Friday, June 27, 2008

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.

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.

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.

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.