Sunday, September 30, 2007

Long Time, No Post

School has started and life has once again become hectic. Oh for those long sweet summer days. I love teaching, I really do, but I do enjoy my summer vacation.

In addition to being busy with school stuff, I've been busy with social stuff too. It has left little time to pursue creative endeavors. It's a little frustrating because I've got so many projects in my head that I want to give birth to. I've promised myself one art swap per month, however. The only one I'm managing to complete is the tip-in swap.

This month's theme was "circus" which was perfect. A few months back, Paula's Kit Club had a circus theme, so I had all the perfect fixings for this swap. I'm pretty pleased with the way it turned out. The piece has a bit of bulk to it, so the scans are not terribly crisp.




The following two scans are from a cigar box purse I made with the same kit. I made this piece a while back however. Fun theme.

Monday, August 27, 2007

Da Vinci Tip In




Here is a tip-in for CCSwaps. This month's theme is Da Vinci. I'm quite pleased as to how it turned out. I now need to find an envelope and sent it on.

School starts today so I won't be blogging or arting nearly as much as I have this summer.

Thursday, August 16, 2007

More Yellowstone again

Old Faithful
Firehole River Early In the Morning
My favorite shot
Castle Geyser Erupting
Groto Geyser

More Yellowstone

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
Above Mammoth Hot Springs
Moon Rise Over Mt. Washburn
The little dot in the middle is a real live grizzly bear!
Tower Falls

Yellowstone



This is called Fishing Cone because folks used to drop their fish into this hot pot and cook it right on the line!
American Bison...close up!
Lower Yellowstone Falls

More Wyoming Pictures

The famed antler arches bordering Jackson's main square.



More Grand Teton




Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Assemblage

I am doing an asssemblage swap with another online artist. I had collected a large number of various game pieces and thought to do games theme...but I wanted a bit of a spin on it. So, I decided on Games People Play for the theme which entwined the actual games with head games. I think it works. When I do an assemblage, I like alot of movement. Here is the final piece.


The Front


Inside Front Cover



Inside



A couple of close ups of the guts.