Gallery

I mentioned back in July that Eliza had caught on fire with her painting.  Well, she got off the bus on Saturday, got home and declared, "I have to paint!!" Off she went. Many of the paintings grew into collages.

While Eliza was still gone, Ani was working on a couple pieces of her own...

By Anika

By Anika

by Eliza

At some point I mentioned that we were quickly running out of precious watercolor paper, and while I didn't want to dampen the spirit with stinginess, maybe we could look at some other materials for holding paint?  I have a large tote bag filled with magazines and clippings for collage work, and there was an old trail guide from Virginia's park system that appealed. Eliza liked the way the words sometimes shows through (so do I).  Once in a while it even adds a bit of poetry to the image...

Lonesome Pine - Site Directions

Fairystone - Site Description

I came into the room at some point late on Monday (that's two full days of painting frenzy) to find the paintings taped up all over the downstairs.  With a little coaxing, I consolidated them into one Wall of WOW...