Insight into my process of building layers: an interactive slide show.
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Event: artEAST Art Walk
Summer is here and the artists are out of their studios, and on the streets of Issaquah. Join me this Friday at artEAST and see what everyone’s been cooking up. I’ve brought in new work, including Chain (left), and I’m curious to see all the other newly refreshed walls in the gallery. How about you?…
Show: Layered Stories at Blakely Hall
Have you wondered about all the layers I’m using in my pieces. Come peek at a few of them this summer: July 23 at Blakely Hall
Event: artEAST Wine Walk
artEAST has a new, fabulous exhibit to show off, and I’ll be hanging out there at the last Wine Walk of the season. Join me? Last chance to see my trees before the summer refresh: Running, Binding, Fusing are all available in aluminum. I also have matted 8×10 prints ready to frame, and blank cards, if you want smaller pieces….
Process: Chasing a Palette
I see palette ideas everywhere I look, but somehow I usually skip pinks and purples. So girly, so not me, the warm color person. I’m far more drawn to fall colors but, around here, it’s spring in full bloom. And all around me are pinks.
Show: cARTography at ryan james
This spring, two pieces from my current body of work will be on display at ryan james fine arts in Kirkland — I am so pleased to be included in this show! It’s curated by Dawn Laurant, who traces her fascination with maps to her background in archaeology. She accepted feast upon and all this will be yours…
Process: What Makes a Good Detail?
Sometimes, the same images that are good focal points are also great as details. The difference is that details might get covered up by other layers, and need strength to poke through and catch your eye. I found myself reusing images over this series, not only because they are strong images that work through layers,…
Celebrating Spring
Blooms and botanicals for spring 2015. Digital collages © 2015 Liz Ruest