march 10, 2017

03-10-17 "distress"
03-10-17 “distress”

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

02-24-16 "deep blue"
02-24-16 “deep blue”

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

02-17-17 "knit shadows"
02-17-17 “knit shadows”

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

02-10-17 "stone cold snow"
02-10-17 “stone cold snow”

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.

february 3, 2017

02-03-17 "2+2=5"
02-03-17 “2+2=5”

14×25″ acrylic, pen on watercolor paper

Well, this is not a daily jane. It’s been hanging around for months in various stages, and resting for a few weeks. But I’m calling it done. What to name it is now the question. At first I thought the title would be “1984 / 2016,” but then I added some other writing and thought maybe it would be “2+2=5.” I actually haven’t decided for sure on the title.

Hmm, I guess I could call it the Bowling Green Massacre….

january 27, 2017

01-27-17 "resist"
01-27-17 “resist”

6×6″ acrylic on paper

I painted this during the week after the Des Moines women’s march last Saturday. I just felt like doing something to remember the day in my mind. Here is what came out this time.

january 5, 2017

01-05-17 "1984 (detail)"
01-05-17 “1984 (detail)”

acrylic

This is a small part of an ongoing project I hope to finish soon. Just a little taste. I am using acrylic, but only transparent colors in a very diluted way so they look a bit watercolorish. Stay tuned!

november 28, 2016

11-28-16 "looking for the keys"
11-28-16 “looking for the keys”

6×6″ acrylic, marker on paper

I thought I would get this posted last week, but time ran out on me. This is the “finished” version of the “unfinished” one I posted during the summer. Not sure I’m quite satisfied, and I feel like continuing with it at times. But for now, I’m done and it’s done.

november 15, 2016

11-15-16 "so much for that"
11-15-16 “so much for that”

6×6″ acrylic on paper

This began as something much different. It was about divisions between groups and the quandary of how to move forward. Then last week happened and I first scribbled black marker over and between the blobs of color. But I didn’t like how it turned out (the week or the painting). So I scraped more paint over the painting, and this is the result. Not sure I like it all that much better, but….