by Marsha | May 30, 2009 | More art, Pip's BLOG, Works in Progress
I am in the midst of an ongoing project for a local non-profit called Clothes That Work. This wonderful organization helps men and women prepare for job interviews and new jobs by helping them put together an interview outfit. If a client of CTW is hired for a new...
by Marsha | May 22, 2009 | Pip's BLOG
The next exhibition of the National Collage Society, of which I am a member, is the annual postcard show, titled “Wish You Were Here”. This show is open to all members of NCS, and each work is limited in size to 4″ by 6″, hence, postcard. I...
by Marsha | May 9, 2009 | Pip's BLOG, Works in Progress
Does this look like an artist’s studio or what? It definitely looks like...
by Marsha | May 1, 2009 | More art, Pip's BLOG
Well, Penthesilea is a mythological Amazon woman who fought in the Trojan War on the side of the Trojans. This was to repay a favor once done to her by King Priam of Troy. She fought valiantly, but according to most sources, was killed in battle by Achilles, who did...
by Marsha | May 1, 2009 | Pip's BLOG, Works in Progress
Pictured here is a snapshot of a current collage in progress, part of my Medusa series. This piece will be 48″w by 36″h. On pieces of this size I often work on the easel; sometimes I work flat, depending on the collage itself. You may notice that some of...
by Marsha | Apr 6, 2009 | Pip's BLOG
I traveled to Columbus last Wednesday – yes I am just now writing about it – with a group of artists, arts advocates, and arts professionals – folks from Cultureworks, which is Montgomery County’s fundraising arm for the arts, folks from the...
by Marsha | Mar 16, 2009 | Pip's BLOG
I will be traveling to Columbus, Ohio on April first – no foolin”! – to call on our state legislators, lobbying them to increase, maintain, continue, build, etc. their support of the arts in our state. April 1 is Arts Advocacy Day and I will be part...
by Marsha | Mar 8, 2009 | Pip's BLOG
I will be participating in Ohio’s Arts Advocacy Day on , as my husband asked me, “no foolin?”, April 1st, in Columbus. Dayton, where I live, has an active arts community, and representatives from all the major arts groups, active community...
by Marsha | Feb 22, 2009 | Pip's BLOG
I am adding a new category that is composed of columns I wrote a few years ago for a local magazine, in which I imagine artists of different time periods coming together in a coffeehouse on Paris’ Left Bank. I think of it as “out of time”, meaning...
by Marsha | Feb 22, 2009 | Pip's BLOG
I just returned from a quick (2-day) trip to Orlando, where on the recommendation of my good friend and former business partner Lorie, I visited the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art. Lorie is a talented stained glass artist and she had recommended this...
by Marsha | Feb 6, 2009 | Pip's BLOG
I have been in the studio a lot this week, working on several new pieces. For some reason I have gotten hooked on Medusa, the mythical woman with snake hair. She was not always a negative figure; early in her incarnation she was a figure of power and strength. She...
by Marsha | Feb 2, 2009 | Pip's BLOG
I am sad to say that I lost a very dear companion on Saturday morning. She was my studio assistant, who followed me everywhere, rarely left my side, steadfast in her support of me and my work, gentle in demeanor, unconditionally loving, and always available whenever...
by Marsha | Jan 21, 2009 | Pip's BLOG
A new day, a new era, a new President, and I fervently wish, new HOPE for our nation, to regain its standing in the world. As for art and artists, I can’t help wishing for a WPA type program to employ artists. Wouldn’t that be...
by Marsha | Dec 2, 2008 | Pip's BLOG
Well, it’s been some time since I posted anything – life is busy! I have created some new notecard designs which I will add to the NOTECARDS PAGE, as well as here on my blog. Look for them...
by Marsha | Nov 19, 2008 | Pip's BLOG
Take a look at two pieces I completed for the new outpatient clinic for Children’s Medical Center in Dayton. The new clinic is actually in Springboro, Ohio and just opened this month. All the art in the building has a “flight” theme, and the building...