I am making collages for a way to express my anger and frustration with the current Regime's attack on everything; environment to National Parks, freedom to voting rights, healthcare to world wide assistance, to animal welfare and pollution, the list is too infinite ! Therefore, the ART for change is happening!
Please take a look at my new Gallery, for Protest and Social Democracy to see more recent work, and collage work. Also many are in the Collage/Mixed Media Gallery.
On a sunny warm July morning, in 2018, at 10am....I looked outside my studio window to garden area, and to my amazement this beautiful LARGE female cougar was walking up our driveway
Again this May morning of 2024, 2 cougars were spotted 4 houses down one morning walking in a neighbors garden around 9am. Beautiful powerful cats! he shared this one cougar photo he captured.
I am having fun experimenting with a white and sparkly spray, using a toothbrush with wc and some glitter paint; then once dry, drawing with gelly roll Sakura white pen....and adding symbols and Ranger glitter glue....The paper is Mi-Teintes black pastel sheets by Canson.
In early Dec. a new collage was created, on top of my watercolor painting of Dasher the reindeer. Using sheet music, handmade papers, decorative napkins, old cards cut up, a small jewel embellishment, Ranger stickles glitter, felt
All 8 reindeer will be created over the next few years.
My first Holiday collage, started with this one in 2015. It is a mix media combo: using watercolor and acrylics.....stamping, washi tapes, embossing, adding doilies, printed napkins, lace, paper cutouts from old holiday cards, and magazine cutouts, music and metallic strings, felt, skeletal leaves
