by Mindy Lighthipe | May 26, 2023 | Art Destinations, Art Exhibits, Butterfly Art, Conservation, Insect Art
I can’t believe it has been 9 months since I posted a blog post! Wow, how time flies when you are having fun and keeping busy!!! Since the pandemic I have been teaching online via Zoom. In the past year things have opened up and I have wonderful opportunities to...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Dec 4, 2019 | Art Exhibits, Drawing Tips, Exhibitions, Time Management, Uncategorized
I recently had the pleasure of working privately with artist, Cathy Fe over the last 6 months. It was all done online as I live in Florida and Cathy lives in Illinois. It is amazing to me the world we now live in. At times technology seems daunting and impersonal and...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Aug 25, 2019 | Art Exhibits, Bird Art, Printmaking, Solar Etching
So you may thinking…… what the heck is a CORVID and what is a MURDER of them? Corvidae is the Latin name for a family of birds which contain crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs and nutcrackers. This family of birds is found world wide with...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Feb 10, 2019 | Art Exhibits, Bird Art, Colored Pencil, Environmental Concerns, Native Species, Online Art Classes, Uncategorized
I have not considered myself a “birder” until perhaps very recently. I never realized it, but birds are everywhere. Whether I am in New York City or in my own backyard, birds land in close proximity at my every turn. My interest in birds started through my...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Jan 7, 2019 | Art Exhibits, Bird Art, Botanical Art, Botanical Art Books, Workshops
The New Year is bringing great promise to lots of possibilities for exhibiting my art and teaching! I am happy to announce I will be one of the 4 featured artists at the Oakland Manor House; Botanical & Bird Exhibit. The Art of Escapes owner and curator, Gaby West...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Dec 2, 2014 | Art Exhibits, Gallery
I recently decided to collect art from other artists. Why collect someone else’s art when I can make it myself? I once heard only 2% of the population buys art and of that 2%, a high percentage of them are artists! This may not make sense if the artist can...