These two are from a series I’m doing, a few each week until I have enough to do something with them. I like them a lot. This one looks better in person than it does on my screen. I think it’s a mix of cotton and poly and it actually looks quite delicate and somewhat […]
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 Woman’s Work Is Never Done!
All silks here: the first is raw silk, on the right is habati silk. I like how these came out. The leaves that soaked in rusty water are the strongest. Others were all soaked in various concoctions. I have going pans of chalk with seawater, plain seawater, vinegar water, rusty iron water, copper water that […]
Eco-prints on Watercolor Paper
I had to slow down this week to try and let my ankle heal but it’s very hard for me to do.So I did some eco-prints on watercolor paper which are a bit easier to do; that is, you can stand in one place to do them and there’s no wringing out and traipsing […]
Turtlemoon Impressions 