Recently I took a doll making class in which I decided to make a 3D version of my inner critic, otherwise known as my personal gremlin. You know, this is the voice you hear that tells you that you aren’t “good enough”. I had previously made a 2D version of my critic as seen here [...]
Archive for the ‘Mixed Media’ Category
Meet Desmond, my gremlin
Posted in Creativity, Living Intentionally, Mixed Media, Uncategorized on August 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Surfacing – an encaustic painting
Posted in Creativity, Mixed Media, My artwork, tagged encaustic painting, encaustics, fish, fishing, gift, inner critic, mixed media, surfacing on September 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a mounted piece that I made in July during an encaustics workshop. It is entitled Surfacing and has lots of powerful meaning, intention, and love in its creation. To begin, I want to say how much I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE working with encaustic painting. I love how messy it is, how the results [...]
My art retreat was a huge success
Posted in Creativity, Living Intentionally, Mixed Media, tagged art retreat, collage, creativity, Jane Davies, paining, works in progress, workshop on August 24, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I am so inspired to create now that I have returned from my art retreat. I spent a week at the Jane Davies Studios in Rupert, Vermont, creating wonderful collages and was introduced to the wonders of foam board. Jane is the author of Collage Journeys and being with her in person far exceeds anything [...]
Art school – decisions, decisions
Posted in Creativity, Mixed Media, My artwork, Personal Renaissance, Uncategorized, tagged art, art school, choices, creativity, education, MFA on July 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Art school. Two words which I have thought about for years. Two words that have been a dream of mine for years. I could count the reasons that I believed when I was younger why I shouldn’t go: artists don’t make any money, it’s not a career…it’s a hobby, artists are sad, lonely, desperate people….on [...]
My life is On Target — mixed media artwork
Posted in Creativity, Mixed Media, My artwork, tagged art, artwork, center, creative path, creativity, journey, mixed media, path on June 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here is another sharing of my mixed media work. This piece is entitled On Target and is one of my weekly 6″ X 6″ paintings I’ve made. This is a piece from my weekly art commitment where I have a goal to make one completed piece of work each week. I purposely have chosen a [...]
Creeping On with my spider inspired creativity
Posted in Creativity, Mixed Media, My artwork, Personal Renaissance, tagged artwork, creativity, expression, my art, spider on June 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here is another piece of my own artwork I want to share. I’ve titled it Creeping On and it is the first mixed media piece I made. It was an exploration of mixed media with acrylic paint, collaged magazine images (the spider), cheesecloth, and charcoal. I made this piece during the midst of my creative [...]
