Inspired by the radiant women of Cartagena, Colombia, this year’s queen was created by quilling paper on an orange paint chip and adding hand-molded polymer clay accents. She is the tiniest queen in the line-up so far, measuring only 3 and 1/2″ tall. Thanks for stopping by and have a […]
Mixed-Media Art
Quarantine Valentine
During a 2 week quarantine, I decided to create the frilliest, fanciest Valentine’s Day decoration I could make using supplies I had on hand. Happily, I had saved 2 heart-shaped candy boxes from last year, and I found a large-ish piece of cardboard and white packing foam in the recycling […]
Peace Child
Miniature Nativity/Mixed Media/Photography Recently, I was inspired by a photo of a nativity scene so tiny that it fit inside a bottle cap. I set out to sculpt my own this Christmas season. Forgive the unsightly Band-Aid; I’m always wounding myself in the process of creativity! I used Sculpey clay […]
Candy Corn Queen 2019
In the style of Czech artist, Alphonse Mucha, this year’s Candy Corn Queen dons Art Nouveau fashion. Here’s my black outline of the preliminary drawing. Feel free to print it out and color it in your own style~ Thanks for stopping by~ Scarlett
Unicorns of the Sea
Art Inspired by Genetic Variability The diversity is incomprehensible! When we look at the natural world–air, land, and sea–there appears to be limitless variations of shape, form, color, and texture. As an artist and a Christian, I believe the vast array of creativity in the natural world is best explained […]
Published in Creative Living, Summer 2018
Just a few more weeks on the shelf! If you haven’t checked out the first volume of Creative Living Ideas, don’t wait. It’s packed with artistic and inspirational gift ideas that you’ll be grateful to have it as the holiday season rolls around. Speaking of the holidays, my Holiday Clothespins […]
House of Truth– A Visual Aid for the Fact-Value Split
The late philosopher and theologian, Francis Schaeffer used the metaphor of a two-story house to describe the way we think about truth. You can read more about that here. We’ve been taught to split our concept of truth into two parts: facts and values. The lower-story of the house represents […]
Published in GreenCraft, May 2017
I was thrilled to have an article featured in this month’s GreenCraft magazine! The article is a tutorial on how to reuse shower rings and turn them into sweet miniature flower frames. The editors of GreenCraft continually produce a publication that is as lovely to look at as it is […]
More Glass Printing with Acrylics
I’m still having fun painting on glass and printing on vellum. Some of my experiments look delicious! I call this one “Love Apples” ( tomatoes). The texture that the glass pulls up as you remove the paper is pretty cool. It creates all sorts of various patterns. Thanks for stopping […]