Pecan Flower

This is very old.. Broken pieces of several pecan shells arranged on the counter.

New Altered Book Cover

I've decided to continue with the ways of Brandt and attempt to keep up with an altered book, probably using it like a journal.

I painted the whole cover in a reddish orange and then rubbed some of it away to show the original yellow cover in places. I think it looks cool.

The white pieces are torn page fragments glued to the cover and slightly outlined in places.

This book was about flowers so the floral designs on the front are not my own, but I went over two of the flowers in black acrylic to make them stand out.

I'm not quite finished..

Happy Cyndi

An image transfer of a photo I took of Cyndi, painted in [my own version of] the style of Francoise Nielly. The colors in the background are joyful colors and the only thing I don't really care too much for are the four small flowers. They could have been MUCH better, but all in all I think it turned out very well.

Statue In The Courtyard.

I took a photo of the statue in the senior courtyard, drew two pictures of it, cut them up, and wove them together. A PAIN! I like how it turned out, though. Oil pastel on Bristol Board. I think it turned out pretty well. :)

Shoes!

A pain, but worth it in the end.

Charcoal and acrylic on (metallic) spray painted black paper. Looks better in person (flash pulls the background through the shoes) Another one of my favorites for sure.

"Genius"

One of my favorites this year..

Charcoal on newspaper, stained with watered-down acrylic. The object was a candlestick holder, and the 'smoke' coming out of the top has no real meaning behind it other than Mr. Brandt had just finished explaining the history of the word 'genius' so I say the 'smoke' is really a genie. :)

Simple Weaving

Not my favorite piece.........

This should have been way more complex with a lot more strips of paper but this is how it ended up. I chose the colors to express a rainforest-y feel. There are a couple pieces of a toucan in the picture. The best thing about this piece was the color and pattern on the strips of paper.