I ran across this self portrait when I was uploading drawing from my Fall 2016 sketchbook. It’s exactly as I feel today and so many times in my life. Since I suspect I’m not alone in my feeling I thought the image was worth sharing.
Category: Art blog © Karen Taylor 2012
Van Gogh style
My son had some extra paint leftover on his palette and I still needed to do my sketch book art for the day so I decided to try my own replication of Van Gogh’s famous Starry Night painting. I was pretty pleased how it turned out.
It’s amazing what you can create when you are just trying to use up some leftover paint.
Felting
This was my first go at felting coaster sized pieces. I think this set turned out great!
Create
This mixed media piece consists of magazine imagery, journal pages, and written pages from Julia Cameron’s “The Artist’s Way” book (around edges) which I was going through around the time I designed this piece. I love the freedom I allowed myself with the red colors painting over the collaged pieces combined with the very orderly painted word, “Create.”
When I showed this piece to my brother he asked me if my 3-year-old son helped me with it. Since I felt like a child again when designing this piece I consider that to be the best compliment ever!