The Art Blog

Hello dear friends…the long awaited video is now officially released.  Organic Alchemy: Studio Visit with Alicia Tormey You can also view it in a larger format on my website : AliciaTormey.com or my Facebook page .  Thank you for watching! 

The spirit of the west is alive and well on the working ranch of artist Theodore Waddell . I was recently invited to his studio for a visit and was immediately impressed by how prolific he is as an artist.    Stacks of canvases fill a corner of the studio.  My favorite piece ...this little bronze horse and rider. Above is a detail of the heavy texture and thick application of paint that carries Waddell's work beyond the Western genre and into a more contemporary realm of art. a new work in progress hangs on the studio wall The studio, located on a small ranch in central Idaho, is housed in an actual barn that is also home to his many horses.  In the back is a large area devoted to painting where generous mounds of oil paint line a well-used worktable and several works-in-progress hang on the surrounding walls.  oil paint laid out in mounds larger than my fist spreads out across a worktable  work...

This week I met up with my friend and fellow encaustic painter, Joyce Gehl , for my own private viewing of her current solo exhibition at the Patricia Rovzar Gallery . The show titled, Flight of the Caterpillar, features Gehl’s lush and layered photo-encaustics that depict ethereal landscapes and macro views of nature. Photo-Encaustic by Joyce Gehl. Detail of Gehl's work showing surface texture. I was struck by the beauty and texture of her finished surfaces. To fully appreciate the subtleties that make her work so compelling you need to see these paintings in person. You’ll have to hurry though…the show comes down May 2nd. For more information visit Joyce Gehl’s website and the Patricia Rovzar Gallery . Joyce Gehl at work in her studio. My afternoon with Joyce continued on and from the gallery show we headed over to TASTE in the  Seattle Art Museum for a delightful lunch and another peek at my show that is still on display there thru June 12th. We t...