Roots and Roads #4 is a large collage that spans both the Roots and Roads series and Reverse Archaeology theme of visiting past stories. It began with the tree trunk cross section in the lower left, which has small photos of me as a child, family members, ticket stubs, and other personal mementos. I hand […]
Voices and Layers
17th Annual Ohio Collage Society’s Members Show Opening on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, is the Ohio Collage Society’s annual members show. Always an excellent show, full of exciting 2D and 3D collage – I look forward to this one every year! The show runs March 22 through May 23 at the gallery at Peg’s Foundation, […]
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 […]
Art on the Green 2022
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 […]
World Collage Day, May 8, 2021
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 […]
Evolution of an Art Studio
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 […]