Back in 2013 I made this drawing of a 1931 hood ornament. The community had car shows and I was enamored with the car–and particularly the hood ornament. Shortly after the car show a kind and generous gentleman brought me a replica of the hood ornament to my studio. I set it up on my …
My love of cardinals—and birds and nature, in general—goes back to childhood. My observant nature, ability to read tiny print, easily thread sewing needles, etc. landed me the nickname “Hawkeye.” Yes, I love to spot and watch hawks too. My grandmother and I used to watch birds on her patio in the evenings. One house …
He’s been there for us She’s been there for me I’ve been there for her We’ve been there for us Things aren’t always easy But Love and the Grace of God Carries us through Happy or sad Love gets us through
Before the pumpkins expire I wanted to paint them again. And the two pears I bought to eat…well paint them too. The general guideline is an odd number of objects is better/more interesting than an even number of objects. I wanted to challenge that in these compositions. It’s the same two pears in each painting–just …
Before I fly off into my next project…I was not satisfied with the pictures of the acrylic paintings so I have tried to make better pictures and edits in this post. Acrylic paints with collage and embellishments, 10” x 8” canvas panelWork from imagination/no setupBy Kathy at cardinalcreststudio.com The moon on the mummy painting actually …
Collage with hand-cut letters, bead and gel ink embellishments11″ x 8.5″ Why?Because Halloween is a fun idea with a finite deadline. The timeline was very short in the midst of other “life stuff”. The collage for the “intro” of the project is freehand cut and paste because I like the organic, imperfections of “by hand” …
