Paper Love
Sometimes I don’t know which I love more; making art, or just gazing at the art materials! This week I got an order of one of my favorite supplies… beautiful handcrafted papers! A whole box of lovely patterns, colors, and … Continued
Coffee Break Collage Series
Tomorrow I will be teaching a “Paint with Paper” workshop at Tessera Fine Art Gallery, so as usual I did a little brushing up on technique this week. I had been wanting to do a series of cups, and … Continued
Domestic Wild
One of the pieces I worked on at The Red Barn Studio in Lindsborg this week. I guess a Dala horse would have been more appropriate than a rhino, but I had been wanting to do this guy for awhile. … Continued
Peonies for Mother
I have been working on this collage and paint still life, “Abundance” for awhile now. I work on it for a bit, and then let it sit for awhile. Later I come back to it and add some more, and … Continued
Personal Patchwork
en fascinated with collage faces lately. I decided to use collage and paint to redo “A Woman of Color”, a canvas that I did while we were camping last summer that I almost liked. I call my redo “Personal Patchwork” … 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
The Year of the Faces
One of my goals for 2016 is to continue working on faces, in fact, I am going to try to do at least 365 faces! I gifted myself with this nifty little leather journal full of handmade paper to inspire … Continued
Crow at Home
I stopped at a convenience store lately and there were several crows hanging out in front, strutting around pecking at the occasional crumbs of food left behind by hurrying customers. I paused to take pictures of them and wondered about … Continued
The Gathering of Koi
I have been on a fish kick lately, and finally created the mixed media Koi piece that has been swimming around my head for awhile. It was a fun process, as every mixed media adventure seems to be! To create the … Continued
Lil’ Junker
I always get excited when I introduce one of my new little creations. Most of them are a long time coming as they stir around in my head for quite some time until they finally become so insistent that I actually … Continued