Art Everywhere

I had some fun drawing with my favorite Sharpie pen.

I enjoy seeing art everywhere, so I am even more excited that I have a craft gallery next door to my home.  My neighbor Albert Gomez had a shop in Beach Haven for years and after Superstorm Sandy he decided to open his production studio up as a gallery.  

He is redoing the 1940’s era gas station that has been home to his production studio for the past 20 years so he can eventually teach classes.  He has taught at his alma mater, Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and Stockton University.   

Any artists working in three-dimensonal or craft items should visit Makers Station on Route 9 in West Creek for potential collaboration.  The beautiful pottery, mirrors, jewelry (my daughter found a beautiful universe pendant she just had to have a few weeks ago) and unique items are hand made by artists all over.  

 I love what Albert had to say in the article (and from personal conversations over the years).

“I also think that the exposure to the arts for young people and the community is important, so I want this to be the place where they can come and be able to create and learn and for it to be the basis to move on with the arts. I’ve always been able to provide a very positive learning experience for my students.”

The pottery and glass blowing classes will begin sometime in the spring and summer as the renovations to the back of the gallery progress.

The  Makers Station sign has not yet gone up, but the gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with extended hours for the holidays. If the yellow “Open” flag is flying, it’s open for business.

Photo By Pat Johnson

I'm happy to see my neighbor is 
Loving Every Minute Lost In Art! 

Creative Adult

There is nothing quite like being forced to create art and not have your heart or head into it, so I decided to create something I would not be able to resist.  I took a few of my photographs and overlayed them to create a new image and added part of one of my poems to create a world where I can exist, one that my soul could never resist.  I first created this one with photographs and mirrored the images so they appear to be a reflection in the water.

I wasn't sure how I felt about the image for a CD cover so I figured I would try my hand at another design and see if I could create something even better. 

I took this original piece of artwork I created a few years back and altered the colors as well as mirroring the images to make a pattern.

This image is the the final result of compositing and altering Backdraft (pictured above).

            My friend found this and it hits close to home...

                Have fun Loving Every Minute Lost In Art!

Playing With Monotypes

Last month I went to an Akua Inks demonstration at Colorest Art Supplies in Red Bank with my daughter.  We got to play with the inks and make our own monotype print.  We started by painting on an acetate tile making sure the paint wasn't too thick and that the print would be the reverse of what was on the acetate.

I love to work in both traditional and digital methods and decided the monotype would probably look really cool if I repeated the pattern so it could be used in other pieces of work and printed as a photograph for reproduction purposes.

The pattern that was created in the center looks like a little martian according to my daughter...I tend to agree.  The possibilities are endless when combining the old school techniques with the diversity of current technological advances that are emerging every day.

 I needed a design for a DVD and thought I could take a drawing and merge it with Illustrator to create something different that you wouldn't be able to achieve with just the computer or manual processes alone.

This is the resulting image that I decided looked cool with my drawing and a gradient overlay.

        Just another day of Loving Every Minute Lost In Art!