1978 West Virginia Map
September turned out to be one of my busiest months which explains
my lack of updates over here on my end.
A couple weeks ago I was going around looking for a chair to put in my
office. I am having terrible luck but I came upon the best looking map
for West Virginia that I have ever seen! It was created in 1978, the year
I was born and I bought it for a mere .50 cents. It looks very modern
with the choice of icons that they used. I could not find out who designed
it. I was really excited to come across this find.
Sunday Mornings
I have decided to do a series of just type prints. It’s inspired
by my love for type and romantic sentiments. I have done a
couple that are in my shop but I want to take my focus more
towards simple prints for my shop for now. I will still have a few
collage prints of mine but this will be a new added feature.
These are 8.5 x 11 and are good for simple gifts to give someone.
Here is the first one in the series.
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I Look Forward to Sunday Mornings With You
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There are plenty more to come this week! Here is the link to my store:
Postcards
I’m finally getting around to mailing out my postcards to different
magazines and a couple friends. I used my collage piece “No Regrets”
for the first one.
Can we give love one more chance?
I just finished this piece today. I have made a promise to myself that
I am to do one collage piece a week. It shouldn’t be that hard to
put a side a few hours of my time. It makes me feel so much better
after I am done. I sometimes wish I could just lock myself away and
work none stop for a month on random art pieces. But let’s just start
with one collage a week. So here is the latest. Enjoy!
Dream About Me
I created this last week with an image in my head. I knew I wanted a sky that
reminded of an old vintage photo from the 70’s. I had a really hard time finding
one. I then tried a new technique using old paper that I had scanned. It was
very easy. I took a modern photo of a bright blue sky and in photoshop I created
a layer on top of the sky where I placed the scanned paper on top and dropped
the opacity down to about 50%. It gave it a nice yellow tint that I was looking for.
I found this book at Barnes & Noble in their bargain section called “Decorative
Art 50’s” for $10. All through it was the perfect photos of old ranch houses, modern
chairs, lamps, couches, etc. I have been wanting to include more modern furniture
into my collages. So here are the results.
Reconstructing Ideas 