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My goal, as an art specialist, is to encompass many disciplines and cultures through art. As Woodrow Wilson's program develops, I would like students and teachers to make connections, with the unique art forms they create, to the study of history, literature, art, science, technology, math, and most importantly, their natural environment. Through art I want our students to learn about relations between themselves and the larger world - where paper and writing tools come from, how paint originated and can still be made by natural materials, how gardens are planted and harvested, and concluding that all art materials and personal expressions come from their soul connected with the earth - and to draw their own conclusions with this knowledge. My goal, as an educator, is to enrich a student's life and inspire their hope for the future.

Most of our best art production resources are within 100 yards of where our body is standing at any given time. Before the printing press of the 1400s, paper was made from many things besides the tree. For example, Mezo-American parchment paper was first created from animal hide. The amount of animals needed to produce a book would depend on the size of the animals being eaten the most. It normally took between 100 - 200 animals to create a 500 page book.

Textiles, linens, and fabrics are still some of the most popular papers and canvases. We can create art in our own soil, in our own driveway, inside of a found box in our house. Many of the plants, foods, spices, rocks, and even insects around us have color pigment and and have been used to create paint. Some seeds and wasp's nests produce a black ink. Our drawing or painting tool could be a feather, stick or twig. Many of the finest textures can be found on the surfaces that surround us. As artists we can capture those textures using endless techniques. Any soil, rich with clay, can be formed into a pot or a 3d object and fired in many natural ways.

We must explore and enjoy the natural world around us as we create art.
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"RisingSun" //texture rubbing on fine linen paper with ink transfer line drawings// ||

"Yellowstone" //multiple color texture rubbings on assortment of linen papers with ink transfer line drawings// ||

"Fault" //multiple color texture rubbings on assortment of linen papers with ink transfer line drawings// ||
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"Druids" //multiple color texture rubbings on assortment of linen papers with ink transfer line drawings// || "Andy" //multiple color texture rubbings on assortment of linen papers with blind contour ink transfer// ||

"Zorro" //blind contour drawing using Oak Gall ink made from galls of oak tree and wasps nests on handmade paper washed with hand made saffron paint// and //Coco's horse hair// ||
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"Bodie" //Modified blind contour drawing using hand made Oak Gall Ink and texture rubbings// ||

"Lounge" //Collage// //created from various texture rubbings within the same building and "Coco's" horse hair// //mounted on four plates and wood// "ITALY"//Watercolor, Gandria// ||

"Lost Keys" //A 4-piece calligraph plate frottage rubbing print - fine linen pape//r || "Popcorn"//Large scale, charcoal// || //"//Mt. Olympus"//Acrylic// || //Celebrating two years of pure pigment paintmaking. I will probably never again use commercial pigment.// ||
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"Brunch"//Hand make ink, hand made paper, raw tools and pure pigment - screaming organic!// || "Wasatch Park"//Hand made oak gall ink, pure pigment, raw tools!// || "Trail Ride" //Collage// ||
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"Best Reds" ||

Hand made glaze on porcelain - wax resist,high fire ||

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