Last week I dug out some of my old paintings, scanned them and then cropped them into different configurations. Doing that really made me want to paint again. So I gave myself a little job to make three paintings (now listed on Ebay) in a folk art format.
What's great about doing different kinds of art is that one can inform the other. :-) In painting the dolls, I definitely use the experience I gained painting more traditional landscapes. And in making the dolls, I've started looking at different kinds of paintings than I was exposed to in art school. I love looking at the naive folk art paintings of the early 1800's. When I went to New York I visited the American Folk Art Museum (wish I could go again!) and the paintings and sculptures there just blew me away.
I have the doll Jasannah finished (finally). She has over 40 hours in her! She was made at the suggestion of someone on my e-mail list. I've listed her over at The Humble Arts. And my paintings are on Ebay. The links are up in the corner on the right. Please check them out!
Warmly,
Dixie
1 comment:
Hi Dixie:
I love your VIM project painting. I'll have to go over to humble arts and check out your new doll!
Kim
Garden Painter Art
gnarly-dolls
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