Experimenting with freehand cutting

Yes, I know, pretty radical. Instead of cutting along a ruler with my x-acto knife, I'm using the ruler as a guide off to the side and cutting freehand, wavy lines! HA! I'm liking the softer look the finished piece has. What do you think???

Large close up

This 16" x 20" is comprised of 4 filtered photos of tulips with some fragments of tulip poems added into the background.

Revisiting

I decided to revisit some traditional collage techniques and made these two 5x5 collages on 2"-thick cradled panels. I used old ledger paper in the background, overlaid that with images on tracing paper and added pencil circles, stamped numbers and acrylic paint.

Still Life

I was struck by the lighting on a bouquet of tulips one late afternoon, so I took several photos from different angles. I settled on this shot,  cropped the image to a 12"x12" and got to work with experimenting with filters. I like how the table runner (made for me by Penny Schine Gold) makes such a beautiful pattern in the piece. I also enjoy that the bowl was a birthday gift from my friend Linda Sickmon, my late husband's sculpture is on the table in the background as well as a painting on the wall by Carol Steinberg. I've normally done landscapes with this collage technique and think I'll be doing more interiors in the future. Your thoughts??