Pattern Collages - it's an addiction.

I have been busy gluing, painting and creating with my new series of dress pattern collages. I have to thank a very dear and superly awesomely creative friend of mine, Sabrina, who introduced me to using old patterns as a background for these collages. She is a constant inspiration to me and is equally amazing in her artistic abilities! THANK YOU SABRINA!

Anyway, I absolutely fell in LOVE with the color, the texture of the patterns and how it just makes an amazing background for whatever spills out of my head. Me being mostly a portrait artist... this technique allows me to be more free thinking in my creating, 'stream of consciousness' kinda art. I don't have a clue where each one will go when I start, they just emerge and surprise me :-). It is an addiction, really. I instantly relax and get into my creative zone when I grab a canvas and start playing with the lines of the patterns, gluing them several layers thick. Oh, I still do my portrait art, you can see my work HERE. For now, though, I am doing artwork for MYSELF. Artwork that I would cover my walls with. Each one will be for sale if anyone is interested, my house is getting full ;-). My kitchen table looks like a Hobby Lobby exploded on it. My son complains because it takes me 15 minutes to clear the disastrous mess before we can actually eat dinner. I will have to post a picture sometime ;-)

This is available for purchase.

Check it out!