LIMITED EDITION ART PRINTS now in stock!

"Honor"  (Namaste - I honor the light in you)

Etsy Listing - "Honor"

Hello friends;

I thought I'd share with you some of my recent listings in my Etsy store of a new line of limited edition art magnets I have had made.

These are all reproductions of my original mixed media work.  Each magnet is about 4" X 5.5" and has a semi-glossy professional finish to it.

They make great gift ideas (easily mail one in a standard No. 10 envelope).  You can jazz up your kitchen appliances or those boring office filing cabinets too!

More designs to come so stay tuned.

Thanks for looking!

"Enjoy The Journey"

Etsy Listing = "Enjoy The Journey" 

"Sing Your Song"

Etsy Listing - "Sing Your Song"

Facing Your Fears - Part 2

This one is just too ironic for words.  In my post of January 7th, I talked about my fear of creating faces and trying to "face" those fears.  You'll see the irony when you see the quote I used in this journal page. 

In Color Love 101, with Joanne Sharpe, many of us students took on teaching a bonus lesson.  I was particularly interested in one that focussed on how to fake faces (lesson by Nickalli Bascochea-Braaten).  Faking it seemed like a good thing to do.  I'll procrastinate at doing almost anything if the thought of it makes me uncomfortable enough! 

Anyway, following the instructions in this lesson, I took a vintage image I had printed:

And I glued her to a journal page I had made with various homemade dye and paint sprays:

Then came the hard part.  I gessoed lightly over her and then experimented with various acrylic paints, markers and pencil crayons until I ended up with this:

Now, I wouldn't say this piece is my finest work by any stretch of the imagination, but it certainly shows some potential if I get off my lazy butt and do some more practice.

Oh, and I am sure the irony is not lost on you.  I used a line from the song "Gypsy" by Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac as the quote for this piece.  Without even realizing it at the time, I was acknowledging my fear of creating faces by the quote I chose.  Weird, huh?

Thanks, Nickalli, for a great lesson!

Facing Your Fears - Art Journalling With Confidence

I admit it.  I am not comfortable drawing, painting or creating faces in any way, shape or form.  There I said it.  Now maybe I can get on with the business of practicing faces so I will be confident creating them.

This journal page uses a stencil from the fabulous Julie Fei-Fan Balzer of Balzer Designs.  She created several face stencils for those face-phobes like me who avoid 'em.  This was my first attempt at working with her stencils and I am pretty happy with the results.  The simple background was created with sprays (Adirondack Color Washes, as well as some home made recipes).  I used a pencil with the stencil and then a heavy Sharpie marker.  A finer marker did all the little words in her hairdo, as well as the drippy hearts (my favourite-est doodle).  Her eyelid, lips and earring are embellished with purple glitter.

This journal page is called, "She Is ..." and she is all the adjectives noted in her 'do.'