Julie A. Smith Hughes: Artist, Educator, Wife, and Mother of two daughters.

Welcome to this blog - it will document a year's worth of notes, ideas, and progress. January 2012 begins this collection.

27 February 2012

Time flies.
I worked on several small canvases months ago - added washes of acrylic, unified the cluster into one with color, imagery and text.  Together they represent moments and experiences of last summer. 


All were tucked away, packed, moved to a new town, unpacked and recently recognized as incomplete work in need of attention.  Pondering what to do with these - thought I would honor the content already there and not wipe out with a fresh coat of white....tempting... but chose to try integrating current imagery and thoughts - adding another layer, representing the journey and now. 


Work in progress - will continue to explore layers, imagery, more text, maybe collage, and the relationship between each one and the other 8. 



13 February 2012

Week 5 & 6: Jan 30-Feb 12

 Bits and pieces of shape and line from inside:

            
        ...imagine and give shape to your world...trust whatever comes.  Rilke




 and from outside:








01 February 2012

Week 4: Jan 23-29

Exploring layers the past week - acrylic on canvas with pencil and charcoal.  Images shown are small details - overall a bit blah - may need to add more contrast or be influenced by color during lunch.  Unfinished layers - will show up here again.