PLAYING CARD COLLABORATIONS
These are playing card collaborations done with my friends from the Daughters of a Dog Group. This is another activity shared by our group. These small collages are made onto playing cards and mailed from daughter to daughter. Each daughter makes an artistic contribution to the card, then sends it to the next person. Whoever starts the card gets to keep it.

There will be a show of our journals in Portland, OR in March, 2011, as well as a show of our playing card collaborations.

ALTERED BOOK PROJECTS - DAUGHTERS OF A DOG
I'm a daughter of a dog. That's right. I said it. I'm a member of a group that does altered books, and it's called Daughters of a Dog. It's a very exclusive group with strict guidelines for membership. People are dying to get into this group. Believe me. The first rule of membership is that you must be a woman over 40 years old. The second is that you must be a collagista extraordinaire. It is an international group formed on deviantart.com and I am honored to be a part of this wonderful, fun group of ladies. I just wish we all lived in the same town. Needless to say, we put some bucks out on postage sending our projects to each other all over the globe. Here are a few spreads I've done so far. I try to do them when I'm not busy with art school projects. They are a joy to do and the friendships made with these talented ladies from all over the world are priceless. Check out the daughters at http://daughters-of-a-dog.deviantart.com/ or you can click the link in my links list on this page.

HERO


SISTERS ONE & ALL



CRAFTY, BUSY DAUGHTERS

STILL LIFE WITH TURKEY FEATHER
This is my final piece for pastel class. I am not totally satisfied with it, but I had to go with it as time ran out. About midway into it, I realized that I really wanted that pomegranate and bird to switch places, but that was not possible, so I just had to keep on trucking. I'm still not that great at setting up a still life on my own. The more you do it, the more you learn though. Anyway, I think this could have been better, but it's not a total loss. I was apprehensive about doing such a large piece (it is 18 X 20) but it went fine. I especially like how the round vase turned out, because I really captured the gradations of the glaze on it pretty well. I will just be glad when I get to the point where my work does not look so much like student work anymore. I suppose that happens when you are not a student anymore? Ha!