Art for Altered Books

I try, about every other month, to post pictures on my Public Domain Images page with scans of pictures that people can use in their altered books and other art. . .[Continued on Artful Journey]

The Spirit of My Cat

Almost exactly a year ago, my cat died. Here's what I wrote about it at the time:

1/11/05
We buried our cat today. She was fifteen years old and had been ill for a while-- frail and fragile and not eating very well. I knew she was dying. I thought I was ready for the day, but when she didn’t come home yesterday, and then last night, with the rain coming down in torrents, my heart prepared for the worst.

I thought about her all day at work . . . [Continued on Artful Journey]

Altered Book :: The Children's War

The Children's War

Since I have submitted three altered books to this year's show, I decided that I needed to do some volunteering to help get the show ready, so today I spent about four hours working with my new artist friend, Phil, at Arts Benicia hanging this year's Arts of the Community Show. I learned so much today. I was partnered up with Phil since he is the pro and I'm a newbie, and he did most of the work while I held the paintings and tried to keep up with all the mathematical calculations.

The idea is to keep the center of a pair of vertically hung paintings at 56" from the floor. . .[Continued on Artful-Journey]

My Mom Doesn't Know Me Today

From my journal dated 7/3/05

Mom doesn’t know me at all today. She’s tolerating me like a house guest . . . barely. When she got dressed this morning, she put on long johns and underwear. When I suggested that she put on some pants or shorts, she asked me, “Why? What difference does it make?” [Continued on Artful-Journey]

What Inspires Me

I recently visited Sheila’s blog DelineationDotOrg and left a message for a post she’d written about her Crisis in Art. I could relate to much of what she was talking about and left a message of my own. The next day she sent me the following email: You and I need to have a long talk… Especially about those lovely reliquaries. I’ve been wanting to make one, but I haven’t a CLUE where to start. ~Sheila

I’ve been thinking long and hard about what advice I could give her about where to start . . . [Continued on Artful-Journey]

New Year's Day - No Resolutions for Me!

I finished a new altered book yesterday. It’s a little darker than my usual style. I’m not ready to photograph and post it just yet . . . maybe tomorrow.

I am doing my best not to make any new year’s resolutions. What’s the point? I never keep them. If I were to make one resolution (which I am NOT going to do), I would set a goal to make myself more organized. Is that even possible? I think I have a bad gene, which I fear I’m passing it on to at least one of my sons.

My studio/office is a tiny bedroom that is filled wall-to-wall with so much stuff that I can barely walk through the door. . . [Continued on Artful Journey]