I was lucky enough to be part of a workshop by Connie Noyes held at Hampshire High School with 60 students and 6 other art teachers. She was very inspiring to allow High School students the chance to work freely using music as inspiration. I of course always paint to music but never as an intentional influence. I think this should be made more of a focus in my teachings, considering the number of students who can not go a moment with out thier headphones on. I will have to post pictures of my students work at a later time. But you must go to Connie's website to view her work and ideas relating to man and the world around us. Very Chicago!! I highly recommend going to this link to read her interview with Brian Sherwin who questions Connie on her working methods, her relationships with galleries, and what makes her an artist working abstractly. Alot of her work is done with resin, and other recydled materials; I personally love the one above whose other main element is beeswax.
Laura Dontorbitme makes great use of transferred imagery with her wax encaustics. I love her birds, but these images of buildings and cable lines are so more up my alley.
I love Alicia Tormey's wax encaustics because it's so similar to my work. Maybe I should start drawing and painting plants??
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Author: Kelly EggerI am an artist and teacher, so I spend a lot of time looking for cool stuff to inspire teenagers. Contact: [email protected]
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