I'm delighted to offer my piece to this audience because it was chosen by CQA, the Canadian Quilting Association as 1st place in a recent contest sponsored by their quarterly magazine. The quilt is 22" sq. The background is over dyed commercial fabric using RIT dye, sprinkled and dampened. The trees are made from upholstery…
Almost anything can start a mini story in my mind. Living in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina, Nature is my biggest playground. I love entwining tree trunks. After getting a cool photo of one, I played with it using Photoshop and a bit of imagination.
I just love when colors flow together and I seem to have a preference for blues. I really wanted this painting to feel like it had a lot of movement. I did the background with acrylic paints and then added the tree. I dusted the whole painting with different shades of blue and green glitter.…
I just love when colors flow together and I seem to have a preference for blues. I really wanted this painting to feel like it had a lot of movement. I did the background with acrylic paints and then added the tree. I dusted the whole painting with different shades of blue and green glitter.…
This artwork was created in many layers and used many materials. The background started out with a pair of old jeans, gesso, ripped pages from and old book and used tea bags. White accents were added by printing a hand-carved stamp with gesso and drawing white leaves with Sakura Souffle pen over the tea bags.…
Winter has always been a quiet time for me. I love the long nights and the cloud covered skies. I used this as inspiration to create this 4 x 4 mini canvas. I painted the canvas and then scrubbed off the paint with steel wool. I made the tree by gluing together several pieces of…
Go There Now I found this small produce cabinet at a local thrift store. It was an ugly green color, and yes, smelled like garlic and onions. I cleaned and sanded it, then added a layer of gesso. Once that was done, I added paint, gold leaf paint, glass beads, and a drawer pull. Instead…
Batik with inks on paper and free machine stitching for the tree sillouette
his piece is created with batik wax method, on black tissue paper. I wrinkle the tissue and glue to drawing paper. Then reading the wrinkles I decided on the tree. I wax the areas for the trunk and limbs, then bleach out the background with mist and brushes. Once dry I add the color by…
An India ink tree silhouette of a sour cherry tree on reclaimed MDF wood. Layered decorative paper with additional layers of gesso & acrylic paint for texture.
