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