Tuesday, April 29, 2008

BREWERY ARTWALK





I spent a wonderful long day at the Brewery Artist's Colony with my good friend Tim who was here from Texas! I had heard vaguely about it-but wow-it was so intense! They have taken the old Pabst Beer Brewery and converted it into work spaces for all types of artists There are hundreds of working artists living there and alot of the studios are amazing-everywhere we looked there was incredible art-and living spaces-It was so inspiring. I really feel like this is where my heart is as an artist-just doing work-discovering what my true north really is. I've started to tell people that I will quit teaching soon-after the book hoopla- I just feel that this is right for me now
So check out the pictures on my flickr site-Words cant really describe it-but I was very jealous of these artists
I'll blog more tomorrow-Im off to Art and Soul on Friday so Im pretty swamped-as always but a good swamped!

SOME AMAZING ARTISTS THAT LIVE AND WORK AT THE BREWERY!
I've listed their links at the right as they are definitely worth a look! Check it out=please!

Mike Pedersen-trippy beautiful sepia Photographs

Psycho Girl Friend-WOW-Burning Man dresses-and incredible outfits made of barbies and what all

Dave Lefner-Reduction Linocut Printmaking-go see this

MIke Tracy-like the first dude we saw and the coolest illustrations

Sophie dia Pegrum-uses beautiful calligraphic marks in her circular pieces

Winifred Johnson Brewer-ok hands down the artist that floated my boat-beautiful spare collages ( google her)

Airom Bleicher-Lovely colors and animals

Leigh Salgado-Paper cut to reveal patterns-mounted away from the wall so the shadows cast are part of the artwork! Great(Google her too)

OK-THATS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG-I THINK THEY HAVE THIS IN THE FALL TOO-DEFINITELY GO GO GO!!

www.breweryartwalk.com

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Begin at the beginning-PORTLAND!




So -I need to write about my recent adventures! and there are so many-I think I'll start-thats what I tell my students- begin anywhere!
My trip to Portland was really wonderful! I taught a Fabric Book class and here are some samples-check out more images in the Flickr link at the right, amazing and talented artists! I know that times were a bit tough in the past for the Portland Calligraphy Guild-but they are back big Time!!
I stayed in the most beautiful house-the home of Meri and Steve Taylor-what an incredible blessing-they treated me immediately to a great dinner cooked by Steve-Saturday night we had planned to go to Mary Ann David's for dinner and ended up in the emergency room! She tripped and fell on her shoulder and was in great pain so off we went-but in a way it was really fun-she made us laugh the whole time! She lives in a fairy tale house-lovely art on all her walls-and a killer studio-so beautiful-see the house on my site!
We laughed so much-Mary Ann still came to class the next day and completed her book-true calligraphic trooper that she is!
Heres a page from her book!( top one!)

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Montana Photos are up now!



Oh-I had every intention of blogging it all tonight but must crash-more tomorrow-all my mOntana and Portland pics are now up'
Heres a sample of the cover of my new DVD-sorry-cant seem to isolate it from Somerset cover!Thank you for the huge response to my dvd!

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

I'VE BEEN VERY BAD

No...-it cant be a month and a half since I've blogged-can it be? OK-Ive been to Portland, The Chicago quilt show, the Brewery Art Walk , and most recently Montana! So much to share with everyone! OK_I will ! I swear!!
ALSO
MY DVD HAS ARRIVED!!
Yes -from CCP videos-its me in the fabled dvd HandLettering on Fabric, a Bali Lantern Workshop. Its really good-the camera catches all my calligraphy strokes and wash techniques-You can order from me -send me an email! lisae28@earthlink.net-I will personalize your dvd and send you a special gift! Online the price is $33.95-but I'm offering my dvd from my website for only $29.95 plus $4 shipping. The mailing address for your check is Lisa Engelbrecht, PO Box 3815, Seal Beach, CA 90740-7815
Oh and check out the preview at www.ccpvideos.com. there are so many other great art dvds there too to check out!

I promise to write about my lovely experiences-but my photos are now up on the flickr account if you'd like a sneak peek!( link on the right-right here!)_