As a quick recap, this little book (4″ x 6″) contains both paper collages and drawings. The collages were originally inspired by a workshop at the National Gallery of Art about the Gees Bend Quilt movement, though I have strayed a bit from that on some collages. In addition, I thought it would be funContinue reading “Paper Quilt Collages & Drawings Continues”
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Ghost Town
I was taking an online class through the Smithsonian with Marcie Wolfe Hubbard. Our last class involved incorporating a piece of fabric in our work. This was very easy thanks to my friend Claudia who recently gifted me with a very fun piece of fabric that reminded her our our friend Harriet the Elegant GhostContinue reading “Ghost Town”
Watercolor and Pencil
Sometimes it’s fun to go back to basics. Recently I was presented with a choice of images to draw in a workshop. Though I worked with a few of the images, the one that captivated me most was a portrait of the lovely Clara Bow. I have always loved to make full tonal drawings inContinue reading “Watercolor and Pencil”
Harriet at the Opera
Attired in a new silk dress, adorned with her signature string of pearls, Harriet the Elegant ghost takes her seat by the radio awaiting the overture to begin.
Seasonal Haiku
I enjoy reading Haiku because the length matches my attention span. In going through some old notebooks, I came across two Haiku that I wrote during this time of year so I am sharing them below. Oct. 1997 Ghosts, goblins stirring through the moaning thick of night, come daylight – vanished! November, 1997 The crispContinue reading “Seasonal Haiku”
Harriet’s Exasperation
Outraged by the parking situation because of inconsiderate consumers, Harriet the Elegant ghost spent an afternoon collecting and returning shopping carts at a local strip mall.
Harriet & Barbie
Redux: Neighborhoods Artist Book
If this looks a bit familiar it is because you may have received a similar post recently that did not load quite right so I took it down to fix and hopefully this one works. Below is a very short video of an Artist Book I made call Neighborhoods. It was made from a 12″Continue reading “Redux: Neighborhoods Artist Book”
Harriet in the Garden
More Paper Quilt Collages & Drawings
I had stopped making the Paper Quilt Collages that I was working on a few months ago. I enjoyed the drawing aspect of it, but making the paper quilts appealed to me less. After thinking about it I realized that it was the structure of trying to make the collage quilt-like that I no longerContinue reading “More Paper Quilt Collages & Drawings”
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