Oil/Cold Wax Class on the Oregon Coast

Jac created this piece in class. It's now on view next door to the Bloom studio, at Touchstone Gallery!

I had so much fun going through the photos I took from "Expressive Abstraction in Oil and Cold Wax", the class I taught a couple of weeks ago in Yachats, OR. This was the third time I've had the pleasure of teaching at Bloom! an artscape, the summer studio of Sandy Mier. I was happy to see familiar faces and meet new ones. 

I hope you enjoy seeing some of what students produced over two days. Most of these pieces are on paper, though a few are on wood panels. This is the first installment, as these students were prolific and inventive!

It's Almost Here!

Classes are filling up at Art and Soul Retreat! Here' are two sample collage I just made for my "Transferred Secrets" class. (Four spots left!)

My cold wax and oil class, "Baby, It's Cold" is closed. Keep checking in case anyone cancels.

Two samples I made for "Tear it Up!". One more formal and one abstract.

Two spots open in "Visual Haiku! A couple of new samples:

I'm also teaching "Papers Wabi-Sabi" Make gorgous papers in this class and then take Liz Kettle's class to make a fabulous tote bag with your papers. Only four spots left in Liz' class!

Check the Art and Soul Retreat Website for larger images of Liz' bags and additional images of my classes. Hope to see you there!

OIl and Wax at the Beach!

I'm so happy to share this gallery of beautiful and unique oil and cold wax work done by students in my recent two day class, "Strata of Time." We met at Bloom! an artspace in the charming beach town of Yachats, Oregon under the auspices of the wonderful Sandy Mier.  

We used oil paint, cold wax medium, oilbars, oil pastels, graphite crayons, paper, and a bunch of texturing tools on birch supports and two kinds of paper. I am floored by the lovely and inventive work that emerged from this class. I hope you'll give these pieces a close look so you can see the variety of texture and the delicious color!

BTW--don't forget to register for our next Art and Soul Retreat! We'll be right on the water in gorgeous Virginia Beach next month! Sign up now so you can get the classes you want before they fill!

         Strata of Time Gallery