3.5×2.5″ acrylic, marker on card
I’m not sure even what to say about this. It’s just a daily doodle.
Category: art
april 26, 2017
9-5/8″x6-5/8″ acrylic, marker on 1903 book cover
In honor of today’s premier of the book-turned-series A Handmaid’s Tale on Hulu, and in dishonor of the 2017 Iowa Republican legislators, here is the cover of an actual book called The Perfect Woman, published in 1903. The book has lots of “helpful” advice to women that might make its way into future artworks.
I removed the two original, badly damaged photos on the front and replaced it with my own painted image. I enhanced much of the original decorative aspects (some of which were nearly rubbed off) with new paint. I tore off the front from the shell of the book cover after I had done most of the painting, which really is not a good time to tear apart something that old. But it worked out for the most part.
And no, this is not a daily. I have been pondering what to do with the book for a long time (and still have more ideas I will use the content/pages for at some point). I worked on this cover over time—removing, adding, drawing, painting, etc. I could have (and still might) work on this cover more. It just seemed like today is an auspicious day to upload it for now.
april 14, 2017
4×4″ acrylic, marker on cardstock
This was a color block painting wanting to be something more. So I added a thin, transparent layer of yellow and didn’t like that. I added some zinc white and only liked it over the blue. Then I added some marker lines on several colors. I like it better. Still not what I saw in my mind’s eye, however. I’m getting a little out of practice. I am working on a longer term project, though, and made some progress on it. Maybe next week? (I doubt it….)
april 7, 2017
2.5×3.5″ markers and acrylic on card
I made this on one of those cloudy, gloomy days we’ve had recently. I’ve been working on other artwork, but it’s longer term. So, here’s a little colorful doodle for today.
march 30, 2017
14×22″ mixed media on paper (acrylic, map, marker, currency strips)
This has been a long time coming—just couldn’t get going on it or figure out what to do with it for months. I’m still not sure I like it, but as with the daily janes, I’m calling it for now. I drew the route of the Bakken pipeline through Iowa onto a state road map. Originally I thought I would keep the map of the contiguous counties intact, but it made for an awfully large piece and seemed to just be a map of the pipeline route. Then I had the idea to cut each county out, and to place them in such a way that the pipeline lines sort of formed N-O. I collaged those onto an already painted paper. I highlighted the route a little more, then collaged some currency strips onto the blue and painted those.
march 23, 2017
2.5×3.5″ gel markers on bristol artist trading card
A little doodling without a plan turned into this. Scribbling is good for the soul. Seriously, try it.
march 10, 2017
2.5″x3.5″ currency strips, marker on artist trading card
This was a short little project that turned out to be slightly more tedious than I thought it would be. After collaging the currency strips onto the card, I colored them with red marker. Then I colored in the blue area with marker. I first lettered the “stars” (look closer) with the image right-side-up. Upon further reflection (like, immediately upon finishing the writing), I thought it made more sense to have the image upside down and the star-lettering able to be read that way as well. So, I had to color over and re-do the stars.
Upside down. A symbol of distress.
february 24, 2017
digital photo
While out walking on Tuesday, one of those wonderful, warm, deep-blue-sky days, I took a few pictures of the beautiful, big tree in front of the local elementary school. Looking out the window now, you would never suspect such a day. Now just snowing and blowing—more like February in Iowa! You don’t see much of the magnificence of the tree in this cropped photo, but just enough to cradle the sky.
february 17, 2017
digital photo
The knitted “curtain” in the front door sidelight cast some intriguing shadows on the wall today with help from the morning sun. The camera had a little trouble focusing, but I like this one of the knitting interrupted by a railing upright.
february 10, 2017
digital photo
This was the view out my studio window a couple of days ago after a little bit of snow—although this winter we have had so little snow you could call it a major winter storm. Today, the snow is almost all gone. Anyway, I like the grid the snow on the stone wall creates. This is only a small cropped part of it, but you can see a fuller view here.