More Art with the use of Scrap Material

~Ned~ is becoming a theme used frequently in my artwork.

I always set aside scraps while working on projects - I don't throw anything away ... I should ... but they always seem to make the best collages. I use transfer scaps, faded and worn from gel medium; the cut outs or blank space of an image, there is always left over paint and enough of it for the use of rubber stamps, and last but not least - decorative papers.

Recent Sketchs Over the Past Week

A Glue Book Page I worked on during the weekend.

Another page in the journal of collected and adopted photos.

Remembering speechlessly we seek the great forgotten language, the lost lane-end into heaven, a stone, a leaf, an unfound door. Where? When?

O lost, and by the wind grieved, ghost, come back again.

~Thomas Wolfe~

Artist Trading Cards

(tiny works of art composed upon playing cards)

The Secret Keeper & The Secret Keeper's House

(Archetypes)

Altered Book

Words are circled at random. These words were found in the introduction of the book. I painted a background color around the words, adding images and embellishment.

~Introduction~

On a warm afternoon,
a woman was changed forever.
The ruling class ever to be aware of it's status.
A new era,
the area of lightening fast learning.
An unstoppable force,
at a turning point.
Understand, we are in the final throes
of clinging to an outdated image - Powerless.
Why is it empowering for women to look
at the ~darkside~ within.
Retrieve that wild child.
Embrace those qualities
the entitlement we disavow in ourselves.
Passionate hope can spark debate.
Close the gap that has our world.

written by phs 2oo5

On this, your very important day, I am saying prayers for your success and that your day will be safe from all harm and you accomplish what you set out to do. Your pursuit to happiness is very important to me and in a bigger picture to our country. I am proud of your standing together, and not letting a handful of people dictate what you can and cannot do. There is power in numbers !!!