TODAY'S FEATURED POST
Creating Custom Painted Framing Elements for Your Work!
I'm always thinking about the architecture and overall pictorial structure of my works and I love to create unique framing experiences, from multi-paneled works to multidimensional constructs. I find that a unique framework adds that extra special magical element to a piece. In this post, I demonstrate how I custom painted the matt as well as a frame for the work featured below. [caption id="attachment_78437" align="aligncenter" width="653"] Pegaea at Twilight: mixed-media painting with custom painted…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Announcements for Lightbox!
October 16, 2024 - LightBox Expo, the premiere gathering of illustrators, concept artists, animators, and all manner of creatives, will be next weekend, Oct. 25—27 in Pasadena, CA. So Karla Ortiz has given everyone a heads-up with an announcement: "Surprise Art news folks! The amazing Iain McCaig and myself will be joining artistic forces to do our own pop up gallery show in LA next year AND we’ll be giving everyone a first look/behind the scenes at LBX this year! So please come on by, listen to art stories, look at lovely artworks and get inspired to do your own works (heck maybe even your own gallery show!)!" Not to be outdone, Iain has made the following announcement: "More Lightbox news! As you may have heard, against all the odds, Mia Araujo and I both finished writing, illustrating and publishing…
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