Author Archives: joanngilles

Annual routines break the daily routine and with any luck our imagination and ideas stir.  There is something about the anticipation and the efforts of the holiday season that bends its way to the “let down” and then the clean … Continue reading →

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire!. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet … Continue reading →

Don’t you just love when after a great night of over-indulging in laughter, singing, dancing and imbibing you get some good rest and then you begin eat right, drink lots of water and exercise, feeling refreshed?  Consider this week “good … Continue reading →

Holiday cheer is in order! The festive, holiday punch ice ring is freezing as I type and the walls in the studio are ready for your group efforts. Come with a few paints, especially neutrals–black, white raw umber and buff, paynes gray, … Continue reading →

Ok, I’m reaching with the title.  All clever connections are buried under so much Holiday cheer, lists, wrapping paper and twinkling lights, its the best I can do–sigh. Polling of both classes resulted in an overwhleming vote to continue working … Continue reading →

As some of you know I’ve become a sports fan this year because of Ducks football. Not just because the Ducks seemed destined to go to the National Championship this season, but because of the way they approached the endeavor.  Despite Coach Kelly’s … Continue reading →

“Anything you do, let it come from you–then it will be new.    Give us more to see.”    From the song “Move On”-Sunday in the Park with George by Stephen Sondheim. In the play painter George Seurat struggles with “…..how to … Continue reading →

The reviews are in and from all reports from our guests the caliber of the art in this year’s show was head and shoulders above the last.  Once again –congratulations! Here is a link to a You Tube slide show … Continue reading →

Exhibiting art can be considered a completion of the art-learning process. It expands the context in which our art exists. We see it from a larger perspective. We see it at a distance and up close and over an extended … Continue reading →

Entry From Wikipedia-  “Art exhibitions are traditionally the space in which art objects (in the most general sense) meet an audience….. In American English, they may be called “exhibit”, “exposition” (the French word) or ‘show’.” Exposition— from the word expose … Continue reading →