First attempt at assemblage

I admire the many artists out there producing spectacular assemblage pieces. Here's my first attempt. Perhaps with a bit more practice I'll create one for my etsy shop. This one found a home in my dining room for now. I'm really stuck on the many shades of blue for months now. I just can't seem to get enough. I've been devising a plan to change my living room color scheme over to blue from a cranberry red. It's quite challenging to accomplish this without changing everything at once.

Pincushions

My mom and sister are the recipients of these pincushions. They were fun and easy to make!

Here's a link to the pincushion tutorial:

http://whipup.net/2006/03/01/stickin-it-to-the-pincushion/

Sunrise

I'm an early riser and I must say it does have it's perks, like the sunrise today over Lake Winnebago. Stunning view but the temp was 1 above zero, lovely.

Happy Birthday!

Unbelievable! You're 50 years old today, happy birthday to you! Yes, that's me and my very significant other. Maybe we'll stay up past 9:00p.m., just for old times sake.

Pocketwatch Original

I took a few weeks off from painting to focus on cleaning the studio. I need a certain amount of order in my surroundings before I can get to the business of creating. I am not, by any definition of the word, a perfectionist when it comes to neatness. I do however, recognize the need to take action when my surroundings look like a scene from COPS when they bust a crack house. Too much stuff! I'm not one to hold on tight to material things. I'd much rather give away that which I don't use. Where then do all these things come from? It's a mystery to me.

I've finally finished the mixed media painting above and it's available here:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9951825