latest atcs

These are a few of my latest artist trading cards traded in Dunvegan, Ontario on Saturday. Made with beeswax and jute strands with oil pastels rubbed in.

ethereal elegance

I've been experimenting with a new material...

gelatin prints

I've been gone from my blog far too long. Time to start posting again. I thought I'd start with this...photos of my students' work in a workshop I gave yesterday. We were printing monotypes using gelatin plates and acrylics. We had lots of fun experimenting and came up with some beautiful results as well. Thanks to Sascha, Jeanne, and Arlene for a great day!













And notice the difference between the prints and the ghost prints below (both overprinted)

plaster landscapes

I love plaster. And especially plaster bandage. I haven't been working with it for awhile but lynne hoppe's recent foray into plaster bandage on muslin inspired me to muck about with something similar...plaster bandage on muslin, rubbed with chalk pastels. These close-ups are a lot more interesting than the finished pieces. They remind me of miniature plaster landscapes.

spring slips in

purple emergence

humbly unfurling to warmth

shy declaration

kuujjuaq views

On my way home from Kangirsuk I stopped in Kuujjuaq (the biggest town in Nunavik with a population of about 2,150 and located just below the treeline). I spent the weekend with a friend and we took a few walks in this wonderful blue light...just before sunset around 3:30 p.m.