I’m delighted that one of my collages, My Darling Clementines, has been selected to be part of the Women’s Show at the Ashtabula Art Center. The show runs March 6 through 28th, with the artist’s reception on Friday, March 15th, from 6-8pm. It looks to be a terrific show with work by artists I know […]
February 29 – April 26, 2024Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, Connecticut The Small Format Exhibit is held by the National Collage Society each year in the spring to showcase small collages. The artwork can be any style but must be exactly 4 x 6 inches. I really enjoy making something for this exhibit. The […]
Thursday, November 9, 2024, from 6:00-8:00 pm, is the opening reception of the OCS Members’ Show at the Yellow Door Gallery inside the Red Twig. Super cool place – 5202 Darrow Rd. Hudson. Lots of fun local art and awesome vibe. Collage artists use materials never intended for art production and create work that is […]
Well, what better show for The Magpie’s Eye than an Oddball show! I am delighted to learn that it has been accepted into the OddBall Show at Stella’s Art Gallery in Willoughby. The opening reception is Friday the 13th (how appropriate!) and the show runs till November 6. I can’t wait to see the show! […]
Roots and Roads #4 is a large collage that spans both the Roots and Roads series and Reverse Archaeology theme of visiting past stories. It began with the tree trunk cross section in the lower left, which has small photos of me as a child, family members, ticket stubs, and other personal mementos. I hand […]
Pink Moon was inspired by June’s full moon called the Strawberry Moon. Part of the Elementals series, this piece a continuation of my attempts to distill visual images down to the most essential parts. I have a tendency to over-complicate things: when I’m making a collage, I tend to keep adding and adding and adding […]
This is one of those projects where inspiration comes from the materials themselves! My friend, Mary McVay, asked if I would do a Trading Papers #tradingpapers swap with her. Well, yeah, I’m up for a fun challenge! The swap meant sending each other a box of collage goodies (paper, fabric, bric a brac, and other […]
I will be joining artists around the world on Saturday, May 8th to celebrate World Collage Day! Kolaj Magazine, an international publication dedicated to the art of contemporary collage, organizes the event and encourages artists and art venues to hold collage-related events. Come collage with me on that day via Zoom beginning at 10:30AM Eastern. […]
The Magpie’s Eye is the first full-size artwork that I’ve made in my new basement studio. Adjusting to a new studio always takes time. I haven’t worked on any real artwork since last fall – before we moved the gallery – so I was feeling rusty. To get back into practice, I’d been making smaller […]
For inspiration for this collage, I turned to the Nebra Sky Disk, perhaps the oldest known depiction of the night sky. It was used to mark the solstices and help the people of the time understand the world around them. The disk includes the constellation Pleiades – the Seven Sisters – which made me think […]