
Despite the recent slings and arrows of outrageous fortune in my life I made it back to the art table yesterday. It was one of those days that left me searching high and low for the creative flow. I did, however, complete one small canvas, 6" X 6". The background is composed of a blend of water color crayons after which I decided to employ the Jonathan Talbot technique of "liquidless adhesives". (I had the pleasure of participating in a fantastic workshop of his a few years ago.) If you are working on a collage composition with many components you are likely to want to play around and reposition the elements numerous times. Once you get the exact arrangement that you want it's difficult to deconstruct, coat each piece with adhesive and then re-assemble exactly the same way. In Talbot's method you coat each component, as well as the substrate, with acrylic medium. This "busy-work" allows me to ponder composition as I prepare the individual pieces. Once everything is dry I create my composition and adhere it all with the use of a tacking iron which melts the medium and sticks everything together neatly. The theme of this piece is Asian with a whimsical twist. If you'd like more details on this technique check out Talbot's book "Collage A New Approach, Collage Without Liquid Adhesives. http://www.talbot1.com/book.htm










I'm back! As some of you know, most of my time lately has been consumed with the BIG MOVE. That's right. Masters Kitchen Gallery has now officially moved 3 1/2 blocks to 508C Lake Avenue cozily nestled in between a to-die-for Indian import shop and a soon-to-be kava kava bar! We are on the same block as Starbuck's and Kilwin's (dangerous). We just finished accessorizing the displays on Friday so I thought I'd take some photos of our new creative haven to share with you. Spread the word!!




