More Bridgehampton

Early Morning

Dewey and the Dunes

Southhampton

Long walks on July mornings with the doodles.

summertime

Lazy days, paperback books and fresh fruits. Does it get any better than this?

Remember When the Circus Came To Town

Part of my "art from music" series...this one is for Helen Reddy's You and Me Against the World.

Mom Sweet 16

This is a picture frame I made as part of my Taking Flight group with a picture of mom at age 16.  I loved every moment of making it, especially thinking about the hopes and dreams she must have had at that age.  The wings on the frame were so much fun to make and were especially appropriate for a young girl who is just about to enter adulthood.  Jennifer Valentine is the artist who collaborated with Kelly Rae Roberts on this project, and she suggested using tissue paper from dress patterns for the wings -- a perfect idea as my mom was an excellent seamstress.  I spritzed them with gold glimmer mist and sprinkled with white glitter before drying 

Soul Journaling Advanced Techniques

I took an art class with Sarah Whitmire called Soul Journaling Advanced Techniques. Unfortunately, I was so busy with work during the time when the class was held that I wasn't able to do the activities during the time when the others in the class were during them. Still, I wanted to take part, and Sarah said she'd help me along whenever I got to it, so a few weeks after everyone else, I did mine. Here are the pictures of my art journal pictures -- I love the way it turned out. Over the next week or two I would like to add the tags that finish up the project, but for now I'm just very, very happy to have gotten this much done!

Chapter 3 in Taking Flight - Hope

This piece was inspired by some postcards I found online that were from a family's website and originated in Italy (used with the family's permission).  Inspired by the Italian heritage, I decided to make a stylized version of my grandmother Flora Mezzo on her wedding day.  The butterfly with the word "hope" represents the feelings all brides have on their wedding day, and especially for a young immigrant woman.

Immigration

My art journal response for blissfully art journaling to the daily prompt, "Immigration."  All digital.  

My First Mandala

This is my first mandala.  I started with an ad in a magazine - a picture of fruit - for an inspiration, used pens first, then scanned and then used Photoshop to brush in details and add words and background swirls. I made 2.5x3.5 sized ATCs of these to send in to a swap hosted by Megan Warren in Australia, one of my soul sisters on my Soul Journaling  group.    I love to look at the mandalas of Patricia Mosca at From the Inside Out, whose work inspires me in this area.  It took me a while to get the hang of mandalas because they are so different from what I'm used to doing, so I'm extra proud of this.

swirls at max brenners

Swirls of yummy mocha at max brenners in Manhattan.

Art Journal

This is the first project I did from Kelly Rae Robert's book "Taking Flight." It's a Journal Book made from four old book covers, with the letters A-R-T made from fabric and acrylic paints. The journal pages are filled with inspiration sayings, some taken from "Taking Flight" and some from my file of favorite sayings. Since Roan is always with me when I'm painting, he had to get into the picture of the book, too.