I just love the art of Dara Engler! Here is a painting from her "Pirate Series" titled "Pirate Wrestles and Alligator" (Oil and charcoal on canvas, 2012, 30"x30"). The humor of the piece thrills me, and the story is just so fun! Here is a part of her artists...

Please come see my new painting , currently at the Target Gallery , 105 North Union Street, Alexandria Virginia 22314. Hours open, daily 10am-6pm. I am pleased that the juror, Dara Engler, picked this work for "Best of Show". The piece is encaustic, with wax shark...

The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has a show titled "Quilts and Color"  (check it out by clicking this link....http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/quilts-and-color). The quilts looks surprisingly modern as you can see from my two examples below. The first was made in 1879;the...

"From Suffrage to Secretary of State”   March 5 - April 6, 2014 Studio 5 Gallery  , Workhouse Arts Center, 9601 Ox Road, Lorton Virginia    Gallery and StudioWednesday-Saturday 11am-6pmSunday 12-5pm  "Malala and Maria", encaustic (with crystals and vintage glass...

Check out the Artist Laura E Bruce's new responsive website. Isn't her work wonderful!  

Did you ever play the game "Mouse Trap" as a child? Then you might like Fischli/Weiss's film titled "The Way things Go"...a film about one object falling into another,a vast chain of events with fireworks. ( I have been reading a book titled 'What Are You Looking At?...