Coloring Outside the Lines - a Blog -

'Donkey!' - soft pastel on paper, 10"x10" sold.  Thank you to PML and my new collector! [...]

‘Tulips and Flower Blossoms’ - One of a kind, hand-made, tulip and flower inspired Art Junk Journal.    Assorted materials were used including recycled, repurposed, altered or handmade papers.  The cover is made with a recycled muffin mix box covered with handmade, rice paper embellished with a collage. It has a hand-bound pamphlet-stitch spine with assorted glass beads.    The book measures 7 inches high by 5.5 inches wide and 1.5 inches thick with 4 signatures of 7 sheets for a total of 28sheets, creating 112 pages. Images include plenty of tulips, calla lilies, sunflowers, poppies, coneflowers, dried fall maple leaves, and more.    Full of 29 original watercolors and collages, prints of [...]

'Blue Dog and Kitties' - one of the 'Blue Dog and Friends' Series, SOLD at ‘Art of Belonging’.  [...]

The final 10"x10" from the multi-media layer under-painted 22"x30" watercolor paper.  The paper was cut into 6-10"x10" pieces and turned in all directions until a pleasing base for a composition was chosen.  Then the next layers applied.     For this piece, more cave horses...         States 1 & 2  [...]

Another 10"x10" in the multi-media under-painted 200lb 22"x30" watercolor paper of limited palette of orange, medium violet, Paynes gray and white on the textured gessoed surface with multiple brush strokes, paint applied with other tools, ink, charcoal, pencil and collage...      For this piece, square spiral images emerged and dominated the composition - symbolic mazes - the combination of square and spiral geometry in stylized art represents a profound balance between stability and dynamic growth. When applied to a stylized horse, these elements fuse the animal's natural symbolism [...]

'Blue Dog and Friends' - one of the 'Blue Dog and Friends' Series, SOLD at ‘Art of Belonging’ - thank you to my new collectors!  [...]

Another piece in the multi-media under-painting on 200lb 22"x30" watercolor paper - with a limited palette of orange, medium violet, Paynes gray and white on the textured gessoed surface with multiple brush strokes, paint applied with other tools, ink, charcoal, pencil and collage... cut into 6-10"x10" pieces and turned in all directions until a pleasing base composition was chosen.  Then the next layers applied.        First State  Second State [...]