May 2011
I realize this month's newsletter may be on the long side, but I am pleased to be working towards a full schedule this summer. I am seeing great new opportunities come my way, as well as looking forward to events I enjoyed participating in last year. Thank you for allowing me to share my excitement with you!
If you are having problems reading this version, a copy is posted online at http://www.deadraccoon.com/newsletter/1105.html.
Upcoming Events |
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Rocky Mountain Reptile Expo May 14th, 10am-5pm Admission: |
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West Colfax Music + Art Festival June 5th, 10am-3pm
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Colorado Alliance of Illustrators May 6th - May 27th
Colorado Alliance of Illustrators June 4th, 10am-10pm We will be recreating the winning piece in our High Five Exhibit, Christopher Manzanares' Paper Fashion. If you visit the event, stop by and say hi. I will be helping Saturday morning and Sunday evening. New newsletter out... New paper sculptures, including one that falls into the concept art/character design category. Sci-fi hummingbird!
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 Hover Technology My newest sculpture will be on display at CAI's High Five Exhibit. Keep scrolling down for a detailed view and some more words on this little guy. |
Park Hill Garden Walk June 25th, 10am-4pm Adult $15 Seniors 65+ $10 12 and under free |
Phase Oil pastel |
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Loveland Sculpture Invitational Premiere Party August 13th, 9:30am-6pm Admission:
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 Sky Dance Limited Edition sculpture |
Art Instruction |
Develop Drawing June 9th - July 7th
August 2nd - August 23rd |
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I love creating art and exploring passion in the other interests in my life. Art enriches my enjoyment of all activities and helps open my perception of this amazing world. I believe all of us have the potential to enhance our lives by taking time to dig a little deeper into what excites us, and observation learned through drawing skills is an excellent way of finding those means. I enjoy helping others down their path by sharing what I have learned on mine. And so I teach. Please join me!
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Classes held at Mainstreet Center |
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New Works |
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Hover Technology
(detail) See the full-size piece in Events |
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It is impossible for a living being to move like a hummingbird. Their wings become a blur that looks more like a power field activated at the touch of a button than anything biologically natural. A Sci-Fi hummingbird? How do you make something as stereotypical as a hummingbird look bad-ass? All the hummingbird sculptures you see here have happened because of being inspired while working on a large realistic piece that is currently in progress. All the time spent in the studio researching and creating feeds a stream of ideas for future works. This time I followed ideas as they came and am enjoying the tie-ins! |
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Something Bigger
Limited Edition: 1 of 6
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Great things were found in last October in Snowmass Village. Eight mastodons, four mammoths, a sloth, bison, iridescent beetles, and plants- a Colorado ice-age jackpot! Inspired to create art by this whole-ecosystem discovery, I started my warm-up by sketching elephants at the zoo. The female Indians there are a wonderful analogy to the teenage female mammoth from the site. I loved to listen to the zoo animals breathe as they drank. The sound of air slowly and deliberately moving through long trunks made me aware of the sheer volume of air required to fill those large lungs. I will donate a portion of the sale from each piece in this edition to the Snowmastodon Project at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. |
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Tiffany Miller www.deadraccoon.com
