Spread 0129 – I Scream
Spread 0129 - I Scream 20 May 2013Nova color acrylic paints, plaster of Paris, Adirondack color sprays, personal and handmade photos, Acrylic pens.I am more than all of this.
Spread 0129 - I Scream 20 May 2013Nova color acrylic paints, plaster of Paris, Adirondack color sprays, personal and handmade photos, Acrylic pens.I am more than all of this.
Spread 0127 - Fabulous 21 April 2013 Nova Color acrylic paint, vintage and personal images, hand made papers, tissue paper, Sigano black & white gel pens. Had a fabulous weekend, wish you were there!
Spread 126 - Dancing Bear March 2013 Acrylic paint, black gesso, white gesso, handmade papers, metal tape, Sigano white & black gel pens, Sharpie china markers, pencil. I was thinking back at my life before I found art and how art has changed my life. One of the most treasured aspects is the many wonderful [...]
March 2013 Acrylic paint, various pens, matt medium, hand made papers, crackle paste, Adirondack spray. Draw your own conclusions.
16 March 2013 Vintage papers, acrylic paint, metal tape, Sigano white and black gel pens, pencil. The stage is set. Do you want to be the star or the supporting player?
9 Feburary 2013 Vintage and personal papers, handmade papers, gesso, matte medium, acrylic paint, Sigano white gel pen, tracing paper, Sharpie china markers, Molotow pens, Sigano black pens. Growth is painful, boring, redundant. And yes beautiful and worth doing. Done in an Orly Avineri class.
Spread 121 - "Play All Day - Fight All Night" 5 January 2013 Hop On Pop book, acrylic paint, Sigano gel pen, colored pencils, vintage and personal papers. We play all day and fight all night, I don't want to play any more.
Spread 0119 - Darkness Embrace Me January 2013 Acrylic paint, vintage and personal papers, black gesso, black gel pen, white Signo gel pen. If I am honest I embrace my dark side. I welcome it. For darkness, and lightness bring balance and make me whole. Click on the image for a larger view.
Spread 0117 - "The Comfort of" January 16 to 19, 2013 Vintage and personal papers, handmade papers Acrylic paint, tissue images, black and Sigano white gel pens. I hope this finds you well. I am just recovering from the flu. When I am down with the flu, little things bring me comfort, my kitties next [...]
January ATC - Front Vintage and personal papers, matte medium, tracing paper transfer, Sigano white gel pen. January ATC - back Acrylic paint, vintage and personal images, tracing paper transfers. January is a time of new beginnings, reflection. With that in mind I suggested a self-portrait for our Gentlemen's ATC group. Click on the images [...]
Spread 0112 - "Who Are The Savages?" 05 November 2012 Acrylic paint, vintage and personal images, tracing paper images, black & white Sigano pens. For the first time in my life I am truly afraid. Who knows what is best for us? Who are the savages, really?
Spread 0111 - OGG - Maui 01 Nov 2012 Crackle paste, acrylic paint, vintage and personal images, maps, sigano white and black gel pen. Our first trip to Maui was a month ago yet it still has an effect on me. It was not the perfect trip, but it was pretty darn close. I [...]
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 [...]
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 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 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 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 [...]
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 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 [...]