Pink Moon was inspired by June’s full moon called the Strawberry Moon. Part of the Elementals series, this piece a continuation of my attempts to distill visual images down to the most essential parts. I have a tendency to over-complicate things: when I’m making a collage, I tend to keep adding and adding and adding […]
How exciting: Art on the Green is BACK! It will be held on the last weekend in August, as usual, BUT at a different location. Whatever. I’m just happy that it is happening again. Mark your calendar for: Saturday, August 27, 10:00 am – 5:00 pmSunday, August 28, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm The location […]
This is one of those projects where inspiration comes from the materials themselves! My friend, Mary McVay, asked if I would do a Trading Papers #tradingpapers swap with her. Well, yeah, I’m up for a fun challenge! The swap meant sending each other a box of collage goodies (paper, fabric, bric a brac, and other […]
I will be joining artists around the world on Saturday, May 8th to celebrate World Collage Day! Kolaj Magazine, an international publication dedicated to the art of contemporary collage, organizes the event and encourages artists and art venues to hold collage-related events. Come collage with me on that day via Zoom beginning at 10:30AM Eastern. […]
Time to get back to exhibits! The Ohio Collage Society will have its annual member’s exhibit from April 9 – June 26, 2021 at Summit Artspace. My entry is The Magpie’s Eye. I’m excited to see this show. We’re a small-ish group, but, dang, we make some good stuff. If you like collage and mixed […]
The Magpie’s Eye is the first full-size artwork that I’ve made in my new basement studio. Adjusting to a new studio always takes time. I haven’t worked on any real artwork since last fall – before we moved the gallery – so I was feeling rusty. To get back into practice, I’d been making smaller […]
At last, an in-person art show! I haven’t participated in this show in the past, so it will be a new, fun experience. I’ll have a booth at the Great Lakes Mall Art Walk the weekend of April 10 and 11. Artists of all types will be set up throughout the mall offering a wide […]
One recent morning, I hopped onto Pinterest to browse around, and it showed me my own post about my art studio – from 2011! Pinterest, of all places! This was my art studio at my house, in a small room, about 7×10 ft. Let’s be real: it only looked this tidy maybe once so I […]
I’m delighted to have been selected to participate in a virtual art and craft fair hosted on Instagram! Held October 20-24, it’s a Holiday Bazaar, called the “From A Distance Craft Fair”. The hosts, Maker Made Collective, have invited more than 30 artists and craftspeople to be part of this show. They will highlight each […]
For inspiration for this collage, I turned to the Nebra Sky Disk, perhaps the oldest known depiction of the night sky. It was used to mark the solstices and help the people of the time understand the world around them. The disk includes the constellation Pleiades – the Seven Sisters – which made me think […]