Just about ready for the new school year. This will be my first year as an art teacher. I have been teaching elementary school for 13 years, including many an art lesson. But this will be different. Five periods a day of art classes coming and going, kindergarten through fifth grade. I can't wait.
I put a mural at the entrance to the room, and continued it onto the back wall. It feels like stepping into a painting. My hope is that it will creat a slight shift in awareness as we enter the room, readying us for artmaking.
I am making these little objects as part of a series I am calling "Who's Counting?" It is a continuation of the idea of counting your chickens before they are hatched, about daring to dream and being able to see beauty and potential in unexpected places. The eggs are oil painting, but much of the work comes from doing this very precise collage work on the front and sides, so that the pieces become more object than painting. My hope is for each one to be a precious little thing, kind of rich and sumptuous with the combination of fabrics. They will eventually be hung together in a geometric pattern (more on that to come).
