Birds

I made this a couple of years ago.

December 23, 2011

Side Streets

Not the best photo but I was in a hurry to get this to FRANK for the "intimate objects" portion of their Holiday show. Check out the gallery if you get a chance. Lots of really nice things are there now.

Story Book

When I found these 4 square shaped boards I thought I would make 4 smaller pieces but it turned into one large piece that started feeling more and more like a book. The piece can be put together in any order. The edges are lined with spines from old books I found at the recycling shed.

Dimming of the Day/Revised

I worked a little more on this piece. NOW it's done.

The Dimming of the Day

I just took down a show at my local coffee shop, Cup a Joe. It was a lot of fun and I had some really good feedback. This piece was part of the show. I rarely use pictures of my family but in this case I came across a rejected photocopy of a picture of my parents, one that I never saw until a few years ago. Since my parents were close to 50 when I was born I never saw them as this young. In fact I don't think we had any pictures of them as a couple, so I loved getting this picture in the mail from an elderly cousin a few years ago. It seemed to fit into this piece when I was about 1/3 of the way into it. I took the title from a Bonnie Raitt song I love.

I just finished this, well not quite. There are still a few things to do but mostly it's done. I set out to make something "cheery" .....well, I did stick to bright colors. My daughter said it looks like Mardi Gras, Day of the Dead, and Easter all in one.