Down to the wire here! I finished the foundation with more thread painting on the willow tree branches and secured every little reflective piece of color and generally cleaned up the back, which was not very pretty but looks fairly neat now. I blocked the whole thing for the second time to get it […]
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.
A One Handed Selfie-In-Action Video
Chipping away at my lengthy to-do list in fits and starts. It’s the name of the game when you have RLS – up and down – sit, stand – sleep,not much. It’s actually amazing that I end up getting as much done as I do. There’s always miles to go before I sleep. So, I’ll […]
A Mixed Thread
Took a breather from my Explorations project while I waited for some new ISACORD thread to arrive from Leah Day I had to get some ecoprinting and dying done on some new scarves for The Gallery. The logwood scarf is done and I’m almost finished with the cochineal scarf. Last night’s Artist Reception for the […]
Turtlemoon Impressions 