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
Drawing
Post Card Project
Vara alters vacation postcards with visuals from an experience that relates to the area a postcard was obtained. … [Read more...] about Post Card Project
“Eve”
Aquarium
Aquarium, 8" x 10"Oil on paper. Available as prints. The back story to this piece- I sat and interacted with this little fish at the NY Aquarium for over two hours, s/he entertained, delighted and played with me in a fantastic exchange for the … [Read more...] about Aquarium
Latex Kills
LATEX KILLS!!!!!!Anaphylactic shock is NO FUN! … [Read more...] about Latex Kills
Nature Focused
Series Times Union newspaper wrote: The artist Michelle Vara displays a ten-year survey of nature examining and recording a wide array of features through various media arts that sings to her dimension as an artist. This project is ongoing … [Read more...] about Nature Focused
June – between blue and yellow
Hello again - what a wonderful month warm enough to swim and play in the dirt - growing a garden, yet cool enough- to sleep like a bear - !. There's a lot I've been working on most a continuation of ideas, and here you will find … [Read more...] about June – between blue and yellow
Working Fool – April
"Personally, I believe very much in values of savagery; I mean: instinct, passion, mood, violence, madness." Greetings: Thanks you for joining this blog as it marks yet another months change, inspirations, travel, ideas - I have so … [Read more...] about Working Fool – April