Friday, December 5, 2014

Christmas 2014




I worked on some art for this year's Christmas card - Paper collage and gouache on cardboard.  I ordered cards from both Moo and Tiny Prints.  I'll post when they arrive!

My First Mosaic



At our Goddess Retreat at Linda Levison's in Klamath Falls, OR, we played with mosaic - my idea.
I am planning a large mosaic mural for outside of my studio apartment rental and thought I'd better try a small piece to get a feel for it!

Phase Two






These three paintings followed the mixed media exploration.  Simply gouache and chalk paint and some watercolor on cardboard.


Burst of Creativity in 2013!







In 2013, when Molly went to live in Colorado for 4 months, I had a windfall of creativity.  After focusing on illustration for years, I went through an extremely experimental and prolific phase.  I never would have believed I'd become so obsessed with still life painting... it started with painting and stenciling my dining room floor and then continued some playful mixed media on cardboard.   These just represent a few out of about 25 mixed media paintings which were a combination of watercolor, gouache, chalk paint, stencils and decorative paper.   So much fun and so addictive!

 Sweet Treat




                                                                   


This is a one of my mixed media paintings, a combination of watercolor, gouache, chalk paint and decorative paper on cardboard.  It was included in the 2014 North Light Books publication called "Incite 2: Color Passions".