by artbydjh | Jun 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
Every so often I get the urge to do something very familiar – in a completely new way. I paint a lot of street scenes and people with umbrellas but I love to mix up the way that I do it either through products or process. I’ve used a medium called slow dry in...
by artbydjh | Jun 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
I do a lot of paintings with blacks and white. When I first started painting, years ago, I would just go buy the one of two blacks available – squeeze a large amount onto my palette and start working. A few years back I took a class on color theory. I learned how to...
by artbydjh | Apr 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
I’ve recently returned from Arizona where I got the opportunity to meet Karl and Audrey Hoffman of Art Gallery H for the very first time. My Mom goes to Arizona often in the winter, in search of sunshine and based on her length of stay my husband and I typically take...
by artbydjh | Apr 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
May 1st – 3rd is the 15th Annual Spring Unveiling Arts Festival in Cannon Beach. DragonFire Gallery will be showing work from all gallery artists and featuring new pieces from Ann Cavanaugh, Elena Markova and Chuck Gumpert. This is always a great festival with events...
by artbydjh | Feb 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
Ninety percent of the time – I pick a name for a painting before I pick up a palette knife. I want every stroke to mean what the title indicates. ‘Close to Home’ fell in that other 10%. I just felt the paint moving and went with it – but then… it was complete and...
