Supernatural Barns

Supernatural Barns

So where did this piece come from.  I have never been that interested in the supernatural or spirits or the occult.  So maybe I was channeled to do this piece!!!!  Anyway, I found most of these barns in May when I was taking a Seth Apter art journaling class on Whidbey Island.  This piece is part of my barn journal project that I am doing with my friend Ingrid.  My favorite part of the piece is the lit candle overlaying the numeral 7.

Connected Collage

While I was in Minnesota at my friend Terry Garrett's ( http://whisperwoodartworks.blogspot.com/ )   house last month we were deciding on what our project of the day would be.  I noticed a piece of art on one of his inspiration boards.  It was from an art friend of his, Shirley End-Saxe.  I loved her piece and loved the way she had connected the separate pieces to create the whole of the piece.  Terry and I decided to create our own works in the style presented by Shirley.  Terry got out a wealth of ephemera and we began having a grand old time.  You can see Terry's product on his blog.

Round Robin Journal Entries

Seattle March 2013 - will return to me in October or so.

 

Seattle April 2013 - will reside near Minneapolis

lead in for Seattle May 2013

Seattle May 2013 - will reside in Lancaster, Ohio

 

 

June 2013 MIA.....will make its debut soon hopefully

 

 

July 2013 lead in

 

Seattle July 2013 - will end up in Hawaii

Seattle by day

Seattle by night

 

September 2013 will complete the Round Robin Traveling Journal.  When we started out there were seven participants.  Now there are six.  The Seahawks  and the Starbuck's flip cards open up to Seattle by day and Seattle by night.

Red Light Dandy

Red Light Dandy

For quite a few months I have been trying to take a photo of the store front of an establishment in Seattle's University District.  Either I did not have my camera or the photo did not turn out like I wanted.  Luckily, the store does not change its windows frequently.  I finally got the photo and decided I wanted to do a gum Arabic transfer of the photo into my new journal.  The transfer process failed but I had gum Arabic and printer's ink all over the photo.  After wiping it many times with a baby wipe I got it to a place that I was pleased. 

We love to watch Project Runway on television and the seed was planted to do a fashion piece for my new crown binding journal.  I recently was in Minnesota visiting my great art friend, Terry Garrett, ( http://whisperwoodartworks.blogspot.com/ ) and with his generous gift of many ephemera pieces the Red Light Dandy was developed to what you see.

Buried Treasure

Each year artist and blogger Seth Apter ( http://thealteredpage.blogspot.com/ ) encourages bloggers to repost artists' "treasure" pieces on their blogs.  Seth publishes a list of blogs that are participating to gain more blog exposure.  Here are some of my recent favorite "treasures."

Flight to Paris

 

Barn #7

 

Beloved Boeing

 

Fish Salesman

 

Crazy Guys

 

 

 

Sisters - Red Barn # 9

The total spread for Sisters - Red Barn # 9  is complete.



Sisters - Red Barn # 9

The addition of the left hand side of the spread includes the letters L and E and the number 3. The L stands for Lottie and the E, Elaine.  The sisters are twins and were once triplets, but that is another story.  The time frame for this spread is 1926.




Sisters - Red Barn # 9

Near the end of last week, Ingrid, my friend in Sweden mailed me the first of her signature of the barn journal collaboration.  I was in awe of her work and only minutes passed before I had to start working on my first of four entries into her signature.  I have until October to finish four for Ingrid and four for my second signature in our journal collaboration.

Sisters - Red Barn # 9 evolved over two days and is the right side of a two page spread.  I have not completed the left side yet.  This particular red barn was photographed on a barn scouting safari and is located near Silvana, Washington.  The photo of the two women came from a antique store in Snohomish, Washington that I found on a day's excursion recently.  The dragonflies flew in from my friend, Irene, in a surprise piece of mail art which included dragonfly ephemera.

Street Art

Street Art

Today I took several art journalers into Seattle to journal at a coffee house and to walk the streets looking for ephemera and taking photos.  This is the piece that I completed from this adventure.  It was a great time as it was a totally new experience for everyone and anytime you can add food to the mix then it must be a good time.