CUT & PASTE 2009 - STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
This is my entry for an international collage competition held by a gallery in Sweden. The theme is "Cut & Paste," and you had to do a post card size collage, conveying the theme in the art. Double click the photo to enlarge your view of the art, and to catch the full effect of the piece ;-)

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY
Here is a fun painting I did this weekend of my Happy Happy Happy Momiji doll. I put it with my Chai tea pot and a nice black plum for an fun still life. I like how it turned out. I'd been wanting to paint the tea pot, and thought the doll would be a fun thing to put with it, and had the plum on hand, which goes nice with everything. This was a fun one! I may get some more dolls to do.

Love that tea pot. It was a Christmas gift from my friend Laura. It's so cool looking with the cherry blossoms and Oriental writing on it.

A NEW UTOPIA
Here's another altered journal. Found some more of them at the dollar store. This one has tape transfers and tissue paper too. A little gold leaf trimming with some butterflies cut from scrapbook paper, and a glittery golden crown.

WOLFE BIRD PAINTINGS
Here are companion paintings of Wolfe birds. These are my last paintings from my summer painting get-togethers with Melanie Atkinson and my other artist girlfriends in Raymond. We wrapped up for the summer last week, as school starts soon and everyone is getting prepared and going on last minute trips. I had the chance to paint my little bird that I purchased on my recent trip to Wolfe Studio. Mine is the little gold, green and brown one in the lower painting. It's a little beauty. I really enjoy painting these little birds that Melanie has introduced us to. She has been painting them for years. She has a collection of Wolfe items that even includes a little cat that Carl Wolfe personally gave her when she was a child. What a treasure!

These paintings are 10 X 10 oil on gallery canvas.

PAINTED BIRDIE
Here is a little abstract painting I did this morning using leftover paint from my palette. It's an 8 X 8 board canvas. This is the first time I've tried something like this. Just had the paint left and did not want to waste it. I like how it turned out. Think I'll do some more similar projects to see if I come up with some good stuff.

GARBO JOURNAL
Here's a journal that I purchased at a local Dollar Tree store for a buck. It's a very nice journal with a sturdy chipboard and canvas covering, with a little label holder included. It's one of those little treasures you run across from time to time in the dollar store and marvel at. I thought I could make a nice collage on the cover. So here it is.

I used tissue paper and tape transfers (vintage photo tape transfer of Greta Garbo as Mata Hari), then added a copper medallion accent along with a sprinkling of fine green glitter.

I think I'll go see if they have any more of these journals.