Work of Hart Studio and Gallery: VINTAGE WALLPAPER.......COLLAGE!!!!!

Work of Hart Studio and Gallery: VINTAGE WALLPAPER.......COLLAGE!!!!!: Hey Y'all. Okay, here's the deal, the Hartwell Service League is having a Mistletoe Market at the Art Center in downtown Hartwell, GA start...

VINTAGE WALLPAPER.......COLLAGE!!!!!

Hey Y'all.  Okay, here's the deal, the Hartwell Service League is having a Mistletoe Market at the Art Center in downtown Hartwell, GA starting next Saturday, 12/3, through 12/23.  My "booth" will have my new vintage wallpaper collages.....and I must say they are awesome.  The pics don't do them justice.  I love these little buggers and want to keep them all for myself.  They are originals, not prints.  Priced at $15.00 each they include the mat and backing and are signed by Moi and ready to frame.  Also there will be prints of several of my cold wax pieces including "Lily Pond" now featured twice in Dick Blick's holiday catalogs.......  I bought this wallpaper on Ebay several years ago and it has been sitting around my studio forever.....  This series is called "Light" and features the silhouette of a lamp (or the negative part of the silhouette) cut out in vintage wallpaper and collaged to another sheet of vintage wallpaper.  I will also have two larger ones on grasscloth that will be framed.  Here's a little peak with my terrible photo skills.......

Work of Hart Studio and Gallery: WRESTLING WITH THE COLLAGE ANGEL

Work of Hart Studio and Gallery: WRESTLING WITH THE COLLAGE ANGEL: I absolutely love collage done well and am cautiously entering into this medium (or is it media, I never know for sure). Most of my collage...

WRESTLING WITH THE COLLAGE ANGEL

I absolutely love collage done well and am cautiously entering into this medium (or is it media, I never know for sure).  Most of my collages generally turn out looking like something my mother would have posted on the fridge growing up.  In other words, awful.  But, I press on.  Favorites include anything done with silhouettes, old letters and vintage print, and retro stuff like the 50's icons of funky shapes and even musical instruments.  So, with all that in mind, I'm working on some retro collages, some with simple shapes, and some more intricate with old envelopes, letters, and other vintage material.  I hate struggling with new materials, but that's how you learn.  Since I took to the cold wax and oil medium right away and generally encaustics also, it pains me to have to struggle with collage.  I tend to over think it.  Anyhoo, we'll see what transfires.  Here is an example of collage done well....... Can't tell you the artist (so sorry about that) but this is what I'm about!!!!  Looks simple, right?  It ain't....believe me!!!!!!

Work of Hart Studio and Gallery: You can find my art work here, here, and here!!!!!...

Work of Hart Studio and Gallery: You can find my art work here, here, and here!!!!!...: My "stuff" is in several places this season.....starting with my galleries: Hang It Up Gallery hangitupgalleryandstudios.com in Hartwell, ...

You can find my art work here, here, and here!!!!!!

My "stuff" is in several places this season.....starting with my galleries:  Hang It Up Gallery hangitupgalleryandstudios.com in Hartwell, Ga.  Here, you can find my fine art including cold wax and oil, photoencaustics, and my line of furniture using Annie Sloan Chalk Paints anniesloan.com .  Going further north into the foothills of Toccoa, Ga  at Dream Givers Gallery dreamgiversgallery.com , you can also find my cold wax and oil paintings and lots of other good stuff.  I love both these galleries for their commitment to the artist and the diversity of art and "other fine things."  Check it out.

I'll also be featuring some prints of cold wax and oil paintings at the Mistletoe Market at Hart Regional Art Center, hartregionalartscouncil.org, and also several prints of some new collages I have come up with.......The Mistletoe Market is part of the Tour of Homes in downtown Hartwell on December 3rd and 4th, with tickets being sold at Bailes-Cobb in Hartwell.  I believe this event is sponsored by the Service League of Hartwell.....

If that's not enough, you can find my bird and botanical art at Restoration House restorationhouse.net in Hartwell, along with birdhouses by Kathy Bryant (who happens to be my sister, or at least she claims to be!!!!). 

It has been an awesome year at Work of Hart......lots of great feedback, awards, national and international exposure......and sold artwork.  New things up my sleeve.....and more to come.

Work of Hart Studio and Gallery: WHAT'S BEHIND DOOR NUMBER TWO?

Work of Hart Studio and Gallery: WHAT'S BEHIND DOOR NUMBER TWO?: Kathy Bryant, owner of hangitupgalleryandstudios.com and I have a new venture two doors down from HIUG at restorationhouse.net . Kathy'...