ruby amanze

once adopted, the birth parent is dissolved, 2011, Ink, porcelain slip, chalk and oil pastels, colored pencils, acrylic, florescent marker, 30 x 22.5, empty inheritance, 2010, Ink, porcelain slip, graphite, chalk and oil pastels, found digital imagery, 26 x 20, akata is as akata does, 2011, Ink, tea stain, chalk and oil pastels, graphite, porcelain slip, 30 x 30

my beautiful and amazing friend, ruby...it's been an awesome experience to watch her and her work blossom...see more here.

christian faur

The Dance I, 2006, Hand Cast Encaustic Crayons, 19.5 x 19.5, Umbilical Sky, 2007, Hand Cast Encaustic Crayons, 19.5 x 19.5, Mortage On the Future, 2006, Hand Cast Encaustic Crayons, 19.5 x 19.5

hand cast encaustic crayons-yummy, and an amazing colorist, too...see more here.

sunday church drawing

see this post for an explanation of the changes to the sunday church drawings.

delainey barclay

night painting, 2009, oil on canvas, Oh Deer, 2009, oil on canvas, 3 panels, 90 x 30, night painting, 2009, oil on linen

i love the idea of night paintings, so amazing to capture the quiet blue-grays, mystery and understated forms of night...see more here.

wen redmond

perception, archival digital prints collaged with textiles, and paper, third weird sisters, archival digital prints collaged with textiles, and paper, i came singing, archival digital prints collaged with textiles, and paper

when i was an art quilter i had always admired this artist's work as the quality that i should aspire to. i was impressed by her painterly marks that were abstract, but at the same time recognizable forms that somehow told stories that made sense...see more here.

erin walrath

Red Ridinghood, Gypsy Series, 2008, 20x30, Lady Liberty, 2008, 3x3, Blemish, War Series, 2008, 96x120

loving the stories, textures and materials...see more here.

leticia ortega-cortes

Ruminate, 2011, Oil, gesso on panel, 42 x 42, Aplomb, 2011, Oil, gesso on panel, 10 x 10, Amber, 2011, Oil, gesso on panel, 42 x 50

mysterious forms behind a curtain...see more here.

happy 4th!!

Jasper Johns, White Flag (detail), 1955, Encaustic, oil, newsprint, and charcoal on canvas

sunday church drawing

see this post for an explanation of the changes to the sunday church drawings.

clare kuo

boundaries 82, 2010, mixed media on canvas, 36x36x2.5, boundaries 63, 2010, mixed media on canvas, 18x18x2.5, boundaries 83, 2010, mixed media on canvas, 24x24x2.5

loving all of the bold, beautiful marks...see more here.