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Collage Botanica Diary, 7
In a long-ago gig working in a florist’s shop, artist Amanda Evanston was tasked with receiving the wholesale deliveries of greens and flowers, unwrapping them, and stocking the walk-in cooler from which the professional florists made selections to arrange into bouquets. In my current foray into becoming a(n amateur) collage florist, I selected two photos… Continue reading
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Collage Botanica Diary, 6
With tinted gesso in place, and tinted gesso applied to a second canvas now waiting in the wings, I moved on to Steps 2 and 3 in creating a rich underlayer on my first Session 2 canvas: Warm Gesso followed by Interesting Linework. A whole lotta letting go underway here as I develop a robust… Continue reading
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Collage Botanica Diary, 5
Well, that was fun! Today I started Session 2, Lesson 3 of Amanda Evanston’s Collage Botanica class, feeling apprehensive about taking the first step. But!—had a great time and came away light of heart. When cleaning/decluttering/reorganizing recently, I came across a 12 x 12″ wood panel on which I’d previously started something. Probably two somethings.… Continue reading
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Collage Botanica Diary, 4: Today Was the Day
I’ve been in hop-in-hop-out conversation with an 8 x 8 inch canvas for a few weeks now, but today was the day the back-and-forth resolved, and we’ve both come away enriched, exercised, and nourished, carrying some scratches and bruises but also smiling at both the joy and the down-and-dirty vulnerable work of it all. This… Continue reading
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Collage Botanica Diary, 3: Quagmire
Great word! I’m loving the squishy flat-footed messy sound of that word, even though I find myself in a protracted mental and creative quagmire of late. Nothing for it but to take one squishy flat-footed messy step at a time, no matter how small and/or painstaking, so that’s what I’m doing. Continue reading
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Collage Botanica Diary, 2: Rinse and Repeat
I resist the impatience and impulsiveness which would have me moving straight into lesson two in the course I’m taking, and pause instead, as recommended by Amanda, to make a second iteration of lesson one … in which, truth to tell, I think I just redirect my impatience and impulsiveness rather than resist, slapping collage… Continue reading
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Collage Botanica Diary, 1
I recently purchased a new ecourse offered by Amanda Evanston called Collage Botanica. I’ve been feeling a bit untethered and at loose ends this summer, and Amanda’s class provides welcome exercises to point me in a direction with a bit of structure. So grateful! I paint up some collage fodder, take out my art journal,… Continue reading
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FamFest24 Souvenir
A happy little paintover piece for my front entry, started before my adult kids and their spouses and their kids arrived for 4th of July week, displayed in its work-in-progress stage during that week, now completed and in place probably until fall, encapsulating (a) the anticipation of FamFest; (b) the swimming, eating, playing games, boogie-boarding,… Continue reading
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A Little Something
A nourishing bit of playful creative whimsy—deceptively and engagingly challenging; entirely enjoyable. Continue reading
My Story
In 2014, I grab an unexpected opportunity to paint.
To make art.
I get hooked.
In 2015 I start a blog—a diary of my life as an artist.
I post my paintings and their stories. The good, the bad, the ugly.
My compass points: bust through fear, be playful, get messy, trust my gut.
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