Great white egret

This is a photo I took on my return trip back to Ohio. We were going to a fish market on the Isle of Palms and this Great white egret was waiting just outside the shrimp/seafood market waiting to be fed. I was able to get quite a few photos of him before he flew away.

Florida Tableaus

While vacationing in Florida in 2007 I designed a series of Floridian feeling collages, all 8 x 10's. I called them Florida Tableaus because they follow the "tableau" design format. Here, I used colored papers, cotton gauze, photo, and hand carved stamps.

China Visit XIII

This collage was made from computer generated images from "doodles" of tree limbs which were then modified in Photoshop. Other items contained in this collage are oriental papers, painted tag, painted ginko leaf and a Chinese coin. I tried to create a feeling of peace and tranquilty in this piece which is titled "China Visit XII". My collages are mostly composed of papers but I plan to incorporate fabric into my collages as I explore new techniques and methods. It is exciting to see how painting and drawing is further enhanced with the use of computers and technology.

Collages created while wintering in Florida

I retired from teaching primary art in 2007. Now, I have time to discover new ideas and create art on my own. The last two years I have "wintered" in Florida and, while there, took photos of the area for inspiration and created 8 x 10 collages from handmade and oriental papers. I'd like to share some of my artworks with you for any feed back.

Four of my collages have been donated to Collage Mania 09 to be auctioned off on line in May 2009 with the proceeds going to cancer research. This is such a good cause I plan to do this each year. We lost our mother to lung cancer in 1998 and I feel this is just a small way of helping others to find a cure.

This piece is called "China Visited V" and is a combination of hand colored papers, oriental papers, computer generated images from black and white "doodles", found paper, and stamping. It is one of fourteen of my "China Visited" series. I created this series for the feeling of peace that is needed after experiencing the death of a loved one.