Here’s my second pic for this challenge. It’s a door like all the rest of the doors on the floor but this one caught my eye because there was something colorful on it. So I approached it close up and saw that some small colorful bits of ephemera, perhaps dried flowers with bits of paper […]
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.
See Differently
“Seeing Differently” is a new challenge issued by Robyn Gosby on her Captivate Me blog. To motivate myself to generate some new pics, I’m joining in. It’s got a slant that’s right up my alley and seeing Robyn’s (and others) pics is exciting and inspiring ! It’s only for October and the goal is to come […]
I Feel Like A Squirrel!
We’ve been granted some more gorgeous fall weather that leans on the sunny side! As long as the sun is out my outdoor studio is still warm inside. My last few days have been mostly involved in preparing more fabric for dye and printing, mostly reprinting so that I don’t have to worry about getting […]