
Welcome, I’m Elaine.
I make art, write about art and run a tiny art gallery. Find out more about me.
Winter News from the Studio
The year started off with a bang - as I installed the Clocking in for Unpaid Labor Show at the Orland Park Park Public Library on January 3rd, and...
It’s finishing time!
As in, time to finish these quilts! I've been good about finishing smaller quilted works, banners and small wall pieces. Less good about finishing...
Monsters Show!
When Mary Lynn Mahoney, the outreach librarian at the Orland Park Public Library put out a call for "Mythical Monsters," I naturally went first to...
A Look Back; A Look Forward
On Looking Back I usually do a year in review post, but I didn't for 2022. So here's a mini look back and a look forward. I did extensive reviewing...
The Government Took Away Women’s Pockets!!! (WWII)
The Library of Congress Instagram account is always fun - showing us hidden parts of the library and a photo from the collection almost every day....
Dollhouse Art Center Take Over with Mel Kolstad
When I saw that Mel Kolstad was working on 1,000 collages, each one individually made and just 1" x 1", I thought that would be a cool art show for...
Clocking in for Unpaid Labor Show is up at the Orland Park Public Library
Time cards in the photo above are by Cathleen Cramer, Tess Dillenberger and Kate Eggleton. The Biggest Show yet of the Clocking in for Unpaid Labor...
Doilies with Quotes about Women’s Labor and Shadow Work
Well, that's not a very catchy title, is it? This is a new body of work, I'll share them here in reverse order of being made. I'll work on the...
Interview with Jean Gray Mohs (AKG solo show)
The current micro-gallery solo artist is Jean Gray Mohs who works with shaped wood that she paints and connects together in unexpected forms. For...