Happy Earth Day!
I can’t think of a better day to celebrate Earth Day than by playing around with some Citra Solv and National Geographic magazines! I just had a workshop on it at Tessera Fine Art Gallery in Wichita last weekend, and … Continued
Image Transfer with Citra Solv
I am excited to include an additional aspect of using Citra Solv concentrated cleaner to my upcoming Citra Solv workshops…. image transfer. We will be transferring an image to be framed with a Citra Solv altered magazine page covered wood … 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
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
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
The Best of 2015
Well, this is the last day of 2015 and there are a few of my goals for the year that I am clearly not going to meet. But that’s okay because there is so much more that I DID accomplish. … Continued
Out of Africa
Using a copy of one of my own Citra Solv altered papers as the base, I reverse painted an elephant, and whimsical plant life around him using gesso and paint. I added shading with my Derwent Inktense pencils, and did … Continued
A Little Trip to India…
As a teenager I spent a couple of weeks exploring India and fell in love with the persistent beauty and vivid colors of the country. Despite a considerable presence of poverty at that time, the people had a tenacious flair … Continued
Mixed Media Mandala
This Mandala is totally different than anything I have done before, yet uses some of my favorite elements… a mixed media background selectively painted over, and Citra Solv papers cut and pieced on top. I made the background on the … Continued