Join me and a wonderful group of artists as we celebrate the idea of recycling, repurposing, and reusing. All artwork in this exhibit is made from materials that had a previous life. My entries are all collages made from junk mail, shredded paper, leaves, plastics, photos. Other entries is made from old maps, cast-off wood, […]
“Red Sky at Morning” is a small (6×4 inch) collage made with printed images, handmade papers, purchased letters, and a page from a map. I glued the map piece onto the backing board first, then adding the other pieces on top. I love using maps in my collages, partly for all the connotations of a […]
Last week as I was cleaning my studio, I ran across two small eyeshadow compacts that I’d intended to turn into watercolor palettes. I have a tiny palette made from an Altoids tin, which I use often, and somehow forgot about these other palettes. Click the link to see that story. The one on the left […]
I currently have 3 watercolor palettes that I use regularly: The large one is a Schmincke Horadam Aquarell box that came with 12 colors, and I’ve added a few more. It’s new, so I’ve only used it a few times. The box is a nice size, but rather heavy when full. Because it’s an expensive, […]
The Ohio Collage Society will hold its 6th Annual Members Exhibit in November. The show opens Friday, November 2, at Studio 2091 Gallery in Cuyahoga Falls. Join us from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. for the show opening. Can’t make it? Catch the show during the month of November through December 1. My entry is “Finding My […]
You go to a wine tasting, and get more excited about the really awesome cool appetizer plates they offer than you do about the wines. Yup. That’s me. Sigh… These plates are very sturdy clear plastic, about 8 inches square. That notch in the corner is designed to hold a wine glass stem. You put […]
This 4 x 6 inch collage is make from magazine images, part of a map, a painted background, and some machine stitching. For some reason, I’ve struggled with the title to this piece. I’m sure I’ll change my mind a few more times before long. I’ll stick with this title, at least long enough to […]
For those of you in the Hudson, Ohio area, you’ll have the chance to see more of my artwork at the Margaret Clark Morgan Building between April 3 and June 19, 2012. The Morgan Building has a terrific gallery space, where 10 of us from Hudson Society of Artists will have original paintings on display. […]
David Sandum is organizing a Twitter Art Exhibit in Moss, Norway. He’s asked artists from around the world to send in original, postcard-sized artworks to be sold to raise money for a women’s crisis center. The exhibit opens on Friday, April 13, 2012. Read about the exhibit here: http://davidsandumart.posterous.com/call-for-artists-2nd-twitter-art-exhibit-in-m and on Twitter using the hashtag […]
My friend Jane, over at Maiden Jane, was thinking recently about her hands and all they do – all the hard-working, dedicated, complex things. She posted a challenge to see other people’s hands. Ok. I’ll bite…here you go. I used to have nice hands: long thin fingers and long nails that rarely broke. Those days […]