News — Rip Off

What a treat to be invited to participate in not one but two Dia del los Muertos alters at this annual event at the Shatford Centre in Penticton. I joined up with my Rip Off pals to take on the Pablo Picasso alter and with the lovely ladies of CanwaxWest for Frida Khalo. Everyone did a spectacular job. Here is the Rip Offs' Picasso alter. On this alter I created a double sided "Picasso Heart" with encaustic and mixed media. The wings were made from fabric saturated in wax and reworked with my trusty PanPastel. Here is the darling CanwaxWest Friday...

What a Rip Off! Last month I was invited to participate with the South Okanagan Rip Off Artists during their annual event. This year they were "ripping off" Edvard Munch's The Scream. They only rip off artists that have been dead for a very long time and as a fun creative exercise. The event runs for a week, each Rip Off works in a different medium, and we try to create together as much as possible.Of course I was working in encaustic and had the further restriction of only two days to work on my painting due to work. I...