Nature Walk

Another watercolour from the '90's copied and re-born in my art journal. I have so much fun doing this! The girl in the painting was from a photograph in a Victoria magazine and she reminded me so much of myself at that age, playing in the outdoors, searching for treasures in nature, that it compelled me to paint this picture. Having it displayed in my art journal reminds me of that young version of myself and how I need to feed that inner child .

What To Do When It Snows In May

I'm not one to sit around and fret about the weather, but ENOUGH SNOW already!!! It is hard to get inpired and think happy thoughts when it is freezing outside, but this May Long Weekend I did just that. Besides having a small family birthday party for my daughter Michaela, who turned 15 on Sunday, I got a hot fire going in my studio and had some play time !

I wasn't too sure what I wanted to create until I started playing around with all the different beads and charms. I must have been enjoying myself because I made a couple very funky and very FULL charmed necklaces. I love them and think they will be perfect for a summer night out dancing or just chill'n with the girls over lunch!

I also added some much needed love to a painting of a little girl that I did way back in 1996! Well if love consists of some cool paper ,some old tickets and text from a vintage childrens book than it was definately love I added !

Collage Project

I started a collage a couple of weeks ago and I am slowly picking away at it. It's not a planned piece, so I do spend most of my time staring at it until it speaks to me and tells me what I should do next! I really enjoy working with mixed media and experimenting with layouts. It's a great way to keep the creative juices flowing and have some fun in between the more serious pieces. I hope to work on it some more this week and complete it so I can hang it over my fireplace. It's a tad whimsical and the colours are playful and bright which I find perfect for Spring!

My creation

My creation
Originally uploaded by l_art2000

All jewelry pieces can be custom ordered and is a fantastic way to accent those graduation dresses or bridesmaid dresses!

Collage

Some fun collage to work out the kinks and play with some words, colour, and texture. Hope you like!

Birthday Collage

Yahoo! I'm up and running again! Finally had someone out to our little part of the world to fix the internet problem. It seems that a BIG pile of snow fell from the roof and knocked the dish a bit off course. I was'nt too upset about the down time, the kids actually went outside and I had a conversation with my hubby!! Amazing. Any whooo, here is one project I recently finished and when I get some batteries for my camera I will add the others! Hope you like this one I had alot of fun with it!

This piece of artwork is a collage on stretched canvas and was a custom order for a special girl for her 14th birthday. I love making personal keepsakes for people it is something that they can treasure forever and it is something you won't find in a store. Stephanie is a family friend and has gone to school with Michaela since they were 4 so I know everything about her and asked her parents for photos that show her personality well. Turns out Steph loved it and is proudly displaying it in her newly painted, funky bedroom!!