I began my fabric collage quilt in a random spot as I was too intimidated to begin with a featured area. After my first efforts…
I love how the trap came out so far. I’ll eventually talk about the collage process in more detail, but there’s plenty of time to…
I’ve got some idea of my snake slide drawn, so now what happens? I recall being slightly dizzy at the exit of a big slide,…
I think I will add some giant murals to the sides of the funhouse/amusement buildings. They have to be done in a tacky, neon colored,…
Frantic, flashing lights, colorful neon, bold graphics!, A promise of fun and excitement, luring people to spend money and wait on lines. The nervous energy…
A tighter sketch with some different additions – a menacing animal beyond the mouse hole reaching out its paw. Maybe a jail-like room above the…
Background ideas are formulating. I like the Mousetrap game’s ladder and basket and the diving board person. They kind of just found their way into…
The rolling barrel entrance to a funhouse began with my thoughts on getting sucked into the internet, how I’m drawn into a dizzy-ing whirl of…
Detail added to the gingerbread house, adding some people and the Food Court signage. One of my biggest fears is fire, so of course the…
I’m trying to recall any experience I’ve had with amusement funhouses as I think of how to incorporate their structure with my ideas about fear…
My photogenic family, looking our best!I remembered that we took photos at a boardwalk amusement hall in New Jersey. These might be handy references for…
A hall of mirrors was never as good as it promised to be. Amusing, yes, but the quality of mirrors wasn’t good enough to easily…
I’m onto the idea of a funhouse for my artwork. Maybe this piece isn’t as much about fear as I thought. I’m open to possibilities.…
Thinking about entering the rolling barrel entrance of a funhouse, I can almost feel the pull of the brightly painted hypnotic stripes drawing me into…
A funhouse is different from the dark ride I mentioned in my last post, – it requires you to walk through various distorted rooms. There…
One of my biggest fears is that of the human aging process. Getting older has its rewards for sure, but too many scary possibilities loom…
When I’m not thinking about my studio projects, then I’m reading about art. Especially when contemplating new work, I’m constantly on the look-out for something…
One of my journal entries listing different aspects of fear brought me to the idea of amusement parks and the various ways people can laugh…
The topic I want to explore with my art work is fear. That’s a nebulous concept. Preferring realism in my art, I have to think…
“Adrift’ was my last quilt. It was unplanned. I missed being absorbed by an all consuming project, but nothing was grabbing my attention. That next…
I’ve tried to make it a habit to write in a journal: sketches, random thoughts, whatever crosses my mind. It’s a safe place for anything…
Art Work … there’s a lot of that required to make an artwork. Follow my latest project as I bring it from initial flash of…
A carved wooden dragon traveled home with me from Thailand. It will be the model for the dragons I want to air-brush. I sketched out…
My photo from the summer is perfect for the background of the flower I painted in Andrea Brokenshire’s fabric painting workshop! #artstart #artoninstagram #artworkinprogress #fabricpaint…
I made this painted flower in a workshop taught by Andrea Brokenshire. She’s a very talented quilt artist and generous teacher. Only problem is the…
I’ve begun my next quilt, and as a departure from my usual method, I am making it specifically for an exhibit at The New England…