Studio Snapshot: The Common House Cat

In the above photo, Eris admires her newly-finished portrait. . . though she is rarely allowed to venture outside, wildness will always lurk in her eyes, and every flash of movement around her is a cause for excited frenzy.

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Emerging Red

The process of painting Emerging Red [above] included many thoughts about potential, city planning, how reliance upon automobiles and consumerism have impacted the American landscape, and what catches and directs the eye in a scene. The place which inspired it [below] is not particularly striking; in real life, the tree itself, though magnificent, is treated as a "decoration" for a parking lot. As most of us no longer live particularly close to nature, the little bits of nature that we see used as ornamentation are refreshing but not often deemed central to one's experience of a street or town. In painting the little red tree, I wanted to allow its full splendor to manifest itself, and I wanted to give it a setting in which wilderness and the work of man seem to find a comfortable balance. I left the beginnings of this painting behind to spend Thanksgiving in the mountains of Georgia, wandering through the woods and across river beds. . . upon returning, I was all the more eager to create a bold splash of life on the canvas.
 

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December Interviews

This month's interviews have been posted!

On the Huntsville Art Blog, radio host, performer, visual artist, (and interviewer of many local artists) Beth Norwood answers questions about what she enjoys most about art and talking to other artists, the importance of art, the Huntsville art scene, and much more!

On the Ascribing Artists Blog, we hear from Sojourn Creative Team Leader Candace Stough about how a church plant that meets at the Olde Towne Brewing Company developed its own artistic group and what most inspires her and the rest of the team.

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