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mixed media collage

Symbolic Mixed Media Collage- "Windows & Doors"

This mixed media collage is literally a huge mess.  :)  I wasn't sure what I was doing when I began, I just started working, hoping for it to take on a life of it's own. Do you ever finish a piece that you don't really like, but you love…
stitched paper ATC's

Stitched Paper ATC's

I have some fun ATC's for you today!  I had several cards left from my sister's wedding, and I wanted use them in a project.  I grabbed several of them and got to work. I took 2 or 3 and cut them into strips and squares, and added…
calligraphy collage black text close up

Silent Message- abstract calligraphy collage

What a relaxing week this last one has been!  My husband and I had the last week off from work, and instead of going anywhere, we had a "staycation" and did very little besides staying home and vegging out.  We may have slept in and watched…
mixed media encaustic art with quilled paper pieces

Encaustic Art with Paper Elements

I've been doing a bit of practicing recently. Encaustic is one of my favorite artistic mediums to use in mixed media art, but there are times when using my heat tool can really mess up the look I'm trying to create if I'm not very careful. With…

Symbolic Text

 I've been thinking lately about using symbolic text in my artwork.  Letters and words at their core are just a mix of curved and straight lines.  Language is the art of taking those lines and giving them meaning. The result is that when…
commissioned triptych

Commissioned Triptych

 A full commissioned triptych I finally managed to finish...  Yay for late nights and messy fingers!!  So many layers are included in each of these pieces... Tim Holtz tissue wrap and tissue tape, torn book pages, patterned scrapbook paper,…