March is turning out to be a great month! Teaching classes and published work!

What's not to love about March? Here's what's happening at JonesMoore Studio Art:

• teaching a mixed media workshop, The Altered Landscape, on March 30 at Schack Art Center in Everett, Washington
• teaching another great workshop, Extreme Encaustic Basics, at Schack Art Center,  April 6
• The Pulse of Mixed Media: Secrets and Passions of 100 Artists Revealed, is now published! I am one of the 100+ artists featured in this wonderful book by NY mixed media artist and blogger, Seth Apter. Please visit his blog every day during the month of March to read interviews with some of the featured artists! The Altered Page (click here)
• working on two commissioned collage pieces for a wonderful national non-profit organization
• My beautiful daughter, Jen, turns 21 this weekend!

It's been a long, cold, dark and somewhat stressful  "winter", but as we all know winter always turns into spring! The crocus are popping up, birds are singing, evenings are "lighter", the grass is growing like wildfire and the "road" is calling me (very loudly I might add).

My job at Schack Art Center, both as as art class coordinator and instructor, continues to present both joys and challenges, similar to raising a child for the first time! I am so fortunate to be able to work in my field and teach art at such a beautiful facility. Schack opened less than one year ago, and is now a major destination for artists, art lovers and "seekers and learners" who want to know how to find one's way down the creative path. If you are anywhere near Seattle, you must drive north to Everett to visit this incredible art center.

Pictured above: Top: a "sneak peek" at a portion of my published work in the book "The Pulse" of Mixed Media", called "Marilyn" (based on memories of my mother). Center: "Oaxacan Door",  altered photo. Bottom: "Red Square", encaustic.

Waiting for the light...

Waiting for the light...patiently (oh so patiently).

No pictures or words in my head (yet).

Longing for Life!

Trying to find beauty in cold, dark days...

All photos were taken within a couple of blocks of my home. The cactus shot was taken at Molbak's in Woodinville, Washington. Copyright 2011, 2012 Lisa JonesMoore

Cold, windy, dreary...too chilly to open the studio windows and use encaustic paints. I guess it's time for organizing the studio. Interesting times arranging all of my power and hand tools into "vintage" tool boxes I've been collecting for years. This is creative, right??

Goodbye January (good riddance!)...

Due to major snow storms, ice storms, wind storms, power outages, refrigerator and furnace failures, and a car accident ("totaled" my poor Prius) I have not been able to sit down and write a good blog post. But, I am STILL STANDING! I will make up for lack of posts soon! I took time this weekend to be thankful for my life, family and friends. I walked in the sunshine, sifted sand through my fingers, felt warmth on my cheeks, slid on two "slats" in the snow, and called every one of my dear friends and family members. This is what life truly is...little "wake-up calls" that kinda add up to one big "yell" from the Universe.

Thanks for your infinite patience! I do have so much to share for the coming year...

Studio time today!

Just climbed "down" from my loft studio after six hours of standing and creating. Feeling a bit out of "shape" creating for this long of a span. Sitting does not appeal to my creative juices. I'm working with this photo today, one I took with a Holga camera. I love the larger, square format of the Holga, with it's funky fuzzy edges. It's going to look interesting with encaustic wax...

What are YOUR favorite three art supplies? (mine: my photos, clear encaustic wax and oil pastels, with cheescloth as a close fourth).

A NEW piece! I managed to create this one during the "madness" of the Holidays. Sometimes, things just pop out from "nowhere". It's the first in my "Fort Worden Series", called "Bunker Wall, #1" featuring, of course, two of my most favorite mediums: rust and wax!!

You can see this and a few more new pieces at Fraker/Scott Gallery in downtown Seattle as part of their "Earth + Water" show, featuring the art of David Owen Hastings. The gallery is open TONIGHT for first Thursday art walk from 5-8 pm! The gallery is located at 121 Prefontaine Place So. in Pioneer Square. Here is the link for more information:
www.frakerscottgallery.com