This technique is a hybrid crossing short-run handmade oil-based print and watercolor painting. Michelle Vara creates drawings from nature to make the short run printing plates and complete the compilation by fluid gestures in a watercolor … [Read more...] about Botanical Watercolor
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Crushed Ice on a Hot Day
Behind every good work of art, there are motivators that LEED the creative process. The motivator in this segment of work was some less than desirable but really gave time to stop and think. Yes - I use the acronym LEED for its metaphorical … [Read more...] about Crushed Ice on a Hot Day
Memorial May
Over the last sixty days my mind has been boiling over in many directions and time is recorded within the work. 5-19-21 -Have you seen the Fort Ann NY Banana-? Too Much Fun! Tuesday afternoon I was driving on Rt. 4 headed north … [Read more...] about Memorial May
Spring Forth – March
This month I have really tried to connect with nature and the planet and visualize it w-hole and healthy filled with peace and love. Project- "Chickadee" The bird feeder my cause for paused I watch Chickadees with their black caps, flit … [Read more...] about Spring Forth – March
Fit of Carnality
In this work, I became interested and explored – extreme shift/ change/ fluctuation as a line in human personality. Some of the questions I researched- What makes a radical shift in personality? Is a human bad to the bone? What cultural … [Read more...] about Fit of Carnality
SCREAM
A Tool for healing & transformation- This project started with my feeling overwhelmed by politics, and media. I began to notice, no one’s listening- not to themselves- not to friends -not to partners- not to family........ … [Read more...] about SCREAM
December in the Studio
The weather is frightful - Looks like a heavey white christmass! In My opinion Bullying someone/ ANYONE- no matter what the cause, place, or opportunity is not acceptable human behavior. This act appalls me! To watch full-grown men in the place … [Read more...] about December in the Studio
Translating Meaning
Greetings and thank you for joining me in this crazy thing we call an artist’s life. Ill start by saying I’m sorry- I didn’t have the balls to write before this, keeping this art journal or blog post commitment on the fifteenth as I have for … [Read more...] about Translating Meaning