Cottage Fever by Brian McCormick material_padauk Each piece is wheel-thrown

Each piece is wheel-thrown

Transparent color (which allows the grinding patterns to show through) is added by hand-painting layers of colors

and the timeless folklore motifs of her Romanian roots

People worked hard in factories to put food on the table and there was little time for much else

Bissell grew up on a farm in the English countryside

Cottage Fever by Brian McCormick material_padauk Each piece is wheel-thrownI tried something different from my usual landscapes: a random train of thought based on a mid winter melancholy mood. Image size: 20. 5" x 10. 25" Paper size: 20. 5" x 10. 25" This watercolor and mixed media piece was painted on Arches paper by Brian McCormick of Madison, Wisconsin. Brian McCormick retired from the Wisconsin Historical Society and began creating art full time in 2008. He had spent his career as a Preservation Architect, though his