Once again, the SAQA Benefit Auction is gearing up for it’s annual event. Having to choose only 6 was tricky! These are my choices that represent a collection that is Simply Elegant. SAQA’s signature fundraising event starts September 18! You can see the rest of them here.
Author: turtlemoonimpressions
As a native plant gardener, the natural world is phenomenal and so much of the man-made world - our architecture, our cities - are stunning accomplishments. They exist hand in hand in both beautiful expressions and sometimes disastrous manifestations.
Our entire existence with the natural and the invented is intertwined – each dependent on the other, even as my art evolves, each breathing in the wake of the other.
As a mixed media artist - textile, paper, printmaker - various substrates and mediums - surface design is one aspect of the process that I love. I thoroughly enjoy the play with color, value and construct, particularly the improvisation which starts with one thing, an idea, a glimpse of a vision, perhaps something that captures my eye for a moment in time and it grows organically. I become focused on whatever piece I'm working on and follow my muse to find my way.
Watermarks
For the past 6 weeks I’ve been focused on dyeing fabric that I’ll use to depict water, at least abstractly; therefore, many of my screens have been various and sundry watermarks. I used whatever I could find that I thought could convey liquid motion – including saran wrap and tin foil. Here are some of them: […]
5 Piles of DSPs
A good summer Friday morning to you! What great weather we’ve been having here in the northeast corner of the States – perfect to be working out in the fresh air and sunshine! Besides power washing the deck and plastic shed, most of what I’ve been working on these days are Deconstructed Screen Prints. After I did […]
Turtlemoon Impressions 