I am the one who tries to make sense of things

This is the hardest and most time-consuming soulcollage I've done yet. I futzed and futzed, not quite sure what I wanted to say or do. I had so many images that I'd been saving and it was hard to eliminate ones that I liked but that didn't quite fit with the theme or aesthetics. I think I need to break from these for awhile.

I am the one who dances alone

I'm getting into this soul collage stuff. I knew I wanted to do a dance collage so I've been looking for images for awhile. In keeping with my "color" schemes, this gold one emerged.

I am the one who emerged from a farm

I've been wanting to do this collage for a long time. I did come from a farm and I love farm images. I suspect I will return to farms frequently, figuratively if not literally.

Skiing

The weekend before last I escaped by visiting my sister in Seattle and making art. This holiday weekend I went with my family to our cabin in the Sierras. Spent a lot of time skiing and digging out the cabin. It was beautiful and fun, but not particularly relaxing.

We are the ones who know

I've been pretty intimidated about doing soul collage (or soulless collage as my sister and I like to joke) so this is only my second one. At first I was just inspired by the color theme of burnt sienna, but then I found another theme emerging just like the books said would happen!

Acrylic background

I made this background by smushing acrylic paint on cardstock. I dragged combs and blotched with baby wipes, a technique I read about in Mixed Media Nature Journals. I hope to use this background in my art journal soon.

Ceattitudes

I Feeling angry and pessimistic, I abandoned the Beattitudes and created the Ceattitudes. But I'll soon be more positive and count my blessings again.