India Denali Designs

India Denali Designs Hand Painted Silk Scarves by Lisa Chitwood I've been in love with art for years, as many of you know. That scarf now hangs in my living room.

Art was the first class I felt a deep and profound connection in, it was like meeting myself and knowing I always wanted to do this, paint, draw, create, laugh, and lose myself to the creative collective. My first silk painting class was in 2000, my Mom signed up for a class at the now gone "Mountain Country Mercantile." After much hemming and hawing I finally agreed to go and discovered I really

liked it! I walked into that class without any idea what to do, and 5 hours later walked out with a scarf in hand. It was extremely fast paced and we had to use inferior quality dyes but I have a beautiful scarf with 4 African Oryx walking across it. Between 2000 and now, I took a few years off (8 or so) and in 2010 found a used professional steamer, and I started thinking about painting silk professionally. So far I work slowly and methodically and love to watch the colors flow on the fabric. For those who paint it is like painting a watercolor painting just 10 times harder. (because the dye doesn't stop moving for 10 minutes or so, it will continue to change and shift until it is dry)

My inspiration is nature, color, music, language, imagination, dance, ancient cave art to present day artists, space images and much more. It's a fun process with many steps involved. I have a few patterns (like the wolves and quilt blocks) but I also like to draw freehand on the silk. Every scarf is unique even if I follow a pattern I drew, the colors will always be different.

07/15/2013

Hi Holly Remer, thank you for liking my page!!!!

03/23/2013

The sun has been so lovely, it was perfect for taking some photos of the latest scarves on the new manikin I just added to my studio. Hope you like them!

From the studio, playful scarves. Just playin' around and drawing on the silk, each is one of a kind.
03/23/2013

From the studio, playful scarves. Just playin' around and drawing on the silk, each is one of a kind.

03/23/2013
02/08/2013

I am super-duper thrilled to have finished the poppy scarf below. This scarf turned out so much better than I ever imagined it would, a thrilling feeling to be sure! It is a commission for friends in NE Oregon.

Commissioned piece for friends in NE Oregon.
02/08/2013

Commissioned piece for friends in NE Oregon.

11/16/2012

Next show is going to be at Powell Butte. Please come by and I look forward to seeing you there! I also have scarves here at home for sale.

Although it started out harmlessly enough I was left thinking this is sooo cool it is organic and looks like Leopard Spo...
11/16/2012

Although it started out harmlessly enough I was left thinking this is sooo cool it is organic and looks like Leopard Spots!

11/07/2012

Yippee! Scarves are coming out for the holidays! My fingers are crossed that some will be in Sisters, OR at a friends shop. Then I'm also going to be posting many up on Etsy. Will add photos soon. Love to all you wonderful friends, family and admirers! You bring so much happiness to my life thank you so much!

10/24/2012

Getting ready for the Wendy's Wish show Nov. 2 & 3. I'll have a few older scarves and lots of new ones with butterflies, doodles, birds and who knows what else might spring out of my mind! Photos to come soon! Please come by if you can, it's at St. Charles Hospital in Bend, OR.

http://www.wendyswish.org/Wendys_Wish/Home.html

Pics from the studio, images of artwork in process!
04/30/2012

Pics from the studio, images of artwork in process!

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