Category Archives: Creative Process

the process of creation

Mixed Media & Built Surface Painting Class

Posted on July 16, 2011 by albatz

The first Mixed Media & Built Surface class focused on transfers of images to your painting. Continue reading →

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I feel like I’m living in the middle of a bloody rainforest

Posted on May 26, 2011 by albatz

I feel like I’m living in the middle of a bloody rainforest… Oh, wait a minute, I am. Some thoughts about taking pictures in the rain by a former fair weather photographer… Continue reading →

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trying to make crystals in origami

Posted on May 18, 2011 by albatz

May 16 (one-a-day project). While looking through my old sketchbooks I found this sketch of unrealized art that I had totally forgotten about. It was of a crystalized rock and featured origami crystals of folded rag paper, speared with wire, and … Continue reading →

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creating an artwork inspired by fossil hunting

Posted on May 16, 2011 by albatz

One of the artists at the Emily Carr Grad Show had work featuring layers of torn/cut paper and this twigged me to some old work of mine that was inspired by the experience of hunting for fossils. I spent quite a … Continue reading →

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expanding on my studies of rocks

Posted on May 13, 2011 by albatz

May 13: (one-a-day project) Today I expanded on my studies of rocks. I was envisioning these rocks painted in an arrangement of squares, each square about 10”x10”, each exploring a different texture/media; a perfect test for my multimedia painting class … Continue reading →

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painting of tiger lilies that would also be a stringed instrument

Posted on May 12, 2011 by albatz

May 11: one-a-day creative project. At the Grad Art Exhibition opening at Emily Carr Art School I saw some painted & folded canvas pieces that reminded me of some of my older work that is not yet realized. This sketch goes … Continue reading →

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black-winged dragonfly captured in Laos silver

Posted on May 11, 2011 by albatz

There were so many different dragonflies in Laos. These ones with black wings looked like black orchids tumbling in the breeze. Below is a necklace inspired by these beauties, the pendant was purchased in Luang Prabang and is typical of … Continue reading →

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stone study

Posted on May 10, 2011 by albatz

May 10th – studies of rocks (one-a-day project). I tried to take some photos of beach stones, but my first attempt, against a backdrop of mossy bricks, looked awful. Back to the drawing board, literally, where I reworked an old … Continue reading →

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‘shell game’ necklace and earrings

Posted on May 10, 2011 by albatz

May 9th – part of my one-a-day projects Picked up these marvelous shells on a beach in Costa Rica. My first thought was to pick the two closest in size to each other, and link them with brass to make earrings, and … Continue reading →

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experimenting with desaturation

Posted on May 9, 2011 by albatz

Last week we went to Artists in our Midst and saw some interesting photos that had been desaturated, the opposite of usual. The photographer had printed these desaturated photos on huge canvases and the result had the odd effect of … Continue reading →

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