A Plea for Calm

On July 5th I walked around my neighborhood and picked up the remnants of some fireworks. They were the inspiration for this piece. Process photos of this piece can be found on my "Behind the Canvas" post on Patreon. This mixed media piece is 9"x12" and is available for purchase. 

Title: "A Plea for Calm"

9"x12" on mixed media paper

Media: ink, acrylic, collage

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Checkered Past

 "Checkered Past"

Title: "Checkered Past"

9"x12" on mixed media paper

Media: ink, acrylic, collage

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No Kings

When I was walking in my neighborhood a few weeks ago, I found a piece of a flier from the No Kings rally. I love that this piece stuck around for a couple of months waiting to be found and that I was called to add "NO KIN" to make it complete.

Title: "No Kings"

9"x12" on mixed media paper

Media: ink, acrylic, collage, wax

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Just Above Us

“The sky is the ultimate art gallery just above us.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Title: "Just Above Us"

9"x12" on mixed media paper

Media: ink, acrylic, watercolor crayon

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Ballo Finire

 "The butterfly is a flying flower. The flower is a tethered butterfly." -Ponce Denis

I marvel at butterflies and flowers, their brief dynamic lives, brilliant through the final moment when their dance ends.

Title: "Ballo Finire"

12"x9" on mixed media paper

Media: collage, ink, acrylic, alcohol ink

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Well Bye Bye for this Time

I have a most generous friend that has been giving me beautiful paper ephemera that comes from many years ago. I find myself thinking of both the recipient of the piece of the card I incorporated into my art, and the sender that chose to sign off with, "Well Bye Bye for this time."

 

Title: "Well Bye Bye for this Time"

12"x9" on mixed media paper

Media: collage, watercolor

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Nature Does Not Hurry

 Wisdom via a tea bag. "Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." -Lao Tzu

Title: "Nature Does Not Hurry"

12"x9" on mixed media paper

Media: collage, acrylic, ink, alcohol ink, wax

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Adventures!

I painted this while hanging out with my wonderful artist friends here in Eugene. I'm so, so fond of them and love our adventures, not only with art media, but also exploring museums and galleries, going out for coffee/tea, and meeting for lunch. Here's to many more adventures!

Of note with this piece, when I was out walking my dog, Ellie Mae, I found the scrap of paper that says "ntures!" on the ground by a recycling bin. The vintage paper beside it that says "adve" (written by me) was given to me by one of my friends mentioned above.

Title: "Adventures!"

16"x12" on mixed media paper

Media: collage, acrylic, ink, alcohol ink, wax

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Echos of the Bloom

 Echos of the bloom.

Title: "Echos of the Bloom"

12"x9" on mixed media paper

Media: collage, acrylic, ink, alcohol ink, wax

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Waterfall

"Peace streams in the flow of a waterfall that gracefully lets go." -Angie Weiland-Crosby 

Title: "Waterfall"

9"x12" on mixed media paper

Media: acrylic

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Words and Wars

This piece was inspired by the contents of a box of papers from the 1940s/50s. So many thought-provoking treasures. I've titled this one "Words and Wars."

Title: "Words and Wars"

18"x12" on 1mm paper board

Media: collage, acrylic, ink, wax, graphite

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Apophenia

"What psychologists call apophenia—the human tendency to see connections and patterns that are not really there—gives rise to conspiracy theories." —George Johnson

Title: "Apophenia"

9"x12" on mixed media paper

Media: collage, acrylic, ink

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Shed our Past

"Just as the snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again." -Buddha

This is a photo of my current painting in front of its VERY BIG sibling painting. :-)

Title: "Shed our Past"

8"x8" on 1mm paper board

Media: acrylic, ink, graphite

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Curved Cadence

 "In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves." -Edward Bulwer-Lytton

I would add that the not so beautiful moves in the same way.

Title: "Curved Cadence"

18"x12" on 1mm paper board

Media: collage, acrylic, alcohol ink, gouache, ink, watercolor

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Our Hearts Still Beat

 Beneath it all, our hearts still beat.

Title: "Our Hearts Still Beat"

18"x12" on 1mm paper board

Media: collage, graphite, wax, gouache, ink

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One Sky, Many Stories

 One sky, many stories.

Title: “One Sky, Many Stories"

12”x9“ on watercolor paper

Media: acrylic, collage, ink, watercolor

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She is More than Just her Form

 She is more than just her form.

Title: “She is More than Just her Form"

12”x9“ on watercolor paper

Media: gouache, pastels

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She Danced

"She danced the dance of flames and fire, and the dance of swords and spears; she danced the dance of stars and the dance of space, and then she danced the dance of flowers in the wind." -Khalil Gibran

Title: "She Danced"

Title: “She Danced"

12”x9“ on watercolor paper

Media: gouache, wax, graphite

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Uke

 Playing my ukulele is one of my favorite things! 

Title: “Uke"

12”x9“ on watercolor paper

Media: acrylic, gouache, ink, collage

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I Tell You This

 I made this piece for a lovely new friend who introduced me to the wonder of Mary Oliver. 

Title: "I Tell You This"

8"x8" on 1mm paper board

Media: watercolor, wax, acrylic, gouache, ink, collage

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