by julia dzikiewicz | Feb 2, 2014 | blog
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...
by julia dzikiewicz | Jan 24, 2014 | blog
Today was a good day to paint a shark in encaustic. I created that interesting shark skin texture by painting wax through a stencil, which left a series of raised circles. Once the texture was done,...
by julia dzikiewicz | Jan 14, 2014 | blog
Hi everyone! I am working on a new large painting today. How did I get that texture, the grid like lines in the orange area, you ask? I began by painting a layer of grey, fusing it, and then painting orange over this layer. Then I used a metal tool to scrape out the...
by julia dzikiewicz | Dec 28, 2013 | blog
Please welcome a new artist to the Workhouse Arts Center, Building 5, studio 510, named Laura Bruce. To the left is an example of her work, a darling portrait of a gray cat. I will write more about this amazing artist in my next post.
by julia dzikiewicz | Nov 29, 2013 | blog
I find the painting, “When She Asked Death to Dance, Angels Came”, by Leslie Lee, haunting . See more and learn more at Leslie Lee’s website by clicking here. I love the grimness of the work, the limited palette, and the emotionality. I wonder if...
by julia dzikiewicz | Sep 26, 2013 | blog
Just took a great workshop titled “Success as an Artist”, lead by Catriona Fraser of the Fraser Gallery. Ms Fraser gives this workshop once a month, to various art organizations and art spaces. If you are an artist living in the Washington Dc area, you...
