Abbies Challenges Button Wood Print

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This little piece is meant to be a gallery button for my site, LiseWinne.net.

However I do have a small number of prints and products in this design.

Explanation:

Abbie Shores is a monitor on Fine Art America, and she runs weekly challenges. I sometimes join in on the fun to see if I can make anything out of the images she puts up.

Part of this piece was for the 18th challenge, one I did not win, but one where I learned a lot. I like the challenges because it gets me out of my rut of uploading art that looks like it was from yesteryear: fantasy art, tapestry designs, millefleurs, unicorns and so on.

In this piece, I keep to my habit of adding in a lot of detail, but in this case the theme is totally contemporary with practically day-glow colors, plus it features a girl with a cell phone, a type of situation I would never paint.

I have a bachelor's degree in Studio Art and a masters degree in Art Education. I used to be an art teacher and taught grades K - 12. In order to teach art in the public schools, I needed to learn a lot of mediums. I have carried this into my art studio as well, painting in one area of the studio and making altered digital photographs in another part of the studio. My primary mediums are painting, drawing, digital art, illustrations, cartoons, hand thrown pottery and relief sculpture. If you see pottery in my photographic work, it is my own hand-thrown piece. I have shown my work in galleries and through juried shows at art centers and museums. Some notables include The Delaware Art Museum, Haverford Center of the Arts,...