Ruth's Art Process on You Tube

2011 VSA Submission

We submitted Ruth's art for the national VSA competition this weekend. We are so proud of her pieces! These are encaustic prints mounted on wood, and mounted again on 16x16 MDF boards. The first is "Seasons" where she did 9 panels depicting spring to winter, and the second is "Colors", 4 panels in which she did the same scene in monochrome to capture different feelings by color.  (It is so difficult to get the nature of encaustic to photograph well! Because it is wax, using a flash causes a reflection,and without a flash you can't see the detail. )

Playing with Encaustic

Ruth has been working hard at Encaustic getting ready for her art submission next month. She also has been asked to be the featured artist at the monthly "Art Walk" in Gig Harbor for the month of July. The local artist group have an official organization of about 200 artists. They are excited to have her become part of their community. There have been several inquiries into buying her art.
Ruth also had an amateur video made of her doing her art by her classmates in her video production class at school. We will be getting a copy and can't wait to see if it's worthy of sharing with all of you!

Art Contest for Artists with Disabilities

Know an artist 16-25 years old that also has a disability? Then you may want to encourage them to enter the VSA's Annual "National Juried Exhibition for Emerging Artists with Disabilities".  Ruth spent the day with an artist who owns a local gallery getting inspiration and ideas for her submissions, due by June 10, 2011.

Published!

A sample of Ruth's encaustic work was in the school district's spring newspaper this month, front page and in color!
Ruth is back to working on new pieces so hopefully we will get this site up and running.  I still need help with creating pages/buttons if anyone knows how! THANKS!

Ukrainian Sand Art

This technique of coloring sand and using in art is unique to the southern part of Ukraine where Ruth lived.

Encaustic

Nature scenes in hot wax