set of 4 stamps to create an embellished spiral. I only used the 2 largest stamps for this piece because I wanted white space in the center. I knew I wanted to enhance the prints in a variety of ways and I started with adding some water color on one side and gold paint on the other. Another form of enhancement that I had in mind was Zentangle patterns.

The above Zentangle tile is from a class I recently took. I participate in the monthly Tangle Lab online class with the talented Anica (ZenLinea) and I thought I could use these techniques on my block print. I really liked the idea of having components that went outside of the frame of the mandala. The subtle, simple background was very appealing to me, too. And I am a huge fan of Zentangled flowers, actually flowers of any kind.

Art with gold paint doesn’t photograph very well so I hope you will come to the Art Hub in Cambridge, WI to see it in person. The show will be up from April 1-26 and there will be a reception on April 4 from 6-8pm.

There is another opportunity to see me at the Art Hub in April. I will be teaching Art Journaling: Limited Composition & Mark Making ($68.00) on Friday April 11 from 6-9pm. All the supplies are provided and you will leave with a new (reclaimed) art journal with a start to art journaling. There are a few spaces left so register by clicking on the class link above.

Let’s transform old library books into lovely art journals. This class is perfect for someone just getting into making art but will also have novel techniques that will be interesting to the experienced artist. Learn how to repurpose a hardcover book using gesso, acrylic paint, writing tools and stencils.

We will introduce an element of play by using dice to make some of our design decisions. Our biggest decision will be on color selection. We will talk about the idea of using dice to take the pressure off decision making and as a way to limit your composition. We will talk about the value of setting limits when working in your art journal.

Art journals can be used in many ways to help you reach goals and improve your art skills, overall health, and satisfaction with your life. An art journal is a great place to experiment with art supplies and different techniques. We will do an art journal page layout using acrylic paints, junk mail or scrap paper and a variety of stencils, paint markers and pens.