"Lady In Pink"

"Lady In Pink" - Digital Collage

"Tempted"

"Tempted" - Digital Collage

"Star Gathering" - 11x14 - Mixed Media Collage

In 2007 I was a part of a two-woman exhibit in Elkton, Maryland with friend, Sue Eyet, who is a member of the Trashy Women. We called the exhibit "Femme Fatale" and, as the name suggests, the artwork featured women. As a matter of fact, my iconic mermaid was created for this show. We thought the exhibit was stunning; Sue's brightly colored 3-D pieces and my 2-D collages complemented each other perfectly. I'd love to do it again.

Anyway, I ran across the original sketch for a piece named "Tempted." I thought it would be fun to re-create the piece digitally and it was; but it was certainly a challenge as well. I layered three different bomomo images on this sketch to get the effect I wanted and painstakingly "cut away" the areas that weren't needed. It was great fun, but certainly labor intensive.

Original sketch for "Tempted"

And last, but not least, I have included the image of the original paper collage that was the image displayed in the exhibit.

"Tempted" - 9x12 - Mixed Media Collage - SOLD

"Poppy Sketch"

"Poppy Sketch" - Digital Collage

"Pot of Hydrangeas"

"Pot of Hydrangeas" - Digital Collage

This digital collage has been created from the sketch below which I posted earlier.

Art Give Away!

"Flemish Pear" - Digital Collage

I'm trying to push a little to increase my following. I'm up to 170 "fans" on Facebook right now and I'd like to reach 200. Of course, I realize they don't call them fans anymore. You can no longer be a "fan" of a Facebook page. Instead you can "like" a Facebook page. Does that then make you a "likee"? Or is that "likeee"? Someone, please help me with the correct terminology. But, in the meantime, please ask all your friends to "like" "a crabulous life!" on Facebook. Once the "likes" have reached 200, I'll put all 200 names in a hat and draw a winner for a piece of my artwork.

Thanks for your help and support!

"Flemish Apple"

"Flemish Apple" - Digital Collage

This digital collage was created from the apple sketch that I posted earlier from my Belgium textbook. The original sketch is below.

"Star on Blue"

"Star on Blue" - Digital Collage