This was the third cover of the “off white” themed series. For some reason, this one didn’t turn out as the rest, to fix it, I cut out shapes of wings from different papers and adhered them randomly to the surface using a semi-translucent mixture of acrylic medium and Titan Buff paint. After it dried, …
June 2010 archive
Jun 07
Key Book
When I made these three books, I meant to have a theme of off-white covers. This one started as gesso brushed over off white muslin, with stamps impressed into it for texture. You can see the faint image of a bird in the lower right hand corner of the cover. After the gesso dried, I …
Jun 05
Orange Poppy Book
This would have, should have been my favorite book cover. I started by stamping gesso designs onto muslin, and then using a wash of buff paint to bring out the details. Since the background was so plain, I went to my old files and found a photograph I had taken last year of my yard …
Jun 03
Glass Acorns
Jun 01
Shadowbox of Unpartable Treasures
In front of my computer monitor, I collect small mementos, things I’ve been given, things I’ve made, and other things I can’t possibly ever part with. Unfortunately, it means that my monitor area gets quite cluttered. I decided to take the large shrine blank that I had made and create a shadowbox to turn these …
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