Creation

I have been fascinated with the combination of gold and dark blue lately. Not only that, but I wanted to try a new technique and see how it turned out.  I had this idea to achieve a kind of marbled look by using a lot of thinned acrylic…

Heavy Armor

This is an historic moment- the first time I have ever sketched anything onto a painted canvas.  I will confess, I was a little terrified.  But risks pay off sometimes, and I'm so happy with the way this piece turned out.  The vision I…

Stitched Collage on Canvas

I took a break from rolling all my paper pieces for my quilling pieces and decided to do a stitched collage instead.  Though I still used a lot of paper.  :) I have an old pocket dictionary that I love to use in my collages.  I rip pages…

Midas Collage

This is the biggest piece in my Midas collection I've finished so far.  At 24*36, it's the biggest canvas I've finished, as well (though I am working on some larger ones as we speak- they just take a lot more time to finish!). I started…

Collage Practice

I've been practicing my collage skills a lot recently.  Working on finding the right balance of elements, color, and texture while making sure to understand when a piece is finished can be tough.  Practice makes perfect, though, right?  At…

Metallic Pieces

For this collage I really tried to experiment with negative space.  I focused all of my work into the right bottom corner, and though I added some splatters to the top left corner to add a little balance, I think I did alright in my first real…