I've been getting more time in my studio during this hot summer weather and have finished two pieces in the last ten days. The first was a 14"Hx11"Wx1.5"Deep artwork of a purple clover field at sunset. I added handmade papers and vintage stamps that fit in with the colors of the field. One of the stamps was of Edgar Allan Poe... so I decided to add in a flying raven at the last minute as a nod to Poe. The piece is entitled "Nevermore".
The second piece is a 16"x16"x2" commission; the original photo was provided by the buyer of her property in North Carolina. After layering up the strips of three altered photos I'd cut by hand, I added in handmade paper, vintage stamps and paper from a Virginia paper mill's 1864 ledger.
