The summer’s been sizzling out in my summer studio but the fan keeps me from overheating. Some of the colors are pretty hot, though! Here’s some of what’s been happening out there! This is mostly cotton, some raw silk, with PRO MX FIBER REACTIVE DYE (aka: Procion Dye) and all low water immersion method. Some is […]
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.
One Four Challenge July Week 4
It’s already the last week in July, so here’s the last edit for the regular challenge for the summer. But I’m thinking I will post another extra post in August, which is a review month with the option to post or not. This is a really good week to check out the One Four Challenge […]
The Hidden Order 6
The last post on The Hidden Order! The last assignment for us all was to take a photograph that Elizabeth provided – the same photo for each of us – and focus on any particular part of it and render a likeness, or rather, an abstraction of it. I didn’t get pictures of everyone’s, but I only […]
Turtlemoon Impressions 