Hello November

 Well I managed to neglect my blog again...It was busy for me. I taught a gel plate printing class and that was great fun. My show ended at Mariposa Gallery- so no more shows for me for a while. Because Day of the Dead was this past weekend- I will share some things I did for that. Collage group met last Wednesday and we traded Day of the Dead themed artist trading cards. I will share the cards I made for that- I got into that. I will also share a booklet I made that holds 4 trading cards- And last I will share a collage I made honoring Matt French- a very special art friend that died

Here are the Day of the Dead artist trading cards- well some of them. These are 2 1/2" x 3 1/2".

This is the collage honoring my friend Matt French. Matt lived in the UK- we met in an online collage group Collage Dream.  We became fast friends and exchanged art and did several collaborations together. The center man is Matt he painted this self portrait. Matt loved skulls and he used them in his art. The small figure is a piece in one of his collages that I copied to use in this piece.

Well September is about over- how did that happen!

 Well since I posted here last I have made a boatload of small collages- some artist trading cards some new envelop books...and I am doing two new collaborations with two new to me collage artists and that is exciting for me. Both my shows are up still the group one at Remarque goes down Saturday. My show at Mariposa is up until the end of October. I had such a good time at the opening- saw some good friends  and met some new people and I love spending time with Liz, the owner of that wonderful gallery. I am thrilled as I have sold several pieces!

Now what to post today? I will post some of the 30 small collages I have made. This are around 4" X 5".  For what ever reason I have found that size to be so fun to work in. I realized I seldom make collages with women or people of color. I have started to try to be more inclusive in my art making.

Bernice felt like she was being watched.

 

He wrote back!

 

Eli liked to walk in the rain.

 

Percilla had a choice to make.

Luis in the jungle.

Luis Martin created The Collage Dream Group.  He is a friend and the group is so fun. Many fabulous collage artists from around the world.

 

 

 

The heat is still here

 Well the high temps are still here-we are running around 10 degrees warmer than "normal".

I have been busy- I have work in a group show at Remarque Print Workshop. The opening was Friday and was well attended. I have a show opening September 6th at Mariposa Gallery here in Albuquerque. The imagein the back of the show card is faded because they will print the mailing addresses over the image.

 

I am in 2 different collage groups here- I facilitate The Scissors & Glue ABQ here and the other one I go to is hosted by Suzanne Sbarge. The group is PWCSU (People Who Cut Shit Up) Saturday was the latest meet up there.  I made these three collages there.

Edward was chained to his sad memories.

 

Emily's spirit was ever present at the homestead.

 

Glenn's chair held many memories.

Last Saturday of July

Hello again- I thought I would share a house I made for my friend Jack Ravi in Scotland. Jack is a terrific artist and we have collaborated before. He has online classes. He and his friend Jane Chip did a book titled: Artful Memories: How to create unique art with old photographs. Like Jack I have a love for old photographs and use them a lot in my art like he does. 
https://www.jackravi.com/

Next week I take my work in for a group show I am a part of at Remarque Print Workshop. Below here is the post card for that show- so my Albuquerque friends I hope you will come see the show-

 

Here is the house I made for Jack- Like the other house in my previous post, I held it together with a paper clip to photograph it and then took the clip off to mail it to him flat.

Third Post in a month!

 Well- I am trying to be somewhat regular in my posting- but given how short my memory is these days...we shall see.  Thes is one of the card stock house boxes I like to make. The bottom opens up on these. This one is analog- so one of a kind. This is sort of a throw back for me. When I first started to collage as my main form of creating in the late 90s, I used hands in almost every piece ones like that are on this house- those old engravings.  The reason there is a paper clip holding this together is because I wanted to mail this and I can mail it flat if I don't glue the roof parts together. I am calling this one House of Mystery.

 

 

A record- 2 posts in 2 days!

 Hello All- I thought I would just finish up showing the shrines. So here are the last 5. It is 100 outside right now- way too hot- I feel so bad for the folks that have to work in this heat.

Chadwick loved his flowers and birds.

 

 

 

Zachary was a man of letters and flowers.

 

 

Alexander was a master gardener.

Benjamin loved his little neighborhood.

 

 

Parker loved his little red house.

 

The next group of shrines.

 Can you believe it? Another post from me in the same month! Here are 5 of last group of  10 shrines. These are a bit smaller. They are Six inches tall and  3 1/2 inches wide. Some of these have small found objects in them.

Bart was a man of many letters.

Elizabeth missed her pink house.

Percy watched over his neighborhood.

Wendy knew it was time.

Beau had a way with birds and flowers.

 

Summer in New Mexico

 I am going to try to be better about this blog. I have had people contact me and tell me they only see my work here as they are not on instagram. I don't know why I neglect this blog.  Needless to say- I have lots of work to share. I really don't know where to begin.

I have work in a show right now at Tortuga Gallery here in Albuquerque. This show is called Anything Goes and is a show/sale of work by members of Libros- the book arts guild here in Albuquerque. In August I will have work in a group show at Remarque Print Workshop. The show title is: Inside/Outside  Books Boxes Bags and Beyond. I have made a set of shrines for that show and I will share them here.

These shrines are 7 inches tall and 4 1.2 inches wide.  They are aound an inch deep. I make boxes out of cardboard- I designed the shrine fronts using parts of old photo holders or frames. The people are printed out mounted on cardboard and cut out. There are different levels. These are like a diorama.  I have loved dioramas since making them in 4th grade.

 Raymond always loved the big city.

Franklin loved his little neighborhood.

Casandra missed her little neighborhood.

Elizabeth loved her time in the garden.

Randel had already moved on.

Marc loved his polka dot shirt.

Terrance loved his times at the Palace Club.

Next set of Februllage collages

 Here is the next set of Februllage 2024 collages.

 

The prompt for Februllage #9 is Wrong-way. I am old enough to remember not having

the navigation tools we have now- back then there were many times we went "The Wrong-Way"!

Prompt #10 for Februllage is Tangle. Background is a gel plate print with collaged figures. I added digital black tangles.

 

 

Toxic is the prompt for February 11th for Februllage. There are so many choices for this prompt-Toxic describes so many things happening in the world. In my personal world- the air is of concern as my husband has copd. So we monitor the air quality everyday. There are many days here in Albuquerque where the air is not healthy. Those days we do not hike or take walks outside.

 

 

Remember is the 12th prompt for Februllage. This is an analog collage.

 

 

Prompt #13 for Februllage is Wolf. This is an analog collage on a printout of a scanned and altered gel plate print.

 

 

This is the second collage I did for the Februllage #14 Dream prompt. The background is a gel plate print I made this weekend while teaching my gel plate class. The other elements I cut out and glued on the print.
Dream Bandit.

 

 

The 14th prompt for Februllage is Dream. This is a digital/analog combination. The cloud background with the house balloon is digital- printed out and I glued the other images on it.

 

 

Februllage Prompt 15 is Play. I had fun with this one. This one is digital.
Barkley & Elliot, the Caffeine Brothers loved being on stage.

 

 

Sculpture is the prompt for Februllage #16

 

 

The #17 prompt for Februllage is cardboard. Many years ago my husband and I had 2 cats. They LOVED cardboard boxes. They would go crazy going in and out of a box and then turn around and gave us the "What are you looking at look"

 

 

I made a second collage for the #17 cardboard prompt. I love this quote:
I feel as though the cardboard box of my own reality has been flattened and blown open. Now I can see the edge of the world.

 

 

Februllage prompt #18 is Fake.
This analog/digital combination collage is my take on the prompt. This is about people not being real or honest. You can usually know when someone is being a fake.