Palmarin Merges: In the Studio

 I was inspired by Stephen Hayes recent show at Elizabeth Leach Gallery and was inspried to do a Landscape.  It started out as a triptych. The left and right sides didn’t look too different, so I got rid of them.  There is no light source which makes this piece look flat and uninteresting.  It could also be the color choice.   I don’t know how to use paint very well as a tool, and you can tell.  Ah well, that is what these weekly challenges are for….practice using paint as a tool.  Onward and Upwards!

I have been mulling over the idea of ‘HOME’ and what that means to me.   When I think of ‘home, I think of  a structure(house), comfort, security and peace.  I have started a few prints that are unfinished using silhouettes of household items.  It will be interesting to see how the intangible things that mean home manifest themselves physically!

spray foam and embedded found objects

Here is one of the first test pieces of spray foam embedded with objects that remind me of my childhood.  Not sure if I will continue with the spray foam for this series.  Onwards and Upwards!

 This is the piece beginning of

This is the piece in its final state.

“From My Heart to Yours”.  At the event I added some leaves that I inked up and printed onto a yellow background.

As you can see to the right, I cleaned up the gold leaf and added some acrylic paint.  I wanted to keep the colors bright and cheery.  It is a sobering thing to see pictures of babies weighing 4lbs who’ve had major surgery and only live for a few months afterwards. I am grateful to have participated in such a worthwhile event.

This is a picture of a few of the Printmaking Artists invited by Jane Pagliarulo.  Jane & Company did a lot of work getting everything together for the Printmaking Area. Thanks Jane! It was an exciting event and three of the 5 pieces I did that evening were auctioned off.  Unfortunately, I don’t have pictures of them, having been too busy finishing them to take pictures! 

Pictured left to right: Me, Ted Sawyer, Eleanor Erskine, Sharri LaPierre and Jeff Schnabel.

Here is my submission for the annual Artists Space Benefit entitled, “Summer in Sherwood”. December 13 - 14th at Artists Space, 38 Greene Street, 3rd Floor, NY, New York 10013.  Go if you can, it’ll be a great show and good times for all.

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