"Excess Baggage" 21 October 2011 Paint, tape, flotsam and jetsam. We all carry excess baggage, past hurts, grudges, disappointments, missed appointments, accumulated repressed annoyances, I believe that is the real cause of the common cold. We bring this baggage into our relationships unjustly. Let it go. Who needs it. Our relationships certainly don't deserve [...]
"Overcome" 13 September 2011 9"X7" visual journal Paint, vintage papers, ink, vintage photos. I feel as an artist as if I am compelled to create, create, create. If I don't I feel lost, grouchy, repressed. I have a need that must be met and I am never satisfied. One idea brings another and another. On [...]
"The Company of Men" 12 September, 2011 9"X7" Visual Journal Paint, crackle paste, ink, vintage images and personal photos. One of my earliest memories growing up in Montana I have of my Dad is climbing upon his lap after he came home from work to give him a kiss on his cheek and to feel [...]
"The Choices We Make" 9"X7" Visual Journal 07 September, 2o11 Vintage paper and photos, image transfer, layers of life paper, paint, ink, Adirondack sprays. I make choices about my life every single day. I think about our generation and we have so much freedom in our choices. What about our parents choices or sacrifices, our [...]
"Cover Me" 9"X7" Journal 2 Cover 1 September, 2011 Vintage papers & images, paint, ink, Adirondack sprays, crackle paste. A new cover for one of my art journals. I love a new journal, new possibilities. Time to play in the sun. I have discovered the wisdom of having multiple journals going at once. I like [...]
Creative Mixed Media has many interesting features every week, including The Week As Art, in which an artist creates a "calendar" and it is used as a feature header for their website. This is my week, pop on over and check out my "calendar"! Would you like to create your own week and have it featured? Click here [...]
History With Family As I child I remember going through a big box of old family photos with my mom. Occasionally my grandmother would visit and she would go over them with me as well. They told me the story of my family history. I would go through it over and over wondering what the [...]
