painting with threads

yellow painted background 

with red, orange, purple and silver threads

yum

here's a detail of the upper right corner

above is a full view of the piece

currently it's tacked on the wall

more to come!

playing

this is when making art is fun!

i'm experimenting with drawing 

(with colored pencils)

 on unstretched canvas

then sewing on unstretched canvas

below, 

i've painted on canvas

waiting for it to dry so i can sketch then sew!

some fabric waiting for sketches...

finally, 

thick gesso is drying on unstretched canvas 

waiting for what's next

stay tuned!!!

fearlessly mixing patterns

in case you were wondering,

this is where fearlessly mixing patterns

is living now

right next to dreaming of you

here's how this one came about

  you can see that i worked on flowers delight and

this baby at the same time

started with yellows and greens

 added pinks and a little red

 more greens and one of my favorites- paynes gray

 dripping browns for the settee and the footboard in the foreground 

 dark background?

more pattern in the sheets?

nope

 couldn't do the dark with checkered look

yes! neutral background so the pillows could pop 

finished!

go here for details

:)

flowers delight

here's how this one came about

i started with a pencil drawing

i knew i wanted it to be mainly yellow

with lots of other colors

i started with yellows, pinks and reds

added blues and purples

added more yellow and red

to the three flowers

but...

i painted out the yellow, blue and red flowers 

and added a yellow background

welcome green

a little more orangey red

added some more purple

and...she's done

 and happily hanging beside the painted steps!

go here for details

hope you have a 

fun and relaxing 

holiday weekend!

continuing on and on...

thank you to everyone who attended our opening!

it was so much fun

i loved seeing you!!

 but...

if you weren't able to make it,

here's a peak

a wall of my paintings

my new sewn works on paper

i was blown away by your lovely comments

thank you!

a little surprise!

each artist created giveaways

i created mini block prints :)

karen appleton

www.karenappleton.com

joanne aono

www.joanneaono.com

neha vedpathak

www.nehavedpathak.com

the crowd and the food

the artists

neha, karen, me, joanne

:)

2 new paintings :)

meet 

fearlessly mixing patterns

and

 flowers delight

you can see them both this weekend at

Continuing On and On...

if you can't make it to see them in person,

here are some detailed snaps for you!

upper left of fearlessly

lower left of fearlessly

 middle of fearlessly

upper right of fearlessly

lower middle of fearlessly

upper left of flowers 

upper right of flowers

lower middle of flowers 

lower right of flowers

details 

here for fearlessly mixing patterns

and 

here for flowers delight

enjoy! :)

new work!!

i'm happy to share with you 

my sewing on paper series

flow

crazy flowers

sewn chandelier

silver ikat

one flower

patterned poufs

bedside table

i had so much fun making this work
and

i even framed them in wooden floater frames 

so the threads can move around

head on over to my web site for details

and to see them framed!

also, if you're in Chicago this weekend, 

you can see them all at

Continuing On and On...

Saturday, May 19, 2012

5pm- 9:30pm

1456 North Dayton Street, #301