A Really Big Show

Anna and I are showing our best (unsold) art work from throughout our careers. I never thought our work would look so good together. There is a total contrast in stylistic approach, but a total harmony in spirit. Someday I would like to organize a proper retrospective, borrowing art work from various collections.

Painting the Mask

In preparation for the exhibition post card, I thought I should add more gray hair, and touch up the bags. I'm nearing the end of my studies at CWRU. Anna Arnold and I are having an exhibition.

Smart Board Learning

For the first 2 weeks of student teaching, K-8, I observed my "cooperating teacher": Mrs. A. Heiman. She is adept at teaching with the Adobe Smart Board. I am learning so much from her. The class is quietly attentive as she teaches a color wheel collage lesson.

"A Cultural Chair"

This silkscreen print was made a long time ago. I was in the summer program at the Lake Placid Art School in upstate New York. The image is about participating in culture. Most people feel that they can not sit in the Cultural Chair. As a teacher I feel it is important to change this attitude. Everyone should feel the joy of making a cultural contribution. Art making is an avenue available to all.

CWRU Art Studio, Student Exhibition 2009

Angie put a lot of work into this kinetic scuplture, she is considering her options after her senior year: graduate school for medical illustration or art education.

"Icarus" Kinetic Sculpture

Angie described her creative process as if one had eaten a mythology book. I like the way the 3D expressionistic images are flattened in the video.

She told me that her mother read Greek myths to her when she was falling asleep as a child.

Chien Nguyen's Tryptich

This project is about expressing three related concepts in a tryptich format using die cuts to show different views.

Chien used spiraled wire to connect the panels.

The planar sculpture when fully opened reveals the warm colors.