This background art was made by a stamp I created myself using an impression in foam. I applied Golden's Turquoise (phthalo) as the first layer through a dotted stencil. I then painted the stamp pad with various paints and applied it on top of the dotted layer. I left it as is as I could see potential of this piece as a background for other artwork.

This was a piece of square styrofoam that we ran through a Cuttlebug creating a dimensional pattern on it. We then used this piece as a plate to create patterns on pieces of acrylic paper by applying paints using a palette knife. Once the color was applied, we applied the plate to either sprayed or dry acrylic paper creating a different look for each of the printings. This was my first serendipity piece.

This was a canvas I created in another one of Chris Cozen's classes. It was a combination of elements, paints, and textures. It was a tribute to the Medieval and Renaissance art I love so much. It was one of the first pieces I ever created so there was a LOT of room for improvement.

Over this past weekend I took four classes with Chris Cozen. One was a two-part class on transfers, the second was using the Cuttlebug, the third was creating backgrounds, and the 4th was using the new digital mediums with the inkjet printer.

This is one of the pieces that I did painting through a stencil and then using a white gel pen to start outlining features on the design. I like dots and the overall organic feel of the piece. I used a variety of Golden paints along with some metallics. Darned if I can remember which ones. I usually scan these pieces that I created to keep as backgrounds for future use.

I created these for a swap in January. I did the background as a emboss-resist, then used paper clay (which I painted) on wisteria pods to create the cradle, attached a piece of distressed paper, and then added beading and wirework. It was a great deal of fun and I had been trying to think of how to use those wisteria pods I kept picking up.

This piece was from the transfer class I took with Chris Cozen where I learned more about transfers than I needed to know. We also learned how to make skins using gels, paints, etc. Here is a sample of one of the pieces we created in the transfers class. Reminded me a lot of Maria Sybylla Merian's artwork. I just loved the piece. We took a canvas and painted the back of a piece of aged paper with gel medium. After we let that dry we applied another layer of black and white flower images on top. The top layer was then rubbed gently away leaving the image that you see.