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Alix Mosieur
Alix Mosieur
I live and work in the town of Lorane, Oregon with my husband, Bruce. I am
mostly self-taught in my art, but I did study at Santa Barbara City College and
at the University of Oregon. I have taught an art class at the Coos Bay Art
Museum in Oregon; and my work has been shown at the Santa Barbara Art Museum,
the Coos Art Museum-Oregon and several arts galleries in California and Oregon.
I have won first place awards including Joseph Days Festival in Joseph, Or;
first place at Klamath Valley Annual Art Show; and first place at Umpqua Valley
Arts Association in the Western Art Shop
My art is diverse, but my first love and consuming interest is in painting
portraits of Native Americans, concentrating on those men involved in the Indian
Wars of the last century. I consider myself lucky beyond my wildest dreams to be
able to live where I do and to make a living doing what I love best.
REDHORSE ART CO.
THE PROCESS:
Alix &Bruce Mosieur make their one of a kind wood art pieces, by being very
selective choosing the right piece of wood from slash piles, downed timber, and
specialty wood mills. They then cure the wood in a drying environment for
months, sometimes years, before being used. Bruce then belt sands or planes it
with 60 or 80 grit paper to plow down ridges and high spots, and then finish
sands it with an orbital sander. Next, he sands the wood by hand until the
surface is smooth enough for Alix to draw on with her double ought Staedtler
technical pen. Alix uses waterproof black ink, and when the drawing is completed
she applies an acrylic watercolor wash for highlights and color.
Bruce then brushes 8 to 10 coats of water base varnish, making sure each coat is
dry before applying the next coat. He then sands the surface with very fine
paper and finishing off with #0000 steel wool until the piece is satiny smooth.
The back is then sealed with 2 or 3 coats of varnish, and it is ready for a wire
hanger to hang on the wall or it may become a beautiful tabletop.
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