This is the first altered book I created. This was done as a memory book for my daughter covering birth to 18 years of age.
This cover is fabric paper with a base of Tyvek and layered words cut from magazines. Then over that tissue paper, inks and dry brushed with gold air brush ink. The [...]
A lot of the art I see is intended to simply please. It is pretty or sweet or light. I do like that and enjoy it but many times I want art to really move me. To give me something to sink my teeth into so-to-speak. I want it to give me a reason other [...]
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Tags: art journal, commercialization, human form, imperfection, perfection 
1 Comment »Over the last 5 months I have gone from working remotely as a web designer, to being self-employed (unemployed) to working as part of a team in an office environment. I have found that I prefer the team environment and imagine it as being a single flower blooming happily amidst a garden of other lovely [...]
Posted in Art Journals Tags: art journal, ballerina, career, garden, perfection, teamwork Comments OffAs someone who loves words I sometimes fall in love with a word and journal based on the word. On this journal spread I started with the word: Juxtaposition. Using flowers and light soft colors to decorate a page that I used war and crime related photos.
It is unsettling to view and at first glance [...]
Posted in Art Journals Tags: art journal, conflict, crime, juxtaposition, provoking, war Comments OffI recorded a quick little video for my daughter so she can see her sweet kitty Peaches:
Recorded with my Blackberry Storm in black and white mode. I love black and white video. Since Peaches is multiple shades of gray she still looks great in black and white too.
