the postcards: part 3

Here are the remaining postcards from last months postcard swap. What a great adventure! I am so glad I decided to go ahead and do this and that so many artists agreed to come along for the ride. Again links to the artists are included. Please visit their websites and blogs and connect with them on social media.

Kelly Dombrowski
acrylic on paper

John Hyde
ink on paper

Clinton Mason
ink on paper

Megan Green
film and ink

Arjen Stolk
photography

Dawn Diamantopoulos
watercolor pencil

Lori Hutton
watercolor, cut paper

Kimberly Rottina
mixed media with collage

Carol Estes
photography

The rest of the postcards from the swap can be seen in part 1 and part 2. Thank you again to all the artists who participated. The postcard swap will return in January, with sign ups in December. Many of the artists featured in these posts have already expressed interest in the next swap. Join us then!

#art365 : February in Chicago part one

I live really close to Chicago, but since I don't work there anymore, I don't go very often. It's a suburbanite thing. I can get almost anything within 15 minutes of my house and I don't ever have to pay for parking. That being said, I do like Chicago and I do like going to Chicago. But, I don't like the paying for parking thing. 

This month saw not one, but two trips to Chicago. This first was to see my friend Megan from Pratt who was in town for her nearly annual Auto Show gig. These visits usually involve art and always involve coffee. I met her at her hotel and we walked over to the Art Institute. (Walking around is one of the things I like about Chicago.) We saw a couple of shows and then had coffee. And then wandered through the Modern Wing for a bit before she had to head to the airport. I drove back to LSD through Grant Park and home. It was snowy, but not snowing and it was late afternoon. And that view inspired the next few days' #art365 paintings.

2.10.13 winter afternoon grant park chicago

2.11.13 with lake michigan beyond the trees

2.12.13 lake michigan

Some of the #art365 series will be at Candy Café in Dyer for the month of April. You can check out the whole series on my website. Which ones do you think I should include in the show?

delivering history

Today is delivery day for History Repeats and the sun is shining. Yay! for good weather on delivery day!

I made this series in January 2011. You can see work in progress pics on my facebook page. There are 16 drawings in this series, most of which were shown in the Decompression show with Megan Green and Lee Ligocki. There are a few that haven't been shown before, just due to space restrictions in that show, including the two featured here.

History Repeats opens Friday May 18 at South Shore Arts Substation No. 9 and there will be an artist reception Saturday May 19 from 11-3, in conjunction with the Downtown Hammond Art Tour.

reminder: one week left to sign up for the good karma artwork giveaway!