Break Time at VSC

A perfect day away from VSC:

 Trails were still icy up at Smuggler's Notch but we managed to get up to a little ridge

 After antiquing and wine tasting we found a beautiful dam for wine and sandwiches:

Work in Progress

VSC: Week 2

Great News: I'll be staying two weeks longer!
Because my first week was so productive, I decided to stay to the end of the month! Yay!

Here's what's going on in the studio this week:

oil pastel on magazines, quilted maple wood veneer, and rattlesnake skin mounted on arches watercolor paper

Icy River

It's been so much fun to see how the river changes every day as the ice melts and refreezes:

VSC: Week 1

It was a productive first week at VSC:

handmade paper and oil pastel on glossy magazines and walnut burl veneer mounted on arches watercolor paper
11" x 12"

found wood, dried lemon with 22k gold leaf, acrylic painted air dry clay, found stones, rattlesnake skin, wood base
10" x 5.5" x 5.5"

dried apple, mica powder, found wood, snakeskin, wood base
10" x 5" x 5"

found wood, acrylic painted air dry clay, hair, embroidered ribbon, led lights, battery pack, wood base

8" x 5" diameter

Talisman to Lilith
graphite on Lacewood veneer, snakeskin, found stone, hair mounted on arches watercolor paper
12 1/4" x 7 1/2" x 1/2"

Some Work in Progress:

Lots going on in the studio today:



to flock or not to flock:

First Piece at VSC

Productive first day at VSC but unsure how I feel about this very different direction:

Medium: handmade paper and oil pastel on glossy magazines and walnut burl veneer