Tag: nature art

Dear to Me mixed media

This painting wasn't intended to be considered seasonal, but many people like seeing it around the winter holidays. Painted on Aquarelle watercolor paper using watercolors and acrylic paint.  I stamped designs into wet gesso for the antlers and used fabric roses painted pink for the flowers.  Little beads were painted, cut and adhered to the…

Secret Garden Mixed Media painting

This painting was the result of a challenge I was given: complete a mixed media piece with the title: A Secret Garden.  It was Autumn and I love the way the trees light up with color, so I began there.  As a child I thought trees held secret doors to other worlds, so I included…

Find the Magic in Your Materials

When I ask artists what inspires them, time and again they tell me they’re inspired by nature in its various forms. How can that not be? We’re surrounded by natural elements that make us pause in appreciation: a remarkable sunrise, a romantic sunset, or the mysterious moon. The artists in the newest issue of Cloth…

Title: Lunar Guardian

From a series of 12 Mother Nature paintings, all completed in mixed media.  This painting is a reminder that even when things go very wrong, they can still be saved.  Originally I wanted to try a color wash over the entire image, however, I ended up with a muddy mess.  She was headed to the…

"Wild Flowers" mixed media original on canvas

Wild Flowers colorful original mixed media canvasOriginal mixed media collage canvas on canvas painting. "wild wild flowers". It measures 11" x 14" and is painted black on sides. Comes with a hanger on back to hang.  Painting is signed on the front and back. Sealed with a varnish.

5 birch

While this was an anniversary present for my husband, he challenged me to use only my own hand dyed or painted fabric. That was lots of fun!