painting – Bluebird Hill Art

Winter Window Cat

Collage/mixed media is my favorite media. Cats in windows and winter are some favorite subject matter. I combined these favorites with a new (to me) technique to make this small and cozy artwork of a cat napping in a house plant. I wanted a window that had a glass-like texture. I have used gloss gel mediumContinue reading “Winter Window Cat”

Superior Rocks

Oof this artwork was a long time in the making. It was one that took so much waiting between layers and materials that I stalled out many times. The rocks are a mixture of magazine collage, collage from paintings, and real lake stones. The water is layers of tissue paper, acrylic paint, and gel medium.

Object Stamped (Wrapping) Paper

Object stamping is one of my favorite artistic processes to do with young artists. There is something so magical about scrounging around for everyday items and with a little paint transforming them into beautiful works of patterns, richly layered designs, and textured papers just waiting to be used or simply happy to be an artworkContinue reading “Object Stamped (Wrapping) Paper”

Sea Change

Sea Change, mixed media, 18×24″, 2010. This combination of painting, collage, and drawing came about as a result of a weird dream I had where this woman was sailing away on a Viking ship. I added in surreal details to add to the dream-like idea. It recently found a new home, in a friend’s newContinue reading “Sea Change”

Garbage Landscape

Garbage Landscape, 12 x 16″, mixed media, 2019. Pretty self-explanatory image. The clouds are tissue paper with paint thickly applied. The ground is corrugated cardboard with the top layer peeled off, and painted.

PB & J

PB & J, Embroidery, felted wool, acrylic paint, 2019. Chelsea Hayes. I have been enjoying a different type of mixed media lately – embroidery, felting, and painting. If embroidery is like drawing with a needle and thread, then felting is like painting with roving and a needle. My son promptly claimed this art for hisContinue reading “PB & J”

Postcard Project Day 6

Two universes mosey down the street Connected by love and a leash and nothing else. ~ Howard Nemerov, Walking the Dog Watercolor pencil and ink pen. 2018.

Postcard Project Day 5

I’ve gotten behind on posting, but not on the making! I’ll catch up on posting soonish. Watercolor, glue, collage. 2018.

Egg Carton Wreath

As I got out spring decor this year, I realized I did not have an egg carton wreath for my own front door, even though I was certain I had one somewhere in the basement. Nope. No luck, the wreath was absolutely, nowhere to be found. It was then that I realized I had assistedContinue reading “Egg Carton Wreath”

Balancing Act

With grad class on hold and winter break in session from school, I have managed to do some of my own artwork. At any given time I have a minimum of five projects going, absolutely filling my brain and art room. This is a painting I did for my sister, as a Christmas present. IContinue reading “Balancing Act”