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Mary Delany, Detail of Passion Flower, Paper Collage, 1777 First Love Blooms in Molly Peacock’s Paper Garden If you’ve read my blog: Unearthing Molly Peacock’s Paper Garden, you’ll know how inspiring her book is for those of us struggling to make an art career for ourselves late in life. Having just finished reading […] Dreams make the perfect subject matter for collaging; their surreal (unreal) quality can give you a great jumping-off point for creating art. Why bother collaging your dreams (or nightmares)? Well, a seemingly random series of images coming together in our mind to form events that don’t initially make sense, might suddenly if we […] Monika Seidenbusch, Vision Board, January 2011, 16 x 20 inches I first met Monika Seidenbusch, an artist and painter, while exchanging Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) a few years ago. I remember being so taken by her superbly stylized portraits of women that I now proudly display one in my home. I love the […] Our Lady of Textures, Mixed Media Collage, May 20, 2011 Earlier in the year, I received a request from artist/teacher friend Andrea Pumphrey who asked me to give some tips on creating textures. Well Andrea, I’ve rounded up a whole slew of ways to add fabulous textures to your collages! There are so […] A Secret, Mixed Media/Collage ATC Folding Book (Cover), May 2011 Last month, Wendy Southin won a chance to trade an Artist Trading Card (ATC) with me and I was elated! Although we’ve been part of the same ATC group for a couple of years now, we’ve never actually traded cards. You see instead […] Princess in the Making, Mixed Media Journal Page, April 29 2011 Well, I was all set to give you my next tip on collaging textures, when my good friend, Elaine Coombs, emailed me to ask what I thought of the Royal Wedding … excited by sharing my thoughts with her, my left brain […] The Future, Mixed Media Journal Page, February 3 2010 I don’t know about you but I’ve found myself totally reeled in by the upcoming Royal Wedding! For months now I’ve tried to resist the big media hoopla surrounding the upcoming royal nuptials of William and Kate – being a great critic of media […]
Vision Board Sneak Previews (top left to right) Nicole Beaudin (Desrosiers), Sarah Bentley; (mid left to right) Maggie Jordan, Leslie Ross; (bottom left to right) Charlotte, Lisa Bentley, April 2011 I had the great pleasure of meeting Maggie Jordan last […]
My Walks, Mixed Media Journal Page, December 11 2009 The last fragment of snow has evaporated from my front garden… spring is finally here! This past week, I’ve been liberated from my subterranean studio and begun to once again enjoy taking my daily walks. For some time […] |
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