The Artists from The Pulse Project

The Pulse Project will take place at The Empty Spaces Project gallery in Putnam, Connecticut during the entire month of April 2015. Run by Paul Toussaint and Ann Monteiro, this was the space that recently hosted the 5 x 5 Small Works exhibition, also based on The Pulse. 

29 artists that were featured in my books (The Pulse of Mixed Media and The Mixed Media Artist) are exhibiting their work at the show. The exhibited pieces reflect the full range of mixed media and include assemblage, encaustic, collage, acrylic, oil, pastel, photography, digital, fabric, jewelry and more. A number of the works were featured in the books although the majority are new. 

For those of you in the area, the opening reception is being held on Friday, April 3 from 6-9pm at the gallery located on 114 Main Street in Putnam, Connecticut. There will be a number of artists from the show attending. The show officially closes on April 30.

All 100+ works will also be exhibited on and available for purchase through my blog during the run of the show. For a taste of what is to come, here are the participating artists and one example each of the work they have submitted.

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Patricia Anders

 Butterfly Eyes

Thelma van Rensburg

 Satisfaction Through Sight 3

Jason Twiggy Lott

 Reedus Maximorous Fitzgerald

Marina Rios

Lights

Marie Danti

A Water Puddle

Pam Carriker

 Never Far From Home

Charlie Grosso

Perspective

John Arbuckle

Priority 955

Shayla Perreault 

By Northern Light

Jennifer Coyne Qudeen

  Layers of Time 3

Deborah Gregg

Soul Barring

Art by Canace

Reliquary

Loryn Spangler Jones

Newton's Third Law

Robert Maloney

Great Expectations

Dorothy Simpson Krause

Cloudgrass

Felicity Griffin Clark

Land, sea, alchemy

PD Packard

 I Stand, Upright

Crystal Neubauer

Pleased to Meet You

Bridgette Guerzon Mills

 Only in Solitude

Elaine Phipps

abovebelow1

Chris Miser

Industrial Revolutions

Roxanne Evans Stout

Circle Dance

Jayne Harnett-Hargrove

Ode to Crow

Patti Roberts-Pizzuto

 Nocturne no. 6

Seth Apter

Oxide

Lesley Price

 2 Children

Patti Edmond

Angel at Mardi Gras

Robert Stockton

The Message

David Castle

Rama Control Panel - Blue Sector

The Week Links: 40

Join me every Sunday when I share some of my favorite links I discovered in the previous week.

All previous links can be found here.

And here is Week 40...

A hidden collection of rare and beautiful Japanese textiles in Brooklyn - found on Cool Hunting.

Pics from the Magnificent Objects: The Artist as Collector exhibition at The Barbican in London. Also found on Cool Hunting. And an article from the New York Times.

Love the "dreamy" quality to the work of Marisa Purcell highlighted in this post from est magazine and her thoughts on the creative process shown on this video.

140+ stunning paper art projects found on Paper Art Love.

Veronica Funk shares a list of the books that have impacted her creative life.

Easy to follow, use-what-you-have, step by step introduction to book binding from Trisha Too.

The unique and amazing prints from Leonardo Drew exhibiting at Pace Prints in NYC (via Artsy).

Spring Season

I am ready to dig myself out of this long, cold and snowy winter...

...and enjoy every moment of spring.

It will be a chance to get outdoors more and the opportunity to continue my teaching binge for 2015.

Spring begins March 20 and my Spring Season kicks off on March 22 at The Ink Pad in NYC. I will be teaching a new workshop Collage Camp which is currently filled. 

April finds me teaching in Missouri for the very first time at Art & Soul retreat - also a first for me. If you are local or want to experience the amazingness of an art retreat, head here to see the offerings. 

May begins with a one-time-only collaborative workshop that I am teaching with Mary Beth Shaw at her studio in Lafayette Square, Missouri. This workshop is filled.

May continues to be an exciting month for me as I next head to the Pacific Northwest for some very special workshops. 

On May 16-17, I am teaching Cover to Cover -- a two-day workshop at the Pacific Northwest School of Art on Whidbey Island, off the coast of Washington. 

Immediately following and also at the Pacific Northwest School of Art, I am excited to be teaching a 5-day workshop with Orly Avineri called If Walls Could Talk from May 18-22.

Finally, I will be teaching In the Pocket with John Arbuckle. We will be collaboratively teaching this one-day workshop at ArtWorks in Edmonds, WA twice. The workshop on May 28 has filled and we have added a second date on May 26. Email John at johnner55@yahoo.com for info and registration.

I am excited to spend my days creating with those of you who will be attending. And for those of you who cannot...posts and pictures will follow.

Living With Art: 4

When we see art posted on the blogs from our community, by far the majority of times it is a cropped picture of a particular piece. We don't often get to see pictures of the art in the space where we actually live. Hanging art. Art on the walls. Art over the couch. Art leaning on the bookcase shelves.

Living with Art is about showing and seeing art in real life settings. Every Thursday I will be posting a series of images shared by creatives showing all of us just how art is displayed in their spaces. Each participant is opening the door and inviting us all into their surroundings. Please contact the artist if you would like any information about the pieces on display. If you want to share yours, simply email me an image, a few lines about your artistic aesthetic, and a link to your own online site. Now sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

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Previous posts can be found here...

and here is week 4...

Lin Collette

I don't 'collect' or 'own' art, I invite it to live with me. What I buy has to have a deep impact on my soul, otherwise there is not point to having it. My tastes are eclectic which takes me on a daily adventure.

Quinn McDonald

I believe we don't find meaning in life, we make meaning. The art in my house makes meaning in some way - about life, experience, courage, love. It connects the past to the present, while I live in the present of the art.

Julianna Hudgins

Having my artwork on display in my home remains me of how powerful I am. It puts a smile on my face and fills my soul with self love.

Gabriele Burgess

The art I live with lifts and inspires me.

Rhonda Simmonds

Painting I've done for my art show "Altar Ego." The shows content is all about Altars.

Jodi Ohl

I'm lucky to have a fairly nice sized studio to create in attached to my home so the art I create is constantly moving from one place to the next before I let it go into the world. One of the last stops for it is on my desk in the kitchen so I can enjoy it for a little while before it goes to its forever home. I can also see other bits of my collection in my studio from where I sit to do my business type of art stuff.

Rita Vindedzis

(and see more of how Rita lives with art here)

Our loft has 10' ceilings so I'm fortunate to have a lot of hanging space to display my original art. Here I've leaned 'Blossoming' a large 40x40 canvas on top of my bookcase. The two antique statues and the grouping of antlers and driftwood help to fill the space and soften the hard angles. 

A Little Secret...

"I'd like to let you in on a little secret: sometimes the wrong way is the best way. This is especially true when it comes to creativity."

This is an excerpt from my column - The Creative Pulse - in the newest, March/April 2015 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors. The theme of this month's column is mistakes - something we all can relate to!

Feel free to leave a comment and share your experience with making and/or embracing mistakes...

What a Weekend

I spent this past weekend teaching workshops at The Queen's Ink in Maryland. The Queen's Ink is among my most favorite venues to teach out of and the owner, Patti Euler, is a favorite too. Her shop is located in Savage Mill, a restored cotton mill. Have a look inside...

I taught three new workshops here for the first time: Viewfinder, Dimensional Stenciling and Brick by Brick.

In Viewfinder, we got our Spellbinders on and created Japanese stab bound books with windows using die cuts, texture plates, and more.

In Dimensional Stenciling, we experimented with an array of approaches to stenciling and used some of the newest and best texture-making products on the market.

Everybody created a technique/product guide that they could refer to in the future as well as these amazing artworks:

Brick by Brick, my third workshop, is an urban grunge, graffiti inspired class. 

It got off to a great start, with painting, group monoprinting, and collage.

Unfortunately, mother nature had another idea. 

An ice storm sadly shut down the venue and we had to stop 2 hours into the class. I have to say that I am impressed with how well everybody handled this. I will be returning to The Queen's Ink on June 7 to make this workshop up and will hold another workshop on June 6.

The Week Links: 39

Join me every Sunday when I share some of my favorite links I discovered in the previous week.

All previous links can be found here.

And here is Week 39...

An artist's studio made totally our of cardboard. Talk about thinking outside the box. Created by Tom Burckhardt and found on Creative Boom.

And speaking of cardboard, how about an entire enchanted forest made of cardboard by Eva Jospin also on Creative Boom. 

9 inspiring work spaces from Poppytalk.

Loving this multi-panel artwork from Stephanie Hilvitz. Both beautiful and meaningful.

Also loving this sketchbook from Kim Henkel.

File this under I never knew that I wanted one but now I do: Ron Arad's "Pressed Flower" sculptures made from compressed Fiat 500s and mounted on the wall. Now at Paul Kasmin Gallery in NYC.

Rikka Kovasin has a monthly inspiration series on her blog. I am especially liking this post on finding inspiration from our art supplies.