Nashville Art Crawl

I have very exciting news! I have artwork hanging at The O Gallery (located in the Arcade) in downtown Nashville. This is a stop on the First Saturday Art Crawl in downtown Nashville. I am really excited about this and will post a picture of my work hanging up this weekend. For more information on the Art Crawl head over to www.nashvilledowntown.com My work will be up for the month of June but if you can make it out to the crawl it will be a fun evening. I hope to see you there! Also check out the The O Gallery on Facebook. Thanks so much!

New Work

Hello! I just recently moved from Alabama to Tennessee. I'm getting settled in here and enjoying it. Nashville isn't too far from where I am and I get to go out there pretty regularly. They have a really great art scene. I managed to finish a commissioned piece before moving. I haven't painted flowers in a really long time. I found it challenging and I also managed to paint without utilizing any black paint. I really like how mixing without black turned out on the daffodils.

I also recently finished a large piece, "Portage Glacer Spring" it's 36"x36" in acrylic. I really enjoyed working on this piece utilizing glazing and washes. The water was pretty challenging and I'm really happy with the mountains and clouds. 

I also started a new website for my paintings where you can also get prints on demand. You can visit it at: www.maconststudio.com

I'm looking forward to entering more art shows this year and will update here with more information. Now I need to get back to painting!

New Work and Changes

hello world wide web! I have recently completed a new work taken from my flight seeing tour over Denali Nat'l Park. I love working on masonite panel and really enjoyed playing with some different techniques then I usually use. This one isn't going on etsy, and I'm thinking hard of changing my approach and no longer using the shop there. It's been a busy time for me getting ready for a big household move and getting school stuff straightened out. I'm leaving Alabama finally to head North to Virginia and home. I'm looking forward to all the creative opportunities ahead of me and of course finally finishing my degree!

New listings on Etsy

I have completed a few new paintings and have listed them on etsy. I also am experimenting with different ways to market my paintings. I am playing around with some different techniques in jewelry making and have made a few pendants or ornaments with images of some of my paintings. I'm seeing what works and practicing techniques. I'm pretty excited about them though.
I tried two different techniques, one I took microscope glass and printed images on cardstock and sandwiched them into the metal frames then wrapped a little foil tape on the sides to cover the joins. The second technique is an image printed on canvas then mod podged and placed inside the little metal pendant with liquid glass over the top. I'm still working on how much of the materials to use or whether to switch to different kinds. We'll see how it goes... I'm putting them in my etsy shop for a lower price then I plan to sell them in the future but because these are "experimental" I'm interested in getting feedback on them and more practice! Thanks for looking!

Very long break in posts

I've had a very busy... gosh closing in on a year since my last post...
I have still been painting but have also been preoccupied with school and work. I'll keep this short and hopefully will post a little bit more frequently...
This image is a recent watercolor that I completed. I started it last year and got caught up in a few other projects and finally was able to return to it. The image is of a shrine I visited in Japan. I was really struck by the shrine because it is an area for people who are orphans and don't have a family shrine to be interred. Family is really important culturally in Japan and often adoption is taboo, I was really moved by the placement of the shrine off to the side with the vegetation almost swallowing it up. While I don't know who the people are or if there is someone to remember them I hope I have honored them with my painting.

Thanks for looking at my site. I also will be updating my etsy site with new listings!

Recent Work

Here is a quick post of some recent classwork and a finished painting that I completed in December.

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