Scrapatorium

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Sunday, June 05, 2016

Thursday, May 05, 2016

Escape Into Life

Please check out the wonderful Mother's Day poems at Escape Into Life which are illustrated with my collages.

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Tuesday, March 08, 2016

Thursday, February 25, 2016

Ghosts of the Past

Collage with paint and ink on cabinet card photo.

Friday, August 02, 2013

Kolaj magazine, dedicated to contemporary art collage, invited me to be in their magazine and my work is in the current issue. If you are a collagist or just like collage, I invite you to check it out. It's a cool magazine that always has some great articles.

Monday, July 15, 2013

Laws of Attraction

collage with ink 5" x 7"

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Holey Matrimony

collage with vintage fabric and ink on old postcard

Dun Up

collage with vintage fabric and ink on old postcard

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Uplift

collage on vintage postcard

Face Cloth

collage and 1920s fabrics on vintage postcard

Flying Fish

collage on vintage postcard

Friday, June 28, 2013

Casanova

collage 8.5" x 11"

Monday, June 24, 2013

Built More

collage with paint and graphite

Mailed to one of my collage friends.

Friday, June 07, 2013

Changes

Hi Felix, atc

Super Mix Master, atc

Charm, atc

Generally Speaking, envelope art

Monday, May 20, 2013

Cottage Industry

unfinished ceramic head vase and invitation, Nikon FE2

This photo was taken at an estate sale that once had a ceramic studio in the garage. All the molds and unfinished pieces were still there as well as paints, kilns, etc. Based on the designs of the ceramics, they had stopped production sometime in the 1950s.

Flash of Genius

collage 9"x12"

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Thigh-Rise

collage, 8.5"x11

Friday, May 10, 2013

Let's Dance

Nikon FE2

Another grainy shot with the high speed film. This was the last frame in the roll so didn't have the opportunity to get a better shot. I recently bought the bendable toys at Round Top. There are about ten different ones. I will probably photograph them again.

A Reflection of Horror

Nikon FE2

I shot a bunch of photos at an estate sale with a higher speed b&w film since the lighting was poor in the home. I had a few frames left, so took some experimental shots. Not crazy about the grain, but I expected it due to the film speed. This is a vintage child's halloween mask with the underside reflected in a mirror and natural light coming from skylights. I really wanted to reflect my eyes in the sockets, but could not get the angle right. I have to shoot with my glasses (my eyesight is horrible), and could not see what I was shooting when I removed my specs.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Fashion Forward

collage with oil paint, 8x10

One of our neighbors is a dealer of high end vintage posters. Over the years, we have gone to his garage sales and bought some cool old posters, like of Push Pin or Olivetti ads, for a great price. This last sale he had a stack of 1930s-50s French posters that had seen better days. Too worn for resale, but cool enough for collage, so John bought me the pile for next to nothing. This collage has elements from one of the posters.

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Sour Grapes

collage with ink

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Baby Talk

toys from my collection, Nikon FE2, 2012

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Specstacular

Specstacular, artistamps, 1 of 10, 2013

Flying High

carnival, Nikon FE2, circa 1990s

This was taken at a carnival that had set up in a parking lot off a Houston highway sometime in the mid 1990s. The rides were old and had clearly seen better days, but that didn't stop this girl from having a great time. Everytime she came around in that bomb shaped rocket, she would flash her smile at me, missing teeth and all. Pure, simple joy on a creaky, jerky old ride.