Frida ATC's

I swapped these ATC's I made with Micki in the UK!! I'm excited to get to send something overseas. The theme was based on Frida Kahlo. I've been an admirer of Frida Kahlo and Remedios Varo's artwork forever so it was fun to use Frida as an inspiration. I've included photos of the original inspirations for the cards. I just wanted to show how what inspires me doesn't always translate directly to the final product and of course there is my own artistic bend that comes through. I found for this endeavor that I had a difficult time making Frida look as masculine, as she can, so my cards have a more rounded, feminine look to them.

'Blessings' card swap

Here is the card I made for the 'Blessings' card swap on 'Willowing & Friends'. Though the card doesn't really state 'blessings' it is ideas & thoughts that I wished for the receiver.

As you know 'courage' is my word for the year and I thought that it was a good word to use as a blessing, along with attributes that would be helpful for living a fuller life.

I drew the lady on colored card stock. Most of the detailing is colored pencils, but I used acrylic paints as the base color and then added water colour crayons and stamping for more details.

Madonna - Staff Art Show

It seems like it takes me forever to post anything these days, but with the sun being down by 7p I find it difficult to be productive after work hours - my energy runs with the sun. I have however managed to create some art lately. I finished a figure for the Staff Art Show at work and I've been working on a challenge that is almost complete. So I don't feel too bad about the times I just lay on the couch listening to Terry Pratchett stories!

Madonna (My Lady)

This week I helped put up the 4th annual Staff Art Show. This is the 3rd year I participated. I enjoy this venue a lot because there is such a diverse array of art. I submitted a figurative sculpture called 'Madonna' (my lady). She is approximately 16" tall and is composed of paperclay, wire and wood. Her hair is brown paper bag and her clothing is made from crepe & tissue paper, some of the tissue paper I altered by creating a pastel pattern on it. The process of creating a little person is enjoyable, but I really love sculpting faces - so much so I have a hat box full of little heads waiting for bodies!!