2009 August : Jill Berry Blog

I have a new puppy, I named him after Wayne Thiebaud. He is elegant, has long black toenails and a curly head. His mother is a rescued Standard Poodle, his father had a brief acquaintance with her in a holding pen. Voila! We have a puppy. I love Wayne Thiebauds’ work, so I decided to [...]

Stupendous Students

Posted on August 28, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 2 Comments

What a day! It was one of those that brought emails of gratitude, which of course makes me all warm and happy! I love hearing from the artists in my classes, and today was a banner response day. Emily Miller from Art Glitter took my In This Case Class at Artunraveled. She went home and [...]

The Art of Darkness

Posted on August 24, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Saturday night my girl was on a camping trip with her Girl Scout Extreme group in the Rocky Mountain National Park. At 11:10 pm the phone rang, and that is never good, we all know. It is either bad news, the wrong number, or a inattentive friend out of your time zone. The caller was [...]

Thiebaud in Loveland

Posted on August 16, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Today my family and I took a trip upstate to Loveland to see Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting. Thiebaud is someone who’s work sends me up, straight up. Glorious, jittery, jeweled visions and color. Abstract and realism in one panel. I also love how he talks, which goes straight to my heart. “Art is not [...]

Artunraveled 1

Posted on August 16, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Carla Sonheim and I headed out on our trip to Artunraveled. We stopped in Santa Fe for lunch, and had fabulous food that I found on Tripadvisor. Los Potrillos was super was fab. I had Pechunga en salsa pi–a, chicken with pineapple sauce, Carla had chile relleños with beef, walnuts and raisins. I love finding [...]

Artfest 2010!!!!!!

Posted on August 1, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 6 Comments

I am thrilled to announce that I will be teaching at Artfest in 201!!! I had to keep it a secret, and it was hard! I am out the door to Artunraveled and have no time to spare. If you can come make art next week in Phoenix, come to Artunraveled. Here are some of [...]