Don't Be Shy With The Paint

acrylic on canvas
size: 8' x 8'

"Don't be shy with the paint" my Grandmother Alice used to tell me. She taught me to paint as a small child and I named my first FingerSmear after her. When I lived in San Francisco I used to produce a hands-on arts festival for inner-city schools called "Montage". The event consisted of 15 diverse working studios that allowed guests to paint, sculpt, make paper, drum drums, make masks, etc. Through producing  "Montage" I developed a way to paint with large numbers of people over a long periods of time, the outcome - FingerSmears. This image is taken from a Greek Market on the island of Crete.

On Consignment at The Fourth Street Lofts in CDA, Idaho