Art Inspiration

This is what happens when we have peonies, my favorite flower. First a little sketch. Then a drawing.  Then, hmmm... this would be a nice print block, and now... NOW... I am going to be carving FOREVER.  It’s a wonderful work, really, to see this come into fruition in front of my eyes, but it is a long process and my hands are tired. 

 I think I’m gong to go for a walk.  Maybe I’ll find flowers...

Tiny Art, ACEOs

Ooooh la la, these are gorgeous!  Tiny art for YOU! 2 1/2”x3 1/2” find them at

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 These will give you a happy jolt in the morning right along with your coffee.

These are ACEOs - Art Cards Editions and Originals.  Many people collect these in what’s called the ‘Pocket Movement.’ I guess that goes right along with Tiny Houses!  It’s part of my plan to make my original art available to everyone. :)

Aren’t they gorgeous? I LOVE them. ❤️ The different layers show through at differing angles.

Quarantine Art

I’ve been working on a project to make my art affordable for everyone! You see one photo with four art cards and three more photos - those three are all the same card at different angles! Here are the four together.

And here are three photos of ONE CARD:

I created them in layers of texture and color which reveal something new at every turn.  These collectors cards, called ACEOs (Artist Cards Editions and Originals) are tiny one of a kind treasures affordable to everyone. You can find these at:

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Tiny, affordable art to brighten up your desk and fabulous for the collector!

If you look very closely you may find a bit of playing card revealed.  Because I love complicated work I enjoy seeing through one layer to another (just ask me what kind of music I listen to!). I’m giving a nod to the playing cards I used as a base.  These pieces are ALWAYS 2 1/2” x 3 1/2” exactly because people like to put them in collector’s albums, just like playing cards!

NICE!

Quarantine Lino Printing

My last post showed first prints with my newly finished lino block. This one shows how it looks on a color chart I made. 

Absolutely love the colors peeking through the black pattterns.

You can see in the third photo that I labeled the colors so I could tell how each interacted with the others. I like the layers, and even the words under it all. Do you?

Staying Home Making Art

At it again! Quarantine printing!  First, the idea, then the sketch...

Then making those sketches into a real, exact drawing,

Cutting, cutting, cutting...

Then, the virgin print and more cutting to clean things up...

I am really loving the results.  In my next posts I’ll show you more printing on different backgrounds.

Quarantine Printing

The beautiful thing about block printing is that each piece has its own characteristics and no two are the same.  I love the way you can see right through these.

You can find more of my work at 

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