Studio Tour: The 2020 Edition

September 18, 2020Siobhan Bedford

The Chester County Studio Tour is happening this weekend. I’m studio #7 in Phoenixville. 148 4th Ave. My downstairs space is open with a guest limit of 4. I’d love for you to come out but if you need to keep safe I’ve put together some videos to give you a virtual studio visit.

2020 Edition Video #1 Artist, Siobhan Bedford, her sharing her art studio for the 2020 Chester County Studio Tour. more info available at www.siobhanbedford.com

Artist, Siobhan Bedford. Chester County Studio Tour: 2020 Edition. How I make art.

Artist Siobhan Bedford, Chester County Open Studio Tour: The 2020 Edition. Art On View

Hello! It’s a view into “process” today…

Yesterday I shared the Origins series from way back…one of the techniques I used in those pieces is what I call...”thread pulling”

It's a little like trippy 60&rs

Going back in time today with a post from the “archive”

These are details from the Origins Series…I created way back I think in 2004!

Back then…I was fascinated by cells and the beginnings of life…actually all thes

New week! New prompt! A good one for a Monday ...“Focus & Priorities”

There is something about creative energy that tries to escape anything that sounds as efficient as “focus & priorities”

I’ve never been muc

Happy Friday! Today’s theme is “in use”...
Having an art show in a gallery is real nice but I LOVE seeing my work in collectors homes...even better seeing it in such good company with a beautiful baby grand! Perfect mix of new &

Day 10...”small detail!”
Mini paint dots on minis coming for the tour✨

Got behind yesterday...catching up with “Learning Curve”…

It’s been almost a year since the pandemic arrived and altered our everyday lives.

At the time I was in the midst of trying to help move my 80 year old parents out

Delighted today to share a “newest make”…

While waiting for my oil paintings to dry I often dabble with pin-punch pieces. They are on watercolor paper and I use a tool to punch on both sides of the paper. Just for a fun play on &l

After yesterday’s deepness...today’s post is short & sweet with a fun prompt of “What’s on your desk?”

My best work isn’t done at a desk because “my kind of magic" happens on the studio floor.

A li

“I would like to leave everything wide open to all the possibilities in the world.”

— Haruki Murakami

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Work on Paper: nothing is a myth

It began with water. It began with paper.

No like other myths it began with a tree.

It’s about beautiful parts unable to connect anymore.

It’s a tangle. It’s about the invisible.

A place for words: Offering

sometimes…

I see things and write things. I don’t know where they should live in my art world…but I sense they need a place.

This is that place.

Art On View: Earth + Ether

Earth + Ether runs till August 6th

The Jeweled Warrior

110 Pottstown Pike, Chester Springs

artwork can be purchased online at www.thejeweledwarrior.com

July: Garden Mood

It’s a huge learning process! I’m excited to broaden my perspective while trying not to become “native plant fundamentalist” but…I might just;)

Grab you own cuppa & enjoy a summer garden tour.

Mandalas At The Jeweled Warrior

Come join me at The Jeweled Warrior on July 7th, 5:30 pm for the opening of Earth + Ether!

THE JEWELED WARRIOR
110 Pottstown Pike
Chester Springs, PA
July 7th - August 6th

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2023 County Collector Mini

It goes on sale Saturday morning May 20th.

This year I’m sharing a mini Lacuna piece with copper detailing on the frame. It’s called “Ripple” and it can be hung on a wall or viewed from both sides…as it plays with the light.

Pop Up at Collabery Art Gallery

I’ll be the featured artist for May at The Collabery Gallery. The Collabery is a Pop Up gallery in downtown Phoenixville celebrating local artists. I like to think of it as a “secret gem” hidden below a historic building. It’s actually super easy to find behind Paloma’s restaurant.

I’m excited to be showing an eclectic mix of pieces…plus I’ll have The Chester County Studio Tour catalogs available for you to pick up. More info coming soon!

Dark Illuminations

I’ve used the magic of Photoshop & Lightroom to blend these dark Illumination drawings into digital atmospheres.

To me, they are sort of strange bits of visual poetry. Some way of meshing the imagination into an actual moment.

I’m hoping they are more than the sum of their parts…if you know what I mean?

Lacuna: copper alchemy

This time around, I figured out how to make the “elusive blue” stain I was going for. I gave up looking for copper scraps and just went to Lowes and got some pipe fittings.

Oh! the blue was beautiful…but almost disappeared when it dried on the paper. Although, it does seem to deepen after I add wax to the paper!

Wintering

I’m an admirer of Piet Oudolf’s gardens. They look like art to me. Landscape paintings created with plants. His philosophy of embracing the “gloomy” beauty in the winter silhouettes…has transformed how I see my garden. It’s the idea of seeing beauty in the dry, drab, and dead.

I like to call it “winterest.”

Work In Progress: The energy of beginnings

I’m flipping through my journal. The gold letters on its cover spell out “In the midst of our lives, we must find the magic that makes our souls soar.”

Inside it’s a real mess of a thing. A mix of notes, mind dumps, and recordings of random dreams. I come across an entry from early January. In it, I tell myself to

Winter: deep dive into darkness

A collection of dark art & quotes to muse on as we dive into the darkest days of the year…Hope you enjoy!

Lacuna: nothing is something

Lacuna…is a beautiful word I had never heard. I like to say it aloud…it sounds to me like a tropical island!

It actually is a word used in connection with…

Commission Reveal: Flourish

It feels wild, not in the sense of being out of control but in the sense of being totally free. Because I paint intuitively I never know what is going to show up in the final piece. I love this connection to the unknown…It’s exciting to see what

Autumn Vibes: Frost Land

I wake up cold. I can feel there’s a good chance of frost in the low meadow so I fumble around awkwardly to get dressed while still inside my sleeping bag. I grab my camera. I walk under golden…

Cosmic: Mandala Mala Project: Crazy!

side effect of being an artist is having some of the most amazing people swirl into my orbit. Many of these “stars” can see way more in my art than even I can!⁠ This has always made me feel that things are truly more…

Work on Paper: Way Finder

“Way Finder” is a pin-talisim piece that recently was included in an online exhibit at the Ida Herma Museum of Art Foundation

Work on Paper: Dark Illuminations

For months now, I’ve been working on these illuminations.

Last summer, I came across this amazing hot press black watercolor paper. My first idea was to use it for pin-talism pieces but that was a complete fail. It’s a softer cotton paper and just can’t take the pressure of pin punching!

So I changed directions…