Gelli plate prints

demo, Katherine van Schoonhoven

I am a member of Portland Women in Abstract Media (PDX-WAM) and yesterday I hosted our monthly meeting. It always feels good to be in the company of fine artists. 

In addition to our regular sharing of information, critique, talk about upcoming shows, art and life conversation, I set up a play time in the studio. We all (mostly) wore painting clothes and experimented with creating prints on my Gelli Arts plate.

I demonstrated by making two prints. We used liquid acrylics by Golden and many tools to create texture and interest. One of the artists saw Pisa's leaning tower in my demo print.

Although some in our group have done monotype and other printmaking, none had used the Gelli plate. The beauty of the Gelli plate is that it uses materials already in our studios. And the resulting prints are exciting and as different as the artists who created them.

Ann Fullerton

Bonnie Garrett

Collin Murphy

Marilyn Woods

Best of all, my studio was filled with creative energy and an explosion of new ideas about art. I'm sure I captured it before everyone left.

opening night for PDX-WAM

Fullerton, van Schoonhoven, Dilbeck

Rood

Heigh

Murphy

opening night reception ... thank you all!

Thank you, everyone who came to opening night of "Layered Moments" at Aurora Gallery! Elizabeth Steinbaugh did a beautiful job hanging the show and all of the Women in Abstract Media Artists were at the reception. The show hangs until May 29. Hope you will get over to see it!

come see the show!

this brown/green wall makes some pieces sing!

walking down the staircase to the lounge, you will see this grouping

color, texture, pattern, value, this wall has it in spades

paintings are hung, now we put up the tags!

I am a member of PDX!WAM and today we hung a show of our abstract work. I hope you will come to the Lexus of Portland showroom to see it all. 

While we hung the show today, many customers and sales people commented on how much they liked the work and noted how it brightened the room. You can see many of my pieces there, so be sure to stop in! The show will be up until the end of November.

Lexus of Portland

8840 SW Canyon Road

Portland, OR