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Visual Journal Page 53: House Hunting

As I have said before… house hunting can be a bit of a roller coaster ride. When we first started looking for our house, I couldn’t have been more excited. That excitement quickly wore off as I realized that things can look perfect on paper but in reality be nothing what you expect. Nick and…

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Artwork: Handmade Teapot and Teacups

In addition to my mixed media paintings and visual journal, I love using clay. I fell in love with it in high school, and had amazing professors in college who only pushed my love for it further. While in high school I tried for a month to use the pottery wheel… and failed miserably. At…

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Mixed Media: Trapped

This mixed media piece was made to go with my other mixed media piece, “Caged“. They are meant to hang next to each other, and reference the upper and lower parts of a whole body. While they create one body, by hanging them next to each other it appears as though the body is split….

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Visual Journal Page 45: The Bridesmaid Dress

THE STORY Exactly one week after I got engaged, I bought my wedding dress. I went to one store, tried on a few dresses, got an idea for the style I wanted, and attended a bridal show the following weekend. I tried on a couple of dresses there, not finding much, until I put my…

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Encaustic mixed media art with a cage

Mixed Media Painting: Caged

This is a painting I recently finished using oil paint, modeling impasto wax, image transfers, and fabric. If you are interested in learning how to make a mixed media work of art I would start with the materials you are most comfortable with and slowly add new materials from there. Mixed media is a form…

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Empty Bowls dinner visual journal page

Visual Journal Page 35: Empty Bowls

A visual journal page about an art fundraiser called Empty Bowls. To learn more about visual journals visit my website.

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