Creating Welcome Door Signs

It’s time to think about Spring and decorating to welcome the season. In this workshop learn how to paint accents and paper flower layout. Choose either the 12” circle sign or the house welcome sign to design for yourself or as a gift.   Learn to arrange the die cut flowers and leaves, shade the flowers, add background or patterned papers adding accent pieces or trim.  As an added bonus create two mini cards using your extra flower pieces envelopes included.  Please bring scissors, liquid glue (Elmer’s white, clear or glue stick) and a ruler. Happy Spring!

Regina Thomas’ collage and mixed media art is a mélange of visual stimuli, colors, and shapes involving different genres from the representational to the abstract.  These multi-layered works portray her view of the world, never realistic, injecting her own narratives, metaphors, and icons.  Regina works instinctually, and her desire is to stimulate and intrigue the viewer, make a connection, bringing their own experiences to the work.

Regina has lived and traveled throughout Asia and Europe.  While in London, she attended Richmond University concentrating on the Art Disciplines as well as Studio classes.  Upon her return to the states she continued refining her art through classes and workshops at RISD (Rhode Island School of Design), The New Art Center in Newton – MA, South Shore Art Center – MA, West Hartford Art League, Creative Arts Workshop/New Haven, CT, Yale University and The British Art Museum.

Regina has been included in many juried exhibitions in New England. Thomas shows in private galleries and has private collectors across the U.S., Europe, South America and Asia. Her most recent shows have been at The John Slade Ely House in New Haven, and The Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook where she also holds classes in collage and mixed media art.