R. West Arts

Where I started at my first art show featuring my paintings plus my jewelry in 2022 to my mixed media booth and work from this year.
It has been an exciting journey of exploring and growing!
Come see me at:
Art On The Commons in Kettering Aug 9th https://fraze.com/art-on-the-commons-2024/
ARTfest on Main in Sprinboro on Aug 29.

Even though I loved this monoprint (right) as it was from two years ago, it was not getting much attention at shows.
I think I may have solved that problem with a little mixed media paints and some good old out of the box thinking. 😉🧡

I had the pleasure of attending Kate Santucci's Encaustic Collage class last night. What a wonderful experience with the small class size and having a chance to learn, explore and get to know Kate.
My piece is a combination of wax, stabilo crayons, Mulberry paper and most interestingly, snippets from an old German grammar book.
I took her intro class a few months ago to help correct some mistakes I had been making and am looking forward to taking her Encaustic Textures class later this summer. https://www.katehusersantucci.com/

🌟🌟Calling all student artists! Applications are now open!
Students artists must be age 1-22 and currently enrolled in school.

https://artfestonmain.com/student-artist-application/

Please note, due to space and to decrease “no shows” we have implemented a small fee for booths.

I was finally able to take my first in-person Encaustic class. Even though I have been working with encaustic on my own for about 6 months, I still learned so much and came home energized!
Thanks Kate Santucci and to all that made this class happen.

Going on over a month of no studio. But at least my temp space comes with a cat.

Not able to use any hot wax techniques right now in the dinning room. 😔

They are finally painting the walls today but no word yet on new flooring. Grrrrrrrr.

Apparently ripping apart my art studio is going to become an annual spring event. Last year the water heater flooded the room and I was out of commission for 2 months. This year, sump pump failure and it's one month and counting.
All during the rush to finish projects for art show application deadlines. Ugh!!!