Cool art up at Powell's

This month's Powell's has the work of Cynthia Moore up in the Pearl Room. Very inspiring, especially sense she does encaustic portraits of animals. Sound familiar? Anyway, her art is very gorgeous, and a great example of the cool stuff you can do with encaustic. I think that, like Judy, she does acrylic paintings that she later cuts out and covers with wax... I will have to try that.

The swans aren't up at Powell's, but they are the only example of her work that I could find online.

February Pieces

So these were my pieces for February. Neither is finished, and I'm a bit stuck with both of them. The picture of Liberty, Cider's puppy, is a bit too cutesy right now. I love the photo of Liberty, but I've lost the great expression she has. The painting style itself isn't striking enough to make up for this. Right now it really reminds me of paint by number-- maybe the colors? Or one of those Lisa Frank stickers (remember those from grade school? I used to love them.)

As for the goats, I'm wondering what I ought to do for their

colors. I want to make this one more stylized but I'm not sure where to start.

Can't wait to meet with Judy Wise and mess around with encaustic, though! Maybe I can produce something

concentration-worthy... Sorry about the long post. I commend you for getting this far. Now leave a comment! Good job.