Monday, March 11, 2024

The Joy of Abstraction

 
"Halfsies", Acrylic and Collage, 12x12, $175.00

This is a 12 x 12 acrylic painting in some of my favorite colors (truth be told, almost all colors are my favorites, even gray sometimes!) I started by painting a layer of turquoise over the whole canvas, then a second loose layer of white in some areas.  I knew that I was going to use the circle monoprint cut in half, and my color palette was derived from the monoprint colors. The look of the circle cut in half was very appealing to me, and worked well with the composition I had in mind. The green was painted next using similar shapes but different from each other. To finish up the piece, I applied black paint and collage, and the final element was some stenciling in pink.  

Monday, November 13, 2023

Sketchbook page 11/11/23

 My husband and I belong to a book series fan club called The Royal Manticoran Navy.  While we were attending a recent convention called WindyCon in Des Plaines, Ilinois, and working the FanTable for our group, I decided to work on a sketchbook page.  Here are the results.




Sunday, November 5, 2023

Having Fun with Mixed Media

These days, I've been switching gears quite often between working in my multiple Art Journals, and Mixed Media paintings on canvas.  Sometimes I get so enthusiastic about an idea or concept, that I drop everything else, and practically work in a frenzy to see the resulting product. finally. finished.  Vintage papers, cardboard, fabric, and lace come together to create a grungy, deliciously intriguing little book.  

This is "6, An Art Journal"

Sunday, August 6, 2023

Painting on Watercolor paper

 Last week, I had my youngest granddaughter over for the day.  We decided to invite the neighbor children over to paint on the patio with us, and being the avid Book Arts fan that I am, I rapidly created a blank book for each child to paint as they wished.  I loaded some foam plates with dabs of acrylic paint, and let them go to town. When the kids lost interest after about an hour, I cleaned up the mess, but noticed an incredible amount of paint was left on the plates.  Not one to waste art supplies, I grabbed several sheets from a watercolor paper pad and proceeded to paint each one with the leftover colors. The weather was cooperating, and the sheets of paper dried quickly enough to turn them over and paint the other sides.  Here are a few of the pages of my soon to be new journal titled "Leftover Paint".





Sunday, July 30, 2023

A New Art Journal

 Back in March, I started a new art journal, with the plan to continue it during my trip to Europe with my husband, Chuck.  Well, I completed a few pages in the lounge of the ship during "down time", but didn't quite finish the pages until yesterday.  It turned out to be a Very Eclectic Journal, with some watercolors florals, some leaf prints on fabric, and several abstract collages. Here are pics of a few pages. 8x8 on 140lb watercolor paper.




Saturday, April 15, 2023

Art Journal "Sequences"

Lately, I've been working/painting/creating like there's no tomorrow. I have a gallery exhibition at Gallery 2622 along with the other Martini Girls, and it opens in June.  We have all painted in our favorite media, and the paintings will make for a very cohesive show.  

The plans for making more of my Art Journal creations are coming along nicely.  I finished one book recently, and titled it "Sequences".  There are 3 covers with loose pages waiting in the wings, and I hope to finish at least one more before the middle of summer.





Saturday, June 18, 2022

Torch Lilies

Submitted this acrylic painting today to the WVA upcoming show "Turn Up the Heat" at Inspiration Studios. The opening reception will be on Friday, July 8, 2022 from 5 to 8 pm.  It's going to be a wonderful show, so I hope all of you art lovers out there will come out and see it!