Ronna Sarvas Weltman

On October 16, The Wooden Cow welcomes nationally recognized polymer clay artist and author, Ronna Sarvas Weltman. Ronna’s unique aesthetic and innovative techniques are showcased in her book – Ancient Modern: Polymer Clay + Wire Jewelry. As the title of her book suggests Ronna’s work has an aged yet timeless feel. While not directly recreating natural elements her work has the look of feel of bone and sinew, seeds and pods. Ronna will be  discussing her work, which will be on display and for sale throughout the weekend.

This is an event that can’t be missed for the jewelry or polymer clay enthusiast!! I’m bringing my mom!

Peace,

Raine

The Cow

Into the Shadows

Our Into the Shadows: An Exploration of Dark Art show is coming together nicely – we have a wide variety of work with a lot of different takes on “dark art”.
Our featured artists are  Fenton Ayres and Robert Vander Voord
and our show participants are
Eliza Schmid • Fennel Blythe •  Ivan Boyd
Regina Portscheller • Julie D’arcy
Paul Jameson •  Christopher Hatcher
Rubye McBride • Jonathon Arno
Terry Duncan • ShaRi Brooks • Raine Klover

New Hours

Hi!

So we changed our hours as of September 1 – new hours are Wednesday – Saturday – 10am – 6pm and Sundady noon – 5pm. Just a head’s up!

Rachel Harris

Some of you may have heard that one of our AlteredVisions artists, Rachel Harris, was injured recently while rock climbing.  Rachel suffered a skull fracture and is currently in a local hospital recovering. Taking her place at our opening reception is her boyfriend, Denver Dobbins, and possibly her parents who have flown in from out of state to be with her.

Unfortunately Rachel is one of many artists who is uninsured.  At the opeinng, we will be accepting donations on her behalf to help her out during this difficult time.  Stop by the cash wrap if you would like to donate or if you would just like to sign the get well card we will have there also.

Bruce McCollum discussing his work!

Napkin Art has been around almost as long as the cheap, disposable, fragile media has been in existence. Everything from Atom bombs to Zoology has found expression on its brilliant white surface. Since the creative effort takes place in a public space it is the ultimate in peoples art and stands beside performance art in its immediacy and transparency.

 

I began drawing in public spaces in 1999 to help get over the apprehension I had about people seeing my art. I found that the small squares of black & white delighted those that received them and often memorialized one or another event. I would hear that…”To-day is our anniversary” or “I just arrived in Albuquerque to-day.” So they sometimes became more than a simple piece of free art.

 

I drew in bars and restaurants and gave away hundreds of drawings over 11 years. I kept several hundred more. The ones I liked I scanned into Photoshop and colorized. Out of those I selected 100+ to make into digital prints, watercolors and Acrylic paintings. I have shown the paintings in some restaurants. This is my second formal showing, both at the Wooden Cow.

 

Bruce B. McCollum

ATC Group 7/11!!

Hi,
Our fledgling artist trading card group is meeting again tomorrow – July 11th. Our optional theme this month is “Illustration”. I did some doodling on watercolor paper and then scanned those images, in Photoshop I layered the doodles over photos of some of my encaustic pieces and a few photographs from the last week or so. And voila! – ATC goodness! For more information about out ATC group go here! – Raine

Liz Marx Studios Trunk Show! – June 25th

On the heels of our awesome Kathleen Dustin event – we are already gearing up for a visit from another fabulous artist – Liz Marx!  Liz is a glass artist from Los Angeles and a quick peak at her website is all you need to see that her work is gorgeous – simple lines and beautiful glowing colors!  Liz will be available to discuss her work and we’ll have refreshments as always!  Stop by and join the party!

Kathleen Dustin!!!!!

We are all getting so excited about Kathleen Dustin’s visit to The Wooden Cow!! Her work is jaw-droppingly amazing. And she’s in the Smithsonian – I’ve never met anyone who has work in the Smithsonian – but I will on Friday!!!  Good art mojo!!!

Can you believe that this is polymer clay??? And it’s a purse?????   It’s just too gorgeous for words.

Gearing Up For Classes

We are headed into our next season of classes at the Cow – and we have so many to offer it’s hard to give them all their due. One of our most prolific teachers is Rick May. Rick is a true master and a very cool guy – his art is amazing and watching him bring out the creative side of his students is equally awesome.  Watching some of the artistic journeys we’ve witnessed his students take has been very inspiring.  Rick teaches in a variety of mediums.  Check out his website to see some of his work and check out his classes here.

Artist Biography
Rick was born in Maryland and currently resides in Albuquerque, NM

He has been an artist since the age of 12, when he composed his first oil painting of his pet Siamese cat, “Rajah.”

Rick is a 1975 graduate of Western Maryland College, Westminster, Maryland with a B.S. in Commercial Arts, as well as being a graduate of The Art Instruction Schools of Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he learned basic art courses such as Pencil Drawing, Pen and Ink among others. He now prides himself as being a multi-/mixed-media artist.

He has used his art and his teachings in almost every employment opportunity he has encountered. He has been an oil painter since the age of 12 and has over the past several years pursued other medias such as pastels and gourds mixed with polymer and paper clay to form artistic Kachina dolls and Native look-a-like pottery. He has sold his work in several Old Town Galleries as well as from his Web site: www.osoartworksartgallery.exactpages.com. His acrylic work can be seen at Travel Centers of America here in Albuquerque where he produced a large three panel Montage of Albuquerque for the center.

Rick’s art has been recognized on many occasions, He was selected as one of the bicentennial mural artists for his college, to produce an enormous wall mural for the celebration of this country’s bicentennial in 1976. His love for designing logos won him the prestigious honor of having created Maryland’s Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) logo, and he has been honored with a number of First, Second and Third Place ribbons for his artwork at Virginia’s State Fair in past years

“Art communicates with my inner soul through my creative self expression as a Realist. I love to produce varied subject matter from reality to fantasy realism but in a believable way. Creating the 3 dimensional is my greatest challenge as its form is viewed from all angles. My work differs from others in its inventive uniqueness and the mixed medias to produce it. Others and I see my creative mind in my work, expressing itself in form, color and textures, whether real or fashioned. I am inspired by what I see in daily life and by my love for the Native American culture—its designs, colors and forms influence much of my current artwork”

“It is to this end, that I want to share my knowledge of good basic art skills with my students, so that they can release the inner artist from within…. to grow, create, experiment, and to soar above their wildest dreams…that they too can become an artist!”

Classes

Introduction to Pastels

Basic Drawing

Beginning Pen & Ink Drawing

Acrylics for Beginners

Advanced Pencil Drawing

Advanced Pen & Ink Drawing

Advanced Acrylics

Last week for “Waste Not”

If you haven’t seen it yet stop by and check out “Waste Not” – full of recycled art-y goodness!