Last week’s excursion to Cape Cod was a breath of fresh air for me! First up – Elizabeth Barton’s Master Class! What a kick to be surrounded by a room full of creative and wonderful people! The class was comprised of a number of power point presentations followed by lectures by Elizabeth, then class work […]
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.
2015 Master Fiber Art Exhibit on Cape Cod
I’m about to head down to the Cape and so I was just looking back on some old pics and thought I’d share just a few of my favorite memories and friends from the old days. So many pics have been lost switching from computer to computer but I managed to save a few. Scroll […]
New Session, Deconstructive Screen Printing
Getting ready for a week on Cape Cod! I’ll be taking the Elizabeth Barton Master Class – more on that tomorrow! Although I’m not set up outdoors quite yet, I’ve been knocking out some “breakdown printed” fabric, another term for Deconstructed Screen Printing. Here’s some of them: