Lisa Kerpoe

I've been reading up on photography lately.  I have dived into the "photograph your own artwork" waters.I know this goes again...

Many artists ask themselves that question. How do you know when a piece is done?  There is often a tendency to keep adding... maybe a little...

Sock Monkey wine glasses by Mimi Kerpoe I'm a few chapters into Julia Cameron's book, Walking in this World, and this morning...

Last week, when faced with my first studio time in months, I wondered, "how do I get the ideas flowing again?!"  I pulled out a fe...

That's what I've been doing for months now. Putting things off to a future date when all my deadlines are passed and I'll have t...

They say that you teach what you most need to learn.  I experienced this first-hand yesterday.  Last weekend, I spoke on creativity to a loc...

Last week was the ending of the 2 1/2 year ArtCloth Mastery Program in which I have been participating.  It is a rigorous study in surface d...

When I lived in Chicago, the first robin was the sign that spring was coming.  In south Florida, spring wasn't much different than wint...

I've been doing a lot of brayer printing lately and have a wonderful piece of lacy fabric that makes a great pattern.  I've heard ...

 I taught a class on brayer printing last weekend at the Southwest School of Art.  The brayer is my new favorite tool.  Although I ha...

Are visual artists "type-cast" like actors?  I wonder.  If we become successful at something or known for working in a certain sty...

This weekend is the 4th Annual On & Off Fredericksburg Road Studio Tour. Organized by Bihl Haus Arts, this self-guided tour of artists...

I came across an art challenge on Cori Berg's  Sacred Arts blog the other day. It's a challenge to create art about finding joy.  Y...

Ever since I started playing around with acrylic mediums to create texture on the edges of my collage-on-canvas, I have felt a pull to paint...

I received some exciting news last week - I have been invited to participate in the taping of Quilting Arts TV next month. I now get to joi...

108 Beads by Barbara Schneider The ArtCloth Network , a group of artists dedicated to promoting the medium of cloth as an art form, is cu...

I spent last week in an Independent Study class with Jane Dunnewold.  Jane holds it every January and it has become a new year's ritual ...

Another one of my wide-awake-at-four-in-the-morning ruminations. It struck me that not only does every instructor bring a different perspect...

Don't you just love the beginning of a new year?  So much hope, so many possibilities, a chance to wipe the slate clean and start over. ...

How about a 3 day retreat in sunny, warm San Antonio this January?  There are still a few spaces left in the Irresistible Texture worksh...