Category Archives: Studio Snapshots

Round barn stories

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Jo Myers-Walker

Artists, keep your sketchbooks! My grandparents’ home (the Borden homestead) in Indiana had a round barn in back, but when my cousins and I visited a few months ago, all we could find was its foundation. I remembered I had … Continue reading →

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English homestead

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

This is a commission I’ve been working on for someone who’s been doing genealogy. She traveled with a family group to England to find their roots, and they found this homestead where their ancestors used to live. She tells me, … Continue reading →

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Journal birds

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

The feathered friends flocking around their journal — we had another retreat recently at The Left Bank Studio working with the meaning of color and finding gratitude, awe, and wonder. We painted, cut things out, and made funny lettering for … Continue reading →

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Seasonal trees

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

The Left Bank Studio class members wanted to paint Christmas trees one week, so we painted trees in snow. I told them, think of the snow as whipped cream and you’ll be fine! First we painted the “whipped cream,” then … Continue reading →

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Portrait pillows

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

Bonnie’s granddaughters are very special to her, and she wanted to give them something personal and comforting they could eventually take away to college. Working from a photo, I painted each one’s portrait on a decorative pillow, with added touches … Continue reading →

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Happy holidays

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

from The Left Bank Studio!

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First wash

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

The Thursday-afternoon students at The Left Bank Studio have been working with value and composition, learning how to take their sketches and better compose them for painting. Then when you paint, it’s fun! The planning has already been done, and … Continue reading →

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Holiday Market at Prairie Moon

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

This past Sunday I had a booth at the third annual Holiday Market at Prairie Moon Winery just outside of Ames. Lyndsay Nissen has done a beautiful job with this event three years in a row, creating a market for … Continue reading →

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Color coordinated

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

I’ve been rearranging The Left Bank Studio by color, and still bringing more things out of the vault. At right is a baby bassinet which my dad and I made. It holds a legal-size mattress for a newborn, and as … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving trip

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

I hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving! I made new figures (shown at right) to repair the All the World’s a Stage BookMarks sculpture, and took advantage of my trip to Iowa City to hand them over to the Parks … Continue reading →

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