tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46124619493441183132024-02-07T03:43:15.255-08:00Infiniti CrowDIANA CAMPBELL RICEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760490865876645426noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4612461949344118313.post-80641414514824138752011-07-12T16:00:00.000-07:002011-07-12T16:04:13.378-07:00Add Text to Acrylic Paintings <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Wish</em>, Acrylic, 3"x3", Diana Campbell Rice</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ok, I admit it is an interesting process. New techniques in art are much like any new learning process -- you do it until you have mastered it. I have created four small paintings specifically so I could add text to them. I have been in quite the abstract mood, so...the paintings reflect that, plus, I just like the controlled randomness of the design. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Angel Muse Set</em>, Acrylic, 3"x3", Diana Campbell Rice</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">So far, I like this painting the best, <em>Wish</em>, top right, and it was the first one I did. I particularly like the colors and how the text was incorporated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The next design, found in the <em>Angel Muse Set</em>, was created as the final painting in the set. Not sure if you can read the text...<em>where angels dare to tread -- </em>Perfect for bringing out the expression I wanted for this collection. Very pleased with the new addition -- finally, it all works.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It is so fun to stretch and try new techniques. If you are interested in learning how to add print or any image to acrylic paintings, just follow the link and...experiment!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Cheers!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">DCR</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://www.calsk8.com/zeitgeist/acrylicgeltransfers.htm">Here's a link to an indepth discussion on how to do it.</a></span>DIANA CAMPBELL RICEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760490865876645426noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4612461949344118313.post-65870527358292539472011-03-23T13:29:00.000-07:002011-03-23T13:34:52.108-07:00The elegant art of saying thank you <br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="color: white;"><strong><em>The gracious art of sending a personal Thank You note has almost disappeared from the human landscape.</em></strong> </span></span> Quite often these days, we say thanks through our electronic devices and social media. Expressing appreciation is important, no matter how it gets done, but nothing replaces a hand-written note. The receiver <em>knows </em>you had to go out of your way. </span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>Doors & Hallways, Organic Zen, Watercolor, Diana Campbell Rice</em></strong></td></tr>
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>The personal note expresses you in so many ways...</strong>it is tactile and offers info about your tastes and sentiments. Stuck for something to say? I offer an article with the words needed for many occasions, including professional. Please feel free to use in your notes. Just scroll down on this site until you reach the topic titled <strong>Pages</strong>. Click on <em>Write a Memorable Thank You Note</em>...and you have a great resource for a penned Thank You card.</span></div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Need a card? I offer those too, and at great prices...$2 per card in the sets... for beautiful, professional art prints. Here is the link.<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://dcrdesign.us/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://dcrdesign.us/</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><em><span style="color: orange;">Enjoy, and write that Thank You note,</span></em></strong> you will make a lasting impression!</span></div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Diana</span>DIANA CAMPBELL RICEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760490865876645426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4612461949344118313.post-42131786663799750352011-03-09T19:36:00.000-08:002011-03-09T19:39:43.554-08:00Schedule Creativity? Yeah, it works!<span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Where did the time go?</strong></span><br />
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<em><strong><span style="color: black;">Watercolor & ink, Diana Campbell Rice</span></strong></em></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Lately, I find my self more and more involved commenting on face book than writing my blogs -- including this one, which ties directly to my sales site. So, I knew it was time to have a discussion with myself about priorities, creativity and a plan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><em>Creating art for the specific purpose of selling -- either originals, prints or notes -- is just like any other business.</em> You have to work at it. Marketing, promoting and selling art is a necessary part of the business plan and these days, it includes social media. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I write because I really, really enjoy it. This blog shares my art, philosophy and some good tips for other artists. I paint and draw because I love it. So, how does that fit into a creativity plan?</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Plan</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">1. Just like a job - you go to work at a certain time and finish at a specific time. Pick the times that work best for you (a schedule) and stick with it. Think about your daily routine and schedule a time frame when you won't be interrupted.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">2. Give yourself some adjustment time in the studio -- 15 mins. or so to mental review your project for the day. Think about your work -- gather your ideas.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">3. Make sure you have the supplies you need -- nothing is as bothersome and disrupting as running out of paint, paper...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">3. When you are in the studio at your scheduled time, avoid distractions, including, kids, spouses, friends, and phone calls. Often, people don't get it that when you are creating in the studio, you are actually working. You have one goal -- create -- don't confuse that with laundry, food prep, house cleaning, chatting with friends or appointments.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">4. Dress the part -- I love my painting clothes, apron, etc. Wearing them is the signal for me that I am ready to paint.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">5. Take care of yourself and prepare for your work day -- eat something before you start; have a beverage handy and take regular timed breaks.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">6. Build in a schedule that includes all the activities you need to get done -- for example -- Mon./Wed./Fri. - create/painting time; Tues. - blog, social media, return emails, work-related phone calls; Thurs. -- all the other stuff it takes to keep the studio flowing -- meetings, shopping, errands, mailing, responding, packaging, etc. (You can mix and match on Tues./Thurs. because life happens).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I am working with my creativity plan with good result. I hope these ideas help you put together a plan that keeps you creating!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">My art is offered at <a href="http://www.dcrdesign.us/">http://www.dcrdesign.us/</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Cheers,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">DCR </span>DIANA CAMPBELL RICEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760490865876645426noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4612461949344118313.post-31500659341590307292011-02-08T14:40:00.000-08:002011-02-08T15:07:55.074-08:00Acrylics -- how to keep the paint wet and a great class for beginners.<span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Acrylic Painting -- you learn to move with it</strong></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>Muse 1 and Muse 2, acrylic and pen, 3x3", Diana Campbell Rice</em></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><em>Talk about a whole new art experience.</em></strong> I am taking an acrylics painting class and it has taken me out of my comfort zone in a big way. My forte has been painting in watercolor with a little foray into oils. Acrylic-based painting is an animal of a different color. Here is a set of four small painting I recently completed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Acrylic-based paints are a hugely versatile medium and can be applied to any oil and wax free surface. For an artist, it means acrylics can be used for almost any purpose -- painting on pottery, clothing, wood, glass, in addition to canvas or paper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><em>To put it simply, acrylic paint is fabulous</em></strong>. . . but unlike oil paints, acrylics dry very quickly. As I learned, ff you’re not careful you can end up destroying brushes and wasting paint.</span><br />
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<strong><em>acrylic, 3x3", Diana Campbell Rice</em></strong></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The secret is to keep the brushes in water until you can thoroughly clean them -- do not let the paint dry on them or any reason. And, I recommend cleaning your brushes after each painting session.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><em>Oh, and what about wasted paint</em></strong> -- it will dry right on your palette. Here is a link to a great article on paint-saving tips -- or how to keep your acrylic paints wet on the palette. I have used these tips and can tell you -- they work. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="http://emptyeasel.com/2009/08/11/how-to-keep-your-acrylic-paints-wet-on-the-palette/">http://emptyeasel.com/2009/08/11/how-to-keep-your-acrylic-paints-wet-on-the-palette/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><em>Also, I am providing a link to the class I am taking at The Foundry.</em></strong> The class is taught by artist, Linda Osburn. She is an amazing teacher -- supportive with beginners; answers all your questions and nurtures individual expression. You can contact The Foundry directly for information on this and future classes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I can say I am on my way to becoming an acrylic artist. Man!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Cheers,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DCR </span>DIANA CAMPBELL RICEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760490865876645426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4612461949344118313.post-57471088833285444212011-01-28T18:48:00.000-08:002011-01-28T18:51:18.418-08:00A whole new look -- art + movement & music -- I like it<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kiss, Organic Zen<br />
Diana Campbell Rice</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><em><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Talk about inspiration</span></em></strong>...revamping my art website renewed my art spirit. Funny how that works! I have an amazing web designer who is not only creative, but actually cares about what I think. Seeing my art and fine art note cards displayed on my sales site with movement and music made me see them in a new way. It was so refreshing to view my work in an updated format. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><em><span style="color: #f6b26b;">The purpose of any sales website is, of course, sales.</span></em></strong> As an artist, the entire image of the web site matters to me -- from the words, to visual, to ease of purchase. I wanted to delight visitors with my art work and cards...and create a site that helps them move from image to image easily. I especially like the purchase page on this site featuring mini-versions of each of my current collections -- it is so helpful for purchasers.</span></div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><strong><em>Thanks to the Rice Agency for capturing my work beautifully and designing a site with visitors in mind.</em></strong></span> If you are interested in a website, I recommend Rice Agency -- 661.588.2488. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Here is the link to my new website: </span><a href="http://www.dcrdesign.us/"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">www.dcrdesign.us</span></a> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-- take a look. I would love your feedback.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Sincerely,</span></div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">DCR</span>DIANA CAMPBELL RICEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760490865876645426noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4612461949344118313.post-55320211482721330662010-12-08T11:10:00.000-08:002010-12-08T11:14:30.799-08:00Abstracts and Self-Value...a learning experience<strong><em></em></strong> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>Sunset Geo, Organic Zen Note Cards, Diana Campbell Rice, </em></strong><br />
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</tbody></table><strong><em></em></strong> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Watercolor abstracts have been holding my attention for awhile. There are times when I just love the freedom abstract impression gives me. I am free to let my mind wander and my hands along with it. This one, <em>Sunset Geo</em>, is one of the images in my latest line of fine art notecards, <em>Organic Zen</em>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">A friend, CJ Jones, recently shared a post from social media guru, Jim Kukral, with the advice to stop devaluing what you know - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSIJipEhUhY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSIJipEhUhY</a> I think many artists do just that -- they depend upon others to tell them their work is "good". So many times we view our pieces as successful only if someone buys them. I know, I have been there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">This past year I have had the opportunity and time to explore, express and value -- value my own artistic ability and let it be expressed. Yeah, I appreciate sales as much as anyone and depend upon them. But what I have learned in this past year isn't about trending my art toward sales...it has been about loving the expression in the form it takes. For me, art is sometime loose, casual drawings finished with watercolor and ink. Sometimes my art is totally whimsical, with a simple, structured, and focused charm. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Lately, the wildness and freedom of abstract design is all about trusting myself as an artist. I love this new sense of value...so Jim Kukral's post resonated with me. I hope you view it -- only a few minutes -- and take it to heart. Thanks, CJ, for sharing -- I will pass on the message -- it is a good one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Cheers...and...thinking of sales...the website to purchase my work is found at <a href="http://www.dcrdesign.us/">http://www.dcrdesign.us/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Best,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">DCR</span>DIANA CAMPBELL RICEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760490865876645426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4612461949344118313.post-83772580260991150772010-12-02T14:16:00.000-08:002010-12-02T14:23:52.179-08:00Texture/Splatter -- Yes, in watercolor!<span style="background-color: #f6b26b; color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong><em>For the love of trees</em></strong></span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I love trees. I love the movement of trees. In this abstract, titled Forest Sunset, I wanted to capture that movement without putting it into an actual drawing of a tree. My goal was to emphasize the feeling of the forest at sunset -- looking out through the trees. The techniques I used worked out well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">In this watercolor, pen and ink painting, I used a soft toothbrush dipped in the paint to cause the splatter and movement -- layering the splatter through each paint and dry cycle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I layered paint and splatters and used my favorite scratching tools to add texture and more movement -- again through each cycle. The sunset is representational with the orange lines and tiny circles. As a finishing touch I added the tiny orange squares.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Forest Sunset, is part of my newest line of greeting cards and small prints, Organic Zen, coming soon to my website <a href="http://www.dcrdesign.us/">http://www.dcrdesign.us/</a></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><em>Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. </em></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>- </em>Scott Adams</span></span> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br />
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DCRDIANA CAMPBELL RICEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760490865876645426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4612461949344118313.post-45513668871965263882010-11-18T12:11:00.000-08:002010-11-18T15:52:20.652-08:00Jody Hollier, photographer, artist, writer...an introduction...<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I am pleased to feature artist and colleague, Jody Hollier, on this week's blog. A talented professional, Jody's photos are insightful, warm and relevant. She captures images we probably all see... but somehow don't register as significant of touching beauty. I recommend you visit Jody's sites and support her as an artist. I asked Jody to talk about herself and her work in an Artist Statement. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Side note:</span> </span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Jody is the daugher of Judy Salamacha, a well-known community member, now living on the central coast</span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I grew up in Bakersfield, California, and at 18, life's adventures led me to Louisiana, where I attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and received a Bachelor's of Fine Arts. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My artwork reflects my fascination with details- the varied colors and forms of metal, the grace of a rain drop clinging to a berry and the many images that surround us and often go by unnoticed in the hurry of living. It is my intent to draw attention to these details, elevating them from a fleeting glance and to offer them some permanence in this world. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The link to my Etsy site (direct to the photography): <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/jahollier?section_id=7136262">http://www.etsy.com/shop/jahollier?section_id=7136262</a> </span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and to </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">my FB page is <a href="http://www.facebook.com/jodyhollierphotography">http://www.facebook.com/jodyhollierphotography</a></span><br />
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<div class="text_wrapper" style="display: block;"> ###</div><div class="text_wrapper" style="display: block;"></div><div class="text_wrapper" style="display: block;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I borrowed this quote from Jody's facebook page...I think it speaks to the heart of every artist:</span></div><div class="text_wrapper" style="display: block;">“I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is - Who in the world am I? -- Lewis Carroll</div>DIANA CAMPBELL RICEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760490865876645426noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4612461949344118313.post-40746218910022830432010-11-09T11:52:00.000-08:002010-11-09T11:52:49.631-08:00What was I thinking?<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: orange;">When you look at an art piece, do you wonder what the artist was thinking about? </span></strong> What was the vision? How did the artist arrive at the final work?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">For me, I usually have a general idea of of what it is I want to capture. In this case, I wanted to make a statement about Halloween in an abstract or representational format. I like the idea that the <em>lights </em>look vaguely like <em>candy corn</em>, while the black lines could represent a <em>spookish forest</em> and the <em>detailed dotting might conjure up the idea of poltergeists</em>. The repetition of orange in the background re-enforces the whole Halloween black and orange theme -- instantly identifiable. In looking at it again, it could also be reflective of Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de los Muertos).<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: orange;">This piece is available</span> as an <em>"Infiniti Crow Tiny Studio Art"</em> (5 x 7 in.) print and may be released as a fine art note card in the future. I have an entire theme of Halloween cards dancing in my mind -- mostly the cute variety. I have made them and given away to friends for years, but haven't really thought of commercializing a line.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Anyway, many All Hallows Nights come and gone...enjoy!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">DCR</span>DIANA CAMPBELL RICEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760490865876645426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4612461949344118313.post-44224491480765374722010-11-02T14:34:00.000-07:002010-11-02T15:01:02.913-07:00New Abstracts - Organic Zen<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong><em>Watercolor, Pen, Ink, Layering and Texturing</em></strong></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>Organic, Organic Zen</em>, Diana Campbell Rice, 5x7 card or larger print</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> </div> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In one of my posts I promised to add artwork I created recently using non-traditional techniques. This set, <em>Organic Zen</em>, features depth of watercolor through layering and the use of <a href="http://search.jerrysartarama.com/search?keywords=clayboard+scratching+tools">clayboard scratching tools</a>. I love the depth of color and textural touches. You can also see my love of detail with pen and ink additions in some of the pieces to complete the design. I encourage you to try the scratching tools in your own work. I was happy with the results after a bit of experimenting. Good luck!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>Kiss, Organic Zen</em>, Diana Campbell Rice, 5x7 card or larger print</td></tr>
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</div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Rice Agency photographs all my work and provides the digitization for print. I am very pleased with all the finished products, but in this group, it was especially difficult to capture the texturing. Great job by Rice Agency. The images turned out very nicely and will have great impact as fine art note cards on white, glossy, premium cover stock. This particular set, <em>Organic Zen</em>, is also suitable for 6 x 8 in. prints.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have included two images of the six cards in this set. They are very dramatic as note cards and certainly out of the ordinary. The set will be available soon through my website, <a href="http://dcrdesign.us/">dcrdesign.us</a> </span><br />
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Here is the link: <a href="http://contentdm.okeeffemuseum.org/">http://contentdm.okeeffemuseum.org/</a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ghost Ranch gives you a sense of the beauty of isolation -- underrated in our society by today's standards. The landscape is immense and private. It helps if you like the desert, which I do and find it irrevocably beautiful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Quite private in her later years, I applaud her sense of irreverance and a <em>comedia del arte</em> in pulling the legs of establishment-climbing critics.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">More info </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_O%27Keeffe"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_O%27Keeffe</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span>DIANA CAMPBELL RICEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760490865876645426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4612461949344118313.post-86249513036843836072010-10-26T16:44:00.000-07:002010-11-02T13:54:44.614-07:00Today isn't doing it for me...how to stay in the sacred creative zone... x10<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQnkGTiFXt3N2M2nla7001bJ3MsynTo9Ckog3yivGAY2-xF42SlCka8JlQtJ5pJdixatq4SCKmVL1M_-3DMf_iEsxprw1YNr206nwe0V_LB94ecFsavkVQC244xfQbLrLo9u_FsDa-X2ff/s1600/Bkmk1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; cssfloat: right; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQnkGTiFXt3N2M2nla7001bJ3MsynTo9Ckog3yivGAY2-xF42SlCka8JlQtJ5pJdixatq4SCKmVL1M_-3DMf_iEsxprw1YNr206nwe0V_LB94ecFsavkVQC244xfQbLrLo9u_FsDa-X2ff/s1600/Bkmk1.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh yeah, we have all been there. It doesn't matter if it is an art piece, a book chapter, craft...whatever, there are times when we sit in the studio and flip through a magazine -- anything, anything, rather than create. Worse, we don't even go into "the studio".</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been thinking about the tools I use to pull myself back into that creative zone -- the point where I actually paint or write. It might be called <em>looking for inspiration.</em> Here are some suggestions that might help you -- they work for me.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. First, you have to be in the physical space -- just commit to that part. Go into the studio or space where you do your thing -- create. If it is not at your home, get into the car and actually go there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You know what, I take back #1. Go sit on the patio or spread a blanket at the park or take up some room on your couch. Go visit your favorite coffee shop, clothing store, museum, cafe. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, do your thing. Shop , think, eat, look, take in nature...just let your mind wander -- don't force any issues -- and just be. It isn't inspirational to demean yourself because you aren't creating. That little demon only adds to your frustration and spiraling self-esteem. So you are going to mentally redirect your thoughts -- if the negative pops up, squash it. You will get back to the studio soon enough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Typically, <em><u>creative opposition</u></em> is a combination of external and internal forces:</span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #f1c232;">external</span></strong> -- the light doesn't work in your studio, so in order to produce, you have to find a new light bulb and put it in and all that.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #f1c232;">internal</span></strong> -- self-talk in the form of, "you know, my work isn't all that great anyway."</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Creativity is also about choices. You can choose to work your way past it. You can choose to coax yourself to work past it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Go online and look at other people's work. This inspires me to create every single time.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Go to several art galleries -- the atmosphere is 98% pure creativity -- you can't help but soak it up.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Get together with colleagues who create and see what they are up to. If you have a group or collaboration, get into a discussion about the illusive muse.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Buy new materials...love this one. I always want to use them right away.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. If you can't bring yourself to paint -- write about it -- think about your next project and put some goals (and sketches) on paper. Don't write a thesis here, just jot down some thoughts. Draw, doodle, connect.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. Play. Play with your paint on paper. Go back to creating a color wheel of your paints.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Really, once you pick up the brush...it's all good.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. Paint a familiar theme, landscape, style, still-life. This technique makes you feel good immediately -- you already know you are good at it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. Bring music into your studio.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Change the studio environment with candles, rearranged furniture, added artwork, posted sayings...you get the idea.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. Take a power walk around the block with the promise that when you return, you will go into the studio and do one of the things on this list. Exercise frees us, changes our head and gives us a new view.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">OK now. You can stumble, step, dive or slip into creativity.</span> Stay focused and positive even if it is coaxed or forced...you will soon move into that creative space again and naturally, easily, happily... do your thing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Best wishes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> </span>DIANA CAMPBELL RICEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760490865876645426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4612461949344118313.post-82907055499587670782010-10-21T15:36:00.000-07:002010-10-27T15:35:06.524-07:00Linked In...artists...connect!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> <br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjovDXKdMf416z-xLEBSOuLJIkesRAhTd5rf7mZlPgY1qTCXPCEL5HvBDsbG7yE_8gk62ZvbkDgWwFO53hiu_GvcHF2eNG03Yz0iwxywYzK_6FecphFh3Qv9k87S1QS_GhwUQAZZxOKjC0K/s1600/DSC_5850onOneColor_drkVignette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><strong><em></em></strong></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><em>As a professional artist, if you haven't joined LinkedIn -- you may want to do so...soon.</em></strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">You will need to create a free account to get used to using it, then can upgrade from there as it fits your needs. Go to this link <a href="http://learn.linkedin.com/what-is-linkedin/">http://learn.linkedin.com/what-is-linkedin/</a></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</tbody></table> <div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network with over 80 million members and growing rapidly. LinkedIn connects you to your trusted contacts and helps you exchange knowledge, ideas, and opportunities with a broader network of professionals.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">In the groups section, you can join groups that pertain to the arts community -- it puts you in contact with people in your specific area of interest.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Take a look...I am so glad I did.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Best wishes,</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">DCR </span></div>DIANA CAMPBELL RICEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760490865876645426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4612461949344118313.post-79827788737322281192010-09-23T14:33:00.000-07:002010-10-27T15:30:02.706-07:00The art of scratching...love it!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-9QJwI0G5v8iyKc410ra2oAPmsOSVwQiJUbYlBqxSWAUTScCPEZKOVB-B92YYhJNLnl52pHMkJMzd_f4Kd51CH_BEmiuZZ1JTyP7G-v6zBe0ESU6VTFPuws-QBf6VIlUCK1EsnCitO7C/s1600/infinitiCrowLogo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-9QJwI0G5v8iyKc410ra2oAPmsOSVwQiJUbYlBqxSWAUTScCPEZKOVB-B92YYhJNLnl52pHMkJMzd_f4Kd51CH_BEmiuZZ1JTyP7G-v6zBe0ESU6VTFPuws-QBf6VIlUCK1EsnCitO7C/s320/infinitiCrowLogo.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e69138;">As a watercolorist -- love that term --</span> I like to move away from traditional techniques from time to time. I have discovered scratching tools that are designed to work on clayboard. Guess what? Those same tools provide interesting and unusual results when applied to a dry watercolor painting. As I became a bit more brave, I applied deeper layers of paint before using the scratch tools and I have to say I like the textured results. I had one or two mishaps where I used the tools a little too vigorously, but I actually like that finish, too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">One of the tools is like multi-fingered wire stubs...oh my gosh, what it does for trees. I am working in abstract right now -- if fits my mood -- and the tools were the muse. I will post some photos for you soon. I think you might be surprised and pleased with all the glorious texture. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #e69138;">My greatest comfort zone</span> is specfic color and detail, detail, detail. Working in the abstract mode with these tools has given me permission to just apply color, more color, and then take some away. Next, I added the detail -- splatter, dots, lines and connections. I tend to work up to a design point after the majority of painting is completed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">As a greeting card designer, I remember that my art can be digitized and sized. I have a vision with each piece -- not only as a print, but a finished card as well. I enjoy the freedom this discovery has given me. I don't feel the need to worry over each little thing and, when I begin using the scratching tools, a new idea for the intention of the piece usually comes through.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I have included one of my pieces, which has actually become the logo for this site and a greeting card...Infiniti Crow. I am really pleased with it and will use it in a variety of sizes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Try the scratching tools --</span> they can be found at jerrysartarama for $14. Not bad... <a href="http://search.jerrysartarama.com/search?keywords=clayboard+scratching+tools">http://search.jerrysartarama.com/search?keywords=clayboard+scratching+tools</a></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Photograph is infiniti crow art. Makes me happy. DCR</span>DIANA CAMPBELL RICEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760490865876645426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4612461949344118313.post-10916384029600533722010-09-01T15:15:00.000-07:002010-10-27T15:51:45.986-07:00My love - Native American Artwork<span style="background-color: orange; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Why Native American Art?</strong></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #3d85c6; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"></span></strong></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A friend on Face Book visited my website. Happily, he loved it... and was surprised that I did Native American (NA) artwork. His comments got me thinking about why I love creating NA art. I began drawing and painting my own interpretations of NA art on my first visit to Sedona, AZ over twelve years ago. We were fortunate to stay for two weeks -- long enough to absorb the beauty and history. We explored, took photos (my husband is an excellent photographer) ate, talked to people, took in the historic sites and those off the beaten path. We came to love the place. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">While I was there, I filled up with a need to paint and communicate my own version of love for the spirit of NA culture. I have wondered if my deep feelings for all things NA came from a family connection. My great grandfather on my mother's side was full Cherokee. As was common at that time, he was adopted by a white family, his name was changed and he became immersed in a completely different society than the one in which he was born. I never met him. My mom passed on when I was very young, so I really didn't get to know her side of the family and he had passed on at that time as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">As well as watercolor and oils, my NA art has extended to the creation of fetish dolls and hand-carved, hand-sanded (38 times) and hand-decorated walking staffs -- many of them are in some nice galleries and private collections around the country. I haven't created the fetish dolls or staffs in a long time and I am not sure I will return to them. They are very, very labor intensive and my heart has moved on for now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I used silver, elk hide, horse hair, fur, feathers, turquoise/other beads and copper on the staffs. The same materials went into the fetishes along with 100-year old muslin, wood, slate and pen work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Last year, we took a trip to Santa Fe, NM. Let me tell you, after a week in that art mecca, fabulous desert, Georgia O'Keeffe's Ghost Ranch and the historic Turquoise Inn where we stayed, my being again swelled with inspiration to create Native American art.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We visited the Institute of American Indian Arts Museum in Santa Fe -- I highly recommend it. Here is the link <a href="http://www.iaia.edu/museum/">http://www.iaia.edu/museum/</a> if you are interested in American Indian art. It is very contemporary and the artists are serious about their work. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">My NA artwork definitely has my own flair and vision. You can see my Native American Collection of greeting cards on my website at <a href="http://www.dcrdesign.us/index.htm">http://www.dcrdesign.us/index.htm</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I would love in your feedback and comments. Here's to inspiration!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;">Diana </span>DIANA CAMPBELL RICEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760490865876645426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4612461949344118313.post-50614098212278630492010-07-19T12:14:00.000-07:002010-10-27T15:54:57.995-07:00New website launched! <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The day arrived -- we launched the new DCRdesign art website featuring my greeting cards and art. The site is simple, beautiful and very user friendly. Please take a look -- I would love to know what you think -- either at this site or by email. We have had positive feedback and a few orders already -- a great beginning. A sincere thank you to Rice Agency for their beautiful web design, patience and great care to get it right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I will begin updating this site (infiniti crow) more often, introducing new art and explaining the process behind different pieces. Please visit my new site at</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dcrdesign.us/index.htm">http://www.dcrdesign.us/index.htm</a> </span>DIANA CAMPBELL RICEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760490865876645426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4612461949344118313.post-41981778125529141422010-04-13T12:30:00.000-07:002010-04-13T12:30:19.530-07:00Exciting...<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Good news!</span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We are coming closer to unveiling the new website, complete with merchandising capability. As you know, building a custom website takes time and commitment. We are almost there and look forward to sharing it with you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Regards,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DCR </span>DIANA CAMPBELL RICEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760490865876645426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4612461949344118313.post-84541341470596960792010-03-19T18:40:00.000-07:002010-10-27T16:30:03.933-07:00Coming soon...<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>DCRdesign is proud to introduce artwork</strong> by Diana Campbell Rice. Diana's work has been featured in galleries on the Central West Coast, San Diego, Colorado and Alaska. She has a national and international client base. Her website, featuring a catalog of Diana's greeting cards and small studio prints, will be coming online in the next few months. This blog, <em><strong>Infiniti Crow</strong></em>, will support the website in introducing new art and offerings.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="background-color: orange; color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;"><strong><em>Artist Statement</em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><u>Diana Campbell Rice</u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">My first choice is a small format and main emphasis has been watercolor, pen and ink, with great attention to detail. I am now exploring oil with happy results.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Along with than strategic college art courses, I am primarily self-taught. Needless to say, the process has been an adventure and interesting journey.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em>"What art offers is space -- a certain breathing room for the spirit." </em></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em>-- John Updike</em></strong></span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Greeting cards fit my love of a small, minimalistic format with controlled design. Working in oil has given way to larger pieces in experiemental abstracts and representational work with a focus on color and movement.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Art is limitless and the more we engage it, the more we understand our own gifts. For me, it has been an organic process of learning, growing and finding new expression.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">To describe my philosophy, vision and passion for art... I would say each of those areas continually develop as I learn to trust and communicate with freedom.</span>DIANA CAMPBELL RICEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760490865876645426noreply@blogger.com2