Lynn Dugan's Blog

Young ceramists at work

Teaching young ceramists during TCC’s College for Kids was wonderful. Creative students with lots of questions make for rousing days! Students learned techniques for hand building and throwing on the wheel.

www.duganarts.com to see more student art.

Take a glance at clouds through an airplane window as a child and imagination flies wild. Mine did. Ever since my first airplane ride I have been fascinated with clouds. I wondered what they’d feel like. How they could change from fluffy fun critters to ominous beasts? My wonderings have merged into a story for midgrade readers, “CLOUD RIDER”, and was just released on Kindle via Amazon.com
A world of rambunctious faeries, cloud-fashioned zoomorphic column guards, and flying a cloud zooms you on an unforgettable adventure.
Silence shrieked it’s last warning when Edan lowered one foot across the forbidden faerie ring. As a result Rylie knew life would change, but never imagined how. It wasn’t until her quiet brother Shae revealed his secret cloud riding skills that Rylie discovered how much. While battling cloud interiors, and Queen Friel’s column guards, Edan’s bodacious-ness continued to threaten the safety of home, and dragon’s lives. Would it change her heart? A unique Did You Know? section connects story fantasy with reality. Discussion guide included.
I hope you check out “CLOUD RIDERS” and feel like you are flying a cloud yourself.

“Mingling” fun art show and open mic jam session! December 11th from 3-8 p.m. @ Revolution Lane, 2001 W. Southlake Blvd, in Southlake Texas features colorfillled art of Lynn Dugan. (in same shopping center as Hobby Lobby)

Lynn Dugan is an artist new to the Texas area. She was fascinated by the architecture in Fort Worth. She spent a day photographing building parts to use in her digital art called ‘archiscopes’ or digital architectural kaleidoscopes. If you know of any area saturated with intriguing architecture, please email her: lynn@duganarts.com

Bring your bongos, voices, guitars, and friends to jam and jive holiday cheers. Bring your thirst for Christmas shopping. Jewelry, cool clothes, and art! Lynn’s art features color packed thrills of abstract, still-lifes, and digital creations. Catch a peek at www.duganarts.com and www.revolutionlane.com

Building parts, second graders and music in a classroom? Intermingling for learning? Using a combo of the ‘Orff and Dalcroz approach’, a creative elementary music teacher integrated music with kinesthetic movement to represent architectural kaleidoscopes.  First children stood, laid down, or contorted their individual bodies to duplicate simple printed lines. Pairing with others allowed young ones to replicate more complex lines. The difficulty level increased when students had to duplicate a series of my digital architectural kaliedoscopes with music. (archiscopes pictured below).  Imagine a circle of students laying on the floor like wheel spokes and gently rising in sync, and shifting places to form an outer and inner circle to a melody.

It is quite an honor to know that my art is being used as a visual aid in such an integrative motivating way. This public school teacher incorporates so much into class time, I’d have to visualize the class as a kaleidoscope of learning.

To see more archiscopes, click on my website: www.duganarts.com

It is a hoot to meander towns searching for building parts to capture   with my camera and transform into kaleidoscopic arts. Has your town been  ‘archiscoped’?

Spring. Birds twirting as early morn alarm clock. Buds tickling twigs. And Fresh dirt. I hadn’t visited my garden since the fall, and smirked with glee. I had asparagus… long and tall and skinny, sprouting from fresh dirt – rejuvenated from a winter’s nap.  As I dug, and let the dirt crumble through my fingers, I saw beauty. Big clods. Fine morsels. Parts moist. Some dry. Grey or black as a silent cave. Dirt speckled with autumn’s remnants. Baby twigs peppering the soil.  It all was gorgeous.

This reminded me of a twisted, dirt-caked glory I spied during my Ireland journey. Just like knotwork, this remnant of wire spread over and under, exploring its space. Intrigued, I rescued it. The wire embellished itself with splotches of rust, gentle curves, mysterious entanglements, luscious windows, and hints of color. There is indeed beauty for every inch. “Somewhere’s Beauty” is my tribute to this phenomenon. May you spy beauty in your day.

How do you celebrate the beauty of your day?

Visit www.duganarts.com to see more of the treasures I’ve found and transformed into digital art.

February 20, 2010 Welcome to Lynn Dugan’s first blog.

I’m tickled by the beauty surrounding us each day.  Finding and sharing it is quite an honor. Sometimes taking pictures is simply a joyful tickle. Recently  I spent a humorous day photographing a man hanging from my chandeleir, a treasure I had found  at Goodwill. This spiked hair gentleman came to life as he soared above my studio table.  As I moved to different locations to shoot his image, he antics seemed to change.  Free fall, gliding, sneering even.  And then I got a kick out of naming the photos. For me photos become keepsakes of my adventures, or inspiration for future paintings or my digitals. I’m anxious to photograph him perching in our  blossoming tree when spring arrives. Where do you think I should photograph him? Send me your ideas for his name. Click here to see more of his adventure www.duganarts.com/gallery/23771/PHOTOS

Check back soon to find out more about me, and my art adventures.