Author: Beth
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Ocean City, New Jersey in August
This post is for two reasons: First of all I’m learning to use blocks in wordpress (or the Gutenberg editor, as they call it.) and I recently switched to a theme which fully utilizes them: Twenty Twenty Three. I had avoided using blocks for as long as possible, because I found them to be cumbersome, […]
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Geometric Abstract Prints
This week I’ve been working on geometric abstract prints. I like the versatility of them. Once I settled on a process, it is possible to do any color combination. I started with making color blocks in the Graphic app. Then copy and pasted them to Procreate, and roughed them up with the oil brush. The […]
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Frida Kahlo Quote on Flowers
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5 Painters who are similar to Susan Rothenberg
This is an experiment, to see if AI, in the form of Chat GPT, can find painters similar to Susan Rothenberg. Susan Rothenberg’s style is known for its figurative elements, use of bold lines, and expressive forms. Here are a few lesser-known artists who share some similarities in their styles with Rothenberg:
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Hummel Plates made by Danbury Mint
I’m trying something new in the Etsy Shop. Recently I came across a large lot of Hummel Plates made by Danbury Mint in the late 1980’s – early 1990’s. It was one of those days when I was wandering around the thrift store, looking for any random object that needed to be rescued. These little […]
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Are We Using AI or is AI Using us?
In January I was thinking a lot about my phone and social media addiction. I wondered how I could curtail these things without giving them up entirely. Then somehow these videos about the attention economy appeared in my timeline. I’ve watched all of them, and I’ve been thinking about the content of them continuously. To […]