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.

Wrapping It Up

I’ve wrapped up my recent botanical printing spree and cleaning up my studio preparing to start work on developing a new piece of art for the “Explorations” Exhibit.  I’ve been experimenting and learning a lot during the last 2 months, using amongst others, the “new kid on the block” of mordants – Titanium Oxalate, with […]

Great Time Had By All

Home again after 6 days in Gloucester at The Northeast Art Workshops, a fabulous place to either attend or teach ART classes. You can’t beat the location or the  gracious host , Kat Masella, who is a talented, local, mixed media encaustic artist in her own right. I was one of the twenty something lucky students at […]