Woodpecker
Mixed media picture based on water colour paper, with acrylic paint, permanent pen, aquarelle pencil and cotton scrim. The words are my attempt at a haiku.
Mixed media picture based on water colour paper, with acrylic paint, permanent pen, aquarelle pencil and cotton scrim. The words are my attempt at a haiku.
all these pages start with surface treatment mini-experiments. This one is gel resist, koi watercolor and distress ink. failed postcard art collaged in (the face) Stamps
"Do What You Love" is inspired by my passion for art. This piece is 12×12 inches and is a mixture of acrylic paint, text from a book, paint pens and water-soluble pencil. This painting is part of my year-long bird inspired series.
This 36×40 inch painting started out as an example for a workshop I was going to teach. The class was cancelled (due to the fact that I am moving) and I decided to experiment and play on what was already there. I had so much fun and the process was very freeing. I incorporated water,…
This abstract painting incorporates paper pieces collaged throughout as well as paint pen and water-soluable pencil. The focus is positive and happy. I added the words "listen" and "heart knows" because I believe that we have all of the answers inside if we just pause long enough to listen to our hearts.
This mixed media/collage painting incorporates found vintage imagery with acrylic paint and original ephemera..12x12x 1/2 " in dimension on stretched canvas with black painted sides
This scrapbook for stitch has a quilted cover incorporating many different techniques such as discharge paste text, free-motion stitch, digitally stitched lettering, patching and quilting. Inside are fabric pages on which to add my stitched samples, try out ideas and add textured embroidery.
I decided to take my personal motto and see how many words I could form from it and then arrange it into a poem. The red squares remind me of magnetic poetry. The composed poem is punctuated with a rose. Then I used photo editing software to alter my piece. I used the instant…
These are the finished pages, "Nothing Left to Lose". The development of these pages can be found in the Pages in Stages section.
This image includes the first three developmental stages for my visual journal pages, "Nothing left to lose". I first stained the pages by soaking them in coffee, tea, and a small amount of black acrylic ink. Since I soaked many pages at once, it left the intriguing patterned marks on the pages. I then glued…