I can’t show the Christmas gifts I’ve been busy with for the last few weeks – don’t want to ruin any surprises. So, I’ve been working on some cut and paste-up sketches for a possible new series. Of course, whenever I have at it, they’re all quite subject to change, but I think this 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, Week 3
It’s time to show you the third digitally processed photo of the One Four Challenge hosted by Australia’s Robyn Gosby on her Captivate Me blog. First, when I look at others’ blogs I like seeing the progressions, so here’s what I’ve done leading up to today’s pic. When I woke up at 4AM this was not the […]
One Four Challenge – December Week 2
I’m into the second week of December’s One Four Challenge, originating from Robyn’s Captivate Me Blog. In it we are taking one photo and processing it four different ways during the month. This time, I stayed with the same crop and fiddled a bit with the exposure, slightly reducing the offset and increasing the exposure giving […]
Turtlemoon Impressions 