Artlandia
This is the opening week of my show at Artlandia in Hutchinson, Kansas. It is a fairly new gallery, with a nice large space that makes my “large” pieces look rather small! It is owned by Jennifer Randall, an active … Continued
The Trophy
This fishy collage and paint canvas makes me think of the mounted (stuffed?) fish that some avid fisherman display on a wooden plaque. This trophy however, is just sleepily hanging out in a pond. In the picture above, he is … Continued
Forest Queen
“Forest Queen” first appeared in my sketchbook. I was inspired looking through my stash of papers, and my new line of stencils. Dots in a Row is especially evident in the background. After getting everything blocked in, I did some … Continued
New Art – Woodland
I created this 12 x 12 inch mixed media collage for Gallery XII“s Crazy Eights exhibit. Pretty much anything goes in this show as long as it is a square not exceeding 12 x 12 inches. Mine includes papers I … Continued
Breathe Deep the Aroma of a New Day
I had fun making this piece, challenging myself to lean a bit to the abstract, with slightly wonky proportions. I aim to continue to do a series of still life pieces. I started, as one must, with building a background. … Continued
I have plans on creating a series of abstract still life pieces. I keep doing some as a “warm up” or to figure out how I want to go about them. I suspect my series will end up being a … Continued
Forest Fox
Little “Forest Fox” is my first fox, something I have been wanting to do for some time. He sits by a reverse painted tree (the tree is the original background, painted around) among fronds that are one of my new … Continued
A Number in the Crowd
“A Number in the Crowd” is chock full of my new stencil designs! First, I created a lovely background using Citra Solv and National Geographic magazine papers… Then I did all kinds of fun stenciling with my new stencil designs… … Continued
Old Tree New Life
Sometimes what appears in my art journal turns into a full blown piece of art like this gnarled old tree… now on a 16 x 40 inch canvas! The process to get from one to the other involved many steps. … Continued
Favorite Art of 2015
This is a tough one! But it has been great fun looking through all the art I created in 2015… more than any other year! More importantly, when I look at previous years, I can see that I continue to … Continued