Fingerprint art

And why not use your very own fingerprints as a means of expression?

Inspired by Klutz Press, a publisher that sells thumbprint art materials, I made this sheet of characters, and then five more sheets, with people, groundhogs (for mom's birthday which is on Groundhog Day), hedgehogs, Easter Island faces, squirrels, birds, a french girl, a fox with a genie, and many other strange little creatures that were conjured out of inkblots.

All that is required for this art form are some ink pads, relatively heavy paper, fingers, and a fine tipped black felt pen. Enjoy.

Dover coloring books are fun

This is a hand-colored copy of a black & white design taken from a Dover "Decorative Tile Designs" Coloring Book (by Marty Noble). I've felt inspired by Dover book illustrations and design books over the years. I hope they company will continue to be around for many more years.

I was going for a secondary color triad (green, orange, and purple), but it's hard to see the details of the colors, flowers and leaves with this scan (right). Ah well, as mentioned above, this was quite fun.

Still Life w/ Fruit and a Foot - Take 1, Dec. 08

These little labels we find stuck on our apples, bananas, oranges, and other produce items help tell a story - where our fruit comes from. They also create interesting images shown collectively - on their own.

Lunch Test Strips No. 4, 2008

Lunch is served.
Ketchup anyone?

It might be cut up pictures of food
arranged on a new plate on
a white tablecloth, or it might not be.

You be the judge.

Green "Lotus Blossom" collage design

I'm getting behind on my art postings. My goal was 2 per month. I am still working with this same arc cut out shape. Cutting out a series of these same basic shapes from various patterns, colors and objects is like creating your own set of paints to work with. Lots of possibilities. This is just one more.

By the way, the faint pinkish "rays" emanating from the design are a total accident. They are essentially lines created from slightly buckled/warped areas around the design from - I presume - the glue drying.

More leaves, in bright finger paint colors

I'm drawn to leaves...what can I say. All the leaves used in this painting were from my yard. This was another one of a series of leaf-related paintings I painted several months ago (about the same time I did the green painting of leaves below...(See June 5, 08 entry.)

Fork and Leaves - Magazine Picture Cut-Outs

I cut out two distinct images -- a hand and a fork -- and put them in various positions on the scanner bed (and added some real leaves in two of these). So simple, yet somehow gratifying. All these collage practice squares need are silly titles.

In counter-clockwise order, starting with bottom right:

1.) Hand and Fork in the Country (using reverse side of magazine pages)
2.) Tussling over the Green
3.) All Points Bulletin
4.) Finger & Fork Weave, w/ some Leaves