Cabinet card polka

This a cabinet card that I altered this summer at Sharon's house. I know that cabinet cards are really in, but I'm having a hard time being inspired to mess with them. Too many times artists make them look silly and undignified and I have no interest in doing that, especially when I'm working with photos of my relatives. But I kind of liked this one. I'd like to think that my Grandma O'Reada liked the Beer Barrel Polka.

Serenity collage

Okay, so I won't proclaim anymore that I'm done with making mono- or dichromatic soulcollages. As much as I adore wild multi-colored art, I seem to have it in me to pump out these limited color collages. This one was inspired by the serene beauty of the model. All models are beautiful (duh), but too often their faces are vacuous, overly seductive, or very full of "attitude." This one seemed to exemplify the quote. Surely not me. Serenity is certainly not one of my defining characteristics, especially amid the storm.

Small Barn

Finally a new post! I made this small postcard quilt this summer at Sharon's house. It's 9"x6", actually a little larger than a typical postcard. Even though it's entitled Small Barn, the barn was actually so huge that I had a hard time squeezing it into such a small space. The pieces are on fusible web and then appliqued on by machine. I was hoping to get myself psyched to return to work on my larger wallhanging. By George, I think it might have worked!