Spread 151 - Run 2 You 2009 Aproximately Acrylic paint, vintage papers, image transfer, 5" X 8" Moleskine Journal. This is one of my very first art journal spreads, it is in a tiny 5" X 8" Moleskin journal. I am posting it to remind myself and others where I started. It is good to [...]
Spread 0097 - Operation 5" X 8 1/4 " Moleskine Acrylic paint, vintage and personal papers. I've been painting, collaging, layering all day. Maybe it's the heat here. I need a break. I need some space. I need to get out of my head. This is from one of my very first journals, a small [...]
"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 [...]
"The Path" XL Moleskine Journal 11.5 X 16.5 18 August 2011 Vintage papers, personal papers and photos, vintage maps, paint, black and white gesso, crackle paste, ink, mat gel and mat medium. Our paths through life are not direct. Mine has taken many twists and turns on this journey called life. Some dark, some light. [...]
I have to make art. Good, bad, who cares. In fact who cares if it is "art"? I have to do it. I have to get it out there. I have a need to express myself. It is up to you to interpret. Look closely. We are artists, we are passionate. Go with [...]
Change of Perspective It is time for a change of perspective. Time to shake things up. New forms of expression. To look at things differently and do things differently. Change is coming. Keep learning, keep growing, keep on changing perspective. I find change invigorating and exciting. Come with me on this [...]
It is a beautiful day here in Long Beach, it's 84 degrees. I'm just in my backyard exploring my little monsters. The monsters that scared me in my childhood and the ones that still make me jump in the night. You may notice some reoccurring images in this post from past spreads. Do you [...]
This is the last spread of my first XL Moleskine. I have very mixed emotions about finishing this journal. It has been in my life this past year and it has really helped me to grow personally and as well as an artist. It's always been there just waiting for me to open it up, [...]
From This - Boring... To This - The cover of my XL Moleskine Yes, the top photo is a photo of an XL Moleskine like the one I have been using, I could not finish my visual journal and leave the cover plain ole black. This is how it appears now. I can not guarantee [...]
Perhaps it is that I was able to play in my visual journal today with paper, matt medium, paint and ink in the beautiful sunshine after a long, long rainy dark winter. It could be the many losses my family has felt in the last few years and the hope of some new babies and [...]
It has been said many times before, all of artist's work are self portraits. We did a series of self portraits at Orly Avineri's latest art journaling group. Here are mine. January is a good time to look inward and look at ourselves. I recently turned 50 years old, and I am also reaching the [...]
