Spread 0127 – Fabulous
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 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 [...]
Spread 125 - The Actor March 2013 Nova Color acrylic paint, private images, matte medium, newspaper paint thinner transfers, neocolor ll, pencil. We all have roles to play. As always click on the image for a larger view.
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.
February 2013 Acrylic paint, gesso, vintage and personal images, tissue images, matt medium, image transfer. How does one develop depth? It doesn't happen over night. It develops over time. Experimenting, living, learning, working, failing, uncovering, discovering.
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 0118 - Lessons January 2013 Vintage and personal papers, napkin transfers, acrylic paint, gesso and matte medium. I have recently started private study with Orly Avineri. A few artist friends asked "Why?" My answer. I crave to be challenged, I yearn to go farther. I want my art to be more authentically me. Actually I am [...]
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 [...]
Spread 0116 - My Visual World November 2012 Acrylic paint, personal and vintage images, napkins, matte medium. My visual world is an extension of my world. I am changing and my visual world is changing with it. Come into my world. Click on the image for a larger view.
Spread 0115 - "This Little Piggie" 2012 Modeling paste, found, vintage & personal papers, sprays, inks. This is from one of Orly Avineri's classes past, we created little cards. I've been meaning to make them into a book, that is for another day. This is a special day. Go out on a limb. Go wild, [...]
Spread 0114 - Freedom of a Bird November 2012 Acrylic paint, napkins, natural items, vintage & personal images, Sigano white gel pen. As the bird flies do you think he realizes his freedom? Started in an art journaling class with Orly Avineri. Click on the image for a larger view.
Spread 0113 - "The Secret" 10 - 17 November 2012 Vintage and personal images, napkins, acrylic paint, matte medium, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, matte varnish. The secret is addition and subtraction. Started in an art journaling class with Orly Avineri.
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 [...]
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 [...]