Busy with art lately...

Winthrop Art Festival just before leaving for six weeks in Atlanta.

Painted a mural in our granddaughter's nursery.  They are big Kentucky Derby fans so horses, of course, of course.

Detail of Kaitlyn's Nursery Mural

Tropical Heatwave art show in the Cuban Club on Saturday, May 12. 

Rented a studio in the historic Santaella Cigar Factory building at 1906 Armenia at Spruce.  (Come visit, but call first to be sure I am in that day.)

Created a facebook page for my art:  http://www.facebook.com/GraceMcKeeArtist.

Painted live at the art social at Wimauma Restaurant on South MacDill sponsored by Pat Sanchez, Everything Eclectic.  My painting: 



Wimauma Restaurant slogan:  Where Cracker Meets Cuisine

Whew!  Think I will take a break!

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Studying Gyotaku

My fellow artist Margaret Morley and I recently attended the Nature Printing Society's National Conference in Ft. Collins, Colorado.  We spent HOURS rubbing fish! 

One day was spent in a class based on the direct method.  Inks are applied directly to the fish and paper is placed on the fish.

The second day was spent on the basics of the indirect method.  After preparing the fish, fabric is carefully placed on the fish.  Tampos are used to apply inks--many tampos and many, many, many taps.

The highlight of the trip, the reason we went to Colorado, was two days of study with Japanese gyotaku master Mineo Ryuka Yamamoto of the International Fish Print Studio, Saitama, Japan .  I had planned to go to Japan, but the tsunami disrupted that plan.  So I was thrilled to find that Mineo Sensai would be in Colorado.

These were intense days with HOURS AND HOURS of tapping tampos on our fishes, but the resulting artwork was unbelievable!

Interested in a workshop?  Email Grace at grace.mckee@live.com.