Archive for April, 2009
Solar Power
Title: Solar Power
Size: 16 x 20, professionally matted and framed
Mixed media: magazine collage & acrylic paint
Completed April 2009
Available for purchase: $800
Bonus material:
The inspiration from Norval Morrisseau
(Image credit: http://www.coghlanart.com/images/nmtreeoflife.jpg)
The outline
The foreground
The partial background
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Solar opposites
Since the beginning of April, I have written 24,000 words and seen 39 bands. It probably doesn’t need to be said that the former was for school and the latter was for fun. After my semester wrapped up and my hefty term papers were submitted, my beloved and I flew to California with a couple […]
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(Do do do do)
The snow finally melted from our yard this week. The feeling of sunshine on my face and arms fills my heart with joy. The intense awareness of and appreciation for warmth in the springtime almost makes the winter seem worth it…
…I wonder when I will see my first green leaf after so […]
The Littlest Sentry
Title: The Littlest Sentry
Size: 20 x 8 inches
Cinca unglazed tile, stained glass, acrylic paint, hematite bead
Completed April 2009
For my friend, in honor (and in guard of) of her first house
Bonus material
A close-up of the detailing painted on the chickadee:
Moments before applying the grout
Moments after applying the grout
(There is an interesting process of emerging for the […]
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