Recycled Crafty Happiness- Post Cards

Recently, I've been spending a fair amount of time painting and gluing all over things I would normally throw away. These are mostly cardboard containers of household items such as cereal, energy drinks, boxes of tea, and older books in foreign languages. I've cut these mostly into the size of postcards and randomly sent them to loved ones whose addresses I have on hand.




PS- If you want one, give me your address. I have a few more left and Id be happy to send a few more out into the world.

Monster Love Note of the Day

Thanks for stopping by.

I'm so glad you're here.

My Marcie Experiments

Marcie Paper is an artist with wonderful pieces that she creates through a process of painting, sanding, painting and repeating. Ive adored her work for quite a while, even though it is so different from what I normally create.

Recently, I took a page from her process. Painting on top of several Sharpie Doodles of various sizes, and then painting on top of that, and more on top of that- and so on. Eventually, I would add more doodles on top of the pieces or sew on it to add more texture.

I dont know how many more of these i'll be doing, but it was a fun experiment in creativity.

(The pics on this post are of my work, but please go to Marcie's site and check out her brilliance.)

2 headed giraffe and an (in progress) monster doodle.

My last post promised that I was getting back into the swing of things artistically. This post I wanted to post some proof. Above is the (maybe) complete sketch of my 2 headed giraffe. Hopefully more sketches or oil paintings on the subject will follow.

Below is the beginnings of a new project. Some of you might remember my Sharpie Monster Doodles- most were on 5x8 or 11x14 paper. I am now shooting to make a few large Monster Doodles. Im thinking at least small child sized. Im kicking around the idea of them having moving parts... I dont know, but we'll see. Im excited to find out where this takes me.

(she is always so judgmental of my work...)

Anyway, I have several projects piled up that need my attention (new and old) and I hope to be filling this blog with many dino, kangaroo, and monster paintings and creations!

in progress...

I know I haven't posted for awhile. I wanted to check in and let you know that I'm back to the Sharpies and the paints. I'll have more to post soon, but for now I wanted to leave you with this teaser.


More on the 2 headed Giraffe to come...

Finished: Steggy Brunch

I'm quite proud of this dino painting. I think its a good ideal of what I want most of my paintings to be: colorful, whimsical, and different from what you've seen before.

Oil on Canvas. 16"x 20"

Portrait Finished. Hello Handsome.

This is my dog: Goober




I love him and I want to paint a million billion portraits of him.