Ayeka, Mixed media, 9 x 12″, 2019. Ayeka? Where are you? The inspiration for the artwork comes from various things- my love for all things science and the art of diagrams, for one. The idea of skin and a barrier to outside forces, and a sermon on Ayeka, delivered via video conferencing, due to aContinue reading “Ayeka?”
Author Archives: Chelsea
Tropical Cat
Tropical Cat, Mixed Media – collage, Gelli printing, ink drawing, watercolor, 2018. I have gotten so far behind on documenting completed artworks – there will be a spree of posts coming up. This one I completed when I was in Boston last summer for the TAB (Teaching Artistic Behaviors) art teacher grad class extraordinary weekContinue reading “Tropical Cat”
Mona
Mona, Collage, watercolor, marker, color pencil, 2019. I started this Mona Lisa homage years ago, as a magazine face collaged on to a black marker drawing. At that time, I was sorely missing the coastal parts of North Carolina, which had been our home state for eight years. I just rediscovered this unfinished piece inContinue reading “Mona”
South Dakota Landscape
South Dakota, Embroidery, acrylic paint, denim, pine needles, 2019. Last summer, I enjoyed a week with family, just outside Rapid City, South Dakota. The porch offered a serene view of the Black Hills. I sat and meditatively stitched on the legs of my cut-off jeans, as my children, nieces, and nephews played.
PB & J
PB & J, Embroidery, felted wool, acrylic paint, 2019. Chelsea Hayes. I have been enjoying a different type of mixed media lately – embroidery, felting, and painting. If embroidery is like drawing with a needle and thread, then felting is like painting with roving and a needle. My son promptly claimed this art for hisContinue reading “PB & J”
Chicken Head
I am at a week-long class for TAB (teaching for artistic behaviors) art teachers in Boston – TAB summer institute at Mass Art. I am working alongside and learning from the pioneers of art education, every day for a week! I’m listening, sharing, questioning, wrestling with ideas, and honing my favorite art form of allContinue reading “Chicken Head”
Postcard Project Day 14
Marker & ink pen. 2018.
Postcard Project Day 13
Color pencil, marker, ink pen. 2018.
Postcard Project Day 12
Collage, found items, watercolor, thread. 2018.
Postcard Project Day 11
Watercolor, marker, ink pen. 2018.
