"Cascades"- Creating Movement in Acrylic Paintings

This piece was all about color when I began.  I found a turquoise color I absolutely loved, so I decided to build a piece around it.  I seem to find it hard to get away from working with acrylic paint and a lot of water- I just love how different…

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…

Loralei Walker

I got it!  I got my postcard in the mail!  Well, not mine as in the one I did, but the one that an artist by the name of Loralei Walker sent to me, all the way from Delta in British Columbia, CA. I was excited when I realized I was familiar…

Black and White

I've been having a lot of fun doing paint sketches lately.  Since my mixed media pieces typically take so long for me to finish because of all their different elements, it's nice to have some different techniques I can practice. No…

Postcard Swap

Having a blog and sharing and learning things over the internet has given me the opportunity to "meet" a lot of different artists, and this in turn has provided me with many opportunities to practice and share my art.  The latest that I've…

"Drip" Paintings

One thing that has amazed me as I've worked on my art daily is the fact that I'm working through my fear of trying new things.  It's not that scary anymore.  So I might have to nix a piece I've been working on- big deal.  I've learned some…