Towee Times Two
This pair of Towee is looking about on the ground under some shrubbery for some tasty tidbits. They are a collage of papers and real feathers along with some acrylic paint. The background is Citra Solv altered paper on a … Continued
The Chickadee Three
These are a wordy little group of chickadees hanging out on trees made from book pages that have been sprayed and splattered with coffee. The background is made from squares of National Geographic pages treated with Citra Solv. The birds … Continued
Pass the Painting Please!
I belong to an organization of artists and May marks our final meeting before a summer break. We try to do something fun and different at this meeting, so this year we had fun with a “Pass the Painting Please” … Continued
Morning Joys
Last fall I took an abstract drawing class from the talented Brian Hinkle at Tessera Fine Art Gallery in Wichita. This is one of the charcoal sketches I did under his tutelage. I was pretty happy with this piece, so … Continued
New Stencil – Circus !
I have been having fun designing stencils the last couple of months, and just added a new one to my line up. “Circus” makes a lovely background pattern on this journal page, with the help of some acrylic paint mixed … Continued
The Delegate
This is one of those pieces that took a different turn than what I had originally planned. The background was going to have some negative painted jungle type leaves in it, but I loved the flowy juicy background that I … 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
Creativity is a Way of Operating….
“Creativity is not a talent, it is a way of operating.” John Cleese Did this page in my art journal by penciling in the words, painting the entire page with a watercolor wash, then painting where the words aren’t with … Continued
Woman of Color
I started this 16 x 20 canvas piece while camping in Colorado and did the final touch ups here at home. It is a departure from my recent mixed media, done only with acrylic using a large paint brush and a … Continued