2023 in Review
2023 was a year of travel, making art, and spending some good time with friends and family.
The Euro Trip So Far
I’m writing now from Bologna, Italy, where my friend Lauren and I are on a two month trip through Europe. We’re here to travel, make art, research, and explore (and eat lots of good food). During this trip, I’ve set myself up with a couple of starting questions for making art: 1) how do plants and animals interact with the human-built environments (some of which are ancient and some very modern) of our destinations, 2) How can I experiment with combining painting, drawing, monoprint, and/or collage to create images inspired by my experiences here.
So far, I’ve run into many, many pigeons, some feral graveyard cats, a fight between starlings and sparrowhawks, giant catfish, swan families, and a horde of turtles. One of the nice parts of traveling through the early summer has also been that so many flowers are in bloom. I spent a decent part of our time in Paris smelling every rose I passed and then chasing down the jasmine and honeysuckle in Lyon and Torino. Green spaces have been a bit fewer and farther between in the city center of Bologna, but I’ve enjoyed watching starlings dart above the Piazzas and finding many, varied lion sculptures throughout the city.
As I travel, I’ll be painting on watercolor and acrylic paper with water soluble paints like watercolor, gouache, and acrylic. I’ve also got some watercolor pencils and a little gelli plate for monoprints. I love oil painting, but I wanted to simplify packing and clean-up as much as possible while we travel. What this means is that I can make quite a few smaller paintings with multiple layers, but certain techniques like wiping out and scraping back will be limited to what the paper can tolerate.
Tiny Art at Wild Goose Creative
Four of my little guys are on view tonight at Wild Goose Creative’s Tiny Art show. It’s a one night only show 6-9pm for this month’s Franklinton Friday. I can’t wait to see everyone’s small works there! (And everything is available for sale, so it’s a great time to take home some mini-art works).
Wild Goose Creative is at 188 McDowell St, Columbus, OH 43215.
Boerio Art on View
My mother, Carrie Boerio, and I have art on view now at Argo and Lehne Jewelers in Columbus, Ohio (3100 Tremont Rd.Columbus, OH 43221). Our show, Celebrating Sunlight, is on view from now until September 25th, with an artists reception Saturday, June 26th at 3-5pm.
Michelle Ward of Argo and Lehne wrote a lovely blog post about Celebrating Sunlight that you can find here.
https://www.argolehne.com/blog/art-at-argos-celebrating-sunlight-paintings-by-carrie-michelle-boerio/
Art in person--check it out this June!
So excited about these two actual physical art shows coming up in early June--with one more show still on the way. You can see my art here:
Tempting Fete http://www.temptingfetecolumbus.com/
June 5th, 12 - 6pm
254 Woodland Ave., Columbus, OH
The Reader's Garden Book Store https://www.readersgardenohio.com/
Date TBD, 5-7pm
143 E Broadway, Granville, Ohio
Carrie and Michelle Boerio in the News
“Mother-daughter pair bond over art” is available here or in the December 2020 issue of Pickerington Magazine.
A big thank you to Pickerington Magazine for featuring myself and my mom Carrie Boerio in an article about the two of us as mother-daughter artists. Sarah Robinson did a beautiful, thorough interview that made me think more about how Mom influences me and vice-versa. “Mother-daughter pair bond over art” is available here or in the December 2020 issue of Pickerington Magazine.
Books about art and creativity
Books about art, creativity, and making things.
Pictured are some of my current favorite books about art and creativity, both for adults and kids.
Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon. A new classic, busts popular myths about creativity.
Show Your Work also by Austin Kleon. A great follow up to Steal Like an Artist, offers advice for ways to make creating a habit and share your work.
The Wander Society by Keri Smith (also the creator of Wreck This Journal, another favorite). This book invites you to join the mysterious Wander Society, explore nature, make stuff, and expand your mind.
Hey, Day! by Clea Hantman and Keva Marie. One of my absolute favorite books growing up, it offers a new fun, wacky, or creative activity for every day of the year.
Drawing Your Own Path by John F. Simon Jr. This book combines drawing and meditation to help you create your own more mindful practice.
Art Workshop for Children by Barbara Rucci and Betsy McKenna. Process orientated art activities for kids that are based in good educational theory!
Currently listening to...
Currently listening to the Moby Dick Big Read, a sort of audiobook version of Moby-Dick created by Peninsula Arts and Plymouth University. I can’t decide whether the best part is the variety of readers’ voices or the links to awesome Moby-Dick related art with each chapter, but it’s very early days yet. Right now, Tilda Swinton is telling me all about the instinctual human desire to go to sea.
http://www.mobydickbigread.com
News, research, and random thoughts.