Ira Glass, Semiotics, Studios, and Salamanders
Salamander Winter, acrylic combined media on Fabriano paper, 23″ x 23″, Suzanne Edminster Last night I closed my open studio after an impromptu party with three muses , one rather hairy, in which the...
View Article5 Tips for Painting with Collage
What’s collage painting, mixed media painting, or combined media painting? How does it differ from collage? How can you use collage elements in painting without being highjacked or overwhelmed by the...
View ArticleMirror Neurons and Painting Neurons: Reflections on Four Hands Painting
Four Elements, 36" x 36", by Susan Cornelis and Suzanne Edminster Susan Cornelis and I have been passing paintings back and forth in our collaboration, getting our mirror neurons working. “Mirror...
View ArticleArt Collage Box Cleanout
Spidermen Original Holga Photo, Suzanne Edminster. Pre-Instagram! As I was going through my overcrowded art storage area, I came upon my nemesis– the art collage box. It was full of things I collected...
View ArticleMetaphoracard Collage Play at Camp Winnarainbow for so-called Adults
One of my cards. What the heck is a Metaphoracard? Laura Foster Corben and I invented these small (5″ x 7″)collage paintings on matboard to provide art play for Wavy Gravy’s Adult Camp Winnarainbow....
View ArticleWhat It Took for “Upside Down”
Upside Down by Suzanne Edminster, 36″ x 48″ Artists are often asked how long it took to make a painting. Less often are they asked about materials, techniques, theme, and concept. I’ve decided to...
View ArticleCrazy Mixed-Up Media to the Jury
Wealth I just submitted to a locally famous, heavily juried open studio tour that I will call Art Paths. I was juried into Art Paths before, but did not participate for a few years, and so lost my...
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