Category Archives: mixed media

Arting for 365 Day 109: British Profanities: Like Cupcakes and Rainbows

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Day 109 (8/15/12): British ProfanitiesGoal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days

As I was biking home yesterday, I started thinking about profanities. -More specifically, British profanities. I don’t know what triggered this line of thought, but none-the-less, I was thinking about it.

Running through a short list of basic English cuss words, a smile came across my face. You see, when a person with a fabulous British accent spouts off anything, it sounds lovely to me. I’d go so far to say that they make profanities sound adorable.

A mad man could be screaming horrible things at me, but so long as he had a great English accent and used words like bollocks, I think I’d just grin and let him how fun he sounds.

 

If  you can’t live without this little design, you can buy it. Email me for prints.

Arting for 365 Day 106: Woven Lines

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Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days

I have never been good at estimating how long something is going to take me. If I tell you I should be able to accomplish a task in 20 minutes, you can basically guarantee I will be done with it in no less than one hour. Such has been the case with my arting over the last few days. Everything seemed to take much longer than anticipated. This is why I was pretty darned excited to sit down with pen and paper last night, with no concrete plan or timeline and just create.

The results are these three 4 x 6″ drawings. Starting with the blue piece, which is collaged insides of business envelopes, I created geometric shapes and then began filling the white space with repeated, thin lines. Liking the line thing so much, I moved on to the flowers, which are collaged wrapping paper. Lastly I moved onto drawing geometric shapes and filling the shapes with the woven lines. The line patterning seems to give the pieces depth and texture – something I find I really enjoy.  nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

As for how long these took me? I’d estimate about 20 minutes ;). nnn

All three pieces available for purchase. nn

Arting for 365 Day 100: Kiwis

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Day 100 (8/6/12): Kiwis (mixed)Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days

Okay, so I admit that pairing a kiwi and a kiwi is a bit predictable, but it doesn’t seem to take away from the fact that I still really dig this set of coasters.

I sifted through my inherited stamp collection once again for inspiration. As I came across the lovely green kiwi stamp, I knew I had to do something with it.

Initially I aimed for a simple design utilizing bright colors with a focus solely on the fruit kiwi. As I worked on it, though, I realized I could incorporate another bird. Birds and me lately – we seem to have a thing.

Originals and prints available for purchase.

Arting for 365 Day 98: Stamps

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Day 98 (8/4/12): StampedGoal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days

My grandma Minnian, who has long ago passed away, was a big collector of stamps. She wasn’t your traditional stamp collector though. The ones she kept were those she received in the mail on letters. They are worthless in terms of monetary value, but are fabulous miniature works of art, records of history, and a great reminder of her.

In the past I’ve incorporated them into a few projects and thought I’d pull them out again (along with some other stamps folks have given me along the way) for day 98’s piece.

Using remnants from my day 89 cut paper piece, bits of cards and envelopes, and grandma’s stamps, I collaged this 8 x 10″ design. I love the bold colors and lines in the work, but feel like I haven’t quite figured out the perfect way to use the stamps. I guess this just means I’ve got some more experimentation to do.

Original piece available for purchase.

Arting for 365 Day 96: Pigeon Penthouse

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Day 96 (8/2/12): Pigeon Penthouse

8 x 10″ watercolor and ink on paper

Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days

I needed a bit of fresh air yesterday so decided to take a little stroll. After wandering around the alleys of downtown Ft. Collins – which I must say are lovely – I made my way back to the studio. Right before going inside, I noticed some pigeons that had made a living space for themselves in a metal pipe thing on the side of the neighboring building.

The birds had chosen a home wallpapered with an old, retro vacuum ad. I loved the choice and wondered if the pigeon’s friends often complimented them on their bold and graphic taste in home décor. Was this space coveted among the fowl? Did they know that a pigeon against a red back drop always looks good? More importantly, are there hipsters in the bird world?