News — Art Inspiration

New Products in the Shop from Enkaustikos

Posted by Bethany Handfield on

We have some great new products in the shop from Enkaustikos. Their fabulous instructional DVD is a great way to begin your encaustic practice. Learn from the experts from Enkaustikos. In this instructional video you will learn why encaustic painting is so enticing to contemporary artists and what makes it different from other mediums. Artist Kathryn Bevier will open your eyes to a variety of techniques that can be accomplished with encaustic paints and mediums. When working on the a hotplate, keeping your paints in order is key. Encaustic painting tins are a great way to save and store your paints...

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Bee Alchemy & the Resurrection of Dreaming & Anatomy of a Meadowlark Exhibitions

Posted by Bethany Handfield on

I would like to cordially invite you to my two current exhibitions. Both of these were made possible by the lovely folks at the Meadowlark Nature Festival asking me to be their featured artist for 2015. Part of that fabulous deal is also getting an exhibition at the Penticton Art Gallery. So awesome! Anatomy of a Meadowlark is currently running at Saint Germain Cafe | Gallery until  June 3rd. Located at 102 - 449 Main St, Penticton you can view all of my meadowlark paintings including the 2015 Meadowlark Nature Festival painting  "Meadowlarking" (prints available).   Bee Alchemy & the...

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Irwin Greenberg's Primer for Artists

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“Like a lot of realist painters, I started teaching as a way to stabilize my income. I was amazed to discover that it would be one of the most meaningful experiences of my life. Somehow everything I had learned in my life found a place in the studio classroom. In addition, teaching forced me to objectify my thoughts and make them comprehensible to my students. But the greatest reward by far was getting to know that special kind of person, the art student. Their hunger to learn, and commitment to what Henri called the art spirit, has been a never-ending...

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