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Art Bite Blog Has Moved!

If you have been following this blog, you might have noticed I haven’t posted much here in quite a while and that’s because Art Bite has moved to a new home on my website. If you’re a subscriber here and miss seeing new content, all you have to do is visit This Page to subscribe to my monthly Newsletter. You’ll receive the cool content you’ve received on this Blog and lots of other wonderful…

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INCISING from lorraine glessner on Vimeo.

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Session2_MMasPractice from lorraine glessner on Vimeo.

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The Pieces of My Personal Collage History: Fragments & Gestalt

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Kolaj Fest NOLA: 3 Big Take Aways

I’ve been back in Philly for a few weeks now and still pondering some of the ideas, people and art I was introduced to at Kolaj Fest, New Orleans. Kolaj Fest is organized by The Kolaj Institute and is fairly new to the art conference scene, with it’s inaugural event held in 2018. Because of Covid, only four conferences have been held between it’s first and this year’s event. Just like a good…

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The Why, Where & How of Line

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Art & Writing: How You Can Go from Bad to Brilliant

I can't explain to you how shaken up I was when I turned in my first art history paper only to be told by my professor that I was the worst writer he's ever read. Little did I know that that being a professional artist and a good writer go hand in hand...

Image: Cy Twombly, Untitled (Murder of Olofernes), 1964, graphite, colored pencil, wax crayon and ballpoint pen on paper, 27×39 If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know that I was a late bloomer, attending graduate school at the ripe old age of 34. Prior to that time, I hadn’t had a traditional art school education, I attended design school. It was a fine school for what it was,…

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CALPatternDay4 from lorraine glessner on Vimeo.

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My Vermont Encaustic Retreats: 12 More Reasons to Join Us This Summer

Over the years, I have answered many questions regarding my VT Encaustic Retreats and I've also made a few discoveries from my frequent visits, so I decided to compile them into this handy list. If you're on the fence, hop over that pesky thing & join us!

The planning of my Vermont Encaustic Retreats started in 2017, but between Covid and other anomalies, the first Retreats were held in Summer, 2021. They quickly filled with long waitlists, participants itching to get out of their homes to commune creatively in nature with other like minded artists. I’m so thankful to the fabulous instructors I’ve co-taught with each year and I’m so excited to…

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CALPatternDay3 from lorraine glessner on Vimeo.

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CALPatternDay2Vid2 from lorraine glessner on Vimeo.

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CALPatternDay2Vid1 from lorraine glessner on Vimeo.

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CALPatternDay1.mp4 from lorraine glessner on Vimeo.

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New Year, New Goals

The universe has its way of giving us not so subtle hints and right now, I have nothing to do but listen. Almost a solid week of barely moving has offered the opportunity to reflect on the last year and develop ideas for change going forward in this year.

As I write this, I’m sitting in bed nursing a painful ear infection caused by one or more viruses flying through the air and I’m thinking, this is just not how I want to welcome a new year. It’s presently a pretty warm January thaw right now and if I was in good health, I would likely be kayaking, hiking, using newly learned iphone camera tricks, painting by a somewhat frozen stream, collecting…

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Flowers, Botanicals, Natural Processes & Materials: A Vermont Encaustic Retreat

Flowers, Botanicals, Natural Processes & Materials: A Vermont Encaustic Retreat

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The Vermont Landscape as Muse: Encaustic on Paper & the Written Word

The Vermont Landscape as Muse: Encaustic on Paper & the Written Word