Thanks to all the great comments from members of this wonderful blogging community! I saw a lot of really great art out there!
So without further ado… the oh so high tech random number generator has picked Denise from http://deniseslittlebirdiestudio as the winner!
I will select my winner for the OWOH giveaway late on Thursday so you still have time to enter! AND I will be hosting another givaway the beginning of MARCH so come back soon.
Have a great day and go eat some chocolate!
My 4-Collage calendar won Patron’s Choice Award in the EBSQ show. Thanks to everyone that voted!
words of purple whispered in another language, originally uploaded by Charger’s Mommy.February 7, 2008
First Thursday Art Walk
Canvas Gallery will be featuring many artists including Nicola Carpi/Nelli, William DeBilzan (Santa Fe), Lynn Shirmer, Chis Sheridan, Greg Boudreau, June Sekiguchi, Nichole DeMent, Stephen Rock, Cynthia Gaub, Jenny Simon (Pasadena), Ryan Molenkamp and Friese Undine (Chicago). Along with these wonderful artists we will also be showing these New Artists:  Ryan Molenkamp (Seattle) and Alan Van Natta (Norway)
http://canvasanartgallery.com
located @ 617 Western Ave. Seattle, WA 98104
there is a fractals show at EBSQ for this month…. so I downloaded a couple of programs and have been experimenting… it is a little addicitve… check out the whole set and let me know which ones I should enter into the show???
The monthly shows are now open for your viewing and voting pleasure. I have two pieces in the WIP show (Green Medusa and wild peacock) and one (4-collage) in the calendar show.
The ultimate 4-collage calendar… this daybook style calendar is meant to be deconstructed as it provides inspiration throughout the year. Hang this (with attached ribbons) above your studio table and each day flip through till you find a page that inspires you, then RIP it out and paste it into your art journal or collage in progress.
Made from 5 individually sewn signatures, bound together with ribbons, the pages are a combination of maps, music sheets, handmade papers, monoprints, layered pages of stamps and images, patterns, art postcards, coloring book pages, children’s book pages, photographs, magazine pages, envelopes that have been sent through the mail, stickers, artist trading cards, transparencies and more! Cover is a large thin plastic 4 (used for gas station prices) that was used for monoprinting. Everything in the calendar is RECYCLED and great for mixed media collage.
YOU HAVE to see more detail pictures to appreciate the coolness of this calendar. (CLICK on the flickr links to larger views)
Created for the EBSQ Calendar Show
My larger work consists mainly of nude women. But within each is a collage of images and textures. WORDS, text, lettering and numbers are always within a layer or area of my work. I have drawers of book pages in many different languages.
Even when I moved to fabric for my artwork, I continued to find, collect and use fabrics with printed text. Although being able to read the text is not key, I want there to be that attempt. An interaction or even a conversation between me and the viewer. One of my older pieces even has shreds of actual journal pages and love letters as the background.
In addition to text, I see SPIRALS and Butterflies commonly make an appearance in my work. Both speak to me of movement, flight, dance and beauty. Looking at some of my smaller ATCs (not made for a specific theme) I tend to notice flames and flowers used as crowns and more butterfly wings. The cycle of life and death being ever present, perhaps.
I have noticed rulers making an appearance lately, and wondering if it is strictly related to sewing. (As sewing patterns also are often used as backgrounds) or if a deeper meaning of needing to “measure up” to something, or insecurities about my size, may be behind their inclusion in my work.
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I have done a number of pieces that are focused on eyeballs! Which is am sure is simply because I am a visual artist! (ha!) well, I am a visual learner too…
So I hope you have enjoyed my little trip through my personal imagery. If you notice a pattern that I have missed, please point it out! it is amazing what I learn about my own art from other people!
So I too was feeling the COLD weather this week with every morning starting at 25 degrees F. For mild little Seattle that is pretty cold. The air is so dry that it crackles. I jumped at the IDEA Of Jen’s Challenge #4 this week… because I too wished I was somewhere warmer.
Right away I knew I wanted to make a mandala. I haven’t made any in awhile and they often look like flowers (another spring and summer icon) So I collected some citrus type images and started digitally slicing them. But then I looked at the challenge again and realized I wasn’t really PUSHING myself with this. SO I thought, “I haven’t even doing a fabric mandala.” although I have thought of it many times and dismissed it for the sake of difficulty. So I went half-way and decided to transfer my digital collage to fabric and then embellish it. But even after ironing it onto some fabric, I realized I still had not really PUSHED.
So I went ahead and dug out some citrus colored fabrics. (If I wasn’t on a supply diet I would have run to the store and bought some delicious citrus fabric prints.) Cut out many triangles, positioned them into a radial pattern then sewed away with many of the different cool stitches on my new(ish) machine. I had some tension issues so I am not totally happy with the results. But I am SO glad I finally did a fabric mandala! (the image is sliced off on the sides due to scanner limitations, when it is light again I will try some photos)
Check out what other artists have made for this challenge:
This is Stacy’s Citrus Entry for Jen’s Challenge #4
and here is Eliza’s Painting of fruit-goodness.
