My dear friends the Uticacats recently sent this video to me by email. It's not every day that a favorite bluegrass band of mine teams up with a country legend to perform a favorite tune from a favorite rock band of mine. I'm totally diggin' Dolly Parton and Nickel Creek performing Collective Soul's "Shine." Check it out. It'll make you get goose bumps.
~Wings of Iron~
Friday, June 27, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
MONMOUTH ANGEL
12 x 12 mixed media on board canvas. In this one, I've used a photo of an angel statue that I took at Monmouth Plantation in Natchez when I had the pleasure of staying there a few years ago. The background consists of tissue paper and acrylic paint with glitter and star confetti. The cross is cut wood spray-painted metallic gold, then mottled with bronze acrylic paint and silver leaf. The little medallion is an aluminum St. Theresa medal that I found several of at the junk shop in Raymond. The Garden of To-morrow music sheet comes from the vintage photo sharing site.
12 x 12 mixed media on board canvas. In this one, I've used a photo of an angel statue that I took at Monmouth Plantation in Natchez when I had the pleasure of staying there a few years ago. The background consists of tissue paper and acrylic paint with glitter and star confetti. The cross is cut wood spray-painted metallic gold, then mottled with bronze acrylic paint and silver leaf. The little medallion is an aluminum St. Theresa medal that I found several of at the junk shop in Raymond. The Garden of To-morrow music sheet comes from the vintage photo sharing site.
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
MARGARETHA
Here's another mixed media piece on an 8 X 10 canvas board. The background is acrylic with some confetti stars and a bit of pink glitter. I took the colors from the belly dancer's outfit. They remind me of Fruit Stripe gum *licks lips and says "yummy"*! I've used tissue paper for the starry moon-like backdrop. An old piece of an earring adorns her outfit.
The image comes from the vintage resources site. It's from a postcard circa 1907. Can you guess who she is? The numbers on the gold leafed star give a hint.
Here's another mixed media piece on an 8 X 10 canvas board. The background is acrylic with some confetti stars and a bit of pink glitter. I took the colors from the belly dancer's outfit. They remind me of Fruit Stripe gum *licks lips and says "yummy"*! I've used tissue paper for the starry moon-like backdrop. An old piece of an earring adorns her outfit.
The image comes from the vintage resources site. It's from a postcard circa 1907. Can you guess who she is? The numbers on the gold leafed star give a hint.
Sunday, June 01, 2008
GARDEN OF TO-MORROW
Here's a small mixed media piece done on a 5 X 7 board canvas. I used raw umber, yellow ochre and white acrylic paints to make the mottled background. The music piece and the image of the girl came from the vintage resources site. I found the treble clef during the outing with my art class to the junk shop in Raymond; it was actually an earring (not a terribly pretty one). I used a rosette from some tissue paper to make a background for the clef. The butterfly wings I've given the girl came from a magazine, and the butterfly to her left is a sticker. Her crown is cut from some scrapbook paper. It's all finished off with gel medium as usual.
Here's a small mixed media piece done on a 5 X 7 board canvas. I used raw umber, yellow ochre and white acrylic paints to make the mottled background. The music piece and the image of the girl came from the vintage resources site. I found the treble clef during the outing with my art class to the junk shop in Raymond; it was actually an earring (not a terribly pretty one). I used a rosette from some tissue paper to make a background for the clef. The butterfly wings I've given the girl came from a magazine, and the butterfly to her left is a sticker. Her crown is cut from some scrapbook paper. It's all finished off with gel medium as usual.
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