Monday, August 9, 2010

Garden Photos and Fair Memories

I haven't done much in the studio today except press a page of dill flowers. But I did take a few photos...



I'm lovin' the new camera... it's not one of these credit card sized point and shoots, it's got some heft. I pick it up and I feel like I really could get that National Geographic job. Best thing about it though, it makes me feel like I'm 11 years old again, snapping black and whites around the farm with my Gradfather's old Minolta. My mom would help me, even drive me around early in the morning, looking for the perfect dawn landscape. I would enter my carefully chosen photos in the Tillamook County Fair. Man I lived for that Fair.

Oh to be young again just for a little while... to feel the elation of the elusive blue ribbon, to be set free (after double checking my Holstein) with my rag tag band of 4H friends in an exciting world of carnies and townies! Set free to be hurled around in those questionable rides, marvel at the race horses, eat sticky caramel apples and be out after dark... Ahhh those were the days.

Of course now I have to go searching for one of my old fair photos but all I can find is this... I think I was a little peeved about that red ribbon ;)

Sunday, August 8, 2010

New Encaustics


... and here are a few photos of the encaustics
I just put up at Crush Wine Bar



Vineyard
10 x 10
Encaustic on panel



Dance of the Twinflowers
8 x 10
Encaustic on panel


Columbine in the Garden
10 x 10
Encaustic on panel


Tree Line
8 x 10
Encaustic and pressed Aspen leaves on panel



Aspen Rise
8 x 10
Encaustic and pressed leaves on panel



As you can see I've been really into working with pressed flowers lately. Especially
the columbines and Aspen. These are just small concept pieces so hopefully I will have some
awesome, perhaps more detailed larger pieces done in this style soon

New Decoupaged Pressed Flower Miniatures

These are a few of the new decoupaged pressed
flower pieces I have up at Crush Wine Bar in Whitefish
for the month of August. I didn't have ideal conditions to photograph
these little lovelies, so I will probably re-shoot and re-post sometime after
the show comes down.



Sway
Acrylic and pressed flower on canvas
4x6 inches



Columbine Grace
Acrylic and pressed flower on canvas
4x6 inches
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Columbine Bliss
Acrylic and pressed flower on canvas
4x4 inches

July Bloom
Acrylic and pressed flower on canvas
4x4 inches



Columbine Star
Acrylic and pressed flower on canvas
5x7 inches