Solo Show

The reveal coming and soon, until then enjoy this oil pastel drawing, on paper, I made of a local bin and silo from June 2009.

Local Inspiration

Still in use.

WIP - Untitled Corn

Experimenting with different thread colors and thicknesses.
4x6ish inches. Natural dyed cotton fabric.

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

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.

No. 46

Corn No. 46

WIP - Bin

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

Bins in Blue No. 1

Available in my store.

New Bits and Pieces in Progress

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

Prairie bits and pieces

Been busy getting ready for this weekends show, this is just one of the brooches I've been making for this weekends show. Check out the Octagon Center for the Arts Fall Festival in Ames, IA this weekend!

Compost dyed cotton fabric
Machine stitched and embroidered
1.5 x 2.25 inches

Prairie Potholes Harvest No. 23

I don't believe I've posted this one in the past, found it in a pile of work tonight while looking for a piece of indigo dyed rusted fabric, the fabric is still MIA.

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.

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