TODAY'S FEATURED POST
a Thanksgiving story
Don’t have much art that I can show at the moment, so I thought I’d treat you to a fun thanksgiving story. This one time, years ago back when I was just starting out, a friend of mine reached out to me with a prospective illustration job. It was 1996, I was living in El Paso Texas, before I’d moved to San Francisco and gone to art school. Art jobs were scarce and you took…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Creating Custom Painted Framing Elements for Your Work!
November 13, 2024 - 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 framework by Lisa L Cyr Artwork: 6 1/8 in x 3 1/2 in (center art) and 6 1/8 in x 2 1/8 in (side panels) mixed-media on layered illustration board with accents Mat: 16 in x 20 in 8-ply archival mat with frame[/caption] In Greek mythology, Pegaea is a water nymph known…
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Weird Wizard of Oz
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