Jaime Lyerly Art : 02/2010

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

A Thousand Ways to Draw a Tree: Expressive Drawing Workshop in San Diego this Sunday 2/28/2010

Here is a workshop taught by San Diego Women's Caucus for Art member Valerie Samuel Henderson. Got some free time this weekend? (okay...I know free time doesn't exist...) Come to this workshop. Check it out:

RISKY BUSINESS! Draw Fast and Loose.

An expressive drawing workshop this Sunday, Feb. 28 10am-3pm

It’s called “A Thousand Ways to Draw a Tree”. You get to invent the ways! You get to think like an eight-year-old and draw outside the lines. Experiment, do quick sketches, and try working with new materials like charcoal taped to a stick, graphite crayons, and mixing oil pastel with India ink. Get inspired by Rembrandt, Van Gogh and your kid sister.

Here is the information from the website:

An expressive drawing workshop... Drawing trees is the theme and the focus is intuition, spontaneity and invention. You’ll do lots and lots of quick sketches using memory, observation and imagination. Find ways to draw trees by playing with line like you might play a melody on a saxophone. Experiment with different kinds of drawing tools from graphite sticks to long straws dipped in ink. This is an opportunity to try new things whether or not you have ever taken a drawing class before, or if you’re looking to refresh some sparks.

$62 members / $72 non-members Materials fee $10

Monday, January 18 10am – 3pm

Sunday, February 28 10am – 3pm

Sunday, April 11 10am – 3pm

Taught by an inspired mixed media artist, Valerie Samuel Henderson (BFA in Painting, Mass. College of Art. MFA in Visual Art, U.C.S.D.)

Bravo School of Art. 2690 Historic Decatur Rd Studio 206. San Diego , CA 92106 . 619-223-0058

workshops@BravoSchool of Art.com

www.BravoSchoolOfArt.com

Happy Art Making! ~ Jaime Lyerly

Monday, February 22, 2010

Ellen "Ellie" Benfatti's Art Reception and Wine Tasting at "The Wine Spot" Feb 27, 2010

A unique art reception and wine tasting event on Saturday, February 27, 2010 featuring 2010 San Diego Women's Caucus for Art Vice President Ellen "Ellie" Benfatti.

Here is more information about Ellie and her event:

Ellen Benfatti was born in the United States and resides in North San Diego, California. Several years ago she experienced a life altering event while visiting the spa of a luxury cruise line. Ellen was invited to experience a Reiki treatment. Shortly after her experience she began to have a strong desire to paint. She went on to become a certified Reiki Master Teacher and Artist. She was recently featured on San Diego public television for her brilliant use of color and its connection to increased health. She has spent the last several years studying the affects of color on the human body. Ellie’s studio is located at the New Village Arts Theatre in Carlsbad. She’s a full time Artist and Pain Management Consultant.

She’s currently a featured artist for the Banners lining Pacific Coast Highway in Leucadia.

She opens at “The Wine Spot” on Feb 27th her exhibit will run from Feb 27-March 30th.

Feb 27th Art Reception and Wine Tasting 7-10 pm
The Wine Spot 2917 State St. Carlsbad
Complimentary Wines and Cheeses served from 7-8:30pm

Ellie will be raffling one of her gorgeous pictures and she'll be serving complimentary wines for tasting from 7-8:30.
RSVP on her Facebook event page or just come on down!

To learn more about her you may visit her portfolio at:
www.angelicmanifestations.com

Support local independent artists! ~ Jaime Lyerly

Open Art Studio at Silverton Business Center in San Diego - RESCHEDULED for Saturday, March 13, 2010

3.3.2010 update: EVENT RESCHEDULED to March 13, 2010.

Want to see artists in their creative space? Go to an open art studio!

Since I create on my balcony (for encaustics), in my house for other projects, and at the SDSU classrooms, I don't really have my own studio. So it is a privilege to be able to come into the studio space of others and see how they work their magic.

Here is upcoming open art studio not to be missed featuring 6 artists including former San Diego Women's Caucus for Art president Grace Matthews and member Anna Stoa. Information provided by Grace Matthews.

Silverton Ave Open Studios Saturday, March 13, 2010 from 1 – 4pm

Please join us for the first open studios of six artists at the Silverton Business Center in Mira Mesa.

7949-7955 Silverton Ave San Diego, CA 92126
http://art-studio-events.blogspot.com/

Artists:
Rafael “Fallo” Mareyna
Becky Guttin
Gail Liebig
Anna Stoa
Grace Matthews
Sarah Tippit

I am going to try my best to go to this event to peek into these active artist's studios.

Happy studio visiting! ~ Jaime Lyerly

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Gatherings - Oil Pastel drawings by Jaime Lyerly

Obsession comes in many forms.

I have many obsessions, here are five that are intricately tied to this post.

I am obsessed with psychological color.
I am obsessed with the abstracted figure.
I am obsessed with learning.
I am obsessed with exploring my interior space.
I am obsessed with new experiences.

Rather than show you the encaustic paintings and fiber/wax sculptures that I am in the process of making (those pictures to come soon), I want to share with you an obsession that I had from November 2009 to January 2010 - A series of drawings in oil pastel and pencil that have taken on a life of their own.

I started doing drawing of bulbous figurative forms to describe a Family Constellation (energy healing) workshop that I participated in November 2009. I wanted to find a way to document the experience without the words that seemed so inadequate.

I was fascinated by the abstract and yet recognizable quality of the forms, and started intuitively drawing them. And draw them, and draw them, again and again. They have spilled out onto drawings on board, shapes in fabric, encaustic paintings, and embroideries, but I come back to the Moleskine to continue to work out my obsession with them.

Now that I have been embroidering and knitting forms at night instead of using the oil pastels, I thought it was time to share these creations.

The sketchbook drawings are not "finished" art work, but rather a process that I enjoy exploring. They inspire more finished work in other forms that live outside of the sketchbook.

These are not exactly in chronological order but more of a general order of what came first. Here are the sketchbook pages:

Sometimes the figures are so obscured that they are no longer visible...

Gatherings 17, oil pastel and pencil on 8X5" Moleskine sketchbook © 20Jaime Lyerly

Remember those acrylic paintings I did in a frenzy of painting on claybord in August 2009? I covered some of them with paper a month later and still felt that they were not living up to their potential.

I felt it was time to bring these out of the sketchbook so I used the boards I had on hand. And now they have a new life by being part of this series. These feel more "finished" than the sketchbooks just because they are on something more suitable for public viewing.

Gatherings continued on board...

I have plans for these....
Some of these I have printed out onto cotton fabric and am embroidering on top of them.
Some of them may get covered in encaustic wax.
Some of them may never go anywhere outside of this blog post.
But all of them get to gather here now and have a presence.

I would love to hear your comments, and as always thank you for sharing your artistic journey with me.

~Jaime Lyerly

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Miya Hannan - Connectivity at Hyde Gallery

I just got back from seeing the Miya Hannan art show "Connectivity" at the Hyde Gallery, Grossmont Community College and it is AMAZING!

The show is open until February 25, 2010, and it is free.

My friend Starry came to see the show with me, and Grossmont Art Professor Jim Wilsterman stopped by to give us some more insight on the show.

The artist statement from Miya Hannan does a great job of putting these ethereal pieces into context. Here is the statement, which is slightly different from her Artist Statement on her website:

I have nothing but great things to say about this show, but for time purposes, I will leave you with her images. Please do go see it if you are in the area and let me know what you think. Seeing art in person is so much more inspiring than online, but this is for the time crunched or distance-challenged artists!

Happy Art Making! ~ Jaime Lyerly