BIRD NEST

This is one of my paintings done this summer with Melanie Atkinson. It is oil on a 6 X 8 canvas board with a palette knife.

PLAYING CARD COLLABORATIONS
Here are three more playing card collage collaborations done with collage buddies. The end ones are done by Liz Cohn and myself, and the middle one is a collaboration between Liz, Al McDermid and myself. Full view to fully appreciate them.

DAUGHTERS OF A DOG SHOW IN EUGENE OREGON
This is the poster for the upcoming show that will feature the works of my collage group of ladies from around the world.

PORTRAIT HEAD SCULPTURE
Small portrait head that I made from clay. It is about six inches tall.

BOZETTI
These are clay sketches that I did in sculpture class. They were each done in 5 minute intervals. Two are of a model named Vicki, and one is of a model named Alex. These are my favorite things that I did in the sculpture class. They were the most fun to do, and turned out the nicest in my opinion, due to the expressive results.

PHOTOS FROM HISTORIC GREENWOOD CEMETERY

I went to Downtown Jackson, MS a few weeks ago and finally took some photos there. It was very cold, but I managed to get some shots in places where I really should not have been. I teamed up with a partner in crime who is a good friend of years, and we put on some blues music by friends and local blues artists Y'all's Blues Band, and just rolled with the flow, and right on through the ghetto!

One place I'd always wanted to go, and finally did, was Greenwood Cemetery, a historic cemetery down there that I have long wanted to shoot some photos in. Many of Mississippi's notable folk are interned there. It's quite lovely, especially in the spring. I am going to go back, or try to and take some more shots when the flowers are blooming. Here are a couple of the best shots I took there.

There were more great shots from sketchy places. I'll save some of those for later posts.

PEACEMAKER
Well, he's the King of the Blues. Birds that are blue, that is; or the funky, benevolent ruler. You decide. I just do the art.

This is a mixed media collage on black mat board. It measures 8 X 10. It has paper clippings, fancy papers, rubber stamps and ink, lots of gesso and gel medium, mica water colors, vellum, tape transfers, and a bit of postal ephemera. It was nice to be able to get some collage in before the semester gets too hectic.

SPARKLE TWINKLE: ALTERED BOOK FOR DAUGHTERS OF A DOG COLLABORATIVE PROJECT
This is my altered book for the Daughters of a Dog collaborative project on Deviant Art (deviantart.com). I used a paper catalog that was nicely done with heavy bond paper samples all attached together with a chain and contained within a sleeve. I had to spray mount some of the pages together to get a good thickness for my work. It is turning out good. I am ready to put it in the mail to the other daughters tomorrow.

There was a lot of tissue paper and gesso used, along with tape transfers, vintage photos, paper clippings, rubber stamps/ink, frottage, packing tape, gold and silver leafing, doo-dads of metal and paper, etc., and glitter; lots of glitter!

Front Cover


Back Cover


Sign-in Spread


Peek-a-Boo Page (two views)




Chain Dangle


Sleeve Front


Sleeve Back