a visitor at the firestation

My town studio is across the street from a fire station. I sometimes sit downstairs by the door and draw the many activites of the firemen. This day they had a visit from a woman.

songwriter day at the Galley, Marietta, Ohio summer 08

whipple tavern

morning diners

more civic duty drawings

Although I get irritated with having to do my civic duty, it gives me a great chance to work in my sketchbook and I do find watching people to be oh so interesting.

art opening

Art show opening
7-9 Oct 24
Marietta College
Hermann Fine Arts Center

Reorder/Represent


"Ralphie rules the day"
Here is a bad photo of the piece I will be showing.
Actually, this photo was taken before I was finished...it was truly a mixed media piece, I dug through all of the excess stuff in my studio searching for things to use. I discovered pieces that I had totally forgotten about.
Cyanotype, silk screen, monotype, ceramic, paper clay, florist foam, sticky tac and acrylic paint along with found and natural materials.
Hope to see you there

This is a different kind of work from my usual fare as you can see from the rest of the images on this blog. It was a lot of work, and I had a lot of angst over it. Oh right, I have angst whenever I am producing work. Always fun to start, but the transition from start to finish can be full of stress and anxiety.

random sketches from brighter day natural foods

Marty m playing bass on Fridays and a lady getting ready to eat that I sketched while she wasn't looking.
Sneaky

Stuart's Opera House

allison moorer, steve earle and random people at Stuart's Opera House
Summer '08



















I am glad I didn't sit behind this guy in the big hat!

civic duty, part one

oops, forgot my sketchbbook, so I had to draw on whatever was handy.
These sketches are from a couple of years ago. While in the process of scanning sketch books. I came across these and remembered how much I enjoyed drawing them so I decided to post them. People are so fascinating to look at.

cocoon house

24x36" liquid and open acrylic on wood panel

This is one of my first experiments with a new kind of paint (Golden open acrylic). I admit to struggling with it at first, as it is very different from the liquid acrylic I am used to using. It doesn't dry nearly as fast as other acrylics I have used and feels very much like oil paint to me. I put some on a covered pallet over 2 weeks ago and it is still wet and workable. I am starting to love it.

songwriter night at the Blennerhasset, sketches

Friday evening diners at Brighter Day restaurant, Marietta, Ohio

Fur Peace Ranch, sketches

Quick sketchbook drawings.
Chris Smither, Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Cassady.
Had a great time, dinner in Athens at Salaam, including a belly dancer, then off to the wonderful concert.

untitled, cheerful chair?

I am enjoying working on this painting. It feels somehow cheerful to me.
12x36 liquid acrylic and sauce on masonite panel

untitled in process,

today was a wonderful day, I painted in my studio, joyfully.
I started my day by picking peaches. Yum. Baskets in the kitchen overflowing with tomatoes. I happily didn't get picked for jury duty yesterday and the weather is grand.

self portrait in big shorts

I only want to paint from life right now.
So I guess that leaves it up to looking at myself.
I have a bit more to do on this one but this is what the second session looks like,
liquid acrylic on wood
I am a proponent of giant shorts.

cyanotype, night owl, 13x19

looking through folders on my desktop to find work I haven't posted yet
I found this first stage print.

no images today

No images today, I need to spend some time scanning from my sketchbook and photographing what is happening in the studio. I have been on a bit of a vacation.... weeding a lot and trying to get organized in my world... I guess organization is different for everyone. Anyway, went to Athens and rode the bike path, something I have wanted to do all summer, but have been busy doing art and shows.
Followed a lovely day by eating a fabulous dinner with friends at Rhapsody in Nelsonville. What a great restaurant! The highlight of my daycation was going to Stuart's Opera House and seeing Steve Earle and Alison Moorer. Steve Earle was fabulous. I drew during most of the performance, but was in the balcony so the drawings are loose to say the least, will post images later. Anyway just felt the need to post even without an image>
Anyone out there in my area reading this interested in participating in the marietta portrait project? I need people to sit for me and be a part of this project. Just tell me you are interested and I will schedule you in. Come enjoy Studio B with me.

tanya at Brighter Day

I have not put any images on my blog for a while so I thought I would put some older sketch material up that I have scanned previously. I like to draw people at a local natural foods restaurant in town on Friday evenings when my husband sherm is playing music. I am happy observing, eating and drawing and look forward to the times when I can do all three things.
This is my friend Tanya from a distance, prior to ordering her food. This is a quick 3-5 min sketch in pencil in my sketchbook.

red sticks 24x24 liquid acrylic and mixed media on wood panel

surrender, finished,

I've been working hard to finish a couple of paintings... so I am done because the time is up. I am off to an art show tomorrow morning, early. The van is loaded and ready to go. I hope the weather is fabulous. Looking forward to the show.and then I am on vacation..... whoopee.