Having made a more serious sunflower piece I had all this stuff on my table! Cleaned it up and went about my other chores. Next day I looked at that little pile of paper and saw another sunflower! I like this one even better! What have you created lately with table scraps?Maybe we could fill a whole garden!

Its always good to have a few birds available when creating a new painting!  I have several more in the collection but they are too large for these pages! And I like to carve the same bird in different poses. Then they are good for opposite sides of your work! Crows in a variety of sizes are my favorites! Tell me your favorite bird and how you use it! We all have such different ideas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here they are again! I had some used intra office mail envelopes in my stash and thought these guys could be cut from one of them.Now they are hurrying off to deliver some of the vintage envelopes Corrine kindly sent me.  This will be their last appearance for a while. Delivering the mail is tiring! However, more about the mail coming soon!

 

Long ago I bought an old book on early civilizations! The picture on the cover could have bitten me! Never paid attention! Until the other day when what to my wondering eyes should appear! The running boys! Then I couldnt leave them alone. And I have more planned! Right now I think they are trying to catch up with the Walking Women .

A new page for the book of stamps! Toni wanted an owl for her jewelry making and asked if I would carve her a stamp. The one in the center will be coming soon in some form of earings from her! I’ll let you know when they are available! Meanwhile I’m still trying to get more depth in my circle paintings. More on that later! It is trying to get warmer here in south Jersey  not too springlike yet but hopefully soon!  Then I get to work in the small room in what was a wee garage  when cars were smaller! I have some spray finishes I’m anxious to try. And some rusty metal to play with!

Back with more circles over circles! this one makes me think “ocean floor “even tho I’ve been on the sandy floors of the Atlantic and the Carribean and I know its not like that! I’m going to pursue this further on different papers! Do check back in a week or so! thanks for looking!

It is interesting to see what happens with circles when you layer them and use the top layer to cut the lower layers into bits and pieces!  This is my first try. Now  I must continue with the experiment to see what different layers I can make! Color would make a difference, I am sure, but what else? Stay tuned!

Another page completed for the Book of Stamps! A toy chest painted for some little boys in Florida ! My studio( otherwise known as the old living room,) revamped and looking organized! For how long is the question.  Trying to eliminate too many” Things” from my life. Thats what I’ve been doing these cold and damp days of early Spring! How about you???

Just so you know I’m not just fooling around when I get up before its light! That just seems like the right time to work on my book of stamps! It will take an eternity to complete because in my exuberance I have carved many too many stamps! As I go thru them I’ve found more than a few that need to be tossed! But onward and upward! From time to time I’ll put a picture on the blog so you can see what I’m up to!

          

 

Last winter I spent many an evening working on my drawing.  This winter I’ve been trying to make myself relax and just let the fingers do the doodling! I use canvases that I dont like and draw what ever seems to come out of the background as a shape! Ishould add that I gessoed over what ever the original collage happened to be! Its been fun and I never know what will turn up! Have you tried anything similar? Send me a picture and I’ll put it on the the next page!!