by Marsha | Sep 13, 2011 | More art, Pip's BLOG
and it was here, in Dayton, where I live: The City of Peace. This reference may or may not be familiar to readers, but Dayton really is known as the City of Peace. This is due firstly, to the Dayton Peace Accords, the agreement hammered out here to end the war in...
by Marsha | Jan 8, 2011 | Pip's BLOG, Works in Progress
Art is life-giving. It’s an intangible. How can you explain to someone who has never experienced the power of an original piece of work, something that has sprung from the thought of one human being, brought into existence due to that person’s trials and errors,...
by Marsha | Nov 24, 2010 | Pip's BLOG
This post really has nothing to do with art, unless you take into account that there is an art to feeling thankful, especially in this world of so many trials and heartaches and just pure unadulterated meanness. I have felt lately that kindness is getting trampled by...
by Marsha | Nov 15, 2010 | Pip's BLOG
Check the Small Works Gallery for some new postings of small collages from the Affordable Housing series. Stay tuned for more to come…. If you live in the Dayton area – and if you do you know we have lost jobs in a big way – stop by the Cannery Art...
by Marsha | Nov 15, 2010 | More art, Pip's BLOG
Under Construction, 5″ x 5″ collage on canvas, $25, from the Affordable Housing...
by Marsha | Nov 15, 2010 | More art, Pip's BLOG
Speakeasy, 5″ x 5″ collage on canvas, $25, from the Affordable Housing...
by Marsha | Nov 15, 2010 | Pip's BLOG
House of Secrets, 5″ x 5″ collage on canvas, $25, from the Affordable Housing...
by Marsha | Nov 15, 2010 | Pip's BLOG
House of Blue, 5″ x 5″ collage on canvas, $25, from the Afffordable Housing...
by Marsha | Oct 26, 2010 | More art, Pip's BLOG
See the attached link for entry forms for the 4th annual Ohio Collage Society Members Juried Exhibition. Enter now!...
by Marsha | Sep 13, 2010 | Pip's BLOG
Celebrate!...
by Marsha | Aug 26, 2010 | More art, Pip's BLOG
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TOP SECRET: “FREE” ART AT THE CANNERY ART AND DESIGN CENTER ON FIRST FRIDAY! YOU BE THE SLEUTH! In keeping with September’s First Friday theme, Cannery Art and Design Center invites you to “I SPY”. Participate and YOU might win a work of art!...
by Marsha | Aug 14, 2010 | More art, Pip's BLOG, Works in Progress
Working on some new pieces, one using no color at all, just variations on black and white. Have started two new pieces in the House series as well. I spent yesterday putting together an installation that will go to Gorman School in Dayton. I have been working on it...
by Marsha | Aug 4, 2010 | More art, Pip's BLOG
I will be posting new small collages in the Small Works Gallery. These collages are based on subjects rather than full-blown themes. They are less labor intensive and therefore less expensive to purchase. These collages are still finely crafted and treated with the...
by Marsha | Jun 19, 2010 | Pip's BLOG
Well, I have finished grading all my students’ work and turned in the grades (I teach art history at Wright State University in Dayton and love it!). Now I can really focus on the studio. It’s always a juggling act between teaching and creating. I suppose...
by Marsha | Apr 26, 2010 | Pip's BLOG
I had a very exciting day last Wednesday, Arts Advocacy Day in Ohio. I traveled to Columbus with other arts supporters to lobby our legislators on behalf of the arts. Ohio is in a budget crisis and the arts have taken a huge hit as state government wrestles with...