What Do You Fear? - Halloween ATC Front 15 October 2012 Acrylic paint, vintage image and vintage paper, Tim Holtz clear rock candy crackle paint. Halloween ATC - Back 15 October 2012 Vintage papers and personal papers, matt medium, gloss varnish, Tim Holtz distress ink, Sigano black gel pen. We decided upon a Halloween theme for [...]
Spread 110 - Bow 20 October 2012 chalk pastels, matt medium, tapes, vintage image. I will not become stagnant. I will explore within myself. I will bow.
Spread 109 - Dandy Friends 25 October 2012 Vintage and personal papers, can label, tissue paper, matt medium, acrylic paint, tracing paper image. My partner and I met some wonderful new friends recently and although it was our first meeting we chatted and laughed getting to know each other like we had been friends for [...]
Dance With The Devil 11 October 2012 Vintage and personal papers & images, maps, drafting paper, crackle paste, matte medium, acrylic paint, Tim Holtz Adirondack sprays, Sigano white gel pen I have danced with the Devil. And yes at times I have been that Devil. Now I dance all by my self. Click on the [...]
Male Man - Front Acrylic Paint, Tim Holtz Clear Rock Candy Paint, Vintage image, Tim Holtz tabs. Brian Kasstle September 2012 Male Man - back Vintage and personal papers, postage stamps, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Liquitex Gloss Medium Varnish, Sigano White Gel pen. September 2012 I am part of a gentlemen's monthly ATC group with [...]
Spread 107 - Transformative September 8 2012 Vintage and personal papers, Acrylic paint, ink, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, matte medium, matte varnish, pencil and colored pencils. It was a particularly bad day at my particular work. Completely computer related and out of our control. I just came home and jumped in my pool, the cool [...]
Spread 106 - Scavenger Hunt 8 September 2012 Vintage and personal papers, matte medium, acrylic paint, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, matte varnish, Signo white pen, black gel pen, red Sharpie poster pen. When I was young my older brother would make me elaborate scavenger hunt maps. These maps would send us on adventures on our [...]
Spread 105 - They Call Adirondack Sprays, found papers, Ink. The process of preparing for an artful weekend for me just makes it impossible not to play a little in the moment. It is like all my paints, papers, fotsom and jetsum call to me, "play with me". I have to just tinker around a [...]
Spread 104 - Four in 1 26 August 2012 Vintage wallpaper, Panther stamp, vintage and personal papers, acrylic paint, Signao white gel pen, black ink pen. And on the last day of our journaling journey with Orly Avineri in San Diego, the memories are sharp yet vague to me. I drew a map of our [...]
Spread 103 - Visual Harmony 26 August 2012 Vintage wallpaper, personal papers, acrylic paint. Sometimes you just need a friend to tell you when to stop. To leave well enough alone.
Spread 102 - pages 5 & 6 - My Voice Box Altered Book, black gesso, private photo, acylic paint, Tim Holtz Distress Ink. 26 August 2012 When I was little I could spend hours creating. For many reasons I stopped. Finding my artistic side again has opened my eyes and enriched my life. I feel [...]
"Voice Box" - pages 3 & 4 Altered book, vintage papers, white gesso, acrylic paint, black ink, Tim Holtz Distress Inks, red tracing paper. 25 August 2012 Seek and you will find. Find pages 1 & 2 here
My altered book - "Hop On Pop" Spread 0100 - "My Voice - pages 1 & 2" August 25, 2012 Altered Book - Suess, Acrylic paint, black and white gesso, gel pen, red tracing paper. I spent the weekend in San Diego in Orly Avienri's Altered Book Class - "The Voice" These are the first pages [...]
Spread 0099 - Take Direction 25 September 2012 Acrylic Paint, tape, napkin,vintage papers, builders tape, Tim Holtz Daubers and Adirondack Color Wash Sprays, Zettiology Stamps. There is a comfort in taking direction from someone you know, love, and trust. I spent the weekend with some wonderful, caring, creative friends. We created, we followed directions, [...]
"Bliss & That" by Monica All my journals from the 1001 Journals Project are currently home with me. This one is by my friend Monica from The Creative Beast for my 1001 journal number #5386. Enjoy! Tomorrow I am of to San Diego for another fun two Orly Avineri class.
"Spread 0098 - Bruce" Water color paper, vintage and found papers, water-color paint, acrylic paint, gel pens. Do you live with an internal critic? This spread is from one from my first year of art journaling in one of Orly Avineri's classes. One of my favorites and I think where I got hooked on art [...]
Spread 0097 - Operation 5" X 8 1/4 " Moleskine Acrylic paint, vintage and personal papers. I've been painting, collaging, layering all day. Maybe it's the heat here. I need a break. I need some space. I need to get out of my head. This is from one of my very first journals, a small [...]
My favorite workspace The wonderful Associate Press author Jennifer Forker has featured me again in a recent article on artist workspaces you can read it here. Yes, I have an indoor workspace, it is upstairs in our home it doubles as a home office. It is hot in the summer, and cold in the winter, [...]
"A Big Tease" 9 August 2012 I love to tease. Here is a little taste of a BIG "Male" project I am working on for Mr. John Arbuckle. I have a couple other projects I am working on that are secrets as well. Those I am sorry I will not be able to share.
I am thrilled to be featured in Seth Apter's "It's Still Life" this week. Thank you Seth! "Two Happy Journals" I took the photo a last week of my two completed sister journals sitting in the sun in my garden. Have a happy creative weekend!
