Yes, it's been 3 years since I've done a post here or even updated my website. I finally got to the site earlier this month, did a few things, and now it's time to fill you in on the gallery.
Carlynne Hershberger
Thursday, April 10, 2025
3 Years!!!
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Progress!
Hi again,
It's been slow going so far but now we're making progress!! The contractor has the extra walls down and now we can start fixing, painting, and putting down new flooring. The painting you saw happening in the last post was only one small space, the only one we could do before having those walls removed.
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
CC Fine Arts, LLC is happening!
This is what I've been up to......
cleaning windows....Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Traces of Reality
Hi, it's been a while. I've been holed up in my studio for the last month doing a lot of painting. When I crawled out from under all the paint and canvases, I hit the books getting the taxes done and prepping for something huge - more paperwork, numbers, and hopefully, after today, I can share what that is!! So until then, I want to share some other great news. I've been invited to participate in the Traces of Reality show at NOMA gallery here in Ocala.
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Making something new to play on
Surprise! I know it's weird to see another post so soon after the last one but I just wanted to share a quick look at what I was playing with this week. When I was shopping at Sam Flax a few weeks ago I was admiring the accordion sketchbooks, or what some call concertina sketchbooks, and I was also admiring the price! I didn't want to spend that much on a sketchbook so I decided to make my own. I certainly have enough paper lying around the studio so I didn't have to purchase anything.
I used a full sheet (22x30) of 140lb Winsor & Newton watercolor paper. I cut two 8" x 30" strips from the sheet. I measured and marked every 6" on the two strips and then folded each one accordion style. Then I attached the two strips together to make one long one and glued the two ends to pieces of mat board that I had cut to 9x7 so the covers would be slightly larger than the pages. After the pieces were assembled I gessoed both sides of the paper and both covers.
Friday, February 18, 2022
Birds, berries, a squirrel and some art.
Before I get to the art, I have to tell you about a squirrel. Yesterday, around 2:30pm, I was sitting outside in the yard watching the bird feeder. Behind the feeder and under the camellia trees was one of the squirrels that skitter around my yard all the time. I watched as he picked up a fallen, white camellia flower. He looked at it and then buried his face in the petals. He rubbed his face with the flower like he was refreshing himself. He played with it a bit and then he turned it so he had fresh petals to feel. He kept rotating the flower until he felt all of it while petals fell. When he was finished with his petal bath he settled down to nibble on the dark yellow center of the flower.
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Is there life outside the studio?
Keep scrolling and you'll see why I haven't posted in a few weeks. I couldn't tear myself away from my studio! It's a lovely problem to have. I'm still working with the sketchbook from the last post. I got some new colors in from Nova so of course I had to do some swatches, mixes, and playing. Bits and pieces of these pages have been working themselves into finished paintings. It may be recognizable or it may not, but the book definitely sparks ideas and helps keep the momentum going.