Donation...

This is another step stool completed...this time it is a donation for a fund raiser for my grandsons school....Just makes me happy...happy...happy!

 

A step stool for Thomas

For the last few days I have been working on a step stool for a little boy...It makes me HAPPY!

 

Paint Party Friday...

Small 6 x 6 canvas painting of retro martini glass and a SHAKE IT UP recipe for life!
Acrylic paints...My very first time participating. Paint Party Friday:  http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com/

Birthday Girls.....

Not a great photo..but a FUN painting....celebrating my friend Chris's birthday today....Last year when my
husband passed there were 3 of us here...We now refer to ourselves as "The Girls"....we tend to like to drink Magic Hat beer together...so those bottle caps are placed on the painting!
Red hair/ Nancy (my sister)  Birthday Girl in the middle...and ME....and yes...we all do look very similar!! LOL  

New Custom Guardian Angel Boxes...

Both of these boxes are going to Great Grand Babies!!  So much fun to work on!  The box for Leon has the koi fish on the back to represent his Japanese heritage.

SK-8

Or...SKATE!  Once again it is time for the "Get A Grip" show ...where artists/people of all ages...are given skate board grip tape and asked to make art out of it...They then go on sale or auction to raise money for a local skate board park.  Both of my adult children were really big skate board fans...especially my son...So a lot of time (and money!) was spent both at skate board shops...for skate boards...skate board related clothing...shoes...trucks...wheels...stickers...It was a way of life for him in the 90's!!  And now my little grandson (7 years old) is totally into skate boarding too....So a nice skate board park would be great for him...
I came up with the idea of a robot and went about cutting out a templet and covering it with the tape and then the local Lowe's isles gave me all sorts of wonderful things to make him come to life...copper wire...reflectors
pullies for wheels...reflecting tape...concave mirror...The best part is that there is a string of rope lights that back lights this piece and of course the reflectors glow in the dark!  I had a lot of fun making SK-8....hope he brings in some good money!!
Artfully Yours...

My Christmas Ornaments

I painted chipboard ornaments this year for gifts....Adorable funky birds!! 

mandala clock

I made this clock out of an old 33 1/2 record. It was choosen to be in my friend Marney Makridakis's book....I will have several other art pieces and exercises in writing that I did for her in there too!
Creating Time: Using creativity to reinvent the clock    (You can pre-order it on Amazon!)

breast cancer fund raiser

This is the chair I have done for the Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester ARTrageous Affair fund raiser!

Kindness...

I have been in the studio making some GUARDIAN ANGEL BOXES for a couple very special people...
Sometimes you just have to give to others in order to heal yourself....Each box has elements inside to bring
a sense of peace to the person receiving the box...I SO LOVE MAKING THESE AS RANDOM GIFTS OF KINDNESS!

2011

Folk Art Polymer clay dolls...

I've been taking an on line class with Nancye Williams, learning how to make these wonderful little primitive folk art dolls....and having fun putting my own spin to them....

SOLD!

I was happy to find out that the grip tape I designed for the Skateboard Park fund raiser SOLD the very first night....After I had been there....So FUN to be part of this once again this year...

Once Again...Grip Tape Fund Raiser

This year as you can see I cut the grip tape in half making two pictures...I like the starkness of the white graphics on the black grip tape...but decided at the last moment to use a sparkling H2O to cast shadows along the edges....This was completely done with acrylic paint....LOTS OF FUN!! Will let you know how I do!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

The book is ready to be auctioned!

This is my page for this wonderful book that is being auctioned....
To really see all the pages and the beautiful work that Renee did please visit her blog...
And to place a bid.....GO HERE!
Lets help the animals!!!!!!!!!!!

Alice in Wonderland Skinny Book page...

Here is the page I made for a skinny book Alice in Wonderland exchange....There are 35 of us
each doing a page....So this is going to be one fat skinny book! LOL We could design our page and then have copies made....but the concept of this page of the door going from large to small did not seem to render itself to being copied...as I would of had to do both sides and so many times....So I opted to hand do each one....ALL 35 of them!!!! Talk about crazy!! And then trying to find 35 old keys....I had a stash of them and luckily so did my daughter....Anyhow....I love how the page came out....I boxed them up tonight and they will be sent out tomorrow...Much earlier than the July 5th deadline! I was on a roll!!!
My inspiration:

Alice in Wonderland

The inspiration for the page came

from the quote by the door…

“Nothing is Impossible” …

When one door closes another opens…

It is as simple as turning a handle…

Unlocking a door…

listening to our own heart…

believing in our own spirit…

being the real YOU!

and indeed everything is possible!

Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Paper dolls.....

I did these 2 paper dolls....One will be swapped out....and one is for the hostess of the swap...the theme was "Guardian Paper dolls" hosted by Kathryn....The top one is AURORA...guardian of dreams....the bottom one is SASCHA...guardian of bravery....
I am also taking an online class from Kathryn....The Hero's Journey (you can get more information about that on her site also on the side panel....It has been enlightening for me....I am doing it a bit different from others' ....you can see it here....No matter how I look at it....regardless of what is going on around me.....I am HAVING FUN!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

My Page...

This is the page I did for a book that is being put together by Renee Troy as a fund raiser for
Bernie Berlin at A PLACE TO BARK....I am honored to be among the artist participating...
The border that is turquoise is where the book will be bound...The grass is torn paper...the dog was painted on watercolor paper and then cut out...the WISH was done also that way...the star is tin....
Bernie rescues animals and works off donations and grants...
I had great fun with this little painting....it is 8 by 8 on and 8 by 10 piece of watercolor paper...
It came fast and furious...but what FUN!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Mexican Art...

These are the 3 paintings I did for the show at the Mexican Restaurant to celebrate Cinco de Mayo ...May 5th... This is the order that I did them in....The first one: I WILL ALWAYS BRING YOU ROSES....traditional sugar skull done on wood with acrylic paint....The second one: PIN STRIPES was a great deal of fun...cut the skull out of tin and then painted it with acrylic paint...embellished it with jewels and bottle caps then dusted it with very fine glitter to give it a sugary appearance... the background was stenciled black on black the skull and spine were raised up about a half inch off the wood background and then a metalic hew of oil pastels was used to outline the skull....the final look of the "pin stripes' was done with a metalic paint and Pearl Ex powder.....The last one: NO EVIL....is suppose to be a play on SEE..SPEAK... HEAR no evil in the form of a slot machine game....
Now, maybe I can get back to doing my regular stuff!! LOL....But what FUN I did have!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Gallery Show...

Here are 2 of the 3 paintings I did for the SMALL SHOW....which is a gallery show for pieces no bigger than 12 by 12....These 2 are 9 by 12....mixed media with embellishments! Both the bird and the butterfly were painted on 140 weight watercolor paper and then cut out and placed on wrapped canvas board...then 3-D to a piece of wrapped wood that had been textured with acrylic paint....then embellished....I have been working with the 3-D look and my art for the past several years and really like it...What the pictures don't reveal is that both the bird and the butterfly have been treated with Pearl Ex pigments that give them a very iridescent look... And of course anyone who knows me ...knows I like things that represent flight.....I am working now on a series of words that I am doing in a similar way....The show opens May 24th....at THE HIGH FALLS GALLERY in Rochester, NY....
Artfully Yours,
Pattie