Keva In Paper

Keva 8x10 paper, dye ink

My girlfriend Gretchen asked me to do a portrait of her adopted daughter Keva. What a cutie with that awesome hair! Sadly I don't get to see my friend like I want because she lives in Massachusetts (but we are good about keeping in touch). She works with kids with Autism and that's how we met. What an amazing teacher and friend...who will always get artwork for free! 

Postcard From Russia

Yay...got a postcard from Russia today. It traveled 5,924 miles and took 29 days to get to me.

learn more about postcrossing here

Blue Birds Finished

It's all done...Yay for finished!

Blue Birds-paper, dye ink, acrylic

Blue Birds

Spending tons of time putting matte medium in all the cracks, groves to seal everything.

many more layers still to go.

Finland Postcard

Happy mail day here! I got a postcard from Finland. This one traveled 5,303 miles and took 10 days.

Learn more about this...postcrossing

Berry Tree

This bird has a partner I just didn't put it in this picture. I am making some really cool prints with mulberry paper so I'm scanning these before I put them on their permanent backgrounds. The prints I have done with the mulberry paper are really great because you can see all the fibers, pedals, leaves and such. When they were printed I had one of those "giddy squeal" moments because I loved they way they looked. Aren't those moments the best? However, I did realize I couldn't have backgrounds because it just wasn't the look I was going for.

I did this using only paper and matte medium as my glue. All the papers had already been distressed so all I did was cut away.

My work in progress pictures always stink because it's usually an after thought. Plus, I used my iPhone to take this picture.That's something I will work on.