Wednesday, July 27, 2011

My business cards

Hand-painted cards--watercolor and marker

TEXTURE!

First time using texture (acrylic; heavy gel and modeling paste)

Needed something for my room (acrylic; heavy gel and modeling paste)


Lilies in my backyard (acrylic; heavy gel and modeling paste)



Poppies in East Grand Rapids (acrylic; heavy gel and modeling paste)



Tree at Ephesus in Turkey (acrylic; heavy gel and modeling paste)

Some fine - tuning

Experimenting with sponges and gold metallic paint (acrylic)
Bri, me, Ames, & Als on the island of Santorini (acrylic)

Our own "sisterhood"

Santa Maria on Paros (acrylic)

A taste of northern Michigan (acrylic)

Poppies using a palette knife (acrylic)


Post - Greece Gifts






My grandpa--auctioned at our family reunion (acrylic)

A real frog in a real rose--sold to my cousin (acrylic)

Poppies--sold to my aunt (acrylic)

Irises--sold at the Electric Cheetah (acrylic)



Horse in floating frame--given to a friend (watercolor)

 


Argyle--sold to a friend (acrylic)



 









Flower to match a comforter--sold to a friend (acrylic)

 

Flower to match set of purple plates--sold to a friend (acrylic)




Cabin built by family friend in the U.P.--given to a friend (acrylic)



Yellow rose for a birthday present--given to my mom (acrylic)



When in Rome...I mean, on an island in Greece

Columns at Ephesus in Turkey (watercolor)

Triptych assignment (watercolor and black marker)

Displayed outside at our final exhibition

"Seeing light" and complementary colors assignment (acrylic)


Me in the studio...ouzo at my side

My final project Stubborn Transience inspired from Wabi Sabi (acrylic)

Pre - Greece pieces

Geraniums for my aunt's birthday (acrylic)

Dancer (watercolor)

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad:) (watercolor)

Individually hand rolled mirror border (magazine pages)