Elemental books mosaic

Elemental books mosaic
Originally uploaded by steph.harmon

These are some of the altered books I'm working on for two upcoming exhibits.

Second upcoming exhibition

This is the second exhibit I'm scheduled to be in over the next couple of months. This is the final phase of a project I organized for the STAA Gallery in Alphen a/d Rijn. Nine artists worked for more than six months together and individually on one theme: vergankelijkheid (translation: transitoriness/mortality). Many of the results of the project will be exhibited at this show.

I, however, will not be there to enjoy the opening (which will feature a fado singer from Portugal, by the way!). I'll be at a "work week"/field trip with classmates from the Opleiding oudeschildertechnieken in Tuscany. I'm not complaining. Would've been nice to be able to be at my opening, though...

Upcoming exhibits

Okay, well, it's been a while since I posted here -- as my father-in-law pointed out yesterday. Here's one of the reasons why! This is a flyer for a show I'll be in next month. It's a sort of open atelier/art walk weekend. If you are in the area and want to hike/bike the artists' route, please do! I think it'll be a very nice event. Unfortunately I'm going to miss it, because that is when I'll be in Tuscany for a painting week for school.
And this is just one of three exhibits I'm scheduled to be in between now and June. So, just for the record: I do have pix of encaustic work/lessons that I still have to post, as well as at least 4 weeks' worth of oil painting work/lessons. But first I need to get some more objects finished for my two upcoming shows (I'm making artists' books, not paintings, for these exhibits). I'll post the invite to the second show (called Vergankelijkheid) in the next coming days or so.