In Progress Blue Bin

Charcoal, ink, conte, gesso, on paper.

Local Inspiration

Still in use.

Corn No. 40

Corn No. 40 all spiffed up and ready for a new home! 
Matted and Framed 8x8x2 inches.

WIP - Corn No.'s 51 and 52

Corn No. 51 (That was then.)

Corn No. 52 (Eclipse) ~ It has been awhile since I've worked in the horizontal plane. Right now I'm taking a break from the sewing machine so I my eyes can relax a bit.

WIP - Bins

Will add more color, layers, and texture tomorrow, am much happier with hit now though, as compared to the earlier post from today.

WIP- Bins

Charcoal on gesso on baltic birch plywood.

This is the second time I've tried painting over charcoal, ok I'm using a brush to paint with, and I have to admit I absolutely loathe it!  First off I find myself wanting to paint 'inside' the lines like a coloring book, mistake number one, and secondly I keep expecting my brush to respond like my palette knife and well we all know that's not going to happen, mistake number two.  So when the first coat of paint is done drying I'm planning to go at it again with my palette knife and this time ignore those line!

Acrylic on baltic birch plywood.

WIP - Corn No. 48 & 49 in Progress

WIP - Corn No. 48 & 49 in Progress

Corn No.'s 45, 46, and 47 - Framed

No. 47 - SOLD!!! - $250.00
Framed to 8x8x2 inches.

Corn No. 46 - SOLD - $250.00
Framed to 8x8x2 inches

Corn No. 45 - SOLD - $250.00

Framed to 8x8x2 inches

No. 45 Redux

Corn No. 45 - Redux, I didn't like the original grain bin so I undid some of the stitching and turned it into a short fat silo, I'm much happier now!

No. 47

Corn No. 47 - not quite finished with this one, I'm not happy with the stitching to the left of the large bin.

WIP - Bin

WIP - Stitched up this small bin piece after I rearranged the studio this evening.

Spring Time Rocks!

Will post some pictures tomorrow, but was actually able to spend some time outside today in the gardens, mostly picking up debris, limbs, and the like.  Tomorrow it's supposed to be 62F here and if it's not too windy I will be uncovering the front gardens.  Still lots to do, leaves and branches to be shredded, horse manure needs to be fetched for the compost bins, pots to be cleaned, seeds to be started, but I sure do LOVE spring time!

Prairie Bits and Pieces - Now Available

Bin No. 1

Bin No. 2

Bin No. 3

Silo No. 1

Silo No. 2

1.5x2 inches

Natural and Compost Dyed Fabrics, Timtex, Thread, Machine Embroidered

Now Available in my Shop

A few more brooches

WIP - Paint on Paper

WIP - Oil Pastels on water color paper that was painted with Golden Acrylic Paints. I'll let the oil pastel dry overnight and lay down more color tomorrow.

In Progress

In progress I have a lot of landscape to cover here, it's quite a change from the smaller pieces. I've started working on the left panel so that the two panels are unified. Eventually I will start working on the right panel again.

Prairie Potholes - Harvest No. 9

Prairie Potholes - Harvest No. 9

2009

5 x 7 inches

Compost Dyed Cotton Cloth, Natural Dyed Silk Organza Fabric, Machine Stitched, Timtex Core, Black Cloth Backing Fabric

Available now in My Shop!

Collage Mania Pieces Finished!

Donated to Collage Mania FFAC5 x 7 inches

Prairie Potholes - Harvest No. 1

Prairie Potholes - Harvest No. 1 Working on a new harvest series, thinking about what makes the prairie the prairie as one really doesn't see a whole lot in the way of fens, marshes, potholes, etc., anymore. This piece available in my store.