This is a late post for reasons I won’t go into…but I still wanted to share this artistic twist of a tradition. Because we did not have very many relatives to send graduation announcements, I refused to buy the minimum of 25 invites from the overpriced catalog of graduation...
What a coincidence! Once again, I will have art pieces in two exhibitions at once! I have recently hung some of my watercolors and acrylic pieces at the Fayetteville Lincoln County Art League in Fayetteville, Tennessee. The Art League is under new management and changes are process. I am...
Here are some samples I engraved for a local department for Father’s Day. I was kept pretty busy that day. I hope to be posting about more events in the near future.
Anyone who’s been on my website or blog for more than a few minutes can guess where my passion lies…some form of lettering on some thing somewhere. That doesn’t mean I can’t do other things. If you’re getting a degree in art, you’re going to take at least a...
Some folks may not know that I am the editor for the Nashville Calligraphers Guild newsletter which is distributed five times a year. It’s my way of giving back to the Guild since I don’t live enough to be able to volunteer for most events. It works out very...
I am pleased to announce that I have completed the process of becoming a certified hand engraver through Ken Brown in Mckinney, Texas. I have been working on this since I went to Ken’s Hand Engraving Seminar in May 2015. I have learned to engrave on wine bottles, perfume bottles, wine...
I don’t usually make resolutions but I am setting one goal for this year and that is to post more to my website, add more pictures and generally stay current online about what I’ve been doing offline. Every time I think about updating my site, I look and realize...
Last week, our family dental hygenist retired to move to Nevada. I thought it would be a nice little memento for her to have something I engraved with the dental drill since she’s used it on me so many times! So here is a picture of the little tealight...
Imagine my surprise when I opened my email and saw that Ken Brown had featured me on his weekly Brownlines newsletter! Thanks so much, Ken! http://kenbrowncalligraphy.com/news/another-engraving-student-is-making-wine-bottles-special-and-customers-very-happy/
Some of you may have noticed my ornaments that I engraved several years ago. Well, I have an announcement – I am becoming a professional engraver! In May 2015, I flew to Texas to take the engraving course with Ken Brown and now, I am in the process of...
I have four pieces showing at the Centennial Art Center in Nashville Tennessee in the NCG Exhibition this year. Unfortunately, my camera was not cooperating at the time. I am standing next to my “Decorated Letters: A to Z” which was a project the Guild did called a...
Getting pretty good at this! For the Annual Heart Walk 2015, one of the team members asked me if I would design a t-shirt for the event. After proposing a couple of designs, popular consensus was for the simple heartbeat design. Two colors for the shirts were proposed, burgandy...
I have been busy the past couple of months, planning several different projects, most of which I am happy to say are on their way to fruition, finally. Trying to steal a few extra minutes into a packed life sometimes means no pause for reflections. Work it while you can has...
Just because I haven’t posted about my calligraphy doesn’t mean I haven’t been doing any, just that I am not a very timely blogger! So much easier to post a quick note on Facebook. For instance, I was given the opportunity of demonstrating calligraphy at The Weeden House on...
Fayetteville Tennessee held their 48th annual art and craft festival Friday and Saturday June 14-15, 2013. Since I am a member of the Fayetteville Art League, I decided that it was time that I experienced what it was like to have a booth. Even though I had never done a...
I recently was able to take part in Reggie Ezell’s year long “Primitive to Modern” workshops, learning how to prepare vellum for writing and how to gild on vellum. I learned so much from those two classes and I really wish I could have taken more but time did not...
The Nashville Calligraphers Guild had another wonderful 2 day workshop. This time, the featured artist was Harvest Crittenden. For those that don’t know, Harvest is a Master Penman. I have seen her work online but I couldn’t let this opportunity pass to meet her and enjoy...
For those of you that are not aware, I work for HEMSI, Huntsville Emergency Medical Services Inc, the ambulance service for Madison County, AL. Every year, HEMSI celebrates EMS week by giving all their employees t-shirts. This year, I drew up a quick sketch at the last minute and...
A couple of weekends ago, I went to Nashville TN to spend some time with the calligraphy community at Paper and Ink Arts. The featured teacher was Kathy Milici of 24Karet Designs from NJ. She’s such a special person, funny and kind, and full of encouragement. She also brought...
I have recently been working on my engraving skills and I am excited that I am now offering personalized Christmas Ornaments! They come in different shapes including oval, round, cross, tree, stocking, star, house and others. They are a very nice size as you can see by the pic...