![]() ![]() I have won awards for my acrylics (including a best in show in acrylic), pastels, and watercolors and also for my ceramics way back then. What is the best acknowledgement as an artist have you ever received? Has there been a particular award, show, or a comment that made you feel accomplished? For example, I did a still life of water glasses on a dinner table because the play of candle light on the glasses and the colors of the reflections were so intriguing! It all depends on what “calls” me at any given moment. I’m not a fan of still life, but have done some of those as well. Some scenes just practically beg to be pastel while others say “Pssst – do me in watercolor!”Īs to topic, I’m primarily a landscape painter but have also done some portrait, pet portrait, and house portrait work. Ummm … it varies from season to season (watercolor “calls” me in Summer) and from piece to piece. Many artists go through stages when they favor a certain medium or topic. That’s one reason that I’m primarily a plein air painter – I get OUT to paint! I don’t actually have a studio, although I’ve designated a small space for that purpose in my home but it’s barely a workable space and I work most frequently at the kitchen table (if it’s clear) which means that I can’t leave projects set up for multiple sessions. #IPAINT AIRBRUSH STUDIO EMAIL FREE#But when it comes down to it, watercolor is my first love because I love the flow and how you can be simultaneously loose and free and then tight in the same picture. I love pastels because they are the easiest for me and work up quickly, but I hate the dust. When painting en plein air, oil is my go-to medium. With painting, I love each of the mediums in different ways. On the craftier side of the arts I also crochet, glass paint, knit, latchhook, needlepoint, sew, and do wood burning, and have also done quilling, quilting, and scherenschnitte. I’ve dabbled in sculpture with a variety of clay types and have tried wood carving and wood block printing. I have worked in acrylics, colored pencil, charcoal, crayons, india ink, oils, pastels, and watercolors. What mediums have you experimented with? What is your favorite? I’ve taken many workshops and classes with other artists as well. While in my son’s dentist’s waiting room, I found an ad for adult art classes with what turned out to be one of the best art teachers in existence, and here I am – all because of her instruction and encouragement. I’d been taking ceramics classes at 2 studios and had household utility items (butter dishes, lamps, teapots, etc) in several gift shops, then both teachers retired at the same time and I needed a new creative outlet. I didn’t become “an artist” until much later. When teaching, I created many of my own bulletin boards and also did the drawings for floats in our annual town parade. As I got older, I would trace over items in magazines and newspapers to get an understanding of how the line feels, then draw it on whatever paper was available. In 3 rd grade my teacher gave me an F on an art project because “no 3 rd grader could draw that well” (parental intervention with the school resulted). My mom worked and I would sit at my Grandmother’s kitchen table and color or paint in one of those old “paint with water” books while she ironed or made dinner. I have drawn and painted for as long as I can remember. What has been your path to becoming an artist? ![]() Her many talents are well worth sharing, and if you don’t yet, I hope you follow her facebook page, listed at the end of this interview. I met Sharon through our joint love of outdoor painting, when I discovered her NH Plein Air group for the local artists. ![]()
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