I used Photoshop to combine Jo the Houseghost with Bike Alley in the Fall.
Mike ChambersApril 5, 2015
Recipe: start with a painting of an easel called "The Forbidden Red Wing," clear the negative space, create your text path, cogitate for a spell, wiki till you find that perfect something and obfuscate with a liberal dose of latin. Est autem fides credere quod nondum vides; cujus fidei merces…
Mike ChambersMarch 14, 2015
Here's a new painting named for our neighborhood in New Orleans between Baronne and Dryades. I Dream of Milan, oil on canvas
Mike ChambersMarch 13, 2015
Here's Minnie, the first painting to arrive at the Nola studio. Li'l Minnie, oil on canvas
Mike ChambersMarch 1, 2015
I've temporarily relocated my studio to New Orleans. And after a few small repairs back in le Boise, my trusty old French easel has now re-entered the fray. Time to get busy. Seven Years Later Those trips to New Orleans played out on multiple levels. The most reality-based level was…
Mike ChambersFebruary 25, 2015
I just thought I'd give you a peek into the studio. Here's what I've been working on over the past few weeks.
Mike ChambersFebruary 7, 2015
I finished painting these two chairs for a friend. Ghostchair 1, oil on canvas Ghostchair 2, oil on canvas
Mike ChambersJanuary 4, 2015
Alyson Stanfield says "If you don't make art, you have nothing to market." Melissa read this sentence in Alyson's blog and observed that all the letters in make art are in the word market. She then suggested we create an animated GIF to illustrate the idea and so I banged…
Mike ChambersJanuary 4, 2015
Here's state 3 of the new block print, The Goodwill Bike. It's 4 x 6 inches.
Mike ChambersDecember 14, 2014
It's a family! It's a family with their dogs! It's a singing family Christmas card!
Mike ChambersDecember 6, 2014
Here's what the block looks like fully carved. ... and here's a view of some of the printed cards. Cut, carve, gouge, slice, nick, nick, nick! (That's the sound of the linocut carving in progress.) G strings for Christmas… along with E, A, D, and B. And the…
Mike ChambersDecember 2, 2014
Every good painting takes me down a path that eventually leads to a catastrophe. The trick is getting past it. That's the secret ingredient in this little 5 by 4 inch survivor.
Mike ChambersOctober 25, 2014
I rediscovered this collage last week when I needed an image to announce TVAA's new community post page. The idea was to promote a new feature that gives visual artists a way to post their own announcements on the site. As often happens when designing a visual hook for a TVAA…
Mike ChambersOctober 18, 2014
I printed one of the houseghost images on canvas and mounted it on gatorboard in a couple of sizes. The point was to create a starting off point for more explorations of the image. And it worked!
Mike ChambersOctober 12, 2014
I've been having fun working with the second houseghost and making new variations. Here's the original followed by two new versions.
Mike ChambersSeptember 27, 2014
I just put the finishing touches on the fourth houseghost. One of my favorite parts is the plant, of all things. Time for a Kaliber. Houseghost IV, oil on board
Mike ChambersSeptember 16, 2014
In June the Treasure Valley Artists' Alliance held a panel discussion on journaling. The artists on the panel included Melissa 'Sasi' Chambers, Lisa Cheney, Pam McKnight, Terry Burkes, Jeanette Ross, and Beau van Greener, moderated by Dr. Kathleen Keyes. The "Aha!" moment for me happened when each of the artists…
Mike ChambersAugust 31, 2014
Here's the latest houseghost progression. For the past few paintings I've been trying out a new technique -- creating a black/white/gray image first, then overlaying color. What I've discovered is that oftentimes the intermediate steps are fine and could be finished images all on their own.
Mike ChambersAugust 19, 2014