Art of the Week: Fashion Mavens

Here is a preview of a new digital artwork that I'm working on utilizing custom Barbie dolls. Both dolls were customized using black ink and acrylic paint.

About Myself

I just put together a brief slideshow video about myself as an artist and my artistic processes. Feel free to check it out here.

This Week

I will be participating in a couple of shows in St. Charles this week, including Not So Ordinary Women at the St. Charles County Arts Council, where I will have several pieces from my Point of View series on display. I was also juried into Those Who Dream by Night at Framations with one of my recent plein air paintings. Please feel free to come and check them out.

Not So Ordinary Women
St. Charles County Arts Council
Lillian Yahn Gallery
7443 Village Center Dr.
O' Fallon, MO
March - April 2011
Reception: Thursday, March 10, 4 - 7 PM

Those Who Dream by Night
Framations
218 North Main St.
St. Charles, MO
March - April 2011
Reception: Friday, March 11, 6 - 8 PM

Orchid Show

Here are some more photos I took at the Missouri Botanical Garden's orchid show. I love how the theme overlaps Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea exhibition currently on view at the St. Louis Art Museum. My favorite thing about the orchid show were the wonderful figurative topiary people and their elaborate headdresses based on pre-Columbian art. Those figures were the main reason I went to draw from the orchid show in the first place, so I thought I'd share them here.

Art of the Week: Zapotec Mask

I created more ACEOs at the Missouri Botanical Garden's orchid show. This drawing is of a replica of a Zapotec mask accent (on the right). The 2011 orchid show has a Mayan theme.

This Week

I am participating in several shows opening this week.

Based on a True Story
Columbia Art League
207 S. Ninth St.
Columbia, MO
Mar. - Apr. 2011
Reception: Wednesday, March 2, 6 - 8 PM
My Death Sentence Assemblage is included in this juried show happening in conjunction with the True/False Film Festival.

Mirror Image
St. Louis Community College - Florissant-Valley Art Gallery
3400 Pershall Rd.
Ferguson, MO
March 2011
Reception: Thursday, March 3, 6 - 8 PM
Going Digital will be on display in this exhibition, curated by current Women's Caucus for Art President Janice Nesser.

I also have a variety of fiber artworks in this Missouri Fiber Artists show, which opened during the conference this past Friday.

Missouri Fiber Artists Exhibit
Capital Arts
1203 Missouri
Jefferson City, MO
March 2011