Author Archives: Barbra
“Watching Her Heart” Mixed Media Painting Becomes CD Art
This painting “Watching Her Heart” has been one of my most successful. Not only did it sell right away, but the band Four Story Heart saw a picture of it and asked if they could use it as the basis for the cover art for their CD. Here’s what the the CD cover ended up [...]
Making My Art Website
I’m in the process of making my art website, and one of the most important decisions is how to organize my images. The WordPress theme I’m using (Photocrati) allows me to organize into “galleries”, which is a cool way of categorizing. I’d like to limit the number of galleries to 4 or 5 at the [...]
Paper or Raku? You Decide
This is the commission that I did for corporate client Scotia McLeod. The work process involves making sheets of handmade paper and texturing them while wet to give a decorative surface. The textured paper is cut, torn and assembled to form the painting. The whole piece is then painted with many layers of acrylic paint [...]
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