Home on the Plains
Still enthralled with buffaloes! With this one I was thinking about how everyone thinks of the plains of Kansas as a bit drab, when actually it is teaming with all kinds of beautiful life. As a child I remember being … Continued
How Now Brown Cow?
The latest in my Home on the Range series celebrating Kansas. Of course it has to be titled “How Now Brown Cow”! This particular piece is a tribute to the Kansas farm. On a 12 x 12 stretched canvas with … Continued
Tea Time Discovery
“Painting” with only paper can be a fun change of pace, and is a good exercise in really having to pay attention to color values. I often like to throw in a little extra challenge and fun by adding images … Continued
Faces and Such
Faces 29 through 35 completed this week… though four of them are borrowed from my junk journal. I got a little behind on my faces, but since I was making them in my art journal pages, I decided those would … Continued
Coming Up Hearts
Wouldn’t it be fun to be able to give a piece of original art in the place of a card? That was my thinking in creating these little 5 x 7 mixed media heart canvases. They all have sweet little … Continued
Happy Birthday Kansas!
“Bison of the Plains” 11 x 14 Today commemorates the date that my home state Kansas joined the United States. Kansas is often underappreciated, so I am making an exception to my usual schedule to give a nod of gratitude … Continued
Tell Your Story in Collage
Several months ago I visited the Red Barn Studio in Lindsborg, Kansas, home of artist Lester Raymer. I was very inspired by his eclectic body of work. One thing that especially attracted me were his shadowboxes. In these he used … Continued
The Woodsman
I had a lot of fun with this 8 x 10 inch collage and paint on a cradled wood panel.The background is a sheet of Citra Solv altered paper on which I added collage and paint. This is an example … Continued