Mixed Media Number Twenty-Five

Vacation Days
magazine/book/newspaper/catalog pieces, found photo, metallic marker
approx. 9 x 14 inches

I found this little ripped up photo on a walk several years ago of a little guy doing something Catholic (I think?).  It was one of the first found photos in the wild, and I can't believe I put it in a place I could rediscover it this many years and a studio move later.  The other papers span from the 1920s to a calendar from the 2000s sometime, found on the farm, at my other grandparents' house, in a friend's attic, in some old high school papers I kept, and at a thrift store or two.

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Mini Collage Number Thirty-Three

Fluffo
found book and magazine images, painted found newpaper, matboard
4 x 5 inches

The idea of shortening makes me wanna gag, but it's a necessary evil for yummy pie crust.  My recipe only uses butter, flour, salt, and vodka--put it in a food processor and BAM! 

Hey, I'm on Instagram, are you?

Mini Collage Number Twenty-One

Johnny Appleseed
found papers, fabric paper, paint, vinyl, matboard
4 x 5 inches

Hey!!  Today I'm installing my new collages at One More Cup, a fabulous coffee shop in the Waldo neighborhood here in KCMO.  If you haven't already, check them out and see my new body of work debut in our fair city.  AND GET A MOCHA WHILE YOU'RE THERE--the best in town!

Weird is Good

Sometimes/all times when I'm using my digital cutter I nest images I want cut inside each other so as not to waste vinyl.  And sometimes what I have done out of necessity sparks a new idea for a piece or design.  Sometimes things are just weird.  

This morning what I was peeling away seemed weird, and I like it.  

That's a cow skeleton inside my grandma's face.

Then I kept peeling and now I'm wondering if I even need to do anything more!  Just frame this baby up!

Thanks, Roy, for ruining dots for everyone who knows a minimal amount of art history.

No, I have plans for at least some of this stuff.  Stay tuned.

I've joined all high schoolers circa 2012 and am finally on Instgram.  Since Facebook has made it almost impossible for a business my size to share stuff and actually be seen without paying to "boost" the post, my Instagram feed is perhaps a better way to see works in progress, source material...and my cats.  Sorry.

Next week!  ArtSarBen in Omaha!