Postcard Designs: "Here Fishy, Fishy"

The shape, color and texture of fish inspire me. So, for a couple of my latest postcard designs, I incorporated images of fish.

Media: Digital Photography, Marker

Media: Colored Pencils, Marker, Pen & Ink

I also altered my usual abstract pen and ink style and used the process to create a border around my original photograph and then to create texture and stylized scales in my drawing of a fish. Both designs incorporate overlapping of images, shapes and colors and give the impression of depth.

Clay Bowls

My students and I recently created these clay bowls for an Empty Bowls Project, sponsored by the Second Harvest Food Bank. Second Harvest Food Bank holds a luncheon, and donors buy a ticket to the lunch to help raise money for the food bank. People attending the luncheon choose an empty bowl to take home with them as a reminder of the problem with hunger many people face today as they 'figuratively' look into empty bowls day after day.

Mixed Media Postcards

Title: "Over the Sun"

Media: Pen & Ink, Marker, Acrylic Paint

Date: May 2011

Title: "Falling to a Pattern"

Media: Pen & Ink, Marker, Yarn

Date: May 2011

These are two of my latest postcard designs. I incorporated images that reflect my journey as a student, teacher, and artist. I also incorporated several of my favorite media and art-making processes: drawing abstract designs with pen, weaving, and creating texture with mixed media processes.

"Skill," A Postcard

Title: "Skill"

Media: Tempera Paint, Marker, Ink

Date: April 2011

Mini-Canvas

Title: "Art Teacher"
Media: Sharpie Markers
Date: May 2011

As part of a basket of tools and supplies for her classroom, I designed the art on this mini-canvas for my student teacher who finished student teaching in my classroom this week.

Mixed Media Postcard Design

Title: "Create"

Media: Paint, Marker, Ink

Date: April 2011

Mixed Media Postcards

Title: "Seek Out"

Media: Digital Photography, Sharpie Pen, Gel Medium

Date: February 2011

Title: "Again"

Media: Digital Photography, Sharpie Pen, Gel Medium

Date: February 2011

These are recent postcard designs.

Photography Contest

My photograph, "Reflective Atmosphere," which I blogged about here, won 1st Place and $75 in the Northwest Regional Library Annual Photo Contest. My photo will be on display for a year and travel to all libraries in the Northwest Region along with the other photographs in the 2011 Traveling Exhibit.

Monogram Pen & Ink

Title: "Calebria"

Media: Pen & Ink

Date: February 2011

Photography Contest Entry

Title: "Reflective Atmosphere"

Media: Digital Photography with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT

Date: February 2011

I recently entered this photograph in an annual contest.