“Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.” – Albert Einstein Lots of collage and mixed media, textures and layers, Wood Icing and stencils, patterns, shapes, marks and surfaces! These participants rocked! I have to brag on them and show off their work! We had a grandfather participating with his granddaughter, another and daughter painting together. It was great! Thanks so much for visiting my blog.
Have a wonderful week!
Mary^
This Friday’s featured artist is Laura Strand and her Jacquard Woven artwork.  Dreams of the Mississippi, Jacquard woven cotton, 50” wide x 8’3” She writes:
My photographs of place from the air or land are the working base for most of these artworks.
They are a point from which I attempt to recreate the wonder of experience of the world.
I want to transform a moment into an enduring mental place of creativity –
in essence a location in my life where nothing ends and everything remains a beginning.  Confluence over the Ogallala, Jacquard Woven cotton, 50" x 48"  Under the Influence, Jacquard Woven cotton, 48" x 54"  Sustenance, Jacquard Woven cotton, 48" x 54" I am so honored that Laura Strand's works are on display at Schmidt Art Center, too, until June 21st
where my exhibition Navigate is showing! So cool to have my exhibit next to hers!!
Please visit Laura Strand’s website here.
TGIF!
Mary^
My new painting this week is entitled Next Summer.  ©2013 Mary C. Nasser, Next Summer, mixed-media/acrylic on canvas, 9 x 12 inches This painting layers collage, lots and lots of maps, graphite, and acrylic paint with the Old World Map Series, Celestial and Shooting Stars stencils from Artistcellar on a stretched canvas.
Please click on the photo above to see a larger image.
Below is a detail of the work, too:  ©2013 Mary C. Nasser, Next Summer (detail), mixed-media/acrylic on canvas, 9 x 12 inches Thanks so much for visiting my blog.
Hope you're having a wonderful week!
Mary^
Last week's opening reception at Schmidt Art Center was lovely.
It was really cool to see my name on the wall, too!
The Curator and Curatorial Assistant of Schmidt Art Center did an AMAZING job arranging, hanging and lighting my exhibition! You can even see my work from outside the Art Center! I couldn’t be more pleased! On display are selected mixed-media map paintings (including my newest paintings!) along with low-relief topographic sculptures. During a residency, I had the unique opportunity to use an Omax waterjet, using elements of the earth (water and garnet) to cut. The process is the same as water erosion found in nature but greatly accelerated and concentrated. Inspired by topographical maps of places I had lived and painted, I created drawings that I then scanned and saved into DXF (Drawing Exchange Format) files. The waterjet cut each plywood section directly from these DXF files. Afterwards, I painted and assembled these into low-relief topographic sculptures. Each sculpture is four layers deep.
Navigate will be on exhibit until June 21, 2013.
Have a great week!
Mary^
This Friday’s featured artist is Rebecca Riley and her mixed media map paintings.  Composite Map 1, acrylic on paper, 62" x 50" I love the intricacy and patterns in her most recent work – her series of map paintings.  Colorado Front Range, acrylic, mixed media and maps on paper, 30" x 42"  Composite Map 2, acrylic, mixed media and maps on paper, 60" x 72"  Paris, acrylic on paper, 28" x 31" In 2012, Rebecca Riley also produced a show titled Randomland, depicting invented worlds, built from numerous types of maps and atlases. Check out her website here, too!
TGIF!
Mary^
My new painting this week is entitled The Moment.
©2013 Mary C. Nasser, The Moment, mixed-media/acrylic on canvas, 8 x 10 inches
This painting layers collage, lots and lots of maps, graphite, and acrylic paint with the Old World Map Series, Celestial and Shooting Stars stencils from Artistcellar on a stretched canvas.
Please click on the photo above to see a larger image.
I'm continuing to limit my palette to neutral colors and my favorite complementary combination of teal and copper and still having lots of fun with the layers and process!
Below is a detail of the work, too:
©2013 Mary C. Nasser, The Moment (detail), mixed-media/acrylic on canvas, 8 x 10 inches
Tomorrow is the opening reception for my exhibition at Schmidt Art Center, too!
So excited!! Thank you for visiting my blog.
Hope you're having a wonderful week!
Mary^
Valerie Goodwin received degrees in architecture from Washington University in St. Louis and Yale and shares how together maps and architecture inspire her work. She explains the tools, supplies and materials needed to create fiber-map quilts – including painting, stamping and stencil supplies – then guides the reader through a series of techniques and exercises for creating maps from both real and imaginary places.
Ms. Goodwin encourages readers to explore creating their own unique map art and describes how traveling and memories are rich resources for map art, too. She shows us how we can be inspired not only by places we’ve traveled to but also by those places we long to visit one day.
In addition, Art Quilt Maps looks at the process of creating fiber-art map from poetry and imagination as well as beginning with a map of an actual location as inspiration. Her haikus included in this book are just lovely. And you’ll have to see her collaged art map of Stonehenge to believe it! It’s exquisite!
Art Quilt Maps will be released September 2013, and is available for preorder on Amazon!
I have read it cover to cover more than once and highly recommend it!
Find out more about Valerie Goodwin, her workshops, lectures, and commissions at her website, www.quiltsbyvalerie.com.
Have a wonderful week!
Mary^
This Friday’s featured artist is Amber Rousse and her AMAZING world map quilling! I love maps and enjoying quilling, but have certainly never tackled a quilling project this ambitious! I love the ornateness and topographical accuracy of her map!
Read more about this 6-month quilling project on Amber's blog.
TGIF!
Mary^
My new painting this week is entitled The Quiet Sky.  ©2013 Mary C. Nasser, The Quiet Sky, mixed-media/acrylic on canvas, 8 x 10 inches This painting layers collage, lots and lots of maps, graphite, and acrylic paint with the Old World Map Series, Celestial and Shooting Stars stencils from Artistcellar on a stretched canvas.
Please click on the photo above to see a larger image.
I'm still limiting my palette to neutral colors and my favorite complementary combination of teal and copper and having lots of fun with the process!
Below is a detail of the work, too:  ©2013 Mary C. Nasser, The Quiet Sky (detail), mixed-media/acrylic on canvas, 8 x 10 inches If you're in the St. Louis area, join me June 5 at Webster House Galleries!
I'll be sharing these techniques in my workshop Mixed Media: Experimental Acrylic.
We'll experiement with mixed media, acrylics, and collage to create textures and layers in our paintings.
Artists of all levels are welcome to participate and explore mixed media in this fun workshop!
Thanks so much for visiting my blog.
Hope you're having a wonderful week!
Mary^
Have I mentioned lately how much I love this little guy? He is the best studio dog ever! We spent lots of time together in the studio this weekend.
And I love this new photo app, too – A Beautiful Mess app (ABMapp) for iPhone and iPad.
I created the image above by taking a photo of Bruno using Instagram. Then I imported the photo into ABMapp and added the chevron borders, the doodle arrow and heart, and text from the ABMapp. Easy-peasy…and fun!
Hope you had a wonderful long weekend, too.
Mary^
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