New Mixed Media Art

I just thought I'd share some new pieces of mixed media art that I've created on wood panels.  They are all different, and I hope you enjoy viewing them as much as I enjoyed creating them!

 

 

 

This was actually a gift for a friend.  It's made using text papers, paint, polymer clay flowers and butterflies I created, and fabric scraps.  It's lighthearted and fun, and written underneath everything you can see, is the phrase "friends are flowers in the garden of life".  How true.

 

It was a very wintry snowy day, and I felt like capturing it somehow in my art.  This piece has text, paint, background papers created using CitraSolv and magazine pages, and some images of mine, printed on rice paper, and finally a few fabric strips.  I outlined some parts of the cabin with a white marker, to enhance it more.  I wanted to capture the feeling of how a cabin can be a refuge in the woods during a snowfall. 

 

This piece is a bit of a contrast to the previous one.  This one primarily uses pan pastels with stencils over text pages.  I also added some ephemera, a leaf and key, and both a polymer clay and wood heart.  I've created a house shape within the piece, and I think of this piece as Home & Heart.

 

This last piece was created using a vintage photo of my husband's great grandfather when he was a wee baby.  There are layers of hand made paper, stamped paper, lace and twigs from our garden on a wood substrate covered by text, paint and tissue.  All the stories I've heard about Jeff's great grandfather makes him seem almost larger than life, and I love the contrast this piece has with that adult persona of him.  In this piece, he's a vulnerable innocent baby - who knew the adventures his life would hold!

 

Enjoy!



Flower Garden Mixed Media

I've started building inventory for my online shop (which I'll open later this year), and here are some mixed media pieces that I'll be offering, combining not only my love of paper, but my first love of photography!  Take a look - 

 

The first piece, above, is called "Relax".  The foundation for this piece is a photo of a flower that I altered, using a filter that makes it look like it's painted.  Add papers, both machine prepared and hand made, and this is the result!  The relaxing feeling of this piece resulted in its name.

 

For the second piece, I again started with a flower photo, altered to look like a drawing with crayons.  Add the same types of paper resulted in this light, bright piece, focusing on the "Beauty" of the flower.

 

This last piece starts with a photo of a sunflower made to look like an oil painting.  I love sunflowers and they really seem to spark my imagination in a very good way.  So, of course, the name of this piece had to be "Imagine".

 

Enjoy!

New Additions to the Neighborhood !

The Whimzy Lane neighborhood is expanding!  Here are the new additions.....

 

The first house is "Be".  My focus for this house were various things that began with the letter "B" - buds, birds, bugs and  butterflies!

 

For "Shine", my focus was on  stars and the positive feeling that I get from them! 

 

The last addition to the neighborhood is the "Fun" house!  I just decorated it with things that I find fun - butterflies, hearts, flowers, and the little umbrella from those umbrella drinks you get in the islands (this one came from Hawaii)!

 

Enjoy!