Star Of The Sea – Mixed Media – 5 x 7 inches – Work in progress
This morning I started working on an idea I had for a painting inspired by seashells I found in a box while rummaging through our garage.
There were tiny starfish no bigger than the tip of my little finger and seashells [...]
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The Blue Butterfly – Mixed Media – 10 x 13 inches
This painting/collage was inspired by an encounter with a white butterfly yesterday.
While I was weeding in the garden I saw a white butterfly come into the garden and land on a nearby plant. I took a minute to admire it and then continued on with [...]
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For the past week or so I have been busy working on this new painting.
Today I worked on the bodice area and next I will be adding another layer for some detail and dimension. Then I will start working on the rest of the dress.
I still have a long way to go, but I am [...]
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The Sea – Mixed Media – 8 X II inches
I’ve been working on quite a few projects lately, and this painting is one of them. At this point, it’s still a work in progress.
The preliminary sketch of the mermaid has been floating around in my studio for some time. Every time I came across it [...]
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After many days of very hot weather it finally cooled down today and that makes me a happy camper.
I’ve been playing around with this piece for a couple of days. The inspiration for it came partly from watching crows in our yard and partly from a dream I had about a crow reading aloud from [...]
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Here’s wishing everyone a wonderful Earth Day!
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.” – John Muir
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There were butterflies in the garden this morning . . . . So beautiful and so fragile! They inspired me to want to do something creative. I have been so busy with other projects, I haven’t had the time or inclination to work in the studio.
At times when I am feeling blocked, but feel the [...]
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I have always enjoyed making masks and over the years I have made them out of clay, plaster, paper mache, porcelain, and leather. Lately I have been using rigid wrap over a mold. The rigid wrap is durable, light weight and easy to attach to a canvas.
On this piece I wanted a very organic looking [...]
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Here is a new painting that I finished today. It was inspired by all the rain storms we have been having over the past couple of weeks.
The view from my studio window has been very dramatic with sheets of rain pouring down and thunder rumbling overhead. It was all rather exciting to watch Mother Nature [...]
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I finished this abstract painting over the weekend and now it is packaged and ready to be mailed out. It is an acrylic art -mixed media collage on watercolor paper with deckled edges.
Deep In The Woods – Acrylic Art-Mixed Media Collage – 5 x 7 inches on paper.
Detail of “Deep in the Woods”.
Here it rained [...]
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