Beautiful fields during Lavenderfest at the Damali Winery in Cobble Hill BC
DOUGAN'S LAKE
Dougan Lake, in Cobble Hill, BC. A very small lake that is a couple of miles from where I live. The lake provides an excellent fishery for both cutthroat and rainbow trout which are stocked regularly. March-June and September-October are the most productive fishing months.
Dougan Lake, Cobble Hill
TOP OF THE MALAHAT DRIVE
Late evening drive home to Cobble Hill from Victoria, BC on the Malahat Drive.
ADAPT, IMAGINE, REVERSE, CONNECT, COMPARE, ELIMINATE, PARODY, INCUBATE.
Sources of inspiration. Burning holes in stained washi paper to add into my mixed-media collage work. TI like to create my own collage paper, distressing them and altering them to have a look and feel from my memory of the beach and all that I see there. There seems to be so many holes in the different species. Barnacles look like holes, the boring sponges create holes in scallop shells, weathered worn seaweed has holes in it… These are some of the words I think about when I am working, thinking like this, allows me to think laterally, get out of the box or groove and push myself to think up new ways of working.
NEW WORK IN THE STUDIO JUNE ,2018
Working away on my mixed-media collage pieces that are inspired by the intertidal zone. Having a great time.
Details of the pieces above.
JUNE IN THE GARDEN
A day trip to Salt Spring Island on June 18th, 2018 and the start of summer in the garden.
COUNTRY LANE WALK NEAR DUNCAN, BC
June 5, 2018.
While getting my car serviced in Duncan, I had a beautiful spring walk on one of the country lanes nearby.
MIXED MEDIA AND INTERTIDAL ZONE
My two loves, mixed media and drawing species from the intertidal zone.
Priming cradle boards in preparation for new mixed-media collage work
The cradle boards are primed and stretched with paper all ready to go.
BUTCHART GARDENS
Lunch in the dining room at Butchart Gardens and a walk around the gardens April 14th, 2018
LETTERING
Playing around lettering with a variety of tools and inks.
ZENTANGLE
The Zentangle art form and method was created by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas. Zentangle is an easy to learn and relaxing method of creating beautiful images from repetitive patterns. Rick and Maria believe that life is an art form and that Zentangle is a perfect metaphor for deliberate artistry in life. To learn more about the process, go to www.zentangle.com Rick and Maria's Zentangle newsletter
See more of my zentangles here
MIXED-MEDIA PIECES IN PROGRESS
Working away in the studio on these mixed-media collage pieces - inspired by the intertidal region.
I am inspired by “Intertidal Ecosystems” and in my art practice I explore ideas of growth and deterioration, strength and fragility, beauty and the grotesque. I create mixed-media collages based on these concepts, layered with my imagination and perceptions of this foreshore region. I manipulate materials which yield results that echo the shapes and patterns I discover and observe in this marine environment.
SEASHELLS
MY HOME
Another flatlay photo that I worked on for the Creativley Squared weekly challenge. I die the zentangle drawings, the one on the right was inspired by seashells.
HANDS IN FRAME
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Working on a new mixed-media collage - inspired by dried sea weed root balls.
Some of the tools I use to create my mixed-media collage pieces.