Encaustic on ceramic tiles

Indigo, Enso 2, Enso 3, Marble, Enso

These encaustic paintings are among a group that will be for sale at TheArtery in the Bucktown Center for the Arts in Davenport, IA.  The four in the black stands are painted on ceramic tile and the one in the back is on cradled wood.

The ARTery in Davenport, IA - my wall

Carolyn Krueger (owner of The ARTery Gallery at the Bucktown Center for the Arts in Davenport, IA) did a great job hanging my acrylic and encaustic paintings on the 8' wall space I've rented.  I'm looking forward to visiting monthly for "Final Fridays".

Art at The ARTery in Davenport

Last week I dropped off 15 pieces to The ARTery gallery in the Bucktown Center for the Arts in Davenport, IA.  I have encaustic paintings and acrylic paintings and collages on an 8 foot wall.  This weekend I'll post a pic of the wall when I visit  for the Final Friday celebration.  Here are some of the encaustic pieces that are hanging.

Venus Envy is almost here

This past Saturday I took the four encaustic pieces shown in the post below to the Bucktown Center for the Arts in Davenport.  I was so fortunate to find Helen Boyd and Jacki Olson working in their studio, so I stopped in for a chat and to admire their work.  They are two gracious and generous artists with wonderful work hanging .  Jacki was using an iron to smooth out the wax on paper on cradled board abstract.  Helen was deftly using a heat gun to get a very shiny and smooth surface on her piece.  They were both encouraging when viewing my four small pieces.  It was great to be able to share ideas among us.

I also visited sculptor Paul Algueseva in his new studio in Moline.  He has many irons in the fire (sorry, I couldn't help that!).  I'll look for his website later.
Gotta run - time for work!

Venus Envy Reception

*From 5/3/08)
Last night was entertaining at the Bucktown Center for the Arts in Davenport, IA. I attended the Venus Envy artist reception, viewed the exhibit of the art (which includes 2 of my pieces mentioned in the last post), and wandered through some of the artist studio/galleries. There was a lovely assortment of appetizers (including chocolate dipped strawberries - yum!), a bar, and chair massages for the artists. A very nice surprise since last week I'd mentioned to my art group friends that nothing short of a chair massage would impress me after I read an email that said we'd be "pampered"!

Tonight I return the Bucktown Center for the actual event of music, dance, and theater performances.

Quad City Arts Exhibition Gallery

I submitted a CD of artwork to the Quad City Arts Gallery in Rock Island, IL, which is just across the Mississippi River from the Bucktown Center. It's a great gallery of work from artists within a 250 mile range. I won't find out if my work is accepted for a couple of months, so in the meantime, I'm going to keep exploring some ideas that have been percolating for awhile!

Anne Von Ehr Pastel Workshop

More catching up today... A couple of weeks ago I participated in a pastel workshop in Sycamore, IL sponsored by KVAL. It was the first time I'd really used soft pastels and I learned so much. Anne Von Ehr is truly a wonderful teacher and someone I actually worked with years ago near the start of both of our teaching careers in Oswego,IL. Imagine my delight to be able to catch up a bit with her after so many years!

A lovely surprise arrived via email the other day - two of my acrylic/mixed media pieces have been accepted in the Venus Envy show at the Bucktown Center for the Arts in Davenport, IA.

The May 3rd event is billed as "VENUS ENVY All Women's Art Extravaganza in the Bucktown District". Forty-six visual artists will be showcased along with musical performances, dance, installation performances and theater on Saturday, May 3rd, from 6:00 to 11:00 p.m. at the Bucktown Center for the Arts in downtown Davenport , Iowa . Some of the events will also take place along Pershing Street, adjacent to Bucktown. The artwork will hang until May 30th.


The two pieces selected for the juried show are "Mardi Gras" and "Renewal"