Atered Art

My friend Debbie, who is also an artist, saw this great idea on line; to make a “Halloween Box.” We found little shelf/cupboards at resale, and gathered everything that we needed for this project. This was one of the most enjoyable projects we've done together – Debbie is very creative. Here is the result of all our planning. This is the front, back, and inside of my Halloween Box.

Oil Paintings

I am fortunate that my husband and my son, Demian, take such
beautiful photographs, I often use them for my paintings.

Oil Paintings

Other times, an idea for a painting can come right out of your head.

Oil Paintings

Inspiration can come from anywhere, a picture in a magazine,
a photograph, or even a scene outside the car window.

Oil Paintings

Sometimes I struggle for an idea for a painting. Other times the ideas start lining up in my head. We had a quiet summer up north with no big projects, so I had a lot of time to paint.

I got in a nostalgic mood and painted these shoes and the tricycle - I love little shoes.

Oil Paintings

Two oil paintings I did in May. Every time I purchase a bunch of sun flowers I can’t resist painting them. The trees were inspired by a scene I passed on highway M-115 in northern Michigan, the trees were so thick that not an once of sunlight passed through. It was beautiful.

Altered Art

Old wooden wall décor- that I altered to look like a bird nest lined with steel wool.
I’m still working on the title but leaning toward There’s No Thriving in a Steel Wool Nest.
Different views of the same piece.

Altered Art

This is an altered drawer, I’m guessing it’s from a child’s cupboard. I placed coral that I found on the beach in Key West, FL. The legs are made from Scrabble racks.

Altered Art

This used to be an oatmeal box. I altered it, building all of these little niches around the box, 15 in all, filling them with natural things that I gathered on trips, at the beach and in the yard. These are different angles of the same box.

Altered Art

I can’t bear to waist paint, especially oil paint, it’s so expensive and what’s left on the pallet is disposed of into the environment. I am an avid recycler. So when there is paint left over on my pallet as well as my husbands, I paint something else – I must use up the paint. Here are a few items that I have painted with the extra paint. I really like the way the oil colors show up on the wood.