The last gasp of summer art

So much (art) to see, so much to do in August before we buckle down to the serious business of fall. 

Humaira Abid, "Self-Portrait" (left); June Sekiguchi, "How to Wrap Three Eggs" (right)

For a few more days at ArtXchange Gallery, you can let June Sekiguchi's  "Waterfall" wash over you...

"Waterfall" at ArtXchange Gallery until August 27, 2016.

The Seattle Art Fair is long gone, but good news -- you still have two more weekends to be floored by the contemporary Northwest art at "Out of Sight."

Left to right: works by Ka'ila Farrell Smith, Tariqa Waters & Amanda Kirkhuff at "Out of Sight."

And I've dived deep into all the gorgeousness.  

Rose Blake, "Selfie Garden" (detail) at Rebecca Hossack Gallery booth, Seattle Art Fair

But I'm backing away now, before I start comparing my ideas unfavorably to theirs. Which is just one of many ways to feel miserable as an artist.

A visitor to the Centennial Center Gallery admires my work. ©Lisa Myers Bulmash

So though I hope you go and see my work at the Centennial Center Gallery -- before August 29th! -- I hope you won't see much of me for awhile. Things to do, stuff to make... you understand.

Work-in-progress: alternative framing

The altered books I'm finishing up have a rustic feel, especially with the twine and rope framing I used to highlight the niches.  

Like most art, it just doesn't feel finished without some sort of frame. But what kind of alternate device is visually and physically solid enough to do the job? What works, without fighting the story being told within the niche?

Washboards. (This one was lovely, but too pricey.) It's big but not huge, and weathered enough to evoke the Old West feel of the book cover. With a little help, I found three.

For once, the weather was sunny enough to allow me to spray-seal the wood outside.

Two of the three books are now mounted. As soon as the third is done and all three are professionally photographed, they'll make their official debut here on the site!