How long have you been creating?
I was aware that I wanted to paint when I was four years old. My Mom was doing a portrait of me in watercolors and when I checked it out to see if it looked like me I remember thinking that I wanted to do that and I had the audacity to think that at 4 I could do it better than my artist Mother. Because my Mom always encouraged me by first grade I was constantly drawing and painting. So I suppose that the creative germ has been in my brain for about 60 years!! Yes I am as old as dirt!!!
What, besides your art, brings you creative fulfillment?
I would have to say that my garden is a great source for inspiration and fulfillment. Just like my paintings my garden is crammed with detail. I keep meaning to have a sign made TOO MUCH IS NEVER ENOUGH.
What are your motivations for creating?
I honestly don’t know how or what is the root of my motivation for creating…it is some inner drive. Maybe with all of the artists in my family it is something in our gene pool.My Mom besides being a painter and sculpture also sang Opera,my Dad sang Opera, I have cousins who are artists, an aunt and uncle who are artists,my Husband who is an artist,my Daughter who is a ballerina and now an artist. Plus a cousin who runs a successful gallery in Philadelphia and of course also is and is married to an artist.
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Simon Sez… Stars and Stripes
This week’s Simon is Lisa Miller and her theme for Simon Sez is patriotism. Here is what she said… “Patriotism is love of and/or devotion to one’s country. However, patriotism has had different meanings over time, and its meaning is highly dependent upon context, geography and philosophy. However you perceive it. Show me something patriotic. Any media, unlimited entries. This Simon Sez will run until (yes you guessed it) the 4th of July.”
All Simon Sez challenges are open to everyone. To enter Simon Sez… Stars and Stripes and to see the all the entries, simply go to the EBSQ Forum, find Member Groups, Challenges & General Art Discussions and then go to Challenge Central. All the challenges past and present – including Simon Sez, can be found there.
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Team EBSQ-Etsy Must Have Monday
Own it today!
Pink Lampwork Seashell Earrings by Beaded Heron
Big Top Skippy Print by Vicky Knowles
Swamp Pink Floral by Barbara Haviland
Team EBSQ-Etsy Mod
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A winner in Simon Sez… Splash!
The winner of this week’s Simon Sez challenge is Lisa Miller. Kevin Murray wanted a “Splash” and he got one. When explaining his choice Kevin said… “Simon sez’s Lisa captured exactly what “Simon” was looking for, the joy of the big “Splash!” Congratulations Lisa, you be the next Simon !!”
Lisa Miller
If you want keep up with Simon Sez, be sure to go to the EBSQ Forum and check Challenge Central. Challenge Central is the place to check on current and past Simon Sez challenges – complete with all the entries, as well as all other EBSQ Challenges.
Congratulations Lisa! We look forward to your turn as Simon.
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This weeks Featured Friday store is run by the talented Betty Stoumbos.
Betty’s girls have beautiful big eyes, and a wonderful style to them. Her folk art style with a pop twist is bright and colorful. Her store offers originals, ACEOs, and prints. She also changes subjects and styles so check in often!
Kris Jean,
Mod – Team EBSQ-Etsy
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This month’s featured gallery is Glass Art: Hot. There are three types of glass work – cold glass, warm glass and hot glass. Hot glass involves a flame. Whether the flame of a torch or the flames of a furnace, the result is striking and captivating to behold. Throughout June, we are going to take a few moments to catch up with some EBSQ artists who work with hot glass.
Vickie Miller
Pendant - Vickie Miller
As a jewelry designer being able to create my own lampwork glass beads means I can customize the design into pretty much anything I want. I get to choose the color, the shape, the texture, and the mood. I can choose a floral designed bead for a feminine feel or I may want a more organic, earthy look. A funky chicken applied to a large focal piece adds a lighthearted bit of whimsy and draws plenty of interest. – Vickie Miller
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Hello Sunshine Earrings by Vickie Millier
We’ve posted photography tutorials in the past, usually geared toward photographing 2D art. But we couldn’t resist sharing this great tutorial on photographing your 3D work, whether it’s dolls, jewelry, or other objects, found via Digital Photography School. We know your art is awesome, so why all this fuss over how you photograph it? Writer Natalie Norton sums up nicely:
I’ve recently spent a lot of time perusing sites like Etsy and other “small market” online vendors. The other night I spent a considerable amount of time on Etsy searching for something very specific. As I was sifting through the gazillions of similar products-alas, none of which ended up being exactly what I was looking for- I noticed a trend: If a product had a bad photograph, we’re talking the little thumbnail preview image here, I would not even click through to see the product details.
Natalie’s tips in a nutshell are:
- Turn of the flash
- Remove distracting elements
- Utlize Simple Staging
- Employ creative depth-of-field to highlight product detail
We strongly recommend your check out the full article at Digital Photography School. Remember: in the online environment, the quality of your photographs can make or break your art!
For further reading:
Image is everything: Photographing your art
Live Studio: Photography Basics
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Daphne by John Borrero
If you’ve glanced at our front page, are on our AOTD mailing list, or get our AOTD via feed or Google Gadget, you’ve likely already seen today’s brilliant Art of the Day piece, “Daphne” by New York artist (and longtime EBSQ’er) John Borerro. John was delighted to see his work selected for today’s Art of the Day and shared the following story about her on our forums. With his permission, we’re sharing it here for you as well!
There is actually more to the story of Daphne. Daphne is one of the only pieces I’ve ever done twice, because I was so enamored with the story. You ever do that? You make a piece, and then years later you look back and think “I’d like to do that piece again, knowing what I know now…” so that’s what I did. When I first made a Daphne years ago, I wasn’t comfortable enough with my own work to make free standing pieces. Once that changed, she was one of the first ones I wanted to try. Still, she took waaaaay long to make.
And then I took her to the ACC Baltimore show and she was adopted by a lovely woman in Virginia, who took me to her house and had me help her decide where it should go in her home. (I had been asked to do this once before, and I really like this, actually… ) Then while I was there, I got to look around and see that her house was basically a museum. She had hundreds of pieces of art in her home. She said that she wasn’t leaving money for her family, but that she had decided that art would be what she left behind for her loved ones when she passed away.
So, Daphne is in Virginia, on the countryside, sitting in this giant picture window overlooking a bay… where she will hopefully be until she is passed on.
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Looking for an awesome collaborative art event? You’ve found it! This coming July, we’ll be hosting our 9th annual Ripped Off show!
If you haven’t done a Ripped show in the past, here’s how it works: you pair up with someone, and go through their portfolio and “rip off” a piece of their artwork. It can be one piece or a combination, your interpretation of their work, ideas, medium, technique. We invite you to check out past years’ exhibits to get an idea of the sort of things you can do. You must pair up with someone from EBSQ. Rip Offs of non-EBSQ art, like redoing the Mona Lisa or ripping off Picasso is not allowable for this show.
So, start pairing up! If you’re looking for a partner, sign up here, or feel free to contact someone privately and see if they’d like to partner with you, then post it here to let us know you’re paired. Have at it!
This is like any other show, you can have up to 5 entries…
Entries will be accepted through 30 July 2009.
Have fun and good luck!
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Simon Sez… Splash!
This week’s Simon is W. Kevin Murray and the theme he chose is “Splash“. He explains it this way… “It’s pretty much Summer time around here… As Alice Cooper once sang, “Schools out forever !!” Every Friday after 5:00PM there is the made rush of people headed towards the shore. Another telltale sign of Summer is that my wife made me bring down her lawn chair and floaty things from the attic and stick them in her car so she can go to her swim club on the weekends. When the temperature rises everybody is drawn towards the water be it sea, lake or favorite swimming hole. No matter if your very young or your “getting up there in years” waters attraction is timeless.
And whats the first thing you do when you reach the water… SPLASH! So Simon Sez, show me some splish, splash… the wetter the better !!
Enter as many works as you want and Simon will declare the winner next Wednesday. So go ahead and soak me !!”
W. Kevin Murray
All Simon Sez challenges are open to everyone. To enter Simon Sez… Splash! and to see the all the entries, simply go to the EBSQ Forum, find Member Groups, Challenges & General Art Discussions and then go to Challenge Central. All the challenges past and present – including Simon Sez, can be found there.
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