I am starting to get excited about a whole weekend of workshops coming up in Jerseyville, Illinois. We will kick things off on Friday night with “Mixed Media on the Cheap” full of tips and recipes for inexpensive mixed media … Continued
I can’t decide which is my favorite part of this piece, the red pot made from some of my monoprinted paper stash, or the little bird who has come to perch by this pot of flowers. that I imagine sitting … Continued
My mother passed away twenty years ago today. I was 6 months pregnant at the time, and remember the day like it was etched in stone. But it is not that day that I want to think about when I … Continued
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
One of my goals for 2016 is to work in series. Not only is it more efficient, but it is also fun to have collections of like themed pieces. This series of four canvases I affectionately refer to … Continued
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
This week I have had a lot of fun making a big stack of pretty papers using a printing plate and various tools, mostly hand made. One of those papers found its way into this piece as the vase, and … Continued
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” 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
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