Playground Found

This issue of Somerset Studio on page 23 features a technique article on a mixed media piece I created several months ago. Many thanks to Jenny Doh for the fun title to the article! This particular piece took several weeks to create. I worked at it for awhile- played with the composition quite abit and as my usual self, became very non-committal in regards to just getting the hammer and glue out and moving foreword. This was more of a art therapy piece for me as well, as I was going through some difficult times and found that I needed to express more of me in this piece. Life really can throw a few curve balls on occasion, and art is such a beautiful vehicle for emotional release, forgiveness, and recovery.My thoughts at the time of creation, today and probably tomorrow...


Is there enough going on here? I really tried to incorporate all aspects of my art onto one piece. The mixed media piece measure about 12x24". It was a challenge but well worth it...

I'm ready for more...

Froggy playing the violin.
I believe he came from a vintage Rummy set that has a hilarious set of animals doing all kinds of silly things...

Doll legs and dominoes.

Using wood as the substrate enabled me to hammer or screw most everything down. A thin layer of wax was layered over the top too as the finishing touch.

I'm so addicted to beeswax...

One of my favorite sections of this piece is the vintage cabinet lock hammered onto patinead copper with staples crudely hammered into place.

And for those of you interested I am teaching this as a workshop at Art and Soul and at ZNE in California this summer and fall. Art and Soul is closed but there might be a couple spots at ZNE.

Thanks for stopping by...

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