Scenes from my two home studio spaces. Perhaps you can get some organizational ideas. My problem is keeping it organized and clean ..read more

“Distancing Days” (water-soluble ink on Yupo - 10” x 10” framed to 16” x 16”) received an award in the 44th Annual National Exhibition of the South Carolina Watermedia Society. After Covid prevented problems last year, the esteemed Traveling Show of show winners will resume this year at select locations across South Carolina as operated by the South Carolina State Museum. Typically there are many monetary awards associated with this show. Sadly, Covid hardships have greatly interrupted award revenues. I am happy to be selected for this recognition. The LookBook of award winners as selected by ..read more

Enjoyed a full class where participants learned image transfer and acrylic skin making techniques to create a collage. This was a short 2-day class. Photo release forms on file. Screenshot of the ad by City Art. Supplies…all products by Golden Artist Colors. Great teaching space! Acrylic skin examples. Offset spatulas for cake decorating work great for spreading acrylic gels and pastes on a surface! Instructor examples. Student work. Student work. Student work - great image transfer of an original photo onto raw canvas ..read more

I stumbled across some old photos of works completed in 2007 & 2008…check them out! “Golden Memories” - 8” x 8” - Acrylic on Canvas - Private Collection “From this Field Forward” - 16” x 16” - Acrylic and Specialty Paper on Canvas - Private Collection “Watching and Waiting” - 24” x 24” - Private Collection “Depths Unknown” - Watermedia on Paper - 8” x 10” - Private Collection ..read more

The story behind the collage: 1) The man pictured, my maternal grandfather, was a skilled and creative carpenter...hence the segment of a carpenter’s folding ruler. 2) He turned 22 during his first year of marriage to my grandmother, Ella. Notice the numbers on the ruler. 3) I was 22 when he died. 4) He died the week I was registering for classes for my first semester of Graduate School in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of South Carolina. I would be specializing in Micropaleontology, the study of microfossils. 5) The predominant pattern in the collage is an enlarged ph ..read more

If you saw my live Facebook demo yesterday as a Certified Working Artist for Golden Artist Colors, the following photos are the results of the demo. As one of my favorite colors, I was very happy to provide an introduction to Golden’s Iridescent Bronze (Fine). Iridescent Bronze on wet raw canvas once after the canvas dried. No alterations have been made. ~5” x 7” The 5” x 7” panel used to demonstrate the wet-in-wet technique using Golden’s High Flow acrylics dropped into a wet layer of fluid Bronze. This is the image of how it dried. Same panel showing alterations and cropped to 4” x 6 ..read more

As you can see from the label, Golden’s Iridescent Bronze is made of a mixture. This paint includes mica platelets that are coated with a layer of iron oxide. The color is achieved in the milling process where one of the Iridescent Gold colors is combined with a specific green pigment. When water is introduced to the milled paint, that green pigment will separate out from the iridescent color. This also happens when the paint is used on a gel plate where moisture comes from mineral oil within the gel plate. It is this separation feature that makes this a favorite of mine, and allows me to use ..read more

Examples of High Flow pigments dropped into a wet bed of fluid Bronze on a Bronze toned prepped birch panel. Once properly prepped, the panel received two coats of Fluid Bronze. Once dry, a Fluid layer was applied, sprayed with water and then High Flow pigments were introduced. These pieces must be worked on a flat and level surface. The manner of working these pieces is what I call “controlled randomness” because of the challenge of working wet-in-wet while pigments and different viscosities want to morph on their own if not controlled by an intuitive response. In other words, these compositi ..read more

Due to the nature of the paint, Iridescent Bronze can react differently on different surfaces and grounds. Some examples follow below. Try using it on your favorite grounds and pastes. The amount of water used will determine the amount of verdigris-like effect that will appear. This is an acrylic skin made from Heavy Gel Matte that was cast from a handmade mold made with Amazing Mold Putty. The skin was then painted with Iridescent Bronze. This skin will be used as a collage element in a future piece ..read more

Two different techniques illustrating how I use Golden’s Iridescent Bronze (Fine) with a gel plate for printing botanicals. Examples: the types of prints that can be achieved with the techniques provided below. Technique 1: Printing the Ghost within the Mask Materials needed: gel plate, brayer, OPEN Iridescent Bronze, baby wipes, plant material, and printing paper such as sketch paper, Bristol or Arches 88. Start by applying about a kidney bean size amount of paint onto the plate. Thinner layers tend to work best for botanical printing. Using the brayer, roll the paint out to obtain a cons ..read more