Tag Archives: butterfly

My Art Journal Is A Garden

My art journal is a place to play, to learn, to vent, to confess. All of it done with color and pen and papers and more. Themes do appear for periods of time. Lately it has been big easy flowers…

July 6, 2010 – 5:13 am | By Gulfsprite | Posted in Art Journals | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Our Wings – Mixed-Media Painting

Inspired by Kanzaka Sekka’s beautiful woodblocks I created this painting in the spirit of Japanese butterfly design.

March 30, 2010 – 4:19 pm | By Gulfsprite | Posted in Featured, Painting, Shop | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

A color explosion – Or how I play with alcohol inks in my journal

Practicing for my big butterfly painting I wanted to freehand some stylized butterflies.

March 28, 2010 – 2:56 pm | By Gulfsprite | Posted in Art Journals, Video | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (1)

Flutter – Original mixed-media collage

I just finished creating and listing this sweet homage to the butterfly in my Etsy shop. Among the many different bits of ephemera are bible verses, gospel music and monopoly money. That is a $10 monopoly bill in the lower left corner there. and a sneak peak of my next painting:  This one should be …

March 3, 2010 – 2:26 pm | By Gulfsprite | Posted in Featured, Painting, Shop | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (2)