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Welcome to my little corner of the interwebs.  If you spend any time at all on this site, you will notice that I don’t believe in the conventional wisdom: focus on a niche.  I have the most respect for artists who are never satisfied with what they did in the past. They are always trying new techniques, styles, ways of looking at the world.

Not interested in niches and never have been.  I blame my parents.  They told me I could do anything I wanted.  It became a game for me to test how supportive they were of my latest hair-brained scheme. As I recall, everything I threw out there was batted back with: you can do it!

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All I wanted was be an artist, eat cake and play with dolls. I still love those things.  This blog explores two out of three.  It’s up to you to figure out which three.

About

I am a Gen X’er who has been creating for as long as I can remember. I have explored: sewing, jewelry making, rubber stamp art, spinning yarn, knitting, photography, theater, hoop dance, videography, scrap booking. Due to a diagnosis and surgery for bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome in 2013, I’ve focused on photography and mixed media… Continue reading About

Express Yourself, revisited

Hi ho, friends. I haven’t posted for a while because I am recuperating from knee replacement surgery. Recovery is going well, but it’s pretty boring.  I decided to spend my enforced rest period on revisiting some of the classes I have access to. I have an art journal and limited art supplies on hand: black… Continue reading Express Yourself, revisited

AJA 2017 Week 5

The theme for Week 5 was: Here comes the sun and incorporating a face.  The pages started with some stream of consciousnes writing, which I gessoed over.  I use Gelatos, Derwent Inktense pencils, Pitt and Posca pen for these pages. The lyrics are from The Beattles’ song, “Here Comes the Sun.” To be honest, I’ve… Continue reading AJA 2017 Week 5

WIP Cloth art doll

Brief review and result of making the first project cloth art doll in Jan Horrox’s book, entitled, “Making Fantasy Cloth Dolls”

WIP: Clay art dolls

Hi ho friends.  I have a few more clay art dolls in progress. They were created for the various stages of shooting the art doll tutorial series. The two dolls in the foreground are ready to fix cracks and add clay to the bottom. The doll in the center has been sanded and is ready… Continue reading WIP: Clay art dolls

Duck, Turtle, & Koi

In 2004, I celebrated my 40th birthday with friends and family with a day of festivities at the Seattle Arboretum, the Japanese Garden and finished with dinner at the Queen Anne Sam’s Sushi. Today’s photo is one of from the pond at the Japanese Garden. The flowers and critters were out in full force that… Continue reading Duck, Turtle, & Koi

26 Minutes to Armageddon

Back in 2004, I was working in the South Lake Union area.  Bus commuting from the South Slope of Queen Anne to South Lake Union was ridic (and still is). I won’t go into the silliness of that and leave it as I tried walking to work for a while.  I took the digital camera I… Continue reading 26 Minutes to Armageddon

2017 Art Journal Adventures

Hi ho friends. I’ve been a fan of joggles.com since around 2012, when I found the website.  I was google searching for something, fell down a rabbit hole and ended up there.  This is the site that introduced me to Zentangles and eventually, my mixed media art adventure. In addition to the shop, which is… Continue reading 2017 Art Journal Adventures

Old Brick Building

Back in 2005, I was a techie/designer with Open Circle Theater.  When the theater was located in the Lake Union area. Back then, that neighborhood was a pretty run-down, semi-industrial area.  The biggest draws were Fred Hutch, the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, and the Museum of Wooden Boats. Long before the industrial buildings were knocked down… Continue reading Old Brick Building

It’s All In My Head

Hi friends. I started my mixed media art journal adventure in 2012 when I found Zentangles which lead me to Jane Davenport and the rest, as they say, is history. The first two classes I took with Jane were “Frolicaholic” and “Draw Happy” art journal and basic, fun drawing classes.  One could choose to make… Continue reading It’s All In My Head

Doctor Who

This page has nothing to do with my photography or mixed media art. It has to do, as you might well guess from the title, with one of our favorite tv shows.  Bill and I have been fans of the BBC series Doctor Who for a very long time. After the series reboot in 2005, people familiar… Continue reading Doctor Who

beautiful print.

A

Great piece! Thank You.

GM