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Chicken Dance

Beatrice — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:02:57 +0000

Here’s a sweet little painting I just finished earlier this month. I’ve been really intrigued by color and pattern as a pick me up during the winter months. It’s for sale at: www.etsy.com/shop/HatcherOriginals

Dead Birds

Beatrice — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:48:43 +0000

Over the past several years I have been capturing pictures of deceased birds as I find them on my walk to various places in the small town where I live. It is a macabre hobby but I feel like it is a way for something that is just going to disappear on the street to be captured and cared for in some way.

Critters without Litters Tee

Beatrice — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:18:17 +0000

Critters without Litters of Mercer Co./ Harrodsburg KY was in need of a tee design for a fundraising poker run on July 9th. They were trying to find a way to incorporate their own logo into the tee shirt while still keeping it related to bikers. I developed this design from their logo, a photo of a bike and Illustrator drawing tools. The tees are printed in one color in order to save money.

Cruisin' for Critters

Day Lilies

Beatrice — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:41:23 +0000

Day Lilies

Acrylic
16″x18″

From the Neuroscience Body

Beatrice — Mon, 30 May 2011 13:11:37 +0000

As a few of you know I am working on an e-textile body of work dedicated to the electro chemical processes of the brain. I am excited about this but it has also been difficult to get going since I still have so much to learn about the brain and electricity. So here we have a detail example of a piece in progress. I first dyed my fabric with tea, painted the brain image with acrylics and then embroidered the neurons. There is much more to go and much shibori to work on (which is another reason why it has taken so long). Hopefully in the next week or two I will have more fabric ready to go and will have worked out some of the conductive thread plans for the next piece.

Sheep in the Meadow

Beatrice — Mon, 30 May 2011 13:00:38 +0000

I’ve been thinking about farms lately. I wish we lived out in the country sometimes so that we could raise a few animals of our own. I probably wouldn’t raise sheep right away– but the thought is neat.
This painting is for sale in my etsy shop– just click the page and then the link in the header.

Cat Nap Oranges

Beatrice — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 20:03:48 +0000

I’ve recently taken a detour back to painting. I was “cleaning” (moving stuff from one corner to the other) my office/studio and discovered some oil paints that I haven’t used since college.
Since I dearly love fabric I thought I would try and incorporate some into the work– Matisse style. The fabric table cloth the cat is napping on is based on an Indian inspired scrap that I have been saving for something good. The blue background is based on a Navajo woven rug (I changed the colors). This canvas measures 18″x 24″ and has a center support on the back.

Synapse

Beatrice — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:57:02 +0000

“Synapse” is part of a new body of work based on the brain.
This is not complete, as the box it is presented on is not final but is a mock up.
Inside the box I have connected the wires to a solderless breadboard and a Duemilanove Arduino. Using Arduino software I wrote a basic blinking light array and the rest is history.
http://www.arduino.cc/

Brain Neurons

Beatrice — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:06:22 +0000

I’ve recently started a body of work that talks about the brain. This body is also what I would like to incorporate the arduino into.

This piece depicts the different types of neurons we have in our brains and measures 16″x20″.

Arduino

Beatrice — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 04:02:53 +0000

In previous posts I said I was really excited about getting my Lilypad Arduino. Until I get it I am hoping to learn more about what I want to do with it– I am teaching my self with a Duemilanove. This has also led me to books and lessons about Processing (which makes sense since the Arduino requires the basic Processing programming language). As someone who has never done any of this– it has been a big learning curve. Sorry about the blurry picture– it’s an old phone.