Japanese Woman

gouache on paper, 3.94" x 4.5"

Pastel Landscape

These were completed in during a hands on program conducted by Glinda Schafer following a meeting of the West Bank Art Guild. She briefly demonstrated the use of pastel and then let artists paint on their own.


pastel on mattboard, 6" x 6"


pastel on mattboard, 6" x 6"


pastel on mattboard, 6" x 6"

Mosaic with Vine

This piece was completed in a mosaic workshop two Thursdays before Katrina. Gila Rayberg walked us through the process of creating a mosaic. The workshop was put on by the Jefferson Parish Talent Visual Art Program.

Layered Borders

This piece includes watercolor pencil, oil, cold wax and crepe paper. It was another one I made during Chris Guarisco "Techniques Workshop" at "The Colony" at Metairie Park Country Day.


mixed media, 11" x 14"

Contact Paper Paintings

Two years ago I made this in a Chris Guarisco "Techniques Workshop" during "The Colony" at Metairie Park Country Day. It was a couple of weeks before Hurricane Katrina.


Run, mixed media, 17.5" x 22.75"


Bleed, mixed media, 17.5" x 22.75"


Strata, mixed media, 17.5" x 22.75"

Mixed Media Workshop

mixed media on watercolor paper, 7" x 11"


mixed media on watercolor paper, 7" x 11"


mixed media on watercolor paper, 7" x 11"

Raku

The Jefferson Parish Talented Visual Art Program organized a workshop with Pat Bodine on "Raku Firing." Here are some bowls I made and then fired during two different workshops.

Printmaking Book

This was a printmaking project organized by Janelle Trosclair. We first printed the pages individually. Then we stitched them together with cover pages in a book form. I simply rotated the direction of my printing block and varied color.

Printmaking Book First Half

Printmaking Book Second Half

ink on paper, 5.5" x 10"

Whirlwind

After a presentation by Barth Brothers, the Mardi Gras float builders, a group of us art teachers set about constructing scupltures from brown paper with adhesive. Below is the one I built.


glue and brown paper

Paths

At a Gwen Impson "Monoprint Workshop" I printed these three pieces. This was a workshop sponsored by the Jefferson Parish Talented Visual Art Program.


Two Paths After Image, ink on paper, 15" x 22"


Two Paths, ink on paper, 15" x 22"


Many Paths, ink on paper, 15" x 22"

African Violets

In this "Value Paintig Workshop" lead by Mae Niolet, we worked on building values in watercolor. She instructed us in detail each step of the way. The workshop was held by the Jefferson Parish Talented Visual Art Program.


watercolor on paper, 15" x 22"

Mask Decortating Workshop

Tonight I participated in a pastel workshop with members of ARTinA. Below is the painting I created. Pic journal has additional pictures from the workshop.

This is how my mask turned out. I used phosphorous acrylic paint, mica dust, small gold beads, sparkly stars and some unusual yarn.