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Sacred Circles
Sacred Circlesmixed media, 4.5 x 6 inches"The circle symbol meaning is universal, sacred and divine. It represents the infinite nature of energy, and the inclusivity of the universe. Our ancient kin...
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Weekly Quick Collage: Java Girl, and Some Unrelated Thoughts
I can't believe how long it's been since I posted! Time has just flown by, and I'm feeling like I can't keep up with it. I'm also thinking that maybe it's not good to try to do so many things at once,...
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The Life of an Artist, part 1
Many people have the idea that being an artist must be fun, and certainly not a "REAL JOB". Because, hey, we just sit around and make art all day. It's not really work, it's play, right?I wish!...
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Weekly Quick Collage:
Summer Sweetnesscollage, 5.5 x 4.75It's so bitter-sweet, saying goodbye to summer. While fall is truly glorious here, with perfect daytime temperatures, crisp, cool nights, and the riotous colors of...
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Listen to the Rain
Listen to the Rainingredients: vintage book pages, sheet music, and other ephemera; lace, stitching"It's In The Rain" by Enya Every timeThe rain comes down,Close my eyes and listen.I can hear the...
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"Coversations" exhibit now at University of Kentucky
The "Conversations" printmaking exhibit, previously shown in the Main Gallery at Northern Kentucky University, is currently being exhibited at the University of Kentucky in Lexington until the end of...
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The Life of an Artist, part 2
Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen Gallery, Berea, KentuckyAs you may know, I've been posting questions on my blog and on facebook, attempting to get information about selling art online. My goal...
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This Fall at Shabo-Mekaw
If you're a regular reader of my blog, you may recall that we had a bad storm this Spring, which brought a "micro-burst" (which I believe is like a small tornado) that took down several of our huge oak...
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Taking Refuge
Taking Refugeingredients: antique handwritten letter fragments, Italian currency, vintage ephemera, image transfers, ginko leaf, monoprintTo take refuge is to commit oneself to the Buddhist path....
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Wind and Water
I had forgotten all about this, the piece that was in the "Think Square" exhibition over a year ago. Going through photos of my work a few minutes ago, I realized I had never shared it here on my blog,...
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The Heart Wants What it Wantsingredients: vintage ephemera, magazine cut-outs, image transfersThe best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the...
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Artists For Love
Browsing through the blogs I follow, I have noticed a common theme lately. Many of us are searching for a way to deal with and heal from the images and words of soul-draining discord, hatred, and fear...
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Under The Stars
Under the Stars, 10.5 x 8.5 inchesingredients: vintage book cover; vintage book parts, ephemera, and sheet music; found objects (antique optical lens), stitching This one is definitely a maximalist...
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Spring Morning
Spring Morningmixed media collage, 6 x 4.5 inchesingredients: monotype, watercolor pencils, vintage ephemeraavailable for purchase here (prints, too!)I haven't been keeping up with my weekly quick...
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A Day in the Life of a Collage
It started this way:I had an old watercolor of a tree that I didn't want any more, so I thought I might recycle it and use it as the base for a collage. First, I glued some brightly colored pieces of...
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Destruction, and a New Life
A very melodramatic way to describe the second day in the life of our collage, right? However, I'd have to say it's pretty accurate.Here's how I left it last night; it was going nowhere, as far as I...
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Broken Girl - the Art of Recycling
Here is the finished version of the collage I was working on in the last two posts (here and here):Broken Girl, mixed media collage on vintage book coveringredients: cabinet photo, vintage book pages...
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Fear Not
Fear Not mixed media collage, 9 x 5 inchesingredients: map fragments, vintage book pages, image transfers, watercolor pencils, mica, stitching“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be...
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Answers
Answersmixed media collage, 7 x 4 inchesingredients: vintage book pages, ephemera, watercolor pencilAvailable for purchase here.Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front (excerpt) By Wendell...
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Mending
This much I have learned. Never give up. No matter how broken you are, it is possible to mend. It may take a very long time, and it may be the fiercest struggle you ever face. And you will probably be...
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