Books • CD-ROM's

3 Irons 2, digital/encaustic 14"w x 10.5"h, 2005 pre-press text: 144kb.pdf Digital Collage and Painting Susan Ruddick Bloom ISBN: 0240807057, Focal Press, Paperback, Publication Date: 2006

Technicolor Daydream is one of a handfull of examples of digital art in Spotlight on Art, books and CD-ROMs, grade 8, by Dr. Rebecca Brooks, ©2005, Scott Foresman Student Edition: ISBN: 0328080381 Price: $53.24 This hardbound book places fine art and engaging text in your students' hands. Every lesson exposes your students to art and artists while studio activities provide them with opportunities to be artists through a variety of styles and media. Fine Art Gallery Builder CD-ROM: ISBN: 0328147257 Price: $59.00 Let students act as curator of their very own art gallery. From our extensive collection of fine art, your young artists can choose from assorted works of art and then design a gallery that spotlights a particular artist, a time period, medium, subject, or theme. They can print and fold each gallery and link them together to create an exhibit or an entire museum that you can display in your classroom. Students can also create a slide show of their exhibit.

Spring Thaw is one of 15 works featured in the gallery section of Theresa Airey's new book "Digital Photo Art," Sterling Books ISBN: 1579905803, Format: Paperback, 208pp Pub. Date: May 2005 Digital Photo Art: Transform Your Images with Traditional & Contemporary Art Techniques Go beyond the boundaries of the simple digital photograph with these exciting mixed-media art techniques that employ both computer software and traditional hands-on materials. This unique blend of the classic and the new results in eye-catching images that incorporate painting, printmaking, photography, and digital art. Every magnificent page displays exciting and groundbreaking ways to utilize today's digital tools. Use programs such as nik Color Efex Pro! and Adobe Photoshop to reproduce the effects of an old bromoil print or a watercolor painting. With Lazertran inkjet paper, varnish, and turpentine, create a pseudo Polaroid transfer that looks just like an original. Hand color photographs with pastel pencils, or try encaustic wax for an otherworldly effect. With these time-honored artist's tools and modern computer effects, the sky's the limit on creativity List $29.95 Amazon.com

FAQ: How did you apply for consideration? I didn't apply. The authors contacted me after locating and reviewing my work on the web. Dr. Brooks' agent specifically requested Technicolor Daydream - Colorful .

Awards: Regional | National | International
Regional Exhibitions: Out of the Darkness received the Award of Excellence at the 59th Annual Virginia Highlands Juried Art Show. on display from Saturday July 28 to Sunday August 12, 2007 Arts Depot, Abington,VA; Juror: Janet Rogers AWS    Awards Reception Friday, July 27, 7pm, Abingdon Baptist Church Two Cows was purchased by the Roanoke City Art Show Juror, Gina Greer, of Spannierman Gallery NY (probably the best award of all!) New River Art 2005, Jacksonville Center, Floyd, VA, Juror Don Black More Studio Artists Award of Merit   League of Roanoke Artists Annual Showcase, October 2004 The Jefferson Center, Roanoke, Ed Dollinger, Juror. Gallery, 3P.M., Best in Show, and Street Spam (1st Place, Mixed Media ) 2004 VA Highlands Festival Juried Exhibition, Harry Thompson, Juror. Street Spam (Award of Distinction) and          3 Irons (Honorable Mention) And Then We Were One (Award of Excellence) 2003 VA Highlands Festival Juried Exhibition, Mary Alice Braukman, NWS, Juror. Mount Rogers and Flattop (Award of Merit) 2002 Va Highlands Festival Juried Art Exhibition, Juror, Margaret Hall Hoybach Promise of Sun (Best in Show) 2001 New River Art, Pulaski, VA, Trudi Van Dyke, juror Blue Ridge Snow (Most Innovative) 2001 Lynchburg Area Juried Show: Blue Ridge Snow - Cathy Pinkerton, Juror Feature Article by Leslie Hagar Smith 37Kb.pdf Shadow Dancer (Award of Merit) 2001VA Highlands Festival Juried Art Exhibition, Abingdon, VA, Mary Ann Beckwith, Juror Charlie's Veranda, Studio School, Roanoke, VA Calendar 2001 (October) Jamaica Joy (Award of Merit) November 2000 Bristol (VA/TN) Artists Sunflower Dreaming (4th Prize) New River Art '1999 Blacksburg, VA, Katherine Hunt, Juror   Salutamus (Award of Merit,) VA Highlands Festival 1999, Abingdon, Brian Atyeo, Juror
International Exhibitions:
Carver - digital	lacda los angeles center for digital art 107 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA - TOP 40 International Juried Show Juror: Rex Bruce Reception:Thursday March 10, 7-9pm (coinciding with the Downtown L.A. Artwalk). Dates: March 10 through Saturday April 2, 2005.
September 5 - October 9 Digitally Speaking at womanmade Gallery, Chicago, IL Reception: Friday September 5, 2003, 6 - 9 pm Juror: Dorothy Simpson Krause selected 41 works by 35 artists.		Graham's Porch Flag	Gallery, 3 PM
Gallery, 3P.M. (Third Place) International Digitized Computer Art Show, Don Archer, juror and Director of Museum of Computer Art, Fulton Street Gallery Troy, NY, April 9, 2003 through May 17th 2003
National Exhibitions: Finalists, Artist's Magazine, experimental category (over 13,000 entries each year:) 1999 Sunflower Dreaming Juror: Louise Cadillac  2000 Jamaica Joy Juror: Edward Betts 2001 Promise of Sun, Juror: Betsy Dillard Stroud and 2002 Shadow Dancer, Juror: Judy Betts

Printed Materials:
	Town of Blacksburg 2006 Calendar featuring the works of Blacksburg Artists Contributing Editor: Jessica Wirgau Design: Walter Hearn Associates LLC information link
Spring Thaw is one of four artist's works chosen by the Arts Council for the Blue Ridge for the "Art a-la-carte" poster, offering "exceptional art" The sale is scheduled for November 30, 2004.
Montgomery County (VA) 2004 Quality of Life Magazine	Coneflowers page 31	Salutamus (detail) page 24

Reviews and Articles

Tennis, anyone? Thursday February 10, 2005 NewsAdvance.com p83 Photoshop Tennis volleys art between artists Roanoke Times-New River Valley CURRENT,October 14, 2004 Blending art and technology - NRV5 Roanoke Times, Saturday, August 2, 2003 Artists take photos to new levels By Amy Coutee, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, VA., Thursday, April 24, 2003 B-3 & B-5 Art Review By Ann Weinstein - Blue Ridge Edition Senior News • October 2002 • 13 A Place at the Table - Review by Ann Weinstein, April 2001 Exhibit in Clifton Forge Combines Technology with Art - APPALACHIAN JOURNAL - A Publication of the Mountain Messenger; March 2001, Page 10 Traditional Show Offers Variety of Styles - Reviewed by Charles Goolsby E&H Arts Department - Washington County News August 2, 2000 • Page 1B

Collections

Next Level Computage: Digital/Hand Encaustic/Acrylic/ashes Rescue Mission, acquired 2008 Roanoke VA

Daybreak Computage Digital/Acrylic VA College of Osteopathic Medicine acquired 2007 Blacksburg, VA

Jamaica Joy Computage Digital/Encaustic Rescue Mission, Roanoke VA acquired 2005