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.

Submitted for The Little Black Dress

  The Call For Art is from The Brush Gallery in Lowell, one of my favorite local galleries. The exhibit is called “The Little Black Dress.”  Here’s anothe glimpse of my piece called The Barbie Project, AKA The Political Black Dress. I photographed these Barbie dolls a few years ago, when I picked up a […]

Who Is That Masked Man?

Now, who is that masked man? It’s Steve Gyurin, a photographer who has a shop called Artopia Giclee in Melrose where he does a great job photographing, printing and framing people’s art.  Check him out.  He’s in Melrose near the Malden line on Washington Street, in the old rubber factory building that houses Marty’s Furniture and other […]