June Creative Clue Showcase
Shakia Harris
Age: 30
Golden Hour, 18x24 inch on stretched canvas. Landscape abstract depicting sunset. I typically use oil paints and palette knives to created textured florals, landscapes, and abstracts. Can view my work at shakiaharrisart.com
Inspired by a trip to Boulder Colorado with my fiance. One of the final days of our trip he pushed me to do a hike up a steep area and I was extremely uncomfortable at first but ultimately it's a moment I frequently refer back to for comfort and reassurance that I can do difficult things.
Terry Burkhead
HEAVEN'S GATE....paint on stretched canvas....36 x 36.....inspired by the light coming through a sky window
Molly E. Whitt
, Age: 40
Illumination
, Magazine scraps, canvas board, mod podge.
The story of how your artwork came to life: I used a photo of some sunflowers my son gave me for Mother's Day, drew out the image, then filled in with collage pieces.
I wanted to do a piece entirely from collage magazine pieces that showed light & shadow. It was tedious, but it turned out well.
May Creative Clue Showcase
Lindsey Duffy
Title: Diaspora, Pastel and acrylic on board (8.5" x 11.5")
A breeze is mostly thought of as cool and refreshing, which makes us more comfortable...but it is also a vehicle for dispersion, which is not always pleasant. The separation from what is familiar, the journey and even the establishment can be hard. But the end result is expansion, discovery and growth, which make life interesting and beautiful.
This was a short-term project created specifically for this challenge, and somewhat experimental. The vibrant background is painted in acrylic, but typically when I am using pastels I prime with plain white gesso on the area where I place the figure. This time I decided to see what would happen leaving the background consistent throughout, and I was pleasantly surprised by the results!
Molly E. Whitt, Age: 40
Title: Shootin' the Breeze, Acrylic on canvas. 12" x16."
I thought about one my favorite things to do: drink a cup or two of coffee while watching the hummingbirds at the feeder by my front window. I took some creative license because I have navy, heavy drapes, so they would not do. It definitely needed airy sheers whipping in the wind. I wanted to share the sense of calm & joy that I experience in that moment. I love my Princeton Velvet Touch brushes my husband got me for Valentine's Day.
Dara Smith, Age: 23
Title: Sky, Acrylic and my deck!
To me when I think of breeze, I think of abstract, conceptual art. You can't "see" the breeze, but you can sense it, and you know it's there... to me it makes me think of open air, and the big blue sky. I wanted to capture this flowy, open feeling with an acrylic pour (on canvas) but the acrylic was even more free flowing than I planned- spilling onto my deck! As I was doing an acrylic pour on my deck for the creative clue "Breeze" some blue paint spilled off of my canvas and onto the deck I was painting on. I stared at it: it looked like the sky! I thought it looked like a portal up into the sky, like when you can see the sky in a rain puddle.
Brady Monks, Used my camera and the wind
Title: the flag
The flag is blowing in the wind
I saw a good opportunity of the wind blowing and thought it was pretty creative
Aidan, Age: 16
Title: faded glory, Camera
The theme was breeze so I took a photo of the wind blowing with our flag
I heard the breeze was blowing outside and remembered the theme so I snapped into action
Terry Burkhead
Title: Beach Breezes, latex/acrylic on a stretched canvas 36 x 19
Jimmy Amrhein, Age 17
Title: Windy tree, I used ArtRage on my iPad to create this the tools I used on the app were pen and a blending knife.
Its a tree in the wind or breeze with leaves blowing off going with the wind.
I was told to think about the word breeze and to create a piece that came into mind about the word and immediately I knew I was going to draw a tree with leaves blowing in the wind.
April Creative Clue Showcase
Molly E. Whitt, Age 40
Title: Spring Buds
Pan watercolors, watercolor pencils & watercolor markers.
When I think of Spring I think first of of the redbuds I see out in the countryside where I live. They pop up all through the hills & in the little dips & attract local birds. They are very vibrant & make me smile. My artwork came to life by just looking around outside. Springtime is beautiful in Kentucky.
What tools and materials did you use to create your artwork:
Name: Dara, Age: 23
Title: Clifty Falls. Acrylic paint, paint brushes, fingers, added real leaves from porch outside.
This work was a piece made at an Uptown Art painting class a few years ago. It has been painted over to capture a more "spring" feeling, adding more foliage and mist to create atmosphere and immerse the viewer into the scene. As I was working on the piece on my back porch, pieces of nature kept falling from trees or being blown down onto my workspace, sometimes falling on the work itself. I decided to use this in my piece and go ahead and add the fallen nature in!
Name: Greta
Title: Spring Morning Mist. 30 x 40 oil on canvas
I want to get better at making marks with a palette knife so I tried to use it as much as possible for this painting When I think of Spring I think of green! The misty atmosphere in this scene gave me a good opportunity to use a variety of warm and cool greens
Terry Burkhead
Title: Gift of Spring. Paint on unstretched canvas...8" x 10"
Name: Vivian and Chloe, St. Francis School, 4th grade, Goshen, KY
Title: GREEN!
Name: Dawn Della Bella, Age: 62
Title: Pretty in Pink. Daniel Smith Watercolor on Arches 140# watercolor paper
I love poppies, and wanted to showcase their beauty (this is an opium poppy) - beautiful, but dangerous! I also wanted to explore a bit with the technique of negative painting.
I just started to paint a few years ago after taking my first ever watercolor class at Preston Arts Center- and now it had become my passion! With some extra time on my hands and nowhere to go due to Covid, I’ve been able to give more free time to making art - a little blessing in the midst of this challenging year!
March Creative Clue Showcase
Molly E. Whitt, Age 40, Title: My Studio Chair, Watercolor, watercolor markers, & collage.
It's the chair I sit in by my easel to make my ideas a reality.
I was thinking about where I spend my evenings & weekends painting with the commissions I'm given, thinking about how I can make people smile through the work. I'm also coming up with ideas in my studio for my own original pieces. I love working in mixed media & to show depth/ texture.
Evan Whitt, Age: 5, Title: Operation Chair Robot, Crayola Washable paint on mixed media paper
My mom made me come up with it. I like robots. I only like them with swords.
The story of how your artwork came to life: It doesn't.
Delfina Mills
Probus
Diana Heron, “Precious Baby Boy”, Oil on canvas
Social media: IG& FB: shy1s_art
Terry Burkhead, “TRES AMIGOS”, Paint on stretched canvas, 36 x 36 x 2
Greta Mattingly, Age: 61, “Waiting for Jamie”, 8 x 10, pastel on wood panel
I used a combination of hard and soft pastels on a wood panel primed with Art Spectrum Pastel Primer.
When I saw the creative clue I immediately thought of my pug, Dougie. He has a neurological degenerative disease and uses a wheelchair daily for walks and dog park visits.
February Creative Clue Showcase
Greta, Age 61, From the Heart, 16 x 12 pastel on board
I used a combination of hard and soft pastels on a board that I primed with Art Spectrum fine tooth Colourfix Primer in the color Aubergine.
I’ve painted this art model many times. I had painted an oil of this pose before but this time I focused on her facial expression with her hand close to her heart.
Candace Hutchison, Intertwined, Water colors, photographs and computer. I took photographs of my water color pieces and infused them with some actual photographs.
It is a mashup of watercolor images and photographs digitally manipulated.
I considered the common symbols of the heart, such as blue bird, roses, the simple heart shape it self and that it is synonymous with compassion, love and expression. Looking beyond the cliche symbols lies a heart beat, both real and metaphorically, intertwining all living things. That vitality and perpetual rhythm is what I wanted to emphasize in the artwork.
Probus, Age 61, the Nestled Heart, pinhole or lens less camera with 4x5 black n white film, usually TMax 100, because it’s so forgiving at longer exposures.
This is a pinhole image that I made a the Falls of Ohio River Park in the fall. Because of the river’s current, things are always washing up or washing away. I never see the same thing on the riverbanks due to its ever changing nature. I am fascinated by the trees in the Louisville Area. They have such character and grace under the pressure of changing weather. Pinhole photography gives these old beauties a softly sharp image which adds an ethereal feel
Liyah, Age: 5, Happy Hearts, Pouring medium and Acrylic paint.
Liyah created this piece by using a pouring paint method.
Liyah created this Happy Hearts happily by pouring on the paint and creating hearts on the canvas.
Vanessa Brandenburg, Age: 23, The Ticker, Acrylic, watercolor
The Ticker was made to show the different meanings of the heart.
As I was doing my research on the word heart. I saw how many meanings there were for the heart. I painted what I has interpreted and hope you all enjoy this piece.
Gena Neumann, “take a little piece of my heart”, hands & fingers/acrylics
I am an Artist who loves to explore alternative materials and work in color. I’ve been painting hearts for the past few months- we all need to share Love during these times
Molly E. Whitt, Age: 40, He Leads, Acrylic paint, rubbing alcohol, brushes for both painting & scratching off paint.
Painted in response to the pain & also hope we went through when my husband was ill. He had heart surgery in late 2019.
I was thinking about the chaos surrounding knowing I could possibly lose my husband to heart failure. I made the background completely black, then added the yellow, representative if light over top. I scratched the heart into the black with the ends of brushes & dripping rubbing alcoholm The inside of the heart represents the miracle we experienced when we found that his heart had created its own bypasses to keep pumping. The water represents the flow; his life. The leads on the heart show our faith during this time. There are three, representing the Trinity. The flowers are the outward representation of continued growth & life.
Rachel Delong, Age 18, The Heart of a Tree, Colored pencils
The creation of this piece came about as a result of your clues given, along with our Western Hills High School Art Class assignment given relating to shape, a part of our unit on Elements and Principles.
Terry Burkhead, FOCUS ON LOVE, 32 X 19, paint on stretched canvas
January Creative Clue Showcase
Molly Whitt, Frosted Daybreak, acrylic, modelng paste on gallery wrapped canvas
Greta Mattingly, Winter Blues, 12x9, oil
Terry Burkhead, Raven
Carrie Beth Collins
Carol Jones, Snow on a Kentucky Farm, 24x 36, Oil on board
I grew up in KY on a farm and have always loved old barns in the landscape. Painted from a picture.
Terry Burkhead,Snowman
Carol Jones, Snowy Stream, 8x20, Oil on board
A quick little study of composition and colors. Painted during a class...experimented with different placement of trees and stream for best composition.