Old Images... New Art

First... the digital collage.

This photograph of us is from 1984.

The horse image is a newer digital composition and the quote is a very haunting one.

We were young, we were merry, we were very, very wise, And the door stood open at our feast, When there passed us a woman with the West in her eyes, And a man with his back to the East.

Mary Elizabeth Coleridge

And.. now for the rest... for Lesson #3 • Mixed Media Melange

Neutral Palette challenge: using found ephemera, digital elements printed out separately and adhered to canvas, stamped & painted using Golden's fluid acrylics, distressed with charcoal & Ranger alcohol inks, painted some more and stitched.

Rome Ants & Roman Ticks

February. Cold. Snow still on the ground.

winter blahs... waiting for Spring blooms.

And, most people are thinking....

Romance! Roses! and sweet treats!

as in Valentines!

Me? I'm thinking... FRENCH! Eiffel Tower images and song!

Voila!

Des yeux qui font baiser les miens,
Un rire qui se perd sur sa bouche,
Voila le portrait sans retouche
De l'homme auquel j'appartiens
Quand il me prend dans ses bras
Il me parle tout bas,
Je vois la vie en rose.
Il me dit des mots d'amour,
Des mots de tous les jours,
Et ca me fait quelque chose.

Il est entre dans mon coeur
Une part de bonheur
Dont je connais la cause.
C'est lui pour moi. Moi pour lui
Dans la vie,
Il me l'a dit, l'a jure pour la vie.
Et des que je l'apercois
Alors je sens en moi
Mon coeur qui bat
Des nuits d'amour a ne plus en finir
Un grand bonheur qui prend sa place
Des enuis des chagrins, des phases
Heureux, heureux a en mourir.
Quand il me prend dans ses bras
Il me parle tout bas,
Je vois la vie en rose.
Il me dit des mots d'amour,
Des mots de tous les jours,
Et ca me fait quelque chose.
Il est entre dans mon coeur
Une part de bonheur
Dont je connais la cause.
C'est toi pour moi. Moi pour toi
Dans la vie,
Il me l'a dit, l'a jure pour la vie.
Et des que je l'apercois
Alors je sens en moi
Mon coeur qui bat

{Insert Warm Fuzzy Gift Here}

I'm also thinking... a little art would be nice!

My gift to you today (not necessarily romantic)...

images!! perfectly sized for ATC cards!

Snowflake inspiration

Yes... it's winter precipitating again here in the foothills of the snOzark mountains. We're not accustomed to seeing quite this much snowfall but it does the creative juices good!

I revived an old illustrator piece I'd done for Mae a year or so ago... and it just makes me so happy to look at! Especially since Katrina-cat, our long-lost Siamese, has come home after nearly ten months. She's been sitting here happily in my lap as I work and we are cozy while watching another six inches pile up on the banks of Lake Barto.

The only thing could make this more purrfect? If our boys were home and we were drinking hot chocolate...