COMMUNICATION

This is another collage on canvas. The centerpiece is a postalette that I tore and cut up. I used some of the stamps from a collection of canceled stamps from around the world that I purchased at an antique store last week; a fantastic find for a collage artist! The red stamp on the right is from Venezuela and the cancel stamp date is 1938! The collection had several pieces that were cut from post cards and envelopes and the sender's handwriting is on snippets throughout.

I used a mirror, an old watch, some broken jewelry and beads, along with some stickers and a holographic star to complete the arrangement. The snippet that reads "8846 London, W. 13" was also in the stamp collection. The blue stamp on the left is from Italy. The piece is all trimmed up with gold leaf pen on the edges of the canvas. On a final note, there is something I like about the number 36 and it seemed to fit good with the red background.

I think I am progressing some! I'm pretty happy with this piece. Maybe I really am an artist? One can dream :-)

THIS CHRISTMAS GIVE LOVE
One of the girls on my team at work gave these gorgeous Christmas cards out. When I opened it I knew I had to do something with it.

For art time with Tara on Saturday, this is what I did; a snowy acrylic background on a stretched canvas, with the angel centered inside a glittery frame cut from yet another Christmas card. I painted the wooden stars, silver-leafed the edges and put a healthy dose of glitter atop each one. The roses are stickers and the little tree came from a catalog ad.



















I took a chance and did rubber stamping on the sides with the swirlie stems on the roses and the wording. The top "Believe in Miracles" is also a rubber stamp.

Again, this one looks better in person. Sorry once more for the crappy image.

THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF THE UNIVERSE
If you've read "The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy" then you know that the answer to that question is 42. That's what this collage is all about. I'm sorry to present such a poor picture. My scanner sucks and my camera is not much better.

This is another collage on canvas. I used a card I cut up for the butterfly wings. The man in the collage is Jackie Earle Haley who was a kid in the movie "The Bad News Bears" back in 1976. He's aged a bit since then.

I painted the stars and the canvas to match colors in the butterfly wings, dusted them with a fine glitter and sprayed it all with Krylon. Next I attached it all with the gel medium and sprinkled on some more glitter. The result looks better in person. I know it's a bit weird but I think there is something cool about it. It's what came of one brief creative moment when I opened up the mailbox number package and out fell the number 42.