Bird of Paradise 3
Mixed Media 4″ x 6″ (postcard) $100.00 One of my “Birds of Paradise” series made with travel brochures from Kauai where we took our family vacation this year. This piece was exhibited in the 2014 National Collage Society Postcard Show online.
Domes and Towers
Mixed Media Collage with Transferred Images 19 x 6 inches on 300 lb. watercolor paper matted and framed For Sale: $500.00 This is the first in a series of collages based on my experience of ancient cities. It started out as an exercise in how to do toner transfers in a mixed media workshop. The […]
Bahamas Bird
I did this piece when we were on the island of Eleuthera in February using a local newspaper, tourist advertisements and other whatnot that I had brought along. It is postcard-size, measuring 4 inches x 6 inches. I plan to enter it into the National Collage Society’s annual postcard show this summer. This piece won […]
The Possibility of Birds – SOLD
This is a rework of an old piece. In the process of stripping off the offending art of a former effort, I realized I was making the most wonderful textures. I left a lot of the tear off and worked tree trunks on top. I then added foliage, again, leaving a lot of the torn […]
Nymph Forest SOLD
This piece started out in my mixed media class as a demonstration of various mixed media techniques applied to watercolor paper. I decided it should be a forest and proceeded to apply a lot of additional transfer images to it to build the tree trunks and foliage. The original transfer of Mona Lisa remains visible […]
Wooden Bridge on Audubon Trail SOLD
I created this collage painting to enter in the Riverfront Art and Photography Show celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Colorado Riverfront Project in Grand Junction, Colorado. I did the collage from an original photograph that I took while walking one of my favorite trails. It is made up of many bits and pieces […]
Bill’s Tree SOLD
My former hairdresser, Bill, had an intriguing weeping mulberry tree in his front yard. It was full of intertwined branches in the winter and full of birds in the nicer weather. I always loved to walk by it on my way to his hair salon. Bill passed away in April 2012. I attempted this rendition of […]
Topiary Forest SOLD
This another of my mixed media oil experiments. It is truly a fantasy forest. I started it as a demo for a local art club and it soon took on a life of its own. It is done on a wrapped canvas and is 18 inches x 24 inches. It will be in the Dairy […]
God’s Window
This postcard collage just won an award in the National Collage Society‘s annual postcard show. I enter this show every year as a member of the society. I find it is a great exercise to create the most interesting collage I can within a 4 inch by 6 inch space.