In an earlier post, I showed you some of the photos I took in a local florist’s garden area. Since I was making a quilt with this as my inspiration source, my dilemma was editing the imagery down to something useful, but still visually pleasing. I decided to use a compilation of images, and began to work […]
I really enjoyed working on this painted quilt. Click any image for a larger view I’m very happy with the combination of the textures, the layers of color, and the little bit of embroidery. I’ll definitely make a quilt in this style again. But the next time, I’ll plan better! I had a very hard […]
Recently, I had some older work professionally photographed. Since this piece is not currently on my website, I thought you would enjoy seeing the results. It’s called Blue Roofs. Click any image for a larger view. This piece was inspired by the hurricane season of 2004. My area was hit by two of them, three weeks apart. A huge […]
Version 2: The photo below shows quite a few changes since the last post. I decided the four quadrants were too similar in value, so I painted them again. (How nice that I could change it so easily!) Plus, I broke up the heavy line of orange circles, creating spaces between them. Much better, I think. […]
A while back, I got the idea to paint over an ugly quilt. Although I never finished that project, it was clear that the idea of painting over quilted areas had great potential. I’ve even seen artists, such as Deidre Adams, who do this almost exclusively. So, I decided to give it a try. First, […]
Check out this silly photo of (L-R) my sister, me, and my mom. This was a self-portrait taken at arm’s length, and we were cracking up as we tried to smoosh our faces close together to make it work. (My arms were too short so my sister had to do the honors.) My mom, Martha […]
My good friend, Jo-Ann Jensen, is a talented fiber and mixed media artist. She’s particularly adept at batik and various fabric dyeing techniques. So, I was delighted to recently preview her latest class, Double Vision. Since a picture’s worth a thousand words, let me show you what we did. First, we each created a fabric collage […]
Did you accept my challenge to create artwork inspired by my Savannah photos? If so, how are you coming? Cheryl Gebhart took up the challenge and decided to realistically paint the primary image. She did so in her sketchbook, along with notes about the challenge and the date. Click the image for a larger view. Didn’t she […]
While waiting for a shopping opportunity, I put my mixed media book aside, and started on something VERY different (for me.) My new project is the result of several fairly diverse ideas. It all started with my admiration for a friend’s beautiful hand embroidered piece. Although I loved it, I certainly had NO plans to […]
I had great fun giving a demonstration of my “sticky fingers” (glued collage technique) on Saturday. There were a couple of small challenges: – My easel broke just as I set it up. No worries. My helper, Linda, became my “easel.” She was very supportive. (Get it? I couldn’t resist.) – Thanks to a sore […]
