Who is creative Lenna?

Lenna Young Andrews describes herself as a passionate, creative mixed-media artist and instructor. She now lives in Bradenton, Florida, with her husband Steven Deming and their two dogs, Asia & Chloe. They just moved from Connecticut on December 1st, 2009.

 

  Lenna loves to create, teach mixed media art classes and share the art she makes on her blog - where you will find her most recent artwork. She also enjoys making sample art. She has made many pieces for Alpha Stamps and  ARTchix Studio, which are both internet based companies carrying wonderful supplies for the mixed-media artist! This is Lenna's original website, developed by her son Decklin Foster in 1996 when he was just 14 years old. At that time the internet, email, websites and even Decklin were just babes! The website has grown and changed over the years and is now being updated by Lenna. You'll many examples of her: fabric art - collage art - altered books -  fabric books - ATCs - fabric stamping - rubber stamp art - and many of her published pieces (1994-2008). Click on the links found in the sidebar to your right, to view more of more Lenna's current art, her writing, and her instruction on other websites >>>.

 

For the latest  art and news, hop over to Lenna's art blog or go to her teaching website, A Little Creative Space which focuses on Lenna's free tutorials and  her on-line/email workshops which are available  for purchase. You'll find the workshops published as PDF files, making it easy to work at your own pace. The tutorials are free!

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Below you'll find some of Lenna's favorite music on a playlist . . .

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The about Lenna page will tell you more about Lenna & her family. Lenna's great uncle, William Glackens was a very influential American Impressionist painter and part of the group called The Eight. This group of artists were associated with the Ashcan movement in the early 20th Century. You can find William Glacken's artwork in many major museums and collections. Lenna is named after William Glacken's daughter Lenna.

 

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A personal note from Lenna:  

Steve and I are sometimes asked why we have different last names even though we are married? Well, I would have happily taken Steven's surname, but Steven had other definite ideas. He actually insisted I keep my maiden name when we got married. If you are curious, visit this page for the whole story! Steven is my biggest supporter and largest fan of my art. For 17 years he worked as a technical consultant and systems architect for the Farmington CT company, Innovative Computer Systems but he recently left his job at the end of October, 2009 to move with me to Florida to be near my parents. Steven is also an artist! He has created award winning  graphite drawings and  funny cartoons plus even collaborative paintings (with me!). He will deny he is a true artist if you ask him, huh? Everyone disagrees! 

 

I hope to be sharing a studio and making art with Steven again soon, in our new home in Florida. His last job consumed his time and he didn't have the inspiration to create . . . .  except for Christmas last year when he made me two beautiful etched wine glasses. Steven also made a fantastic card for my birthday, a  wonderful cartoon of our 2 cats, Star & Farfel, who were adopted by a new 'mom' before we moved to Florida. It took five and half months to sell our home, but at the end of October we did sell our Avon, CT home, WOW!! Then we joined my parents in Palma Sola, Bradenton, Florida, early in December, 2009.

 

You can contact us via this email anytime, if you have any questions or comments. Thank you!

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more about this site . . .  

The Photo Gallery is where you'll find ATCs, altered books, collage pieces, mixed media art, and fabric art. Look at the right hand side once you are there for links to specific pages. Lenna has also made a page on this site for her husband, Steven Deming to showcase his talent.  Drawing by Steven Deming (click for more detail)

 

Personal photos celebrating Steven and Lenna's wedding in June of 2005 are also found in the Photo Gallery. View the happy occasion and take a peek at all the art sent to Lenna and Steven from family and many on-line friends around the world and incorporated into their wedding. Lenna made her hand-stamped wedding dress and stamped the back of Steven's vest at his request! 

  Family photos, including a photo diary on how Lenna's father creates his handmade wooden cedar strip boats are in the Photo gallery. Lenna's mom claims that Lenna has received all her creative talents from her dad (smile) but her mom is very creative too! 

The collaborative art gallery page is where you'll find a number of paintings done together by Steven & Lenna. Here is Steven standing with one of our paintings. This 2007 photo was taken at the West Hartford Art League's Juried Art Show.  Steven & Lenna love this painting and both agree it was quite a thrill to get into a juried art show with their piece. 

ART SWAPS and Exchanges shares swap related art, 2007 and prior. This is where you can view the results of completed swaps Lenna hosted. You'll find Lenna's own swap/exchange art, as well as the art of many other creative and talented artists to inspire you!

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Visit my gallery of custom-made U.S. Postage Stamps created from art and photos by my husband and myself. The postage stamps are produced through Zazzle.com. You can personalize our designs for your own use by changing the text or you can create your own stamps and other items from your own art.

These art postage stamps are great for Mail Art.

make custom gifts at Zazzle

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Here are some favorite photos of ours from Wolfe Island in Ontario, CANADA.

 

We visit beautiful Wolfe Island, Ontario every year -- Steven's grandmother was born on this island and his family still owns the farmhouse she was born in and the  surrounding cottages on the banks of St. Lawrence River across from Kingston, Ontario.  Wolfe Island is the largest of all the Thousand Islands, and very beautiful and peaceful.

   

 

To the right is a photo of Steven motoring the sailboat he named 'Nimda' after a computer virus (!) around the island.  Kingston, Ontario is in the distance. Click on the photo for a better look; we sold this boat in 2009.

 

Below, I'm walking with Asia on Wolfe Island. This rural, farming island is very beautiful and I am so happy Steven introduced me to it!

 

Many more photos of beautiful Wolfe Island, Canada are here and here-2009!

"Art when really understood is the province of every human being. It is simply a question of doing things, anything, well. It is not an outside, extra thing. When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressing creature. He becomes interesting to other people. He disturbs, upsets, enlightens, and he opens ways for better understanding." 

Robert Henri, The Art Spirit (1923)

My great uncle, William Glackens was a protégé of Robert Henri and shared a studio with him in 1894. I especially admire Mr. Henri as an artist and a teacher after reading more about him.

 Check out my favorite quotes page!

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T hanks for visiting! 

 Steven and I send our very best wishes to you. We appreciate your visit to this website.

 

last updated on December 12, 2009

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