art – Page 32 – daily janes

june 23

06-23-15 "money talks" — 06-23-15 “money talks”

7×8″ (approx.) fabric, thread, shredded currency

The title and general idea of this one have been on my to-do list for awhile. Last week, I had to trim and re-hem some pants, so retrieved my 30+-year-old, faded plastic, Singer sewing machine from the closet shelf. I know I should have the machine cleaned and oiled, but I so rarely use it these days. I made do with its cranky parts to bind the raw edge of the hem (but then finished the actual hemming with hand-sewing).

Anyway, I have been wanting to do something in other media again, so took advantage of the availability of the sewing machine to do a little different kind of piece. What else should I do while the machine is handy?

june 22

06-22-15 "coneflower missiles" — 06-22-15 “coneflower missiles”

digital photo

The coneflowers are maturing nicely (those that weren’t devoured by deer), and the centers are getting more and more spiked. These look like they’re ready to launch.

june 21

06-21-15 "thunderhead" — 06-21-15 “thunderhead”

4.75×7″ acrylic on matboard

A scraped acrylic painting, the shape on the left just reminds me of a thunderhead. And that’s about all I have to say about it!

june 20

06-20-15 "insect yoga" — 06-20-15 “insect yoga”

4×3.5″ collage

I took a small piece of matboard (left over from a framing project) and collaged several pieces of repurposed silk sari on it. Then I took one of my many pieces of saved dried acrylic paint (dried on a palette) and collaged it on top. The dried acrylic shape reminded me of a yoga or meditation position, but it also just looked like a bug to me. So…insect yoga.

june 19

06-19-15 "stretching toward hope" — 06-19-15 “stretching toward hope”

digital photo, filtered

I took another photo of a nascent flower and used a filter on it, this time “chrome.” The filter highlights and intensifies the feeling of a beginning expansion outward.

june 18

10.5×6.5″ acrylic, ink on matboard

I took a previously scraped poem-painting that was living in a stack of unframed paintings in a bin. I scraped more paint over it, then added some ink lines, both to cover up some words peeking through and also to add some visual interest.

june 17

06-17-15 "glowing coneflower" — 06-17-15 “glowing coneflower”

digital photo, filtered

This is a photo of another coneflower center (one that escaped a deer’s mouth!). Instead of presenting it to you in its greenishness, I used a glowing edges filter to change it up visually.

june 16

06-16-15 "psychadelic" — 06-16-15 “psychadelic”

8×10″ acrylic on matboard

This is an example of layered on scrapes of acrylic paint, along with some brushed transparent/translucent acrylic paint in the background. A color lover’s delight!

june 15

06-15-15 "No Secrets Allowed" — 06-15-15 “No Secrets Allowed”

11.5×8″ mixed media assemblage

Well, not exactly a daily work, but a follow-up from a previous month when I posted a couple of detail views of this piece. This is currently on display in the Iowa Exhibited XXX show at the Polk County Heritage Gallery (along with one of my paintings and many works by other Iowa artists). This assemblage uses parts from computer diskettes, some telephone wire, gesso and paint, and a gessobord.

june 14

06-14-15 "building up" — 06-14-15 “building up”

3.5×2.5″ acrylic

A block print over a rainbow-ish (not exactly) color pattern. I had to accentuate the printed shape with some added brushed acrylic paint because the block slid a bit and diluted the paint when I printed it.