New Paintings at Bella Vista Art
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I made a web gallery for mixed media work– it includes a lot of work in progress for cigar box instruments, plus painting on clothes and instruments/ cases. Take a look here!
Some of the finished and nearly-finished paintings from this winter, drying on the wall.
New project! I have been painting on cigar boxes and unfinished instruments built by Drew Hummer of Madcap Instruments. There are more instruments near completion that will be documented soon; until then, here are some pics of a cigar box guitar that I gave my Dad for Christmas. (He tunes it like a banjo …
I was mentioned in Asheville’s weekly paper; thanks to Bridget Conn for writing about my work at Bella Vista.
I am continuing to work in oils, but I am trying out some new surface materials, in this case, linen stretched on top of raw canvas, and worked with stiff bristle brushes and palette knives.
Part II of Episode 11. Produced in Asheville NC for URTV by Ursula Gullow. Filmed in 2008