Rainy and I have both been working on our individual art styles and methods.  Below are some of her paintings and a video clip of her at work.  I used the clicker training method to encourage her to free up her artistic inclinations.
This is a video clip taken while Rainy ………..and I were in Florida at Valhalla Farm this winter.  Rainy is practicing painting on her new easel, and HANDING me the paintbrush when she is through (instead of just dropping it on the ground or sometimes sending it flying …

The show “Paintings Inspired by Nature and Our Animal Friends” featuring the paintings of Jaroslava Sobiskova and Sara Licht is opening at Cafe Zoma this Friday, July 10th from 5-9pm.

Next door at Absolutely Art you can also see the work of Mary Fiore in her show “As I See It:  Batiks and Photos.”  Live music, food, and drink provided.  Hope you can make it, these openings are a lot of fun.  The show only runs through July 31st, so come and see the work before it goes!

While you are there …

On a warm Spring day, two of my friends, ages 8 and 5, made this free-standing painting with materials I found at the Restore center located in Madison.

The materials I gathered from Restore which inspired this project were 4 panels of wood that had probably been shelves, sized 1′x4′, and 3 packs of heahinges, each pack containing a pair.
Here is the other side of the painting.  Both boys worked together joining the boards with hinges, and then they coated one side of the boards with a fairly heavy layer of …

These 5 videos below will show some of the timing and methods I used to help this horse learn some beginning groundwork:
This young Quarter Horse was tamed in a few days by my friend and dressage trainer Meghan Kavanah, who brought him from having no interest in people whatsoever, to haltering, beginning leading, and developing a good curiosity for human interaction.   I only had one session with him as I was on my way back to Wisconsin, and I didn’t want to break his trust and confuse him, so you’ll …

To see more of these and some other artwork from the same time period, select the October 2008 in the archives column (right hand side of the screen -> ->  )
Or for ease in scrolling back through the archives to see older posts and artwork, visit www.saralicht111.blogspot.com

It’s finished! It really only took a few days here and there, but in between those few days were about 8 months. It could sound impressive to say: “This mural took 8 months to complete” if you’re into valuing art by how much toil you imagine went into it. This one was pure delight. I took 2 of Van Gogh’s paintings and made them into one, and in the center I planted some historic buildings of Mount Vernon. Visit Matt’s Gallery to check it out, and to find WONDERFUL solutions …

Sock Puppet Production line

This weekend is the Spring Art Tour. You can still catch it tomorrow, Sunday June 8 from 11-5. Artists open up their homes and studios to the public to show their working method. Matt at the Vernon Creek Gallery of Art has his place brimming with gorgeous ceramic work of his own and features other talented artists as well. Find us through Vernon Creek Gallery of Art website (click here.)
This video will take you through my house. Notice the effects of …