By Popular Demand!

Several of you asked for it...

 and it is my great pleasure to respond by showing you...

for the first time on this blog...

or anywhere else for that matter...

Some of my wonderful husband, Alvin Spicuzza's paintings!

This one fascinates me... It is done with alcohol inks on Yupo paper. The figure is a result of Alvin using a permanent black fine point Sharpie to outline some of the naturally occurring shapes created by manipulating the ink flow while the painting was still wet. That's what makes this art form so much fun, you never know what might show up.
He named this painting "The Dark Crystal" after a movie we saw a long time ago in which the characters were actually puppets created by Jim Henson of Muppet fame.

As you can see, Alvin leans toward abstracts. This one is entitled "Artifact".

There is one more of his that I absolutely love, but you'll have to wait to see it unless you come to The Crescent City Brewhouse on Decatur Street in New Orleans. We are both participating in an art exhibition being held there during the month of September.
So, if you are in the French Quarter next month, stop in and check it out!

A New Experiment in Art!

I'm finally trying to get back to blogging after quite some time. I've been pursuing my art career trying to learn more about the ins and outs of art as a business and I must say, it's a never-ending learning experience! I've also been dabbling in other mediums in addition to watercolors (which are still my favorite I think). My husband Alvin and I took a workshop on alcohol inks through the Jefferson Art Guild that we joined last year and it was great fun. It really teaches you to relax and not try so hard to control every little detail of a painting. See attached for some examples:

 

I call this one "Taming the Beast" because the image looks to me like a figure in the lower right corner holding a rope tied to some sort of giant mythical flying creature.

 

 

 

In addition to the inks I experimented by adding some sugar crystals at the lower right corner of this one.

 

So far I think this is my favorite. I call this one "The Juggler" since it looks to me like someone with arms raised to a variety of objects circling the central figure.

 





 

These were all created using various colors of acrylic paint or ink dropped onto Yupo paper that was either dry or wet with 91% rubbing alcohol and then manipulating the paint/ink by tilting the paper or adding additional drops of alcohol through a straw to create bulls-eye effects. I also created what looks like winged creatures by blowing air through a straw at the still wet circles of paint.

 

The key is to let your imagination run wild and experiment. This is what I call serendipity art!