Josh McDougall–Featured Artist

 

Josh McDougall Artist Statement
The craft of the portrait, the process required to capture the essence of a person, has been a lifelong fascination of mine. Over the last 4 years I have used hand cut stencils and spraypaint to render the likeness of a person.

The creation of a stencil is a complicated process which involves a combination of photography, digital, drawing & hours of x-acto knifing. The end result is a blend of my hand drawn style meeting the unpredictable element of spraypaint.
Creating the likeness of someone using this design process brings me a personal satisfaction which is unmatched by other mediums. I can pull on my favorite experiences in graphic design, experimental methods for screenprinting and illustrative drawing to influence a stencil. The method allows a flexibility which lends itself well to generating custom portraits for clients. Any old photograph can be remembered as a uniquely stylized portrait using this technique.

Come see Josh at the First Thursday ArtWalk, tomorrow – from 5pm to 8pm.

Remember to enter our giveaway!  Time is running out!!

See you downtown!

Frolic on Franklin this weekend!

Come downtown on Saturday for Frolic on Franklin, the Farmers Market, and see our sidewalk sale!

Featured Artist–Gabriele Wardeiner

So I have been trying to post this update for Gabriele since the beginning of the month, and for some reason, the slide show software I use doesn’t want to let me.  So here is a different slide show with a different software – cuz I just can’t fight it anymore!! 

“Art should be serious fun” sort of sums up the way Gabriele Wardeiner approaches her encounters with pencils and brushes. Mostly self trained she just enjoys drawing, painting and trying new things on paper, board and even metal. She is also a certified “pack rat”, which comes in handy creating the hundreds of truly unique, special greeting  cards you see in her booth. Rounding up the offerings are some interesting antiques, “almost” antiques and 14 K gold and silver jewelry.

Thanks for shopping downtown - supporting your community and your local artists, antique dealers and fine hand crafters!

A Few of my Favorite Things - REPOST

We are running out of time – I really think each year we have less and less time between Thanksgiving and Christmas!  Don’t you? I mean, I KNOW there are about the same number of days, but sometimes it just seems like we have less each year. 

I keep having friends ask me, “What do you have up in your shop that you would give as a gift for someone who (INSERT WHAT EVER HERE!)”.  I have only been stumped once.  And they were much more specific…ok, I have to share, because it is just too funny!

Kendall: Thanks for calling ARTifacts, this is Kendall.
Customer:  Yeah, I really need to find a special gift for a family member.  Do you have any wood or metal trouts?
Kendall:  Wood….or….metal….trouts….that is a good one.  Nope, sorry – can’t help you at all!!

True story.  They wanted a wood or metal TROUT.

Anywhoo – here are the answers to everyone that has ever asked me that question (minus the trout lady – wish I could have helped her!!)

 

YOu can go to the photo gallery for a complete description of these items on my list of a Few of my favorite things!!

What are you favorites at ARTifacts? I will share photos, just tell me!

See you downtown!

Winter Hours at ARTifacts & Hodgepodge

Your two favorite downtown stores (of course I speak of ARTifacts & Hodgepodge) are extending their hours!  And to further tempt you to come downtown, Ingredients & Rogate’s Boutique are also staying open longer for all our customers convenience!  So now you can come downtown after work, do some shopping, dining and then a show at the Roxy!  Can’t beat that! 

Here is when you can find ARTifacts and Hodgepodge open!

Sunday 12pm to 4pm
Monday 10am to 3pm
Tuesday – Saturday 10am to 6pm, 7pm on Thursday

 

New Hours & Pumpkin Contest

More vendors have brought in their pumpkins for the Pumpkin Contest we are having at ARTifacts. Stop by, pick your favorite, vote for it – and be entered to win one of 2 wonderful prizes!!

$20 gift certificate to the shop & an 8x10 print of the Architectural Alphabet of Downtown Clarksville.

Another great news!
We have added more hours!

Monday we
(along with several other downtown businesses) will be open from 10 to 3.

AND Thursday’s we have added an extra hour to our shopping day. Come from 10-7 now for your after work shopping – and before the show at the Roxy!

With all these extra choices for shopping – I hope we will see you downtown!

Furniture Makeover 101

Fall Workshops
FURNITURE  MAKEOVERS  101 October 23, 2010,  2:00-4:00 P. M. Maximum of 8 workshop participants, minimum of 4 Cost of workshop:  $25.00
Do you often admire painted furniture and cabinetry featured in magazines or on TV.  You know the pieces I’m talking about.  They have multiple layers of paint, distressed areas, unique hardware, decorative wood details, etc.  The process of reviving your old furniture is both easy and inexpensive. I will show you how to breathe new life into your furniture, cabinets, mirrors, picture frames, etc. Caromal Colours Country Living Paints and products are featured in my makeovers.  They are user friendly, “green”, and produce excellent results. Please bring pictures of your furniture or cabinets you want to makeover and also pics from magazines with the look you would like to achieve.  We will paint, distress, age, change hardware, etc., on some of my work projects.  The finishes we can reproduce are endless.  You will paint 2 wood samples to take home and admire.  I’m looking forward to seeing you.

More Workshops!

FURNITURE MAKEOVERS 101 October 23, 2010, 2:00-4:00 P. M. Maximum of 8 workshop participants, minimum of 4 Cost of workshop: $25.00
Do you often admire painted furniture and cabinetry featured in magazines or on TV. You know the pieces I’m talking about. They have multiple layers of paint, distressed areas, unique hardware, decorative wood details, etc. The process of reviving your old furniture is both easy and inexpensive. I will show you how to breathe new life into your furniture, cabinets, mirrors, picture frames, etc. Caromal Colours Country Living Paints and products are featured in my makeovers. They are user friendly, “green”, and produce excellent results. Please bring pictures of your furniture or cabinets you want to makeover and also pics from magazines with the look you would like to achieve. We will paint, distress, age, change hardware, etc., on some of my work projects. The finishes we can reproduce are endless. You will paint 2 wood samples to take home and admire. I’m looking forward to seeing you.
Photoshop Elements Classes Instructor: Jillian Romero ALL CLASSES REQUIRE A LAPTOP & PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS SOFTWARE. October 29, November 5 and 12, 10:30 – 1pm (30 minute break) $100 for all 3 classes Must be pre-paid Subjects to be covered during the 3 day class 1. Quick tour of tools bar and element 2. Organizing functions ...a. Create albums and importing images 3. Adjusting color in images ...a. Fix exposure problems 4. Repairing and retouching images ...a. Cropping ...b. Red eye ...c. Removing unwanted items ...d. Removing backgrounds ...e. Enhancing foreground 5. Adding text 6. Working with bitmaps, grayscale and indexed color modes 7. Paintbrush mode 8. Combining multiple images 9. Advanced editing techniques Recommended book – but not required: "ABODE classroom in a book" 3 minimum students, 6 maximum
Luminous Watercolors for Self-Expression Monday, Nov. 1, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., 8, 15 $70 for a 3-week class Learn various techniques employed in watercolor painting (such as drybrush, wet-in-wet, blending, hard and soft edges, salt sprinkling, and spatter). Includes studying color and also learning to paint in an abstract way, so that even without great drawing skills, students can make beautiful art. Students will learn to paint from still life displays and from favorite photographs. Aimed at serious beginners. Bio: Karen Parr-Moody, a local writer, studied watercolor at Auburn University, and continues to paint in the medium. Her main subjects are floral designs and the human figure, particularly dance hall girls from the early 1900s.

Featured Vendors for December

December brings us a new group of featured vendors. Lee Ireland, Peggy Bonnington & Vintage Mary