Sharing Artistic Talents

There are many ways artists share their talents with each other....here is a way I, a painter and my friend John, a musician shared ours with each other. Below are a painting and a song. The song was written for me by John, a much loved co-worker, when I had to leave my last position. In turn, I painted the below painting for him. It is of his guitar with the sheet music from the song he wrote for  me in the background. Below the painting is the song.

John's Guitar

Acrylic on Canvas

Shoes! Shoes! Shoes!

Look at this fantastic pile of shoes! Art teachers across Douglas County decorated canvas shoes in the style of various artists throughout history. When we arrived to set up the annual student show, this is where we dropped off out shoes...to later be assembled into the "A Walk Through Art History" art installation.

 Below is my shoe, decorated in the style of Georges Seurat...painted with a Q-Tip crating little dots of color. The display box was also created using a Q-tip. The images are replicas of some of Seurat's most famous paintings.

Walk in My Shoes - BOX

We decided to display our shoes on shoe boxes around the perimeter of the space where the art will be taking place in chronicle order...hence "A Walk Through Art History," the title of the installation.   I decided to decorate my box in the style of Seurat by reproducing parts of his paintings on the sides of my box, using a Q-tip to create the dot/dab effect. After a couple of glasses of wine, some great tunes and many, many Q-tips....below you will find the results of my efforts.

Side 1

Side 2

Both Ends 

How the shoe will be displayed

Walk in My Shoes

For the school districts annual student art show all of the teachers were given a canvas shoe and an famous artist.  The assignment - to decorate that shoe in the assigned artists style. The shoes would be part of a larger installation entitled "A Walk Through Art History."  My shoe is decorated in the unique style of the French Post-impressionist Georges Seurat. I chose his 1889 painting "Eiffel Tower" as my inspiration, using a Q-tip to apply the acrylic paint in tiny dabs and dots. I chose cool colors and added some bling as my artists touch.