The following five torn paper collages were featured in Somerset Studio Magazine for an article using black and white.

Torn paper collages

Been very busy lately. This is my first post in a long time; it's a mixed media piece on canvas. The scan is an exceptionally bad one.

Bat and Hat

Torn Paper collages

White Rose with Pear

Mixed Media on Canvas Board

Pink Rose with Shell

Mixed Media on Canvas Board

Daisies

Mixed Media on Canvas Board

Girl with the Purple Dress

I haven't been to this site for a very long time. I thought I would upload some paintings. This is an acrylic on canvas board. My scanning isn't very good on my paintings, can't quite get it to look exactly like the original.

GLASS: Watercolor

This is my first post for Art Monday.

I had a bit of trouble scanning this (still not right).

Thank you for letting me participate.

It's such a great way to try out new medium and styles

( not to mention to be inspired by all the incredible artist that post).

OPEN CHALLENGE: ROSES and DAISIES
Torn paper collages, scrapbooking paper, japanese newsprint, acrylic, and charcoal. I've been working on a series of mixed media collages in different sizes.

BLACK AND WHITE: Crow's Nest

This was done on canvas board, I used torn black and white scrapbook papers and Japanese newsprint, washed with acrylic. Painted the crow with black acrylic, added charcoal lines and distressed with an ink pad. Finished with a coat of poly.

CHILD'S PLAY

Three Little Girls: My Teddy, Makin' Cookies & The Artist

I did these using my boys Crayola crayons and colored pencils.

BODY PARTS

Collage. I thought I'd do something a little strange; an abstracted montage of bodyparts.

For this week's challenge I've done another page in my journal. I call MALE. The male figure is done in pastel, he's taken from Raphael's "Portrait of Bindo Altoviti. To me he represents the perfect picture of male youth and beauty. The background is pen and ink, & colored pencil. I've collaged a handmade paper half-circle. Used pen & ink and some rubber stamping, silver leaf and wire to embellish. Finally, I used alphabet beads to spell male.

SUN/MOON
This is done on Linoleum in acrylics, than glued onto plywood. Then I hung iridescent ribbon. The moon is painted in fluorescent paint. It hangs in my courtyard.

I couldn't resist adding this to this week's challenge. These are pages from another journal of my 2 favorite boys. My Grandson Dakota and my Great Nephew Brandon. 

DESIGNING WITH WORDS

These are pages from journals I keep. The garden page is the more personal page. It describes my garden which is mostly white with dark purple accents.

ABSTRACT

This is my entry for this weeks challenge. It's oil on canvas

My Journal Pages:

Self-Portraits

Both are painted in acrylics, stamped, & collaged. I used colored pencil to detail. The heart is cut from linoleum with wire wings.
The first one says "Soul is in the gaps and holes of experience"....Thomas Moore