I have always enjoyed all the places that I have visited through reading. As a kid I loved looking through my mother’s copy of Richard Haliburton’s “Book of Marvels” and traveling to those places in my imagination. And of course … Continued
“Old World Beauty” is on a 16 x 20 deep stretched canvas with a Citra Solv altered background and a batik fabric vase. The roses are a mix of paper and paint. The piece is muted and has kind of … Continued
In the making of “Standing Rainbows” I first just spent a lot of time layering papers and paint until I had a beautiful board full of color. then I sketched in some trees and painted the negative spaces a deep … Continued
This total canvas field of flowers was done as a demo piece at a recent private workshop. I just love getting my fingers into the paint and playing around without much plan or forethought. Usually I do a vase of … Continued
This piece seems to beg to be a sweet little children’s book illustration, and makes me think it would be kind of fun to write and illustrate a picture book…. Can you imagine a story for these little animals all … Continued
I am having alot of fun with this new to me style. I took an abstract class from Brian Hinkle over a year ago and it got some ideas stirring around in my head. I am just now getting around … Continued
I would like to say that this collage artwork was inspired by a trip to Italy, but it was very unglamourously inspired by a pretty piece of thrift store artwork that also had a cute little cluster of white washed … Continued
As my children were growing up, the weekend before Valentine’s Day always meant some heavy duty Valentine card production. Occasionally I relented and purchased the ready made Valentine’s, but most of the time I insisted that they be handmade. I … Continued
February workshops start off tonight with Mixed Media on the Cheap, Encaustic Style at Dillon Nature Center in Hutchinson, Kansas. We will use an encaustic beetle project to explore some of the low cost alternative supplies that can be used … Continued
