HaleARTS Space Online Gallery

Check out my mixed media pieces at the HaleARTS Space Online Gallery.
http://www.halearts.com/vicki-fisher-lerer.html

Pieces of Blue

Late at night I like to stitch these pieces of blue. I don't know why... but I love little pieces of fabric and paper, so I am hand-stitching them into small blocks of color.  I have stitched probably 30 so far.  They consist of silk, paper, and tea bags.  I paint the pieces of silk and paper with liquid acrylic paint watered down and also use Colorhue silk dyes.  Many of the tea bags I get from my friend January. Thanks January!

Hale Arts Space Opening Show tomorrow night

Opening at the Hale Arts Space tomorrow night.  Hope to see you!

Summer vacation and fiber landscape

Yeah! It is summer vacation and my last day of teaching was yesterday.  Usually I teach summer school but I think this summer I have off.  So...now I can post more on my blog and create.
This piece I have been stitching on for months.  Well, I just checked my older posts and it has been 8 months since I started this piece!  I work on this piece in the late night hours before bed. It is hand painted cloth, paper, silk, linen and hand stitched.  I thought it was finished...but maybe a few more stitches?

Bee visitors

These are our new visitors!  They are right outside our front door.  Friday when I pulled up our drive I noticed them.  At first I was in a panic, but then I realized they were ignoring me and busy doing their own thing.  I  googled ball of bees and found out they are protecting the queen bee until they find a place for a new nest.  I just hope that place is not in our attic, because once they establish a next there could be a lot more bees, like thousands!  So every day for the past three days I have been going out to check on their progress.  May have to incorporate this into my paintings or art quilts.

Happy Mother's Day

Mom passed away in 1995, so long ago yet seems like yesterday. The first year was the toughest. It was the year where everything was the first time without Mom.  I painted to ease my pain. I also had a three year old son who kept me going.  This painting was painted in that first year.  It is, "In Memory of Mom," oil on canvas, 30"x 40."  Happy Mother's Day Mom! and Happy Mother's Day to me.

Hangar Gallery Show at Santa Monica Art Studios

It was a fun night at the show.  Now back to creating.  I will have some fiber pieces to post soon for my fiber friends.