Below are pictures of a chair I painted just recently for ARC Community Services in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. This wonderful organization is trying to raise money and asked local artists to paint these old chairs with the intention of auctioning them off. I had a lot of fun painting this eagle, then sponge painting the rest of the chair with an Americana theme! The auction is going to be at the Fitchburg Art museum on May
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Below is a monotype I did recently. A monotype is a printing technique that transfers a single painting. You can do this at home with no printing press. I used Createx monotype paints. I painted this directly onto a piece of plexiglass. Then I dampened a piece of printing paper and placed the painting face down onto the paper. The image is transfered by applying a lot of pressure onto the back of the plexiglass. I used an old heavy rolling pin I keep just for this purpose. Monotypes are fun and a great way to loosen up before you get involved in some more de
