Elizabeth Reed - Trouvaille (Something lovely found by chance)

Earth Vessel 36 x 48" Acrylic, graphite, metal point and metallic pigment on aluminum I took my collection of larger "Gifts from the Sea" to the Home Show in Miami this weekend. Lots of interest and mailing list entries but no sales. It was a nice experiment of unusual work for me. Fun to make pieces that are finished relatively quickly with the feel of my more involved work. Classes start next week at the Boca Museum School. I am down to only thursdays. Sign up soon! Life drawing in my Studio Blueye. Tuesday 9:30 -12:30. Valentina is our model.  Cool Artists of the week Henry Yan - great loose style John Sanchez - Just won the South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for 2012. Fantastic painter! Steve Irvine - Moth trails at night Daniel Ochoa - layered wonderful portraits Miriam Castillo - Very cool feminist illustrator/artist Mini Gifts for my Highland Beach Library exhibition in November

The Boca Raton Museum of Art - the Art School Thursdays 9 - 12 am  From Drawing to Painting Thursdays 12:30 - 3:30 Life Drawing!  I hold open studio life drawing and painting in my Studio Blueye Wednesdays. Now open for drawing lessons. Call or email me if you are interested. Very cool artists of the week Flying Blind! De Kooning's closed eye drawings - WOW! Daniel Sprick - I want that chicken skeleton! Antonio Lopez Garcia Antonio Lopez Garcia 5 day workshop at The Florence Academy of Art Richard T. Scott The influence of Odd Nerdrum and his New York Academy training are quite evident. Oh - for another lifetime! Check out my friend, Lester Salazar. He is making a drawing a day blog. Lester is a fixture in weekly life drawing.  Go Lester! I challenge us all to do this!

Cone of Chaos Graphite on Museum Board 40 x 60"

Please join Bonnie, Jane and Me at the opening of our collaboration Color, Form and Substance Sunrise Civic Center 10610 W. Oakland Park Blvd. Sunrise, FL 33361 954-747-4641 Gallery hours Closed Monday and Sunday Tuesday, Friday and Saturday 10 - 5 Wednesday and Thursday 12 - 7 Admission: Free Good things come in threes!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012! Play a little Frivolous play time. Investigation of the color RED! My daughter, Mem's, awesome red satin heels. She fell in love with them on the shelves of DSW - had to have them! Finding something suitable to wear with these proved a challenge. They are stunning and a color theory lesson in RED Hope your holidays were full of frivolous red fun! Tuesday starts the new term at Boca Raton Museum School My Classes are: Wed. 9 - 12 Beginning Drawing Wed. 12:30 - 3:30 Intermediate - Advanced Drawing Thursday 12:30 - 3:30 Life Drawing Friday 9 - 12 Beginning Painting Friday 12:30 - 3:30 Intermediate - Advanced Painting Call the office at 561-392-2503 to reserve your spot. Cool links See the Women who Shook up the Art World in 2011! From a friend and wonderful NYC artist, Anahi DeCanio Recent review on NPR "Caravaggio, a Life Sacred and Profane"  by Andrew Graham-Dixon My next read. What a ch