A World with Octobers…
from my art journal…. “I am so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” L.M. Montgomery
Mini Art Wood blocks
With craft show season starting up with a bang this weekend, I have been focusing more on my mini art items. Nice little giftable pieces of art, like these little 4 x 4 inch wood blocks. They can be sent … Continued
Lettering Workshop
Last weekend was the monthly art journal themed workshop at Tessera Fine Art Gallery in Wichita. This one was on making hand drawn letters. We used our own individual styles to create an alphabet that we can use over and … Continued
Workshop Day!
Today I am off to teach 2 workshop sessions at Tessera Fine Art Gallery in Wichita. At each of the monthly sessions, I teach a workshop on some mixed media technique that can be used in the art journal. Today … Continued
Rooster Reinvented
I had fun putting this guy together last week. I started with a background of torn strips of National Geographic magazine, treated with Citra Solv concentrated cleaner and my hand cut chicken wire stencil. The part collage, part paint’ rooster … Continued
Illustrator Andrea D’Aquino
I have always had an appreciation for well illustrated children’s books, but now that I have illustrated a couple of them myself, I have become even more interested and attentive to the artwork that can make or break a book. … Continued
Island Beauty
Starting with a cabinet door, and an vintage 1954 map of the West Indies, I set out to create a piece that has been on my mind for several months. I love this old map, and decided to embrace the … Continued
I love finding something unique to use as a platform for my art. In preparing artwork for the upcoming Ecofest in Wichita, I thought it would be the perfect time to use this old chair back that I had found … 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